The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-08-26
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

For wagon and carriage axles the
best lubricant during hot weather is
tallow and black lead rubbed up 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 pint of milk with little salt
and some sugar, nutmeg and vanilla to
taste. Set the dish or cups in a pan of
hot water in the oven and bake twenty
or twenty-five minutes.
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
oughly; and mold up into balls or OBJ
longs; roll these in egg and then in
hne cracker crumbs and fry in boiling
lard.
Ohio in 1879 had $3.50, 900 sheep,
and dog interest assessed at 1878, ga.
These dogs last year killed 1896
sheep, valued at $1O2, 444. In 1871 the
value of sheep killed by dogs in that
State was $500, 900. From this it APP
pears the Ohio dogs destroy their value
in sheep in a period of less than two
and half years.
For Inflamed 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 inAamed 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 Or. 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 bis
tiers 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 a pound to q
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 day until the sores heal. The
food should be linseed or oatmeal
Cruel.
Grapes partly ripe are delicious
preserved in the following manner:
Pick out those that are knotty or
wormy; take the rest, few at time,
in a 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 siev
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, a brandy
paper on top. and seal up.
The Iowa State Register says if
young timber is cut in the longest and
hottest days of the summer, there is
less liability of the roots or stump
sprouting. At that time the timber is
the soitest, the last growth or ring be-
ing in sort of mucilaginous state, and
if cut at that time fermentation and
consequently decay commences sooner
than at any other period. This stops
growth OF sprouts, and is considered
the best time to cut to prey such an
noyance. On the other hand, for the
same reason midsummer is the poorest
time possible to cut timber for useful
purposes. Timber wanted for its hard
ness, durability or elasticity should be
cut in midwinter when the yearly
growth is entirely perfected, and before
years growth.
Tanning Sheepskins. follow
ing directions are copied from the
Country Gentlen,n,a: "Take two long
wooded 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 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
q 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 we'll; 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 pumice or rotten stone, and
with the hands,"