Connecticut western news., 1875-12-24
FkRM, GARDEN AND. HOUSEHOLD.
medical Neses.

rA9HDpA h1O1Ao84 Se&eG8o Ns4 46+ iUIsa UuIasa FOR CHnBIAIss AND NRuRAr.aasrlA. flake one ounce each of chloroform, turpentine. oil of spike, and iweet oil shake well, and apply threei or four times day heat it by the fire. [ have, tried it after suffering for eleven years, and have experienced a permanent T .UsEfuL ONT, Take three car rets and grate them l; place in 8 vesseli md cover with lard, without salt. Boil thoroughly, strain and add sufficient beeswax to make paste. This is most invaluable ointment for outs, burns, scslds, or wounds of any kind. .1tols
 To- CuRH HoARsENEss.- the voice is lost, as is sometimes the case, rom the effects of 8 cold, a simple, pleasant remedy is furnished by beatinR up the white ofaa egg, adding to it the juice of lemon, and sweetening with white sugar to the taste. Take tea spoonful Q from time to time. It has been shawn to effectually remove the 9,tetc'., lUQ dJA,. f.aioT i.i 3o!..u
 CURE FOR CArARRH.-A medical au1 thority asserts that the severest catarrh can bAremoved in about ten hours by q mixture of carbolic acid, ten drops tincture of iodine and coloroform each, seven and . half drops. aa A few drops of the mixture should be heated over a spirit lamp, in c test tube, the mouth of which should be applied to the nostrils as Yolatilization is effected. The opera ton should be- eepeatsd in about two fn1nptes whenp after thepatient sneezes Anpmb be9 q Eimes, the Atrouble lesome 3satafesTspsdly dly disappear. O 2
 FoR RHEUMATIsM.-Take dry tobacco leaves, such as are kept drying in the storehouses of the, growef spread over them soft soap and then apply them wherever the pain is, and as fast as they dry renew them. As soon as the patient vomits two or three times, remove them! sive, a&warm wash, then rub dry and bind all the parts that have been covered with tobacco with hannels wet in alco- hol, give the patient warm lemonade, and let him or her sleep. uss @ s
 @e Make ii iuokvAsas cake.. { N [ FxasR tRssiPns-One quart of buck, wheat Aour, small teacupful of Indian meal, RoneA and Q half lteaspoonfuls salt, four tablespoonfuls good lively yeast; mix with milk and tepid water enough to make it the consistency of muffin bat ter; then beat we'll for fifteen minutes, and set in warm place to rise over night In ths morning the batter may be sour; if 90 dissolve alteaspoonful oi soda In a little warm water and stir in; if the cakes are not sweet add more sal eratus; do not beat the batter; add @ tablespoonful of molasses, to brown the cakes -the.milk does mot Ealways brown them sufficiently. Bake on @ well heat ed griddle that ia perfectly clean; soap stone Fiddle needs no grsasine an iron griddle should be greased with a piece of riud of ham or fat salt pork on fork. Butter and silver-drips syrup are best to eat with buckwheat cakes; maple syrup 2 Wq seobA AAd IkI6rJ
 SECOND. D.--Take one cupful of flour, tFo M buekvheat four, and one oi ybast Lone tablespoonful of sugar, and salt according to taste. Mix with enough water toT make a stiff, batter, and set to ris9 ioSea spight.I I'm the morning add water in sufficient quantity to make the battfrEgn When goqred ,Qn the griddle. THIRD. Let the buckwheat be of the hullea b5tt end fresh. Put into a two. quart pitcher one and a half pints o1 tepid water; add four tablespoonfuls oi bakers or as much compressed yeast MsEHl=make one loaf of bread-othel kindsin proportion-with. a, little salt Then AtE in hhckEhest enpugh to make @ thick batter: cover the pitcher and sci away to rise over night, after beating thoroughly In the morning add three tablespoonfuls of molasses, and quar ter of teaspoonfu1 of soda, dissolved il about three tablespo poonfuls of milk Beat all we'll together, and pour tho cakes from the pitcher upon wel-heat cd griddle. : Ss Es1 ez < A.-ELsz Sc
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 The work here is mainly in preserving the crops JofE last season, and in pre- pairing for the coming year. If the roo cellarslar not properly banked up witl earth, of protected by straw, there vii be danger of injury to the contents by frOak.a Provide. double sashes, for a least one window, so that there will b, some light in the cellar. Ventilate tn, cellar, by the use of 2 tight wooden box with ssides four to, six inches by tel inches, which runs from the cellar cell ing to, the top of the building above where it passes out directly under tn, caves slide placed in the tube will al low it. to be closed during very sever, weather. n .A.a aisyf24
 Parsnips, salsify, etc, are hardy. ant may be leftoinzthe open ground unti spring, as freezing benefits them.z -s'
 ASpinach needs . slight covering 0 leaves or straw, to preserve it properl, over winter, bat do not apply unti taiteleOld. 1ol sGiz1f 1sstEoz-a1 .llt z O2.S
 Dig holseradish betore ,the ggrount freezes, and store in boxes of, earth Save the small roots for sets next season
 Provide .absorbents for all liquid ma nure from the stables, and all hous
 slops. Every means should be taken t' increase the supply, of manure, for with oat itp good garden crops are inpossibl
 in the older States. Save all poultr. droppings, wood ashes, and anything else, which can be used as a fertilizer Leaves can in most country places b.
 had in abundance for the trouble o gathering, and may be used for bed ding, or oomposted ct once'with stabl
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 EAaAs- i& Questions and Answers.5.i
 What percentage of sea water is salt
 Answer Ordinary sea water contain about three per cent, by weight, c
 salt. 'aa...s
 Is there anything that will dissolv
 shellac besides alcohol Answer-Shel
 lac dissolves in hot solution of bora
 in water.
 What will remove from the walls of
 brick building the oozings or collectio
 of saltpeter Answer-It is .probabl
 not saltpeter, for if it were the rain woul
 remove it, it being very soluble in water
 If it is an insoluble salt of lime, try
 little dilute muriatic acid, and then was
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