The Hickman courier., 1878-07-05

/ nose, tnIOdt anu oicaSI, take glass o.
hot lemonade and cover up warm in bed
Morning will see you better.
! TURNIP PIcKLEs.-Wash several tur
nips clean, then boil till quite tender
then peel and slice them, and pour owe,
them hot vinegar. Add spices, if vor
wish them.
SEVERAL persons have been poisoned
at Lewiston. Me-, lately, by eating her
ring. The Journal says that St. JOIN
herring are dipped in solution of arse
mic to make them look brighter.
CocoANUr CUsTARD PIE.-Grate ON,
cocoanut; add three eggs and one and one
half cup Of sugar; beat well add th,
milk to the nut, one cup of sweet milk
and piece of butter the size Of a walnut
The great English agricultural write
and practical farmer (Jethro Tull), liv
ing and writing one hundred years sgo
held that frequent blowing and stir1iu,
OF the soil was equivalent to a liberia
coat of manure.
WORMS in horses are caused from hare
work, po1r food and general neglect
For ordinary cases of worms. common
salt, nutritious food and pure water vii
prove satisfactory. Salt should always
be kept in the stalls Of horses.
IT is stated that FIVE hundred new
cheese factories are to be put up in the
state Of Iowa this spring. Other part,
OF the west are also increasing the mum
Der of cheese factories. In New York
the same tendency is evident.
A vERY excellent soup for summer {:
Eight potatoes, boiled soft, piece of bu l
ter size of two eggs. Boil one quart of
milk and one quart of water together,
and pour boiling hot on the soft pota-
toes, strain, and then boil kalf an hour
in the milk and water.
GOLDFISH AND EGGs.-Shred fine, and
properly soak some goldfish. Press it
dry as possible. To one cup of fish add
one cup of eggs removed from the she'll ;
beat the two well together and drop in
spoonfuls into hot pan and fry light
brown on both sides.
JOHNNY cake; Take q pint of sour
milk, break an egg into it, stir in a
spoonful or two of -four and add Indian
meal enough to make thick batter put
in teaspoonful of salt, stir it in FIVE
minutes, then add hesping teaspoOnful
of soda dissolved in hot water bake in
4 pan or on a griddle.
CAULIFLowERs should be transplanted
in rows some two feet apart, leaving
about two feet between the plants.
Cultivate as cabbage. Aid the growth
by liberal manurIng and protect from
the sun by breaking its leaves over the
head when in flower. CauBhowers suc~
ceed best in deep. rich, moist soil.
To polish marble, make a paste of two
parts whiting, one of pumice stone, and
benzine sufficient to mix Benzine alone
will answer if the polish is good and the
marble only needs cleansing. If badly
spotted, use chloride OF soda instead OF
beDzine; let the paste dry on, and make
a second application if necessary.
To wash the woolon the sleeps back is
not a profitable practice. The wool is
not half washed, and the difference in
price will not pay for the loss of weight,
to say nothing of the trouble and risk for
both men and flock. If the sheep are
kept reasonably clean, and the wool free
from rubbish, it will be found better
than having to wash them to get rid o.
the unnecessary filth.
Mr.. MORGAN MIzELL has large or
ange tree on his place which generally
takes on about three thousand or
anges, but never brings one of them tc
perfection. When the fruit becomes O.
moderate size they split open and fall
off. He has tried every means to find
out and remedy the evil, but so far ha:
not succeeded LOrlando (FIa.) Re,
porter.
SEE that the sink water is carried away
from the vicinity of the well and not
allowed to sink into the ground near the
house. Neglect Of this is the fruitful
cause of typhoid fever and diphtheria.
Also clear out decayed vegetables from
the cellar, scatter chloride of lime about,
and throw open wide the cellar windows.
The walls should be thoroughly white
washed.
A MOTHER thus writes: Once q week
invariably, and it was generally when we
had cold meat minced, gave the chill
dren dinner which was hailed with de
light and looked forward to; this was a
dish of boiled onions The little things
knew not that they were taking the best
of medicine for expelling what most
children suffer from, worms. Mine were
kept free by this remedy alone. 1t was
a medical man vino taught me to eat
boiled onions IS specific for a cold in the
chest. He did not know at the time, till
told him, that they were good for any
thing else.
PLAIN New England cookies; one cup
and half of sugar mixed with one-half
cupOf butter, and half z nutmeg, or less
if you like; dissolve q teaspeonfuI OF
saleratus in spoonful of water, which
should be strained, and enough more
-four to enable you TO roll the dough out
easily il very stiff, they viii not be
good; -four the board and roller; nave
the dough about half an inch thIck
cut 1t into small cakes, md stamp them,
if you like bake them ON buttered tins,
in hot oven. These are very nice and
light, if this receipt is followed.
NEURALGIA AND RHEUMATIsM.-A
very simple relieffor neuralgia is to boil
q small handful of lobelia in half pint
Of water till the strength is out OF the
lerb, then strain it off and add a tea
Ipoonful of fine salt Wiring cloths ont
If the liquid as hot as possible, and
pread over the part affected. 1t acts
ike charm. Change the cloths as soon
3 cold, till the pain is all gone; then
over the place over, so as to prevent
aking cold Rheumatism can often be
elieved by application to the painful
arts of cloths wet in solution of sal
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