The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-11-05
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Fresh lard is better than butter to
grease cake-pans.
Halt cup of vinegar in the water
will make an old fowl cook nearly as
quick a. young one, and does not in
lure the flavor in the least.
--Alsike gives smaller crops than red
clover, but of better quality. 1t is
highly recommended for soils liable to
heaying by frost, and affords to bees
excellent pasture ground.
We formed a resolution when we
began farming, not to pillow a furrow
more than we could manure, and our
sixty acres have increased in product
iyeness under the system, doubling its
bookkeeping capacity in the last twen-
ty years. - conn cttcW Farmer.
Lemon butter is excellent for tarts.
1t is made as follows: One pound pull
verified white sugar, whites of six eggs
and yelks of two. three lemons, includ-
ing grated rind and juice. Cook
twenty minutes over a slow fire, stir
ring all the while.
Buns which are nice for breakfast
or tea are made thus One pint OF flour,
one pint of sugar, one cup of butter,
one cup of sweet milk, one tablespoon
full OF cloves, one of cinnamon, four
eggs, two teaspoonfuls of baking pow
| der. Bake in square tins and frost, or
you may omit the spice, and bake in
+ bread tins.
Onion Vinegar Chop six large
| onions and spriuNIe over them one Ia
| blespoon al OF salt, then set away to
] II. IL
| full of white sugar in one quart of best
cider vinegar, scald and turn hot over
the chopped onions. Cover the vessel
and let it stand two weeks, then strain
out the liquor and bottle for use.
Compete of Sweet Potatoes. Sc
lect fine, large sweet potatoes, all as
nearly of a size as possible. Boil them
well and then peel off the skins. Then
lay the potatoes in q large baking dish,
put some pieces of fresh butter among
them, and sprinkle them very freely
with powdered sugar. Bake them slow
" till the butter and sugar form crust
They should be eaten alter the meat
and will be found very good. This is
Carolina dish.
Mango is disease caused by the
burrOwing of a small insect under the
skin, or by the growth of vegetable
parasite on and in the skin. 1t de
stroys the hair follicles, and the hail
falls off; the skin is sometimes dry, anC
sometimes becomes covered with small
blisters filled with watery serum, which
dry and form scabs, and the skin some
times cracks in places. The remed,
that is most effective is sulphur, applied
Outwardly, ground up into an Ointmen
with lard, and given inwardly in one
, ounce doses. Every part OF the skill
where the hair falls off should b.
dressed twice IA day, and, if there ar
any scabs these should be broken up t.
; permit the remedy to reach the insects
After a cure is effected, watch shout,
be kept lest it may reappear from tn
, Matching of eggs or from infected
harness or buildings. N Y. Times.
5 -Jugged Rabbit. Skin, raunch an
} wash the rabbit, cut it into pieces
dredge them with flour and fry in bo
: ing butter. Have ready pint and
: half of gravy, made from pound an
. half of gravy beef, and thickened wit
g a little flour. Put this into "a jar, adj
5 the pieces of fried rabbit an ohio
- stuck with a few cloves, II lemon peele
and cut in half, and a good seasonin
of pepper, cayenne, and salt; cover tn
, jar down tightly, put it up to the nee
| in stew pan of boiling water, and lt
: it stew until the rabbit is quite tender
/ taking care to keep the er boiling
g When nearly done, add a few forcemes
4 balls these must be friend or baked
4 the oven for few minutes before the
, are put to the gravy; serve with currar
= Jelly This is q rather troub esom
l dish to prepare, but if carefully a
a tended to it will be bound "to pay
l twice over.