Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-04-30
ALL SORTS.

ALL SORTS. 80 49,.
JACK, what relation to you is that
old gentleman I saw you with this
morning?" ooh, not much; he's mar.
ried to my grandparents only daugh-
ter. " E, ~ ~ "a. - es@a - =
A NERVOUS divine, who was but so.
and.so preacher, being called Upon &C.
cidentally for q sermon, asked friend
what he should preach about, to which
the other replied, about five minutes
BROWN BREAD.-One cupful of In.
dian meal, one cupful of -four, one
cupful of molasses, two cupfuls of Ora
ham meal, three cupfuls of water, one
teaspoonful saleratus, also little salt.
Steam three hours. It is quite thin
before steaming.
Sour A La L'O1aNAN-ON1oN Sour.
Take six onions; let them brown
slightly in q casserole, with table,
spoonful of butter; add three potatoes
sliced, pepper and salt, not too much,
and let it all cook in two pints of water
for an hour and half; must cook
slowly.
A WRITER in the Country Ge7atle-
man says that of everything he has
tried for cure of roup in fowls, the
best is to take pulverized copperas
and put teaspoonful in three quarts
of water and give it to them to drink.
Should they not drink much in day
or two, mix it into corn-meal and feed
to them.
NEARBY !, OOO, 900 persons die annual
ly in France, which gives 1880 deaths
per diem in round numbers. Taking
the number of deaths as it is observed
in France, we obtain as the total of the
annual deaths for the whole world 35,-
693, 350-that is, 97,790 persons die
daily. AS compensation, the number
of births is estimated at seventy per
minute, or 104,800 per diem.
WHEN once you have determined to
fatten an animal for beef let the process
be as quick as possible. Any stint in
feeding at such times will tend to make
the meat tough and dry. Stalled ami
mails will fatten more readily than 9th
ers, and younger animals require richer
food than older ones. In winter fatten-
ing do not forget that much depends
upon the warmth of the stable. The
warmer the cattle are kept the less food
will be needed.
AS THE goose bone was formerly re-
garded as prophet of great accuracy
in many parts Of New England, it will,
perhaps, be of interest to know how to
read its predictions. We must take the
breastbone of a last springs goose
none other will do, for the prophecy
does not extend beyond the year in
which the goose is Matched. It must be
divided into three parts, which repre-
sent the three divisions of winter. The
breastbone of q goose is translucent,
but at places has cloud.ike blots upon
it. These blots denote cold weather.
MANY farmers who keep horses do not
think it profitable to feed much grain,
and frequently feed poor hay. AS a
consequence of such management the
animals are not worth much for labor.
When the occasion arises for putting
horses thus led at hard work, they are
found out of condition and unable to
perform reasonable task; while in the
spring they require extra feeding for a
few weeks, or else the work must 20 on
with horses unfit for the business. It
is far better to give the horses little
grain during the winter, when, should
an emergency arise, they are equal to
the occasion.
A COUNTRY woman says: "The wise
man, in enumeratipg the time and sea-
son. made no mention of the time to
skim milk; yet, nevertheless, there is a
time-a right time, too-and that is just
as the milk begins to sour in the bot
tom of the pans. Then the cream is all
at the surface, and should at once bore
movod-with as little of the milk as
possible. If allowed to remain until
the acid reaches the cream, it impairs
it in quality. The housewife or dairy
maid who thinks to obtain a greater
quantity by allowing the milk to stand
beyond that time labors under q most
egregious mistake"
HERE is an excellent recipe for stain
ing wood dark mahogany, cherry or
rosewood color: 1. Boil half a pound
of logwood in three pints Of water, and
1dd half an ounce of salt of tartar. 2.
Boil half q pound of madden and a
| quarter pound of fustic in one gallon OF
water. 3. Boil one pound of Brazil
wood and one ounce of washing soda
in one gallon of water; apply, and then
brush over it before dry a solution OF
two ounces of alum in one quart OF
water. With these, wood, if dry, may
be stained in the cold, but the dyeine
will be accomplished far more quickly
and satisfactorily if the liquids are ap-
piled hot.
The preacher was talking to the Sun.
day-school about the power of religion,
and the devotion of the jealous to the
cause and their attendance upon the
services. Finally he asked if there was
anything to which people would go
twice every Sunday and through the
week as they did to church.. when a
small boy with twisted tongue on the
front seat spoke out, @Yeth, thir, a thir-
Gus would ketch 'em every pop, if they
could git in FREQ, like they do to church"
The preacher thought it was time to
sing.
No WATER that has stood in open YES
sells during the night should be used for
drinking or cooking. By exposure to
the air it has lost its "seration," and has
absorbed many of the dust-germs float
ing in the apartment. If convenience
| requires water to be kept in vessels sew
eral hours before use, it should be GOV.
erod unless vessels are tight. Wher-
ever practica], all distributing reservoirs
should be covered, unless the vessels are
tight. Filtering always adds to the
purity of the water. Drinking-wate1
| should not be taken from lakes or rivers
on q low level. Surface water, or water
in lake pools or rivers which receive
the surface wash, should be avoided as
1 much as possible. Do not drink much
water at q time. More than two tum'
blerfuls should not be taken alta meal
Do not drink between meals unless t
/ quench thirst, as excess of water weak
4 ems the gastric juice and overworks the
kidneys. Excessive potations, whether
Of water or other fluid, relax the stom
ach, impair its secretions and paralyze
7 It's movements. By drinking q little al
q time all injury is avoided. i -
i h. s.,. Where the Witness Was.
/ A perplexing answer was given by s
witness during the trial of the case o.
the State against Barrett, In the Supe
rior Court. Col. Lester, of counsel To-
defendant, asked the witness If he was
i present at the shooting (Which, as il
known, occurred on the pavement il
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