Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-11-01
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FARM AND FIRESIDE.

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FARM AND FIRESIDE.
A MILK DIET.-I find by experience
says DR.. E. F. Chapman, that lime waite I
and milk is not only food and medicine at
an early period of life, but also at later
when, as in the case of infants, the func-
lions of digestion and assimilation have
been seriously impaired. A stomach taxed
by gluttony, irritated by improper food
infamed by alcohol, enfeebled by disease
or otherwise untitled for it's duties, as il
shown by various symptoms attendant
upon Indigestion, diarrh@a, dysentery, and
fever, will resume it's work, and do it en-
ergetically, on an exclusive diet of lime
water and milk. A goblet Of cows milk
to which four tablespoonsfuls of lime wa
ter have been added, will agree with any
person, however Objectionable the plain
article may be will be friendly to the
stomach when other food is oppressive,
and will be digested when all else fails to
afford nourishment Of this statement
have had positive proof In very many ca
SEES. The blood being thin, the nerves
weak. the nutrition poor, the secretions
defective, and excretions insufficient, the
physician has at hand remedy as COM
mon as the air and as cheap almost as wa
ter. In it all the elements of nutrition
are so prepared by Nature as to be readily
adapted to the infant or the adult stom-
ach, and so freighted with healing virtues
as to work cure when drugs are worse
than useless.
WINTERING ROsEs.-Perhaps our plan
for wintering roses may be useful to some
other amateur. I had hot-bed frame not
in use, and after losing my roses in the
house. year after year, I concluded to
improvise small cold-pit. 1 sank in the
ground very large dry-goods box. Over
it placed hot-bed frame and sash, put
the ported roses in the box, and the thing
was done,-As the cold grew intense,
drew up earth around the sides of the
frame and covered the sash with an old
piece of carpet, and then did not see the
roses until spring, when they were simply
Watered, the carpet removed, and the
plants left under the sash for two or three
weeks before removing.-I have practiced
this method for three or four winters, and
with perfect success. The plants fairly
jump when the sun strikes them in the
Spring, and they are in healthy growing
condition when I!transplant them to the
border. wish now to make a permanent
cold-pit in order to use the hot-bed frame
in Spring.
No MORE SLEEPLEss N1eHTs.-Some
body who seems to have tried it, says:
''The latest method we have heard of for
curing cases Of pure sleerlessness, when
by pain or disease, is the
following: Get out,of bed and take linen
bandage although a handkerchief, neatly
folded longwise, will do as we'll, perhaps
better. Dip one-half of the handkerchief
into water; pass the wet portion around
the wrist; over this lay the dry half, and
tuck the ends so as to make all secure.
Lie down again. The wet bandage will be
found to exercise most soothing influ-
ence on the pulse; this will soon extend all
over the nervous system, and calm, re-
:reshing sleep will be the result,'
AN EXCELLENT LINIMENT.-The fol-
owing is the best liniment for man and
lorse for bruises, blows and general strains.
1t may be used when the skin is broken or
nbbed off, not on the wound itself, be-
'ause it would cause pain, but rubbed in
veil all around the wound: Dissolve one
'unce Of camphor in eight ounces 0
plrlts OF wine; add one ounce of oil of
urpentlne, one ounce of.spirits of sal am
nonlac, one-half ounce of oil of origanum.
nd one large tablespoonful of laudanum.
sub on well with the hand for fully quar-
t hour four times day. This is worth
aore than the price of your paper, and will
ost about forty cents.
DUCHESS PoTAToEs.-Masho one quart
l not boiled potatoes through fine COL
nder with potato masher; mix with
hem one ounce of butter, one scant tea
poonful of salt. half salt-spoonful Of
mite pepper, pinch of grated nutmeg.
no the yolks of two raw eggs; pour the
o1a1oes out ON the plate, and then form
with knife into small cakes two inches
ong and one wide; lay them on the but-
'ered tin, brush them over the top with
n egg beaten up with teaspoonful of
Old water, and color them golden brown
q moderate oven.
TRANSPARENT PUDDING.-Warm half
ound OF fresh butter, but don't allow it to
1elt' mix with it half pound of powdered
'af sugar, and stir them together till thew
re perfectly light. Add small nutmeg
rateo, or half large one, beat eight eggs
$ light as possible and stir them gradually
ITO the butter and sugar. Finish with
l1flclent extract OF roses to give it a fire
aVor. Stir the whole very hard; butter a
eep dish, put in the mixture and bake il
alt an hour. Serve cold,
1oN1ATA oMELET.-Beat six eggs sep
catelY mix with the yolks one and half
Ups OF sweet milk. little salt, and one
lblespoonful of flour well mixed with a
5tle milk lastly, add the whites beaten
stiff froth. then pour all into heated
Uttered or larded pan and let it boil. stir
ng constantly until it thickens. then nour
TO an omelet or baking dish, and bake in
lick oven.
SCOTCH sHoRTBREAD.-Take one pound
ia quarter of flour; rub into it half
'und Of butter and one pound of snoar