The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-06-20
Home and Farm Rrevities.

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THE root of horse-radish will give in
slant relief to hoarseness.
If you are taking cold, grease your
nose, throat and breast, drink a glass of
hot lemonade, and cover up warm in
bed. Morning will see you better.
SEVERAL persons have been poisoned
at Lewistown, Me-, lately, by eating her.
ring. The Journal says that ST. John
herring are dipped in a solution Of ar
senic to make them look brighterl
A VERY excellent soup for summer:
Eight potatoes, boiled soft, piece of but
ter size of two eggs. Boil n quart Of
milk and NJ quart of water together,
and pour boiling hot on the soft pota-
toes, strain, and then boil half an hour
in the milk and water.
JOHNNY cake: Take a pint of sour
milk, break an egg into it, stir in a
spoonful or two of flour and add Indian
meal enough to make a thick batter; put
in a teaspoonful of salt, stir it five min
utes, then add heapihg teaspoonful of
soda dissolved in hot water; bake in a
pan or on a griddle.
Mr.. MORGAN MIzELL has a large
orange tree on his place which generally
takes" on about three thousand
oranges, but never brings one of them to
perfection. When the fruit becomes of
moderate size they split open and fall
off. He has tried every means to find
out and remedy the evil, but so far has
not succeeded.--0rando (Fza.) Reporter.
SEE that the sink water is carried
away from the vicinity of the well and
not allowed to soak into the ground near
the house. Neglect of this is the fruit
full cause of typhoid fever and diphthe-
ria. Also clear out decayed vegetables
from the cellar, scatter chloride of lime
about, and throw open wide the cellar
windows. The walls should. be thor
oughly whitewashed.
A MOTHER thus writes: Once a week
invariably-and il was generally when
we had cold meat minced-I gave the
children a dinner which was hailed with
delight, and looked forward to-this was
a dish of boiled onions. The little things
knew not they were taking the best of
medicine for expelling what most chill.
dren suffer from-worms. Mine were
kept free by this remedy alone. 1t was
a medical man who taught me to eat
boiled onions as specific for a cold in the
chest. He did not know at the time,
till 1 told him, that they were good for
any thing else.
PLAIN New England COOKIES: One
cup and a half of sugar mixed with
one-half cup of butter and half a nut
meg, or less if you like; dissolve a tea
spoonful Of saleratus in a spoonful of
water; stir into the mixed sugar and
butter a cup of milk-sour milk is
the best-and -four enough to make a
thick batter; and add the saleratus
water, which should be strained, and
enough more flour to enable you to roll
the dough out easily; if very stiff, they
will not be good; -four the board and
roller; have the dough about half an
inch thick; cut it into small cakes, and
stamp them if you like; bake them on
buttered tins, in a hot oven. These are
very nice and light, if this receipt is fol
lowed.
TIE total annual consumption OF sugal
by the people of the world is 3,079,00(
tons, which is a fraction we seventeen
pounds per capita. The United States
alone consumes annually $50, 900 tons an
average of AZ 1-3 pounds per capita, fol
which it pays in gold nearly 500, OO0, 900
To show in what relation the manufac-
ture of beet sugar stands in the pro
duction of that made from sugar zane
in 1874 there was made from cane in al
the sugar manufacturing countries 1,
$40, 1856 tons, and from beets LILO, 16t
tons. The principal beet sugar pro
ducing districts are in Europe, viz.
France, Belgium, Prussia, Austria, and
Russia. In the United States, California
is the only State producing beet sugar
since the collapse of the factory a
Chatsworth, Ill, and subsequently al
Freeport, Ill. But steps are being taker
10 inaugurate the industry in Maine
and also, we believe, in Canada.