Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-11-02
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

To Cure Wakefulness. Take
sponge bath just before retiring; have
plenty of pulverized borax in the water;
rub we'll with q coarse towel to get up a
circulation.
To Cook Egg g-plant.-It must be
soaked in salt and water before frying it,
then dried thoroughly, rolled in beaten
egg and bread crumbs, and fried in
plenty of lard or beef.dripping.
-Pound.cake Without Soda.-One
pound powdered sugar, half pound but
ter, eight eggs, whites and yelks beaten
separately and we'll; ten ounces flour,
one nutmeg; bake one hour or longer.
Never fails, and will keep one week.
"A frozen plant may frequently be
preserved If plentifully drenched with
cold water, because the application of
that liquid produces gradual thaw,
whereas the sudden elevation of temper
ature which would be occasioned by the
morning sunbeams or by water warmed
thereby would be fatal to the plant.
Salad Dressing, One heaping table
spoonful of boiled mashed potatoes, rub
in with table-knife half teaspoonful or
less of white sugar, half teaspoonful of
pepper and the same of made mustard;
then few drops at time of salad. oil,
until about one teaspoonful is used up;
at the last one tablespoonful of vinegar.
"A successful remedy for the pear
blight, which is so rapidly destroying the
pear trees of the country, is said to be a
solution of hellebore-one pound to one
barrel of water, sprinkled well over the
trees. A few applications, it is said, will
prove effective to arrest the blight, by
killing the insects which are said to cause
it. The remedy is certainly cheap one
and easily tested.
Mustard Cauli1ower.-Pickth the cauli.
flower into small bits, sprinkle with salt,
pour on boiling water and let stand till
cold and then drain. Dressing for
above: Eight eggs well beaten, and one
quart of vinegar let this stand on the
stove till it thickens; then add one cup
of salad.oil, two tablespoonfuls mixed
mustard, three teaspoonfuls Of curry
powder, two teaspoonfuls black pepper,
two teaspoOnfuls of salt; pour this over
the caulihower while hot; bottle.
Sponge Pudding .-Cupful flour
and one of powdered sugar mixed to-
gether, with one tcaspoonful cream tar
bake in three pie tins and spread with
currant jelly. Makea custard, and pour
over it, of three eggs, cupful white
sugar, pint of milk, and teaspoonful of
vanilla. Stir the beaten eggs and sugar
into the scalding milk, and take from the
fire as soon as it begins to thicken.
Flavor when cool. To be eaten quite
cold.
-Broiled Chicken.-Cut the chickens
in halves, lengthwise, pound them to
make them as fiat as possible, lay them
on large frying pan, with an inch depth
of water in it; turn them once or twice.
When they seem tender, take them up,
dry off the water, and rub them with fat
pork. Put them on broiler over a
clear fire, and they will brown immedi.
ately. Let the water in the frying pan
keep boiling, and when the chickens are
done, pour it over them for gravy, first
thickening it little and seasoning it
with butter, pepper, and salt. Garnish
the chickens with narrow slices of fried
breakfast bacon. This method of broil-
ing chickens is vastly superior to the
ordinary process, which dries and smokes
them without making the flesh tender.
Grape vines should always bepruned
in the fall, as bad weather or press of
other work may interfere in early spring
AS each vine will require to be pruned
according to its condition, no general
rules can be given. The canes that grew
the past season will not bear fruit again.
The buds upon these canes will next
season form shoots upon which the fruit
will be borne. The pruner should be
able to see what the vine will be, to de.
eide where he wishes fruit. bearing
shoots, and must leave buds to produce
them, cutting away all the other buds,
or the canes which bear them. AS this
will remove large share of the wood
that the vine has made during the past
season, the novice is timid, and fears that
he is doing wrong, but in most cases the
danger is in leaving rather than in re
moving too much. american AgricuEt
urist.