Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-09-24
HOME AND PARM.

TIM spots ia grass fields SOW with
grass seed and scratch them In with n
harrow, and give a light dressing with
some fine manure.
FRECKLE LoTfON. .-Muriate ammo
mia, one dram; cologne water, two
drains; distilled water, seven ounces.
Mix and use as a wash. IL contains
nothing injurious.
CUCUMBER CATsUP.-One dozen Of
large green cucumbers (grated), one
pint Of grated onions and one pint Of
grated horse-radish. Put in a jar, and
season with cloves and pepper 5cald
vinegar and pour on hot.
HovEN, OR BLOAT.-The German
method Of curing cattle is 10 pour sew
eral bucketfuls Of cold water over the
backs Of the animals, and placing a
piece of garlic in their thrOats. Half
teacupful Of common baking soda, II
dissolved in water andgiven in the form
Of drench, is said 10 be equally as
effective.
DISEASE FROM Cows MILK.-Ac-
cording to the experiments Of DR.. Boil
linger, the milk of COWS suffering from
tubercular disease is capable Of cOmmu-
nicating this affection 20 human beings.
As five per cent. Of COWS, when adj
yanced in life, suffer from this disease,
the danger is considerable. Boiling the
milk is not n safeguard.
RUsK.-Two eggs, one cup Of sugar,
| half-cup butter, half-pint milk, one
| third cup yeast. Beat eggs and sugar
/ together, and mix soft with a little flour.
| Let them stand over night, and in the
morning mix again When light, make
into biscuit, let them rise again, then
| bake. When taken from the oven,
brush the top with milk and sugar.
IN THE LAUNDRY.-Boiled starch is
much improved by the addition Of a
little spermaceti or a little salt, or both,
or little gum arabic dissolved. Bees
wax and salt will make iiat-irons as
clean and smooth as glass; tie lump Of
wax in a rag, and keep it for that pur-
| pose; when irons are hot, rub them
with the wax rag, then scOur with a pa
per or rag sprinkled with salt. kero-
sene will make tin kettles as bright as
new; saturate a wooden rag and rub
with il (; il will also remove stains from
clean vanished furniture.
CANNED PEARs.-For the finer varie-
ties, such as the Bartlett or Seckel, pre-
pare a sirup, allowing a pint of water
and a quarter-pound of sugar to a quart
of fruit. Drop each pear, after it is
pared, into pan of clear water. When
the sirup has come to fast boil, put in
the pears carefully, not TO bruise them,
and boil them until they look clear and
can be easily pierced with a fork. Have
the cans rolled in hot water, pack with
the pears and fill 70 overilowing with the
scalding sirup, which must be kept on
the fire all the while, and seal. Apples
may be treated in the same way.
ANY family can replenish their vine
gar keg indefinitely. Put all the pairing
and cores of sound fruit, scraps of to-
matOes, scum and rinsings of preserv.
ing kettles, and the pulp remaining in
the jelly press, into a stone jar, cover
with warm water, tie q thin cloth Ovel
the top, and set it in the sun in sum
mer; in cold weather, near the stove
At the end Of two weeks strain the
liquid through a bag, and pour it int
the keg through a funnel, first drawing
out some of the good vinegar for imme
diate use. Where much fruit is used
the refuse portion will be amply sut1
cient for keeping a plentiful supply o
vinegar on hand.
THE farmer who lets all the liquids o
his barnyard run to waste is spend
thrift, however "close-fsted" he ma,
be with money. A practical farme
said recently: "On my farm on th
Hudson River 1 have built cisterns un
der the barn and stables, in which thi
liquid is collected. These cisterns are
all connected, and one being built on (
lower grade, they all empty into thi
one. When it rains put force-pumI
into the cistern, and fill two water carts
such as are used in watering our streets
and scatter this liquid over my mead
ows; in forty y-eight hours afterwards {
change is perceived in the color of tn,
grass" Another farmer who has I
similar arrangement in his barnyarC
says he saves 100 loads every year, anC
thinks the liquid worth as much as 81
many loads of solid manure.