The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-10-11
Valuable Hints.

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Valuable Hints.
SPICE COOKIES cups of sugar,
one cup of butter, four eggs, four table
spooufuls each of cloves, cinnamon and
nutmeg, one cupful currants, sufficient
-four to make it stiff enough to roll out.
To REMOVE STAINS FROM TABLE
IINEN.-Use bOrax when washing do
not boil, but bleach out the stains in the
sun wet the spots occasionally with
weak solution of bOraR.
To CURE BUNIoNs.-Bind a fine linen
band tightly around the foot and over
the buniOn, sew it on if necessary, and
wear it day and night; battle the feet
frequently in strong bOrax water, using a
teaspOOnful of pulverized borax TO basin
of water.
To CRYSTALLINE DRIED GRASSES
Take one pound of powdered alum, pour
on two or three quarts of boiling water,
place the grasses in and let them remain
until the solution becomes cold and the
alum crystalizes; do not move them
while crystalizing. 1t takes about twelve
Feurs.
To PRESERVE AUTUMN LEAVES
Have a middling hot iron end rub on
quickly little white wax, then quickly
press both sides O. the leaves; wax the
iron anew for each side of the leaf; only
rub the iron once over the leaf. Forest
tree leaves for wreaths" are prepared in
the same way.
To RID A DOG OF FLEAs.-Wash him
thoroughly with common soft soap, such
as they use aboard ships; or place him on
a newspaper and rub Persian insect
powder well over him, and the fleas will
| drop out on the paper and die almost
| Immediately. This method is also effect
| i've with cats.
BLUSH not farmer at your brown
hands, or plain, comfortable garments,
because they are sneered at by your city
cousins. Dismiss from your hearts all
envy of the man who controls millions
and makes a noise in the world. You
are probably happier than ne IS, or you
ought to be. God has given you a good
| lot in the world, therefore be glad and
| contented.-Io1O State Register.
A GOOD custard is made thus: Scald
a quart of milk, take Of scum, and pour
it hot on the broken eggs. Take five
eggs throw out the yelks of two three
tabIespOOnfuls of sugar, pinch OF salt, Il
chip or two OF lemon or Grange, and a
little vanilla. Set it to steaming in a
close covered vessel. and steam five or six
minutes; then set it on ice; and it is GER
tRlnly delicious.
A SIMPLE remedy for a choking COW
or OK is given in the Planter and Farmer.
The writer says it mas been used hun
dreds of times and never failed. Take a
tablespoonful o. saltpetTe, open the ami
mails mouth and throw it we'll back on
the tongue let the animal go and the
obstruction will either go down or come
up in a few minutes. This is safer
means than the brOOmstick or whi p-stalk,
To PURIFY THE COMPLEXION.-Ea
an orange or two every morning before
breakfast, drink plenty of lemonade, not
sweetened; never drink tea, coffee, nOi
any kind of stimulants do not use soap
on the face or neck; take d sponge bath
every morning--either cold or tepid--in
water made soft with powdered borax
teaspoOnful in basin of water.
For WASHING FURNITURE. = Tea
leaves may be saved from the table for a
few days, and when sufficient are collected
steep, and not boil them for haitian hOu
, in tin pan; strain the water off through
a seive, and use this tea to wash all var
nished paint. 1t removes spots, aud gives
a fresher, newer appearance than wher
soap and water IS used. For white paint
take up a small quantity of whiting on {
damp piece of old white flannel, and rut
over the surface lightly, and it will leave
the paint remarkably bright and new.
To MAKE tomato catsup, cut one peel
, of ripe tomatoes in halves, boil them il
, porcelain kettle until the pulp is al
, dissolved, then strain them we'll through
hair sieve and set the liquor on to boil
, adding one ounce Of salt, one of mace
one tablespoonful of black pepper, theI
; one tablespoonful of red pepper, then on,
, tablespoonful of ground cloves, five @
ground mustard; let them all boil 20
gether for Eve or six hours, and stir then
: most OF the time. Let the mixture stant
, eight or ten hours in a cool place, an,
add one pint of vinegar, and then bottle
it; seal the corks, and keep in cool
dark place.
WHAT the farmer wants or needs t
produce Is, first, that horse which sell
; for the largest profit on his cost, and
l secondly, that horse which supplies tht
J greatest number of uses for which
= farmer needs horse. We do not ranl
horse-racing, or rapid road driving, a.
> one of the prime needs of man, mUci
, less of the farmer, in this connection
When that type of horse can be founC
which will most nearly fill the abov,
conditions. not one without the other
but both taken together, we have NJ
fesrs but he will in time beco the horsr
, of America National Lice Stock Journal
, THE venerable George Dent, of Geo
gia, writes: The sober second thought
+ caused me to choose the farm as my occu
patton, to which l have devoted r Ions
!, lite; and if were to be asked this day
J by any young man to recommend to hin
the pursuit he should follow, 1 woulC
} honestly tell him to choose that OF &
farmer True, we have our .rials
troubles and disappointments, as other
have, but from the very nature OF oul
occupation we can do more to guarC
against them and overcome them"