American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-02-12
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

-Swelled legs in horses are remcdied
by giving the horse room to turn around
and move "A little and by keeping him on
an earth floor well bedded. Exercise is u
cure for swelled legs.
Delicious fish sauces are easily made,
viz: Plain drawn butter us the base of
them all. Anchovy Sauce-Put in some
anchovy paste. Oyster Sauce-Use the
best oysters and juice. Shrimp Sauce
Shrimps, potted or fresh. Mussel Sauce
Fresh or picked. Parsley Sauce-Finely
chopped parsley tboil and strain first)
Egg Sauce-Hard-poile eggs, chopped
N. y. Times
The Fincastle Herald has been ir-
formed that a piece of iron hung in fruit
| trees will ctfectually prevent the ravages
of frost. A piece of horse shoe was hung
in cherry tree in an orchard. and the
yield was abundant, while in three ada
cent trees the fruit was entirely killed.
| He says the idea originated with his
mother, and that he, by her instructions,
when a boy, tried the same thing ire
quently, and with the same result. This
is important, if true, and will cost but
little to test the truth of it.
"A lady writing for the Household gives
her process for washing wooden blankets
For two three blankets take one pint of
soft-soap, two tablespoonfuls of powdered
the solution to tub half filled with cold
water and large enough to contain the
blankets; let them stand entirely covered
by the solution from twelve to twenty -four
hours, then squeeze and rub thoroughly,
but do not wiring them; put in a basket
over a tub and let them drain. Rinse in
clear. cold water and drain twice, then
rinse in blue water drain and hang up to
dry. Be sure to use cold water and not
wiring during the process, then the blank
cts will not shrink, but will dry white and
smooth.
Water Is heavy. To carry much of it
requires strong arms. But it can be
drawn easily through large pipes by
means of pump. a rural writer states
that certain man visited his father who
was a farmer in New Hampshire. For
thirty years he had brought water from a
spring in buckets for household use. The
son proposed to put in an aqueduct, but
the father thought it hardly worth while.
He asked the old gentleman how many
times day, on an average, he had brought
the buckets from the spring to the house,
and measured the distance, and found that
he had travelled one mile day, computed
the whole amount of travel, and showed
him he had already performed the labor
of carrying his two buckets 10,95O miles,
and that an aqueduct would cost about
$50.-Neao YORK. Herald.
Whenever the weather Will permit,
carry plants into the open air, or into
some room where they can be watered
over head and their leaves cleaned of dust,
if it cannot be done in the place they are
grown. This cleaning Of the leaves of
house plants is far too generally neglected
by ladies who cultivate only few speci-
mems because it is too much trouble, and
water is not just the thing to scatter over
carpets and furniture. We can hardly
expect to improve on natures method of
watering plants, and she pOurs it upon the
leaves first, and the roots get their share
all in good time. One of the principal
reasons why the plants cultivated by pro-
fessional florists in their Conservatives
thrive so much better than those cult
! waited in common dwellings, is that they
are frequently showered over head, and
the atmosphere in which they grow is
kept constantly moist. Heat, light and
, moisture are the essentials to insure
growth of seeds and plants the richest
! soil or the best attention being of little
value without them.-Sctence Of HealA
Many ladies are annoyed by their
white spool cottons becoming gray with
the particles of dust that will accumulate
in work-baske:s, but do not feel like
spending money to buy a thread-case
Here are directions for making a substi
tute: Take u small pasteboard box "a
collar box is good, cut piece of thin
board to fit it tightly. bore holes In this
!: at convenient distances for the spools tc
I stand, and into the holes fit small wooden
: pegs an inch in height and of such size
l that the spools placed on them will re
!. volve easily; then in the sides of the box
pierce small holes for the end of the
I. thread to pass through, and you have q
!. spOol-c without cost, which, if not as
I ornamental as one bought at the shops
!, will be equally useful. If one choose:
!, the box may be prettily ornamented with
4 gilt paper, flowers cut from wall paper Oh
d any of the various methods for decorating
4 fancy boxes.-N. Y. Erening Post.
L "A Western farmer who feared to use
Paris green for destroying insects aut
who heard that the white helleborc wa:
sure destruction tn most of these enemies
says: II was induced to try it upon ou
ten-lined beetle. My first experiment wa:
made in July, after 1 got thoroughly dis
gusted with hand picking. l have never
. known them SO abundant as last year.
|. procured package of the article and /;
dredging box with very fine holes; fo
> of a broom handle. While the dew wa.
e yet upon the vines busted them with tn,
, powder, and had not long to await thu
> result. Every beetle and slug that hat
= been upon the vines SO treated was dead
y Subsequent applications prod uced tn,
:, same results. l saved my potatoes, bu
my neighbor neglected his, had then
!. entirely stripped, and, as his abutted OF
IL !. mine. the whole hungry crew left hi
u naked stalks for my better vines. A
soon as discovered their tactics drew
), IA Gordon about them of well-sprinkle(
u vines, which entirely stopped further raw
ages. Treatment with hellebOre should
;. begin with the young vines, when very
e little will suffice to kill the beetles ant
l. prevent the later brood. Care should bt
l. taken in handling this drug that none o
it gets into the eyes or nose, as it is al
Z active poison"
d Scalded Food for Hens.