Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-06-13
AND DOMESTIC.

Strong lime water viii kill potato
h,qs The experiment is cheaply and
easily tried
If a hen be not sitting SO that her
..st and eggs absorb a little moisture
4rom the earth, sprinkle her nest and
acrs every few days with water when
cha is off to feed. -IolCa State Register.
One ounce of lemon juice mixed
NTH quarter of drachm OF sugar
will remove freckles. Keep this To-
ion in glass bottle, corked tightly, a
faw DAYS before using and apply to the
fracklps occasionally and it will soon
remove them.
The cause of scales on the legs of
fowls is from the hnrrowing of Minute
PARASITES beneath the skin. These
PARASITES are nearly identical with the
itch insects. Amounting the legs and
feet with lard and sulphur three times
at intervals of four days, OF moiSten-
inc with kerosene oil at the same
intervals, are usually successful rene
djes.-N. Y. Herald.
For veal loaf. mince cold roast
veal as fine as possible, add one-fourth
fat ham chopped very fine, one cup
grated bread crumbs, one grated nut
meg two beaten eggs, a little salt and
CAYENNE, mix well, form III loaf,
GIaze over with eggs and sprinkle with
brpad-crumbs; bake half an hour;
serve with roast veal gravy, heated,
and thickened with beaten egg put
in lust before serving.
If suffering from IA cold, by simply
abstaning from drink and liquid food
of any kind for aS long period as
possible, the internal congestion
which is. in fact, the condition gen.
erally known as a cold-becomeS re-
duced The cause of congestion is the
excess Of blood contained IN the over
charged membranes, and this is re-
moved when the general bulk of the
blood has been diminished by with
holding the usual supply of fluid.
For breakfast rolls, mix half an
ounce of sitted white sugar in two
pounds of the finest flour; make a hole
in the center, and put in about two
tablespoonfuls of fresh yeast, mixed
with little water; let it stand all
night; in the morning add the yelks of
| two eggs, piece of butter the size of
a walnut, and sufficient warm milk to
make it of alright consistency; divide
into rolls (about twelve or fourteen);
bake half an hour in a brisk oven.
To make an old-fashioned lemon
| pie, to the juice of one lemon add half
a cuptul of sugar and half cupful of
. nice molasses. While the sugar is dis
solving, chop the remainder of the
lemon (after removing part of the yell
low rindJ very fine. Add to it the
Juice; cover a very large baking plate
with good crust, pour in the mixture,
shake over it about tablespoonful Of
flour, cover with short crust rolled
pretty thick, and bake in q very quick
oven. You must stick the upper crust
very carefully under the lower one, in
order to save all the juice.
There is one thing which nature
doeSnOt supply, and which civilization,
the Germantown Telegraph says, rem
derS quite necessary to fowls. 1t is
charcoal. But charcoal made of wood
does not answer the purpose. 1t has
no taste of food, is not attractive to
the fowl, and is seldom eaten. But if
dly one Will put an ear OF ripe corn
uJo the fire till the grains are we'll
cudrred, and then shell off the corn
and throw it To his flock, he will see
an easerness developed and healthy
condition brought about which Will
make a decided improvement. All
pale combs will become bright red,
IAdt busy song which succeeds laying
Will be heard, and the average yield OF
e-LS viii be greatly increased.