The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-11-15

etc, until the last shesf of corn ia in the
barn. Come west, young man, wbeTs
coal is mined from under a soil Whose
surface, tickled with hoe, laughs with
| golden crops. If not, cut your mel
when the snow flies.
To render timber fire proof: Saturate
| it as far rs may be with strong aqueous
solutions of sodium tungstate (crudel.
silicate, water glass, or sulphate; am.
moniun1 sulphate has also been used.
Wood thus preserved is not ignited nv
sparks or transient contact of flame.
Unaltered woody fiber can net. how.
ever, be rendered, by these or other
simple means, incombustible.
THE washing OF stems and laroe
branches of trees with a solution of car
bolic acid, soap dissolved in lukewarn
water and portion of the flour of sul-
phur mixed with it, is a good method
| for de- troying the insects. The best
/ time to DO the washing is after the sprinu
opens. It viii then stick to the trees
and when the insects come out the robson
kills them in their infant state; and by
that the foliage and fruits of tbs tree;
rnsy be saved.
VEAL PATTIEs. --Mince very fine 4
pound of the lean of cold roast veal. and
halfa pound of cold boiled han--fat ana
lean equally mixed. Put IL in q stew
pan with three ounces of butter III bbed
into three tahlespoonfuls of flour. oil
OF veal gravy. Season it to your tasss
with cayenne pepper, nutmeg, grated
lemon peel, and lemon Juice. Set the
pau On hot Goals, and let the ingredient,
simmer till well warmed, stirring well "a
prevent their burning Have ready
baked some small shells of puff paste
Fill the mixture and serve them eithel
warm or cold.
CUCUMBERs FOR WINTER.---To lsy
down cumbers for winter use: Aflei
gathering z pailful; cutting them tEOn
the vine so as to leave small * of
stem TO each wash them cas4fii7s.r aud
placing 3 layer in the bottom of the
pickle eazk, cover with s layer of salt !;
then another course of cucumbers, then
salt again. This process continue till s.
sufficient number are laid down, No
water Is requisite, and no fears be enter
tanned OF the pickles becoming soft or
poor. The juice Of the cUcumbers will
| form 3 brine, and 8 weight must be
added to keep them under.
BLACKBERRY PUDDING.-One quart
of -four, one pint Of milk, one cupiul OF
chopped beef-suit, two large tablespoon
/ fuls Of baking powder, and two table
| spoonfuls OF sugar. Add to this one
| quart Of biackberries. II is much better
TO steam than to boil it. For sauce. take
nine tab,eso0onfuls ofsugar, two OF flour
and three of butter; rub them TO cream
with a wooden or silver spoon. in s stone
4 hl~srf
any other hayoTiRg you like. Set the
bowl over teakittle of boiling water,
and pour over the sauce one pint of boil
ing water, stirring il all the time.
How TO MAKE DYEs.-A number of
excellent dyes can be obtained form the
berries Of common plants, By boiling
them IN water so as to produce a strong
l-decoction. The whsrtleberry and the
burberry, when boiled down, with an
addition of little alum and copperas,
will make a fine shade of dark blue.
| The same treatment, with solution Of
nut gals added to Il, viii make hand
soma brown; while. by adding alum,
yerdieris and sal ammsniac to the ber-
ries, several shades of bright purple and
red can be obtained. The juice Of elder
berries Of the privet, when OveT~ripe,
viii yield, by mixture of little salt, a
scarlet red and the seeds OF q burning
brush, when trested with sal ammoniac,
make 2 beautiful purple.
CURRANT CATsUP.-Leok over the
cuTTants carefully, and pick from the
stem, heat and put through sieve TO re-
move seeds and skins; then to every five
pounds OF the juice and pulp so obtained
add three pounds Of white, or light brown
sugar, one pint of good cider vinegar,
one tablespoonful ground cinnamon, and
one-hadi tablespoonful ground cloves !;
boil all together Tor half SIN hour, then
bottle and sci in cool, dry place.
If desired aor sauce rather than condi-
ment, the fruit may be used whole, in
stead of putting It through q sieve the
sugar, vinegar and spices add in the
same manner IS before, all brought to g
boil, the fr,sit skinned out, and the
juice boiled for bali an hour, or little
longer. the fruit returned to the kettle,
and all turned hot into an earthern Jar;
or it may becanned the same as any other
fruit, ia which case it win not be neces-
sary 10 boil so long; however, If the
vinegar be pure and sharp, snd direc>
tions be observed as above, it viii gener-
ally keep without the extra trouble Of
canning.