Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-10-07
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
Household lliuts.


Household Ilints.
ErDERBERRY WINE.-To every quar-
OF the elderberry juice, add quart Of
water and half pound OF sugar; lot II
stand for twenty hours in an open
vessel. then strain carefully; bottle aud
cork tightly.
MUsH.-Stir corn meal, mixed to q
paste with cold water and sailed, into q
pot OF boiling water; add more meal II
not thick enough; boil IN hour, stirring
frequently to prevent lumpiness; serve
hot, and eat with cold milk.
BAKED RICE PUppINa.-To one quart
Of we'll sweetened milk, favored with
nutmeg, add three tablespoonfuls Of
rice; bake slowly four or four hours, and
add to it, rs it bakes, another quart Of
milk, half cupful at time. 1t should
be eaten cold.
To TAKE WRINKLES OUT OF Silk
II silk scarfs or handkerchiefs have be-
come wrinkled, moisten, not wet them,
evenly with sponge dipped in weak
smoothly and tightly stretched, upon a
screen or mattress.
BOILED BREAD PUDDING. - Crumb
your stale bread into pudding pail and
ovver with sweet milk; set it by the
stove to warm and soften; then to
quart of milk add three well beaten
eggs, half cupful OF sugar, and as
much fruit as liked, either dry or pre-
served; set it in boiling water, and do
not allow it to stop boiling till done.
Do not fill the pail, as it needs room to
Use.
EAST INDIA PICKLES. Stake one peck
OF green tomatoes, one.half peck OF
sliced onions, tour caulifowers sailed
twenty-four hours; drain them and mix
with handful of horseradisb, one ounce
OF cloves, one ounce of cinnamon, one
quarter pound bag of white pepper, one
quarter pound of brown sugar, one
quarter pound Of ground mustard, one
quarter pound of mustard seed, two
punches of chopped celery, fifty small
cucumbers; put all in kettle and cover
with cold vinegar; boil fifteen minutes,
put in stone jar, and they are ready
to eat
Medical Hints.
SrINGs OF INSECTS. the stings Of
n hornet, bee, or wasp, battle the part
in extremely cold water, or battle with
spirits of hartshorn. In case of swallow.
ing bee or wasp, take teaspoonful Of
common salt, dissolved in water; it
kills the insect, and cures the sting.
NAIL IN THE FooT.-To relieve from
the terrible effects of running nail in
the foot of man or beast, take peach
leaves, if season when they may be OBJ
tanned, bruise them and apply to the
wound, combining with bandage; renew
the application il necessary, but once is
generally sufficient.
SpRAINs OF THE WRIST AND ANKLE
As soon as possible after the accident,
get muslin bandage, one or two yards
long, and two or three inches wide; wet
it in cold water, and roll it smoothly and
firmly around the injured part; keep the
limb at rest, exposed to the air and con-
stantly damp with cold water. The
sooner after the accident the bandage is
applied, the less pain and swelling there
will be.
TREATMENT OF BURNs.-Plunging the
part Immediately in cold water relieves
the pain in second. If the part can
not be kept under water, cover it with
dry -four an inch deep or more. In most
cases nothing more is needed. In Sc
we're cases, while the injured part is I'M
der water, simmer leek or two in an
earthen vessel, with half its bulk of
hogs lard, until the leeks are SOFT
When cool, spread it thickly on piece
of linen cloth, ans. Lply to the injured
part. Ronow If necessary.
BLEEDING AT THE NosE.-The two
small arteries branching up from the
main arteries, on each side Of the neck,
and passing over the jawbones, supply
the face with blood. If the nose bleeds
from the right side, for instance, pass
the finger along the edge of the right |
jaw till the beating of the artery is felt;
press hard upon it, and the bleeding
will cease. Continue the pressure five |
minutes, until the ruptured vessels in
the nose contract. In the case of sever
ing of an artery, the utmost activity is
required, else the patient will bleed to
death. Tie handkerchief loosely
around the limb, between the wound
and the heart, place stick through it,
and twist it up tightly, till the bleeding
stops. If the wound will not admit Of
this, place the thumb upon tho artery,
between the wound and the heart, and
send Immediately for physician.
Print tho Buildings.
Before the boards begin to show their
natural color is the time to paint, for
two reasons: 1t is more economical in
the saving of the building, and The
use of paint. As long rs it takes less
paint in the aggregate to keep build
ing looking real well it is infinitely bet.
ter to do SO. 1t gives an air of neatness
to the premises, and speaks as no other
advertisement can of the thrift of the
possessor.
In the fall is a good time to do the
painting. The flies are less trouble
some and there is generally more time
for the work. If it is put off until spring
there are ten chances to one, on the farm,
that it will not be done in year. It
will pay to do it now.
Tho Halter.
A correspondent sends to the farmers
club the following remedy for horse
pulling on his halter, which was given
him some months ago, and which he
has tried with satisfactory results: Pro-
cure strap and sound halter, slip the
strap under the horses tail, crupper
style, bring tho cords along through the
harness and hame rings, and also
throug h the side buckle or rings of the
halter head; then tie both ends of the
strap as you would an ordinary halter
strap to the hitching post. The first
backward movement will produce any
thing but pleasant effect for the horse,
and he will tire directly of repeating an