Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-12-17
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HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

take OF chlOroform, spirits of camphor,
Iaudanum, of each one drachm. Apply
on little cotton wool.
SOUTHERN FRIED HoMNY.-Warm
some boiled hominy left over from the
day before; add to it q tumbler of
cream or rich milk, a piece of butter,
two well beaten eggs and little flour;
fry in hot butter.
The New York Spirit of the Times
says there isno cure for confirmed wind
gall. Blisterin9 and drest would, no doubt.
reduce the size of the wind gall tenn
porarily; but long journey or a few
fast drives invariably bring them back
again as large as ever.
PRESERVING SACKs.-In Germany
sacks are admirably preserved by steep
ing them in solution of tannin for
twenty-four hours and instantly drying
them; two pounds of tan is allowed to
steep in twelve quarts of boiling water
for one hour, and is then filtered.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Massachu-
setts Pl0Ughman gives the following
remedy for choked COWS: One pint of
milk, half a pint of soft soap simmered
together. Give the COW half the guam
tity. Hold the cows head up and rub
the throat. Then let the head go down
suddenly. If that does not relieve, give
the other half. 1 have never known
case where the second dose has been
required.
The Iowa MddiSoniGn, gives another
reason why farmers should keep a few
bees; 'And then you want few hives
of italian bees to fertilize your red
clover and make it yield seed (for
clover will not produce seed where
there are no humble bees or Italians,)
and gather up the fragments in the
shape of honey, and take the sweets
from the fruit blossoms, the buckwheat,
the smartweed, the linn and the golden
rod.n
TOMATO Sour. Take a shin-bone,
have it broken, and put in a soup-kettle
with five quarts of cold water; allow it
to boil steadily, and skim. In an hour
put in two dozen good-sized tomatoes;
do not skin them; boil until your soup
is reduced to one-half; take a potato
masher and crush the tomatoes; pass
through strainer; return to kettle, and
remove beef before serving; season with
salt and pepper. This is plain coun-
try tomato soup.
CoLoRING PICKLES AND SWEETS
GREEN.-The following green coloring
extract is said to be destitute of any
poisoning properties: Dissolve five
grains of saffron in one-fourth ounce of
distilled water, and in another dish dis
solve four grains indigo carmine in one
half ounce distilled water. After mix
ing thoroughly let stand twenty-four
hours, then put together, and the result
will ha orpnan cnlutiOr ooYoI,1o -
coloring four or five pounds of sugar.
APPLE CHEEsE.-Peel and quarter a
quantity of apples, stew them with a
little water, good deal of sugar, the
thin rind of lemon and few cloves,
or a stick of cinnamon. When quite
done pass them through a hair sieve
and to one quart of the puree thus OBJ.
tanned add half a packet of gelatine,
dissolved in water; mix well, pour into
a mold, and when set, turn it out and
serve with a custard poured about it.
1t is well to remember that the puree
must be thoroughly we'll sweetened and
favored to carry off the insipidity OF
gelatine.
NANCE in calves, says the New York |
Times, is caused by mite burrowine |
in the skin. The cure is reached bY |
dressing the part with an ointment com |
posed of four ounces of lard, one ounce |
of sulphur and one drachm of creosote,
well mixed together. Rub this into the |
skin every morning, and give each calf |
one teaspoonful of sulphur daily for two |
weeks. By giving this quantity of sui
phur for week, twice or thrice in the |
year, this disease is prevented. The
sulphur is absorbed into the blood and |
passes through the skin in the perspira-
tion, and in this manner reaches and |
destroys the parasitic mites, if present
there, or secures such a condition of |
the skin as to repel them if they attack
the skin.
CUT FLowERs.-The main feature
in arranging cut flowers is to show each
flower separately and not quantity
crowded together, forming a mass of
petals, but that each flower may be seen
reposing quietly among the green, Civ
ing to each bloom an individual charac-
ter A few colors in a bouquet have a
much prettier effect than a mixture of
many colors. Red, white and buff 90
well together with green between. A
few rose buds with their own leaves,
and little green smilax, make a bou-
quet more handsome than one composed
of many kinds of inferior flowers In
all floral arrangements, whether for
vases, bouquets or designs, it is better
to put in the green first, and gradually
working them up to the required bright
ness, always remembering that the col
lection had better lack a flower than
have one too many, the object being to
form graceful, refreshing and sug-
gestiYe picture.
The highest monument in Great
Britain, and possibly in Europe, is that