The Osceola times., 1878-08-24
Useful and Auggestive.

conclusion that from information from
all quarters, wheat will be lower In price
than 1t hss been known in years.
EeGs A LA LAvALLErrE.-Pour into
q fat tin dish cream TO the depth of
a quarter of an inch; bring to a quick
boil and then drop in the eggs and cook
until the whites are hard season to
taste, and serve in the same fiat tin dish.
CHOCOLATE Ice CREAM.-One quart
of cream, one pint OF new milk, one
pound of sugar, two well-beaten eggs,
Ave teaspoonfuls grated chocolate, rub.
bed smooth in little milk. Flavor to
taste. Heat the milk almost to boiling,
pour 1t by deegres in with the beaten egg
and sugar, and freeze.
Ir you want to keep your hogs, horses,
cattle and sheep healthy, give them salt
regularly. There Is no better vermifuge
than salt. Much of the so-called hog
cholera is due to intestinal worms.
Plenty of salt would prevent the accu'
mutation of these worms. All animals
de4ire salt, showing that Is a want Of
their nature, and undoubted for wise
purposes.
INSTEAD Of bringing the horse in when
coated with mud, and sluicing him with
cold or even tepid water, the mud should
be wiped or scraped of 80 far AZ practi-
cable, and then the legs wrapped round
till dry. An English veterinary surgeon
declares that "hundreds and thousands
of cases of mud fever (scratches or grease)
might be prevented If this plan were
used, instead of excessive washing"
In his circular Of the Hoosier poultry
yards" Mr.. J. Barker gives these pre-.
ventives of hen lice: @ A good way to
keep hens free from lice while sitting ID
to put two or three tobacco leaves in
their nests, the fumes of which will
speedily drive out the vermin if they are
infested with them. This Is the best and
only use have for the weed. Another
good plan is to sprinkle sulphur literally
through their feathers"
MILK SOUP. Materials: Four large
potatoes, two ounces of butter, thret
tablespoonfuls of crushed tapioca, ono
pint Of milk. Put the potatoes and leeks
cut in four, into saucepan, with two
quarts OF boiling water and the two
ounces o butter, a teaspoonful of sail
aud pepper TO taste. Boil an hour, run
through colander and return it to the
saucepan; add the milk, sprinkle in the
tapioca, and let it boil fifteen minutes.
BLACKBERRY PoDDING. -. Make 8
crust by wetting two cups OF wheat-meaI
and one cup of fine Indian corn mea
with boiled rice enough to make paste
that can be rolled out one third OF ar
inch thick. Then mix about aqusrt o
blackberries with one half cup of wheat.
meal, pour them into the rolied-out crust
draw the latter over them and pinch to-
| gether, then sew up In cloth and steam
one hour and half Let 1t cool few
minutes, then dish with spoon and
trim with sugar. Serve warm
SPRUCE R..---Tske one gallon oi
| water, one quart good molasses, one
quarter ounce whole cloves, one.q uartei
ounce white ginger root, one>hali ounce
whole allspice, ope-hslf ounce sassafras
Boil all we'll. Boil three hours. After
taking it OF the IRE, pour it into a clean
tub and add one and a-hsli gallons o.
water. Let this stand till milk warm
then add two tablespoons OF bakers oil
brewers yeast; then stand away in the
cellsr or some cool place during the night
covering 1t. The next day II will be fl
for bottling. One or two raisins, with {
few holes punched in them with iork
placed in each bottle, add greatly to it
favor Put it in strong bottles, cori
tightly, and tie down with twine. Sc
in cold cellar and in three or four day
II will ha vine