The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-04-18
RURAL HINTS.

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How THE FARM WAS Bouour.-A Young
man was very anxious to secure a piece Of
property which was Just then for sale on
very advantageous terms. He went to
confer with a friend Of his, who was a
banker, about the matter. and to inquire
whether it would be prudent to borrow
the requisite sum and pay it in regular in
Stallments. He thoughthe should be able
to manage all but the first installment. He
was advised to borrow from the bank a
sum enough larger than he wished to raise
TO cover the first payment, lay It strictly
ASIDE n then 60 ahead. "But," said his
friend, you must spend literally nothing.
You must live off your place. You must
make a box and drop in 1t all the money
you receive" The young man and his
vile went bravely 10 work TO follow his
advice. II II was necessary 10 dine off a
mead Of boiled cabbage and salt, they did
&c and never grumbled. Every payment
was promptly met. The egg money, and
the butter money, and the corn and wheat
money all went into the payment box, and
o. the specified time the place was theirs.
Ihere was an invisible wealth about such
h~ard-earned possessions that common OBJ.
servers knew nothing Of. On the day OF
tne last payment the young man presented
himself before his friend with a smiling
lace and with the money in his hand.
There were no rags to be seen, but his
clothing was well covered with darns from
head to loot. you see l have followed
your advice" he said, casting a glance over
himself, "and my wife looks worse than l
40. But have earned the farm and now
l know how to earn another. -CincinRati
Times.
MUTTON KANSAS achange from a too
frequent pork, egg and poultry diet, NUT
ton hams would be very desirable. A
sheepslaughtered occasionally would fur.
nish sufficient fresh meat for a weeks con.
sumption without the legs and shoulders.
These may be cured as hams, and afford
a toothsome change Of diet, either sliced
raw or lightly broiled over clear Goals. To
cure the hams proceed as follows: The
legs OF a fat sheep are cut into the shape
oil hams and rubbed over with a mixture
OF equal parts of bay salt and brown
sugar. They then remain twenty-four
hours: A pickle is made as follows: Two
pounds each Of bay and ommon white
salt, six ounces OF saltpeter and one
pound OF brown sugar arc boiled in four
quartso Of water, the liquid being skinned
as it boils; when the pickle is cold, the
hams are put into it and kept covered for
two weeks. They are then taken out,
wiped dry, hung up and smoked over a
slow fire OF damp wheat straw. The
knuckles should be filed with brown
sugar and tied over closely with pieces OF
bladder. The hams are then hung up in
warm place, which causes the fat to melt
partly and become absorbed by the lean
meat. A few sweet herbs may be pound
ed and mixed with the pickle to add de-
sired flavor. The shoulders may be pre-
pared by removing the blade bones and
treating them as above, taking care to
rub the openings with plenty OF the mix
ed salt and sugar. When taken from the
pickle they should be sewed up. To keep
the meat, place it in o clean box between
layers OF sweet hay; cover with a close.
fitting following lid, upon which a weight
should be laid.-BOSOn Journal of Genis-
tL
AS this old-fashioned
work is again becoming fashionable, a few
remarks about its appropriateness and
utility may not be amiss. There are some
people who have a perfect passion for this
work; there is for them a peculiar fascina-
ton in arranging and placing the various
bits OF color. No other kind Of needle.
work is as suitable for teaching a little girl
the use OF the needle. 1t is pleasant to see
the effect Of the combinations and cor.
trasts, and the little fingers can work more
nimbly, in the short over and over seams,
than they would in the long seams OF
either pillow.cases or sheets. It Is, besides,
a nice way to make disposition Of the aC-
emulation OF remnants in the sCnp'bNg.
Old ladies, too, like to piece bed-quilts,
and "grandmother's quilts" are precious
heir-lOoms in many families. 1t Is a mat
ter OF pride with those venerable ladies to
be able to do something that is useful and
pretty; and, no doubt, many memories OF
the by.gone years are stitched into the
seams, and perhaps some sad reminiscent
ces are called forth by the sight OF a long
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the long ago by n whose busy hands are
placed over her pulseless heart, To the
old ladies who delight in this work, 1t Is
doubtless a solace in many a lonely hour,
and 1t would be almost a deed OF cruelty to
pronounce the labor Of their hands use
less. And to the little ones, we ought TO
learn to ply the polished shaft, 1t is mixing
pleasure with profit, If any active, ma.
ture person has nothing else to employ
idle hands and hours, it may be to cut up
calico into scraps, just for the sake OF
keeping out OF mischief; but there are so
many more profitable ways OF employing
ones time and energy, that 1t seems q
waste OF both TO spend them upon patch
work. An aged lady Of my acquaintance
has, within the past year, placed together
for quilts, over thirty thousand pieces OF
cloth, and showed great taste and ingenu.
ity In their construction; and it is really a
deed OF kindness to employ her to make
patchwork, as 1t helps to support her, and
enables her to purchase many comforts
with which to brighten her pathway to
the grave Rural NeS Yorker.
Roor CULTURE is one OF the most prom.
ising innovations Of our whole farm prac-
tice. No other product, from an acre Of
ground, will support so much live stock
produce so much meat, milk, mutton,
wool, pork, lard or manure, "a a well.
grown root crop, and Of all the root crops
the sugar beet Is the most nutritious. So.
gar is by no means to be ignored as a
nutrment, although a writer in a leading
agricultural journal, recently, intimates
: that the 10 or l2 per cent OF sugar In these
roots may be dispensed with In estImat.
ing their value. ltis in this respect thai
sugar beets have an advantage over the
. more productive mangels, and the lighter
: crop OF the former thus balancesin q great
. measure the heavier yield OF the latter
The sweetest beet, the French or Silesiar
: sugar beet Is OF small Eiza. mr. n,