The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-06-20

! ions insects He found, also, by sleeping in
water some fresh leaves of the tomato and
/ sprinkling the effusion upon other plants,
the innumerable insects which covered them
/ were driven away.
Some gardeners have tried the above rem
edy, some by accident and others by inten-
| ton, and their success was remarkable One
gentleman had all his apple trees ravaged by
the curculiO until last year when he secured
splendid crop. He knows Of no cause ex-
cept the tomato plants that were grown for
the first time among his trees.
INDIGESTION IN You've ANIMALS. - This
may result from great variety of causes,
such as Withholding the first Qaxative) milk
after parturition, feeding new borr calves on
the milk of old calved cows, bringing up
foals or lambs on cows milk, working, over
driving or otherwise exciting the dams,
feeding unwholesome food to the DAMS al
lowing too long intervals between the meals
of the young; bringing up on hand on cold
or sour milk or farinaceous food keeping in
/ damp unwholesome pens. or the accumula-
ton of pellets of hair in the stomach.
SymptOms-Irregular impaired or even
ravenous) appetite, swollen, tender, drum
like abdomen, sour eructations, profuse,
fetid, white, watery diarrhoea, white or gray
| ish fur on the tongue, dry, scurfy, unthrifty
skin and rapid emaciation.
| Treatment-Give dose of one or two
ounces castor oil (one-third for lambs) with
a teaspoonful of laudanum: Then with each
meal give a tablespoonful from a bottle of
sherry in which one-eighth of the fresh
| fourth stomach of a calf has been stepped.
| Or with this give a carminative Zone ounce
tincture of cInnamon) with an antacId (pre-
pared chalk or magnesia one drachm) and
soothing or anodyne agents (gum arabic, bis
| muth) J, with it may be an astringent (tinc-
| ture of klno or catechu one drachm). If
there is much tenderness of the abdomen
| apply a pulp of mustard and water.
| If yellowness tof the mucous men,
| branes and white, very f9tid dung give
two grains calomel and five grains chalk
| twice daily. In all cases give fresh warm,
| wholesome milk thrice a day, with several
| spoonfuls of lime water added to each meal.
In some instances the tone of the stomach
may be greatly restored by a tablespoonful
/ of tIncture of gentian twice day.
Prevention should be sought in breeding
only vigorous families, sheltering properly,
and feeding the milk of the dam or healthy
nurse unaltered by faulty feeding or excite
ment. or by standing. When a foal must be
brought up on cows milk, dilute with one
third its bulk of warm water, sweeten with
sugar, and add lime water. For one carni-
/ vora use only the upper third of cows milk.
| Farmers Veterinary Adviser.
| The Housekeeper.
BOILED CAULIFLowER-In buying choose
those that are close and white; trim and
plunge them, heads downward, in water
| with handful of salt in it. After an hour
drain them and boil rapidly in an uncovered
saucepan. They should be tender, unless
very large, in fifteen minutes. Serve with
butter sauce.
FROZEN FRUIT CAKE.-One pound of fruit,
| one quart of good fresh cream, sweeten to
TASTE rub all through fine seive, place in
freezer; as it freezes scrape from the sides
| like ice cream; if nodded in fancy forms it
must be first frozen. then packed we'll in the
forms, and repacked in ice and salt, like the
beginning; place the forms in warm water
| for a moment, so as to turn out nicely.
GREEN Corn FRITTERs sufficient
number of ripe ears of corn to make quart;
rub together quarter OF pound of butter
quarter of pound of sugar and three table.
l.spoonfuls of flour, pinch of salt; stir into
this one quart of rich milk, eight eggs well
beaten, and lastly the grated corn; if not
thick enough, a little more -four may be
added; fry in hot butter. or bake in a pud
ding dish. You may make half this guam
tity.
CHERRY BoUNCE.-Stone and put in a jan
the cherries, place this jar into pot of boil
ing water, set ii on the fire and let the
water boil around the cherries until the
juice is extracted then strain the juice, and
TO one gallon put four pounds of sugar; put
il in kettle and let it boil until all the
scum is taken off, add few whole spices
and just before bottling add a quart o.
brandy and one of rum to each gallon of the
juice.
REFREsHMENTs.-For small evening par
ties. sociables, RECEPTIONS ETC., where the re
freshments are handed around and are of q
simple character, everything should be ex
cellent in the highest degree. delicately pre-
pared, and attractively served. Sandwiches
and coffee, chocolate or tea, variety of nice
cake, jellies, Ice cream or ices, and fruits are
appropriate. For a more pretentious occa
sion, a simple table, prettily decorated with
flowers, and set with fruit, lobster salad
chicken croquettes, picked oysters, and one
| or two kinds of ice cream and cake, and cot
fee and tea is quite enough.
STRAWBERRY SHoRT-cAKE- Ingredients
One quart of -four, two heeplng teaspoonful'
of yeast powder, half teaspoanful of salt
butter size of an egg, milk, two quarts o
strawberries; mix the baking powder int
the -four; rub in butter and add enough o
milk to make a soft dough. Spread this OF
two pie-tins and bake In a quick oven
When the cakes are done let them partly
cool. Cut around the edges and split them
spread them with butt ter; then, with on,
quart of mashed strawberries with plent,
of sugar, put with them the other quart o.
whole strawberries, sprinkled with sugar
Serve pitcher of cream with q strawberry
short-cake- In this form it can be cut like
pie, and is good summer breakfast a
well as a tea dish.