American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-12-04
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

-MOl:tSSeS WI
of molasses, two teacupfuls OF cream,
two eggs, one teaspoonful OF salaratus,
and flour to mix and roll.
Pigs that have been raised on milk,
grass, clover, tubers and roots, till they
weigh 100 or 200 pounds, are generally
healthy. They are then in good condi-
ton to fatten.
Every owner of n farm should en-
deavor to sind out what his farm is best
adapted to, and then pursue it with all
his might, if he would make farming q
profitable and remunerative calling.
Wooden labels and stakes for the
orchard and garden are rendered very
durable by dipping them in crude pc
troleun. Writing with n common lead
pencil on wood thus treated will last
for years; and labels buried in the
ground show no indications of decay
for years.
Sausage Rolls,-Roll out the paste
very thin; cut into small squares; upon
each square put a tablespoonful of
sausage meat; dredge over this very
little -four, and meet the corners of the
paste on top. pinching them together.
Glaze each with white of egg and bake
in quick oven till brown. A very nice
breakfast dish, to be eaten hot.
Bread Omelet.-Take the grated
crumbs of a small loaf of bakers bread,
put in dish, pour over it as much
cream as will moisten it sufficiently to
make it a smooth paste, season with
pepper and salt, add a little grated
ham; beat five eggs well and stir them
into the bread and cream; have hot but
ter in pan, put in the mixture, a table
spoonful at time; fry light brown
and serve hot.
-Turnips Stewed in Gravy.-Pare
and wash six white turnips; cut them
in dice half an inch square, laying them
in cold water as they are cut; mean
time heat pint of any kind of cold
gravy; when all the turnips are cut put
them into the gravy with a teaspoonful
of sugar and sufficient pepper and salt
to make them palatable; stew them
gently till tender, for about an hour.
and serve them hot in the gravy.
AS soon as the ground begins to
freeze (writes Mr.. M. Crawford, of
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, cover your new
strawberry-beds with coarse manure,
straw or litter of any kind, to shade the
ground or keep the plants from being
injured by freezing and thawing. Early
in the spring remove the covering from
directly over the plants, but leave
it between them for a mulch. If
weeds appear in the spring, let them
be pulled out by hand, as hoeing would
be injurious.
Prof. Culbertson has by expert
ments proven to his satisfaction that
wheat, barley, rye and oats should not
be covered deeper than two inches. 1t
planted five inches deep they will new
er come up. At depth of three inches,
the sprout from the grain, when near
the surface, formed bulb. and from
this bulb roots were sent out, and the
stock took a new growth from that bulb
upward. He says that wheat should be
covered from an inch to an inch and a
half, instead of being covered deeper as
is usually done.
Preserving Timber.-Evaporate the
Juices and moisture-i. e., thoroughly
season it-and then protect it from out
side moisture. The method most COM
monty employed for preserving timber
from decay that is exposed to the &C
ton of water is the application of as
much creosote as the pores will take
up. When a small quantity only is to
be treated the creosote can be applied
with an ordinary brush; on large scale
expensive appliances are required.
Posts subjected to the action of water
are variously treated. Sometimes the
ends to be placed in the ground are
dipped in gas tar; sometimes they are
permeated with coal oil. A mixture of
forty parts chalk, fifty parts rosin and
four parts linsecd oil, melted and thor
oughly Incorporated. with one part
suiphuric acid added, is recommended
for this purpose by German scientists.
N Y World.
Nothing gives so dismal and in
hospitable an appearance to sitting
room as to have the chairs and sofa or
couch covered with stiff, unfricndly
looking linen, but pretty furniture that
is used constantly must be protected
in some way, and there are many COW
erings which are really ornamental.
For instance, a couch may be kept from
fading by taking a piece of Turkish
toweling the required length. Put
scallops of flannel on the edge, bor-
der or centerpiece; or simply vine
worked in some bright color across the
ends makes q pretty addition to it.
Tides that are very serviceable may be
made of brown linen with an applique
stripe of cretonne flowers or scroll. The
easiest and most satisfactory way to
prepare cretonne for transferring is to
first work the figure which is to be cut
out with the buttonhole stitch,
and then cut around that. When
it is placed upon broadcloth or
any material which does not
require washing. sew it with long
stitches on the wrong side, but when
transferring to the linen sew it firmly,
SO that it will keep its place when
washed. The tides may be finished
prettily across the ends; turn down a
hem on the sides and feather stitch
with worsted or working cotton.