Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-02
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

--Gooseberry Fool. -Scald a quart
of gooseberrieS in little water until
they are quite soft; mash them up and
stir in three pounds of lump sugar:
boil until they become almost Jelly;
add pint and half of rich milk and
six well-beaten eggs; simmer slowly
for ten or fifteen minutes, stirring all
the time. When done, pour it into a
deep dish, and do not serve until it is
quite cold.
To make raspberry jelly, scald six
quarts of red or black raspberries, by
putting them into stone jar, and plac-
ing it in the oven for a little while:
then strain out the Juice through a
piece of flannel, Add to each pint of
the liquid one pound of loaf-sugar in
Jumps, but first bring the raspberry
juice to boil, and skim off all the
scum that rises. This helps to evap-
crate the water contained in it, and
after the sugar is added, twenty min
utes. or even less, boiling will bring it
to jelly.
Sick headache can generally be re-
lieved by soaking the feet in very
warm water, in which a spoonful of
powdered mustard has been stirred
Soak as long as possible. or till the
water gets cool; it draws the blood
from the head. Another quieting rem
edy is to scald sour milk till it wheys
off; make a bag of thin muslin, and
strain it off, not very dry, and put the
curd in the bag, upon the head, as
warm as it can be borne; it will re-
lieve the pain in few moments. Some
such simple remedies are far preferable
to drugs or to doctors prescriptions;
they relieve us quickly, and are cheap
er, as well as more readily applied.
The following is taken from the
Ladies' Pocket Magazine, bearing date
1895: Curious Method of Preserving
Eggs. The following easy and simple
process for keeping and preserving
eggs of hens. turkeys, geese and ducks
was invented by Mr.. William Jayne,
an ingenious confectoner of Sheffield
England, to whom patent was grant
ed Feb. s, 1901 Put in tub or vessel
one bushel Winchester measure) of
quick lime, thirty-two ounces of cream
of tartar. Mix the whole together
with as much water as will reduce the
composition to such substance as will
cause an egg to swim with its top just
above the liquid; then put and keep
the eggs therein, which will preserve
them perfectly sound for the space of
two years at least.
For farmers The country wants the
most energetic, thorough-going and
wide-awake boys and young men that
can be found. Hence, if boy is
blessed with that browning concom-
liant which moves the world-brains-
let him become farmer. Brains con-
stitute the great desideratum in agricul-
tural science at the present day. Fifty
years ago muscle was the essential
requisite. Fifty years ago a farmer
was expected to perform every manual
labor of the farm by the exercise of
muscular force, while at the present
day he needs brains more than muscle
to enable him to manage labor saving
tools and implements with skill and
efficiency. When the labors of the
farm were nearly all performed by the
laborious and fatiguing application of
human force, farming was irksome
drudgery. But now, when teams and
steam power respond to the bidding of
the tiller of the soil, agriculture is the
most agreeable livelihood that one can
desire. True, at some seasons Of the
year farmers are required to labor
early and late for several days. Then,
again, perhaps for week, they will
have easy times. -EIchdn0e.