The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-07-27

TOMATO WINE.-To 1 gallon of the
juice of ripe tomatoes, strained, put 8
pounds Of white sugar. Set aside in a
demijohn to ferment. Tie over the
mouth only a piece Of muslin until fer
mentation ceases, when it should be
bottled and corked tightly. Put a few
raisins in each bottle, and, with the
color of champagne, it will have some
OF its sparkling quality.
To PRESERVE GoosEBERRrEs.-Select
well-grown fruit, but not too ripe; pick
them over carefully, and put into wide
mouthed bottles or jars stop them up
closely, and place in a pan of cold
water. Let 1t come gradually to u boil;
when the fruit is well scalded, take out
the bottles; cork tightly, and seal with
a They must be air-tight. They
Will make excellent pies in the winter.
COMPOUND POWDER OF CHARCOAL.
Mix together, prepared charcoal, /
ounce; powdered rhubarb, 4 ounces;
b~icarbonate of soda, 2 drains. Per-
sons laboring under dyspepsia, loss of
appetite, sour stomach, arrangement of
bowels, ETC., will find this very valuable
in doses of a teaspoonful every 3 or 4
hours during the day. 1t may be taken
in water or Indian meal Cruel.
GREEN TOMATO PREsERvEs.-Take l
peck of green tomatoes. They are said
to be nicer If peeled, but that is difficult
to do, and not necessary. Slice 6 fresh
lemons without removing the skins, but
taking out the seed. Put to this guam
tity 6 pounds of sugar, brown or white,
and boil until the tomatoes are trans.
parent and the sirup thick. Although
some are prejudiced against the use of
the tomato in this way, with many it is
a favorite preserve, and may at least be
found useful when fruit is scarce.
TOMATO FIGs.-Take p~ear.shaped
tomatoes, red or yellow, and weigh
them. To 6 pounds allow 3 pounds of
brown sugar strongly favored with gin.
ger and lemon juice. Put all together
in a kettle with a very little water, and
simmer gently until the tomatoes are
clear through, but not broken. Lift
from the strip, and spread in the sun
to dry upon large fiat dishes. Pack
away in small glass or stone jars, in
layers, strewing sugar thickly between
each layer of tomatoes. More tomatoes
may be scalded in the sirup left in the
kettle, and will be quite sweet enough.
A CHOLERA REMEDY.-The hot sea-
son revivcs the necessity of having at
hand Il good cholera mixture, and none
has proved more effective than the one
published years ago by the New York
Sun. This consists of equal parts of
tincture of opium, red pepper, rhubarb,
peppermint and camphor. 1t is a REM
edy for summer complaint, diarrhTa,
cramps in the bowels, and similar all
ments, and affords almost instant relief.
The dose is from 3 to 10 drops for Il
child, according to age, and 10 to 80
drops for an adult, according to the
severity of the attack.
JAM OF VARIOUS FRUITS. jam can
be made of cHrrants, strawberries, rasp-
berries or gooseberries, in proportions
of n pound of fruit to a quarter of a
pound of sugar. The most economical
way to make jam is to boil the fruit for
half an hour before the sugar is added,
and without covering it. This allows
all the scum of the fruit to rise and
evaporates the water contained in it;
and, if the sugar is of the most highly
refined nature, it will throw up hardly
any scum, and as soon as it has boiled
up once the jam can be put into tightly
sealed cans 1t will keep perfectly i
made air-tight.