The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-09-23

fcn;ion than Others.
Mint Sauce Mix one Tablespoons
ful Of white sugar 10 half teacuo OF
good vinegar: add the mint and let il
iniuse for half mi hour before sending
10 the table Serve with roast lamb or
mutton.
"A New York farmer. who Il also
practical sheep grower. gives the fol-
lowing rs q sure cure fol grnbin sheep:
Turn into each nostri Of the animal
affected half 4 tcaspoonful of Kerosene
oil.
Dry sulphur Is given a. remedy
for lice on cattle BY on who SAYS he
knows II is effective. II should b.
sprinkled all over The body and worked
into the hair.
The remnants Of any pudding LEFT
from one dinner may be served for the
next by arranging II into compact
mass and covering il with a mcringuc
Of whipped whites Of eggs and little
powdered sugar. Set into hot oven
just long enough 70 brown.
To prevent chok ng. break an egg
into a cup and give Il 10 the person
choking. 70 swallow The white 81 the
egg seems to catch around the obstacle
and remove il. II one egg does not
answer the purpose. try another. The
white Is all that Is necessary.
To ascertain il water is hard or soft
procure a small quantity Of soap dis
solved ia alcohol, and let few drops
Of II fall into glass Of water to be
tried; II the water becomes milky il i
hard, but il little or'no milkiness results
the water mas be said to be soft.
To make jclly-cake fritters ut some
stale sponge or other cake into rounds
with cake cutter. Fry these nice
brown in hot lard; dip each quickly
into q bowl Of boiling milk and lav upon
hot plate. spread thickl, with jam ~
preserves. Serve hot with cream to
pour over them.
Quail Pie. Quail, butter. pepper
and SAT-. Cut the quail in pieces and
stew them about ten minutes. or till
tender. Line Your baking. dish with q
nice paste; put in the birds; little Of
the water in which they were stewed,
thickened with little flour; shake in
pepper and salt and bits OF butter
cover with nice crust and bake deli
cate brown.
Tomato jelly. Tear in pieces some
ripe tomatoes and stem them until
thoroughly cooked with only sufficient
water 70 keep them from burning; put
the pulp into jelly-bag. and when the
juice has tricklcd through. put pound
Of sugar ~ each pint OF juice and boil
rapidly until il jellies. II the color Is
not bright red. few drops Of cochineaI
will improve i. This jelly may be eat
en- with roast meat.
"A timely suggestion. on its travels
without credit. is 10 the effect that be-
fore removing threshing machine 70
another farm Il should be run empty
from live 20 ten minutes 1T a high rate
Of speed In order 70 throw outany seeds
Of cheat. cookie. ETC.. and 70 discharge
particles Of smut that may have ad-
hered 70 u In this way the germs 81
weeds or fungi will he left where raised
and not introduced BY this medium as
pest 20 other fields.
The Onion Maggot. "A writer saws.
in Ticks Aagazins. that neighbor and
he each secured an ounce 81 Danvers
Yellow Onion, and prepared the ground
and sowed the seed in the same man
ner, with one exception the neighbor
covered the bed with good supply Of
coal ashes. The crop IN both cases
came up and looked well until the
plants were about sis inches high. when
the onions without ashes became IN
Tested with the onion maggot, and IN .
short time wholly disappeared. The
neighbor never lost an onion. Inc
gardens We're adjoining, the beds being
less than 40 feet apart.
The reason why rain causes spots /
on the varnish Of carriage il that a \
certain quantity Of moisture is absorbed /
by the varnish. and this causes tho