The Osceola times., 1877-10-13

to feed him for year; the value OF that
land may be noted at fifty dollars per
acre the interest at ten per cent (the
ordinary rate of interest in America )will
be twenty dollars for the four acres;
the interest on the money lying In the
steer for the year, three dollars and the
cost of salt and labor-there are only
four hired men at Grove Park farm
about one dollar; and thus the cost OF
keeping a steer for a year would be about
twenty.fcurdollsrs. Hitherto the Messrs.
Brown have been averaging about thirty
dollars a head for the years keep, and
this year they expect thirty-seven dollars.
their system is unique and simple, and,
as will be seen, very profitable.
valuable Hists.
SPICE CooKIEs-1'hree cups of sugar,
one cup OF butter, four eggs, four table
spoonflils each of cloves, cinnsmon and
nutmeg, one cupful currants, sufficient
-four to make it stiff enough TO roll out.
To REMOVE STAINS FROM TABLE.
LINEN.-Use borax when washing; do
not boil, but bleach out the stains in the
sun: wet the spots occasionally with a
weak solution OF DOrax.
To CURE BUNIoNs.-Bin fine linen
band tightly around the foot and over
the bunion, sew il on II necessary, and
wear it day and night ; bathe the feet
frequently in strong borax water, using
teaspoontul of pulverized borax TO a basin
OF water.
To CRYsrALIIzE 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
hours.
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 Doc OF FLEAs.-Wssh 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 heas will
drop out on the paper and die almost
Immediately. This method Is alse effect
i've with cats.
BLUSH not farmer at your brown
hands, or plain, comfortable garments,
because they are sncered 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 he is or you
ought to be. God has given you good
lot in the world, therefore be glad and
contented.-- Ioica State Register.
A aoop custard is made thus: Scald
quar-, of milk, take off scum, and pour
it hot on the broken eggs. Take five
eggs; throw out the yelks of two; three
tablespoonfuls of sugar, pinch Of salt, a
chip or two ei lemon or orange, and 3
little vanilla. Set it to steaming in 3
close covered vessel, and steam five or six
minutes; then set it on ice and ii is GER
tainly delicious.
A SIMPLE remedy for a choking COW
| or OK is given in the Planter and Farmer.
| The writer says it has been used hun
dreds OF times snd never failed. Take q
tablespoonful oesaltpetre, open the ami
mails mouth and throw it well back on
the tongue let the animal go and the
obstruction will either go down or come
up in few minutes. This is safer
means than the broomstick or whip-stalk
/ To PURIFY THE CoMPLEXIoN.- Eat
an orange or two every morning before
breakfast, drink plenty of lemonade, net
sweetened never drink tea, coffee, nor
any kind of stmulants do not use soap
on the face or neck; take a sponge bath
every morning. either cold or tepid.--in
water made soft with powdered borsx,
teaspoonful in basin of water.
For WASHING FURNITURE. - Tea
leaves may be saved from the table for n
few days, and when sufficient are collected
steep, and not boil, them for half an hour
in tin pan; strain the water offthrough
| a seive, and use this tea to wash all var
nished paint. 1t removes spots, and gives
fresher, newer appearance than when
soap and water Is used. For white paint,
take up small quantity of whiting on a
damp piece of old white flannel, and rub
over the surface lightly, and it will leave
the paint remarkably bright and new.
To MAKE tomato catsup, cut one peck
Of ripe tomatoes in halves, boil them in
a porcelain kettle until the pulp is all
dissolved, then strain them well through
a hair sieve and set the liquor on to boil,
adding one ounce Of salt, one of mace,
one tablespoonful of black pepper, then
one tablespoonful of red pepper, then one
Tablespoonful of ground cloves, five Of
ground mustard; let them all boil to-
gether for FIVE or six hours, and stir them
most OF the time. Let the mixture stand
eight or ten hours in cool place, and
add one pint of vinegar, and then bottle
IL; seal the corks, and keep in a cool,
dark place.
WHAT the farmer wants or needs to
produce is, first, that horse which sells
f,r the largest profit on his cost, and,
secondly, that horse which supplies the
greatest number of uses for which
farmer needs horse. We do not rank
horse-rating, or rapid road driving, as
one of the prime needs of man, much
less of the farmer, in this connection.
When that type Of horse can be found
which will most nearly fill the above
conditions not one without the other,
but both taken together, we have no
fears but he will in time become the horse
of America. National Lire Stock journal
THE venerable George Dent, of Geor.
gia, writes: "The sober second thought
caused me to choose the farm as my occu-
patton, to which have devoted a long
life; and If I were To be asked this day
by any young man to recommend to him
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