The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-02-05
uoxI AND 4ARI.

PARAyy,xs OIL on whstssonss u ~
pessoe 10 any other liquid, and will Keep
The stone In better order. l.
n some recent experiments at Pans
The Iamc, u burning coffee were shown
to have . disiaiecsias power a"''e To-
usarkablc.
II Il said ,ha, . bag Of hops In escn
grain bin will keep grubs or wcevus OUT
or kill them IL slrvsdy In. An''eed also
attracts and Kill, wccyils and prevents
their harbcring.
Cw,LpwvN's Plum prppiNa.-liali'
mound raisin., hali.pound chopped cur.
rants, halt.poand suct, ono pound pre"
soaked In milk, beaten smooth, quarter
round -four, two ounces candicd peel |
hA!i.pound sugar, little spice, pinch
salt; boil SIX hours or less, according 10
si1c.
DRESSING You RoAsr TrRKEy.-Two
onions, five ounces ot soaked ana
squeezed bread, eight or ten sage leaves:
an ounce ii butter, one cgg'H SINAI!
3;ece IL pork minced and pepper and
sal, 10 taste. Iiiucc the onions ana Try
them before addiag 10 the other ingre-
dents. Some chopped celery Is always
y good addition.
CoRN.ngvAp.-Mix together half q
J pound each Of sugar and prepared HOUR
one and hall pounds Of Indian'meal'
, two ounces ot batter, melted, four eggs
: and three pin,s ii milk; put the batter
, into q hot 6u,,crcd pan, and bake Il hail
an hour In quick oven, but do not BURN
: Il. II prepared il,ur Il not ON hand use
4 tho ordinary kind, either with baking
|, powticr or cream Of tartar and soda.
|, To REPAIR CRACKED HOOf.-
|! Cracked hooi may bc cured BY cleaning
out tho crack and filling II with gut'a
, percha dissolved In naphtha or benzne.
. Then secure the edges Of the crack BY
q clasps made of pieces Of horseshoe mai
!: hooked into the hooi on each side 81 the
q crack, By which II Il prevented from
i opcniny. Then burn the h0of little o
;. the upper end of the crack and across ]
IS % prevent the split from extending up
D. ward.-N. Y. Tines.
\. KEEPING pLANTs.-When frOst come
NJ and you arc afraid that the fire may sc
nj low, and your plants get nipped, jus
NJ get lantern and some good oil, hx you
q. lantern nicely, and IL will burn all night
- and BY placing Il under your flower
ne shelf you will be pleased to find boz
a safely your plants get along. ! hay
hc tried this for some years, aud find thu
IN the heat from q common railroad lal
ma tern will protect quite q quantity
Il plants Il the lantern Is placed among
nd under tho plants lnter.O Ocean.
re. P0rArOEs in the raw state ougl
en- never u be given To any animal, WI
on the exception Of sheep and geese. 1t
,er said goose will thrive better, and q
flesh viii be more gratefully 6avore
Ter upon raw potatoes sliced than upon al
md other article, while Sheppard old She
tho particularly-will more speedily thri
w. on raw potatoes than ON turntp
ain but, especially in the beginning, n
ain potatoes will scour cattle and hors'
We and not unirequcntly cause death, WI
RIO there Il no danger from either oo''
ere or steamed potatoes. Ssock"a".
I NJ. A CHEAP AND ErrECrUAL DIsl
u ~. rECrAxr.-Hali . drachm OF nitrate
~, lead dissolved In pint Of boiling wat
~, this solution TO be poured into buck
u full Of cold water. in which are dissol,
~ two drachms OF common salt. Some
. IA' this solution occasionally poured y
, In0 the sinks and vaults about the premts
'''cl will soon purify the place from any
yea leterious emsnatiOns; and cloths dipl
' Ss.. in the solution and wrung out and h'
. "S; on lines about the rooms will Keep
so.. atmosphere of even . hospital "
We sweet and healthy. Its action
lp ". clothes or furniture Is perfectly ha
~: less. -Doslon TroNscstpl.
As A USEFUL TABLE.-The following
peri. bio will help farmers to DO accurate
!. or measuring things: 5yards VIDE BY
4 re. yards long, acre; 10 yards wide by
pine yards long, / acre; 20 yardswide BY
i at yards long, l acre; 40 yards vide by
. are yards long, acre; 70 yards
10 Of by GO yards long, l. acre;
arti. yards vide BY GO yards long; .
cult. 10 feet wide BY 726 feet long, l .
10 Of 10 feet wide BY 369 teet !ones q
white l2O feet wide by S63 feet long, IA
ANDY 22O feet wide BY l98 feet ioae q
Daved 24O feet wide BY III teet long, II
ow in 44O feet wide BY - fest long, ! acre
wher. box 34xl6 inches, ~ inches deep,
, and barrel; . box lSxl6 inches, = ~
posi-. deep, holds ! bushsl; : BOX Tx
inches, 8 inches deep. holds ! pee
sugar. box AKA inches, 1 IL inches Deep
oaks 1.2 peck.