Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-05-26
FARM AND FIRESIDE.
)yERTIsING RATES

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high. If four rails only are used, the
space between the bottom rail and the
ground must be filed up with soil. /
made this fence five years ago, and it has
stood out heaviest westerly gales, while the
staked worm fence has blown down. The
posts are made of three pieces split or saw
ed out of any durable timber, 2 by inches
6 feet inches long, and firmly nailed to-
gether in shape like the letter A, only that
two posts are on one side, 3 Or inches
apart according to the thickness OF the
rails. A piece Of inch board, 3or 4 inches
wide, must be nailed across the posts, the
butt of brace being feet from the butt of
the posts, and the top being few inches
down from the top of the outside pest.
When the rails are II feet long, the posts
require to be II feet apart that will allow
the rails to overlap 6 inches at each end
when they are laid in between the posts.
WhsEa the land is clear of stumps and
stones, @e plow two straight burrows, 8
feet apart. Ane man places the butt OF
posts in one fufrew, and the butt of the
brace in the other 4urroW, and another
man puts the top rail between the posts,
resting on the brace, which will hold the
posts in position until the earth is banked
up around the posts. I have made board
fences on the same plan, only using one
post and the brace, setting the post and
brace 10 or - inches in the ground, and
mailing three boards on the face of the
post, and laying a straight pole on the top.
resting On top of brace.
HARD AND SOFT WATER IN COOKING.
All housewives may not know how ma
teriaaiy the effect of hard and soft water
differ lie the cooking of various vegetables.
While one species of vegetables requires
hard or soft water, as the case may be, an
other species becomes sensibly deteriorat-
ed by it. For instance, peas or beans Hook-
ed in hard water containing lime or gyp-
sum will not boil tender because these sub
stances harden vegetable caseine. In soft
water they will boil tender, and lose a GER
tain raw, rank taste which they retain in
hard water. Many vegetables (as enions)
boil nearly tasteless in soft waite Deeause
all the flavor is dissolved out. The addi-
ton OF salt often checks this, as in the case
of onions, causing the vegetables to retain
their peculiar favoring principles, besides
much nutritious matter, which might be
lost in soft water. Thus it appears that
the salt hardens the water to degree.
For extracting juices from meat to make
a broth er soup, soft water, unsalted and
cold at .fiust, is best, for it much more
readily pensgates the tissues but fer boil
ing meats, ,whare the juices should be re-
tanned, put sait4p while it is boiling, so as
to seal up the pores at once.
HARD GINGERBREAD.-Stiri into cup
Ena of molasses a teaspQonful OF pulverized
Soda and let it stand until it foams and
settles. Dissolve half a teaspoonful of
alum i'm stWo-thirds of a cupful of warm
water; zssdt this to the molasses, and let
it foam agaLd also teaspoonfnl of gin
ger and halle teaspoonful of salt. Rub
half cupfuI.G shortening into pint of
flour, and stir in and then mold in just
enough more ,to,rqi out easily. Roll half
an inch thick, and; bake in a quick oven,
and, while still sEarm, selt up in squares fit
for use.
CURE FOR CoRNs.-The following is
said to be an infallible cure fer corns:
Take lemon and roll it until it is soft,
cut thick slice and bind it on the corn on
retiring at night. In the morning, if the
corn is white and disintegrated, pull it out
with your finger nails never cut corn.
Sometimes several applications of the
lemon slices will be necessary, but the
corns are bound to succumb, and you can
lance the next might if you like. After
you remove the 6oFns, wear shoes that fit,
and are not too stiff in the soles.
DAMPNEss. For damp closets and cup
boards which generate naildew, a trayful
If quick-lime will be found to absorb mois-
lure and render the air pure, but of course
t is necessary to renew the lime from time
"a time, as it becomes fully Stacked. The
asst remedy will be found useful in safes
ind strong-rooms, the damp air of which
lcts frequently most injuriously on the
valuable deeds ond documents which they
contain.
HOME SODA WATERPROOF three pints
IT boiling water ON three pounds of white
sugar, and allow it to stand until cool.
Then add the whites of three eggs well
beaten. two ounces of tartaric acid, and
'ne ounce essence of wintergreen. Take
wo tablespoonfuls of this liquid in a tr.m
Gi,.dc f,,n 80
hen add one-half teaspoonful of carbon
lte of soda, and stir it up until it foams.
ORANGE PUDDING.-Four sweet oran-
res peeled and picked to pieces and put in
deep pudding dish, with two cups of SUI
sar Put quart of milk, yolks of three
gigs, and two desertspoonfuls of corn
tarch on to boil. Take off, cool it, and
'our it on the oranges. Then beat the
whites to stiff froth, put it over the pud-
ling and place it in the oven until it is of
light brown color.
CoCoANUT PUDDING.-Break the cocoa
ut, and save the milk peel off the brown
KIN, and CRATE the cocoanut very fine.
AXE the same weight of cocoanut, white
ugar and butter; rub the butter and sugar
0 cream, add five eggs well beaten, one
up of cream, the milk of the cocoanut.
nd little grated lemon. Line dish
nth IRISH paste turn the pudding in.
nd bake one hour.
RING WORM It is said the disagreeable
Election known as ring worm my be east