Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-03-06

tlCle: SPICY one WuetS the appetite,
aud commends what follows to both
editor and reader. Above all, stop
when you are done. Don't let the
ghost Of your thought wander about
after the Death Of the body. Don't
waste q momeut'B time in vindica.
ting yourpro1uction, against editors
or critics, bnt expend Your energies
IN writing something which shall be
its own vhidication.
ROAST CHICKEN.-Chicken should
never be cooked the same day it is
killed. Wash well With cold water,
then pour boiling water over il and
into the cavity. Rub the latter
with salt and pepper, and fill with
dressing made of bread soaked i'll
water and squeezed out, q table.
spoonful butter, little salt, pepper
aud parsley. Rnb the chicken well
with butter. Sprinkle pepper and
salt over it and drelge with Hour.
Lay 1t into pan with a slice OF
pork or bacon and a pint of water.
Let it simmer slowly two hours,
bastlng and dredging frequently.
Turn the chicken 81 each part may
be equally Drowned. Add chopped
thyme and parsley to the gravy.
Some persons think ground ginger
more delicate ilavoring for the
dressing than pepper.
young lady who makes
all the family soap gives the follow.
ing recipe for "A good cheap article:
Add to ten quarts of water six
pounds OF quick lime tshcll lime is
BEST and six pounds of common
washing soda. Put all together
and boil for half au honr, and let it
stand all night to clear. Draw oil
the I've and add to ii one pound of
common resin and seven pounds Of
fat amy fat VIII do) Boil this for
half IN hour, and let it stand till
cool, and cut into bars.
STEwED F0wLs.-Fill the inside
of young fowl with oysters, put
it in Il jar or tin pail tightly closed
and put i'll II kettle of water. Boil
an hour and a halt; there will he n
quantity Of gravy from the fowl and
oysters; add to il II little Hour. made
smooth III a small quantity of water,
some butter, seasoning TO taste, and
more oysters with their liquor.
Serve this with the fowl; which will
he very white aud tender. All the
fine flavor lost in the ordinary boil
ing will be preserved.
To CLEAN KID GLovEs.-A
good way to clean black kid gloves,
Says the Scientific American, is To
take II teaspoonful of salad oil
sweet oil, drop Il few drops of ink
in it, rub it over the gloves with the
TIP OF IA feather; then let them dry
III the sun.
To PREVENT MILDEw On PRE-
SERvES.-Take the white Of an cg.
and wet slightly both sides OF
piece of letter paper sufficiently
large tn cover over the top OF the
preserves snuglN. have kept them
free from mould and spelling two
years.
Prof. Dlman of Brown t'nivcr.
slty gives his opinion on tue hell
question AZ follows: 81 affirm that
there Is no warrant whatever tor
erecting the bold, literal dogma of
everlasting punishment into IN ar.
uclc at the Christian faith: that Il
Ericvous wrong is done when any
who shrink from accepting it are
excluded from the communion of
I hrStlan people, and that the rrlig
louS body which insists ON this as
an essential test viii inevitably bar
from ts ministry many OF the most
faithful and the most conscientious
ol the present generation. Those
who affirm 1t affirm what Jesus
himself made no part of his direct
ana explicit teaching. and where he
was silent we well may pause"
va iron. scrap iron, castings, old
bones, etc, are of great value TO
triit growers If piled about the trees.
The iron sinks into the earth. is all.
Sorbcd by the roots, and enters into
thc wood by the sap, and protects
the tree against horcrs and other
vermin. We remember several years
ago having read that rusty nails
urlNcn !nto the tree ut the base. and
INTO exposed portions of the roots.
had the same effect. 1t seems like
Il very reasonable theory. and we