The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-11-04
HONE, FARM AND GARDEN.

| No farmer should be peevish to hi.
family, waspish TO hired help, or unap.
proachablc by his domestic animals.
Discard wooden floors in your hen
houses, as they absorb and retain a
great deal Of moisture from the drop.
pings.
PiCKLED CABBAGE. - Select solid
heads, slice very fine, put in jar, then
cover with boiling water; when cold
drain OIL the water and season with
grated horseradish equal parts of red
and black pepper, cinnamon and whole
cloves.
After the lamps are filed aud the
cliimneys washed and put on the shelf,
take peices of newspaper and roll in
the form of chimney and slip over
chimney and lamp: it will protect from
dust and flies and when the lamps are
lighted one will be rewarded by seeing
them as clear and bright as when first
put in order.
PRESERVED MELON.-Peel the melon,
and cut in small strips; have the same
weight of sugar rs melon; put a little
alum in the water and boil the melon
till tender: take il on dish, sprinkle it
with sugar, and let it stand till the next
morning, then pour off the sirup, let
it boil until clear, then put in the melon
and let ii scald; then put on a platter to
cool. add to the strip the juice of lemon
and little preserved ginger: boil tie
strip again aud pour il hot on the mel
on. When cold, seal up the jars.
CHICKEN SANDwIcHEs.--Ingredients:
Chicken and ham, four eggs, one table
spoonful of olive oil, mustard, vinegar.
Chop the chickc (not too fine) also
little nice ham; then beat together the
yclks of the eggs (boiled very hard
with the oil: when smooth add little
made mustard and vinegar; should it
not be salt enough from the ham. add
a little; stir this mixture well and add
the meat. Have ready some slices oil
bread buttered and put some Of the
mixture between Two clices: very nice.
CAN Your PUMPKINs.-A correspon-
dent of the New York World SAYS: | |
put mine in the cellar late in the fall and |
by the time they showed signs of decay
have some empty fruit cans. | cut
up one or two pumpkins at time as
have leisure. cook them thoroughly
and strain the same as for immediate
use. Then return the mass to the
kettle, let it get hot and can it the same
rs | would any fruits, taking care that
I is packed down SO there. are no air
bubbles. Oac can will make five or six
delicious pies ut a season when they
aste better then they do in the fall.
Horses should be watered in the
morning before they are fed. A full
rink of water Immediately after beink
ed isa sure way of producing indiges-
ion, if not Inflammation. When water
drunk by horses the bulk of it goes
irectly to the large intestines, and lit
e ofit is retained in the stomach.
ONE old and worthless horses. by way
experiment, were fed with split pease
nd supplied with water Immediately
sfore being killed. II was found that h
le water had carried the peasc into the
testines, where no digestion took Z.
ace at all.
How many times l have heard this :
id: 81 could get along nicely with my
ork if my feet did not feel so uncom-
rtable and even painful" Without 70
y doubt the woman who makes this 70
mark goes about the house in thin
,se slippers. used to do il myself. 1
ought had to because others did. -
t few experiments convinced me
It the only way to do work comfort
|e is to ware thick-soled shoes. One
~ soon becomes accustomed to them
4 will find great relief. There is al N.
vs. more or less running out doors to
done, and there is great danger of
ing cold il the feet are not well pro- A
tcd.-.E. ". b. The Ncic York qua
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