Osage Valley banner., 1880-10-21
HOME, FARM AND GARpEN.

No FARMER should be peevish to his
family, waspish to hired help, or unap-
proachable by his domestic animals.
DISCARD wooden floors in your hem
houses as they absorb and retain a
great deal of moisture from the drop
pings.
PIoISLED CABBAGE. - Select solid
heads, slice very fine, put in jar, then
cover with boiling water; when cold
drain of the water and season with
grated horseradish, salt, equal parts OF
red and black pepper, cinnamon and
whole cloves.
AFTER the lamps are filed and the
chimneys washed and put on the shelf,
take pieces of newspaper and roll in
the form of chimney and slip over
chimney and lamp; il 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 as melon; put little
alum in the water and boil the melon
till tender; take it on dish, sprinkle it
with sugar, and let it stand till the next
morning, then pour of the sirup, let it
boil till clear, then put in the melon
and let it scald; then put it on platter
to cool; add to the sirup the juice of
lemon and little preserved ginger;
boil the sirup again and pour IL hot o n
the melon. When cold. seal up the
jars.
CHICKEN SANDWICHES. - Ingredi-
I'll l..
one tablespoonful of olive oil, mus
tard, vinegar. Chop the chicken (not
too iine) also little nice ham; then
beat together the yelks 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 little; stir this
mixture well and add the meat Have
ready some thin slices of bread buttered,
and put some of the mixture between
two slices; very nice.
CAN YOUR PUMPKINS. 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. l cut
up one or two pumpkins at n time as
have leisure. / cook them thoroughly
and strain the same as for immediate
use. Then | return the mass to the
kettle, let il get hot and can II the same
| rs would any fruits, taking care that
it IS packed down so there are no air
bubbles One can will make five or
six delicious pics at season when they
taste better then they do in the fall.
HORSES should be watered in the
morning before they are fed. A full
drink OF water Immediately after being
fed is a sure way of producing indiges-
tion, il not Inflammation. When water
Is drunk by horses the bulk of it goes
directly TO the large intestines, and
little Of it is retained in the stomach.
Some old and worthless horses, by way
of experiment, were fed with split pease
and supplied with water Immediately
before being killed. 1t was found that
the water had carried the pease into the
intestmes, where no digestion took
place at all. as
/ How MANY times / have heard this
said: 81 could get along nicely with
nv work il my feet did not feel SO un-
comfortable and even painful" With
out any doubt the woman who makes
this remark goes about the house in
thin loose slippers. l used to do il
myself | thought / had to because
others did, but few experiments con-
vineed me that the only way to do work
comfortably is to wear thick-soled
shoes. One very soon becomes ac-
customed to them, and will find great
relief. There is always more or less
running out doors TO be done, and there
is great danger of taking cold If the
feetare not well protected. W. b."
in NetD York Post.