Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-12-03
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

For wagon and carriage axles the
best lubricant during hot weather is
tallow and black lead rubbedup togeth-
er. Castor oil and black lead is best for
winter use.
Baked Custard. BEAT separately the
whites and yelks of three eggs. Add
them to a pint of milk with a little salt
and some sugar, nutmeg and vanilla to
taste. Set the dish or cups in pan of
hot water in the oven and bake twenty
or twenty-five minutes.
Corn With Tomatoes. s.-Cut the corn
from the cob and put it with an equal
quantity of tomatoes that have been
sliced and peeled; stew these together
for half an hour, then season to taste
with salt and pepper and little sugar;
stir in a liberal piece of butter and sim
mer a few minutes longer
Potato Croquettes.- For croquettes
mash your potatoes, season with but
ter, milk, salt, dash of nutmeg and a
dash OF cayenne pepper; add the
beaten yelk OF an egg. Beat thor
oughlyi and mold up into balls or OBJ
longs; roll these in egg and then in
fine cracker crumbs and fry in boiling
lard.
Ohio in 1879 had g,25O,0OO sheep,
and dog interest assessed at 1878, 624.
These dogs last year killed 47,626
sheep, valued at S102, 444. In 1871 the
value of sheep killed by dogs in that
State was S200,000. From this it ap-
pears the Ohio dogs destroy their value
in sheep in period of less than two
and half years.
For Inaamed Eyes.-Borax, half
drachm; camphor water, three ounces,
The above simple prescription is in
common use by the highest medical au-
thorities. 1t is good for inflamed eyes.
In using it, lean the head back and drop
three drops in the corner of each, and
then open the eyes and let it drop in.
Use it as often as the eyes feel badly.
Egg Drink-The following drink
for relieving sickness of the stomach
was introduced by DR.. Halahan, and is
very palatable and agreeable: "Beat
up one egg very well, say for twenty
minutes, then add fresh milk, one pint;
water, one pint; sugar, to make it pal
atable; boil, and let it cool; drink when
cold. If it becomes curds and whey it
is useless"
Cattle and sheep are subject to a
disease of the blood, known as aphtha,
which appears as an eruption of blis-
ters upon the lips and tongue. The
blisters break and the raw surfaces be-
come very sore and painful, preventing
the animal from eating. The proper
treatment is to give half pound to a
pound of EPSON salts in one dose, in
some linseed cruel, and afterward
wash the mouth with salt water, or
place handful of salt in the mouth
twice a day until the sores heal. The
food should be linseed or oatmeal
Cruel.
preserved in the following manner:
Pick out those that are knotty or
wormy; take the rest, few at time,
in coarse sieve, working them around
with the hand until the seeds are
loosened, when they will drop through,
leaving the skins and pulp in the sieve.
Drain the juice off the seeds, and to
every pound of pulp, skins and juice
allow half pound of white sugar.
Put all into the preserving kettle and
cook slowly about three-quarters of an
hour. Put hot into jars, brandy
paper on top, and seal up.
Tanning Sheepskins.-Th follow
ing directions are copied from the
Country Gentleman: "Take two long
wooled skins; make strong suds, using
hot water; when cold, wash the skins in
it, carefully squeezing them between
the hands to get the dirt out of the
wool; then wash the soap out with
clean cold water. Now dissolve alum
and salt, each half a pound, with lit
tie hot water, sufficient to cover the
skins, and let them soak in it over
night, or twelve hours; then hang over
a pail to drain. When well drained,
spread or stretch carefully over board
to dry. When a little damp, have one
ounce each of saltpeter and alum (pul-
verized), and sprinkle the flesh side of
each skin, rubbing it well; then lay the
flesh sides together, and hang them in
the shade for two or three days, turn
ing the under side uppermost every day
until perfectly dry. Then scrape the
flesh side with blunt knife, to remove
any remaining scraps of flesh; trim off
projecting points, and rub the flesh
side with punice or rotten stone, and
with the hands.
Profits OF Bee Keeping.