Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-08-26
HOME AND FARM.


A WEAK solution of sugar of lead will
set the color in most washable goods and
will keep the tints in hosiery.
For chicken cholera it is recommend
ed to boil one bushel of smartweed in
ten gallons of water down to three gal
Ions, mix the decOction with the fowls
food twice a day for three days, then
every other day for week.
PICKED PEARs.-Ten pounds of
one quart of vinegar, one ounce of Gin
namon, one ounce of cloves (ground) !;
put all together and boil till the pears
are tender; skim the pears out and let
the sirup boil half an hour longer.
To WASH A MUSLIN DREss.-Make a
good Iather, and wash the muslin in
cold water-never putting it into warm
water even to rinse it. If the muslin is
the water in which it is rinsed; if lilac,
the same quantity of ammonia. For
black and white muslins use a small
quantity of sugar of lead.
FRIED ONIoNs.-To fry onions prop
erly they should be cut crosswise, so as
to form undivided rings; flour them well
and fry them in plenty of beef-dripping
for five or six minutes; drain, sprinkle
with salt, and serve. Fried onions form
the proper accompaniment to broiled
steak and fresh behring's. The Turks
make delicious dish by laying num-
Der OF poached eggs On thick bed of
fried onions.
AS rule, when horse breaks his
leg he is knocked in the head as useless,
but it seems this is not by any means
necessary, and, if the beast is worth
saving, it can be saved. Two months
ago valuable horse belonging to
Charles E. Smith, of Stony Brook, had
his leg broken at Port Jefferson. The
broken bone was set, and the leg was
imbedded in plaster of Paris. In two
weeks the horse could walk around the
stable; in three weeks the owner drove
him home, distance of five miles, and
three weeks after, the horse was driven
to road-wagon mile in four minutes.
PICKED TOMATOEs.-Thisr receipt is
good for about a gallon of ripe toma-
toes, and is as simple as it is excellent:
Don't wash the tomatoes, unless they
have soil on them. Wipe quite clean.
Do no use over-ripe fruit. With a nee-
die prick the tomatoes in two or three
places. Place tomatoes, whole, in jar,
putting in layer of salt and then one
of tomatoes, whole. Let it thus stay for
week. When ready, take out the to-
matoes and mix with the salt two table
spoonfuls of mustard, four ounces of
ground ginger, four ounces of roughly
broken pepper, one ounce of cloves,
and six onions finely sliced. Replace
tomatoes as before, and pour cold vine
gar over the whole. No boiling of vine.
gar necessary.
THE winter is the time to buy tools.
Every farmer should, at this season of
the year, determine what implements
he will need for the next year, and make
arrangements for procuring them. If
moving machine is to be bought, let him
take time by the forelock, and look into
the merits of each kind of these ma
chimes, and buy intelligently; do not
wait until the grass is ready to cut, and
rush and buy the one nearest at hand.
By sending to the various manufacturers,
circulars with full directions and illus
trations can be obtained, together with
prices, etc. If pillow is needed, do all
the work of selecting it before the busy
season is at hand, that it may not " be
on the way" just when the best week
for blowing is passing. In the peace of
winter prepare for summer war.
PETER HENDERSON gives the follow
ing list of Towering plants that will
grow well in the shade: Fuchsias, pam.
sizes, forget-me-nots, violets, lobelias,
lilies of the valley, phloxes, and other
herbaceous plants whose native habitat
is shady wood will do best, but even
these languish if denied all direct sun
shine. But the best effects in shady sit
uations are produced, he thinks, by Or
leaved plants, the beauty of
which is not dependent upon their how-
ers. Among these may be ranked the
gold and silver variegated leaved gera-
NUNS, achryanthus, alternantheras, be-
gonias, caladiums, centaureas, coleuses,
etc., which, if planted SO as to bring
the various shades in contrast, produce
q pleasing effect, which continues dur
ing the whole of the summer months,
and is not surpassed by any display of
flowers.