The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-08-20


Dull tools are u nuisance. Keep
them sharp.
IF shirt bosom, or any other ar
ticle, has been scorched in ironing. Law
it where the bright sun will fall directly
upon it. 1t will take it entirely out.
Three parts lard, one of resin,
melted together forms one of the best
coatings for iron or steel implements in
use out of doors, as well as to prevent
rust.
Blackberry Pudding.--Three pints
milk. five well-beatcn eggs, three pints
blackberries, which have been previ-
ously stewed, with little sugar. flour,
salt and two teaspoons of yeast powder.
The butter should be stiff enough to
drop from the spoon. The pudding is
nice either boiled or baked.
Breakfast Rolls.-Mix one and a
half pounds flour with three-quarters of
pint of milk and one ounce butter, a
tablespoonful of yeast and a small
quantity of salt. Make the sponge and
set it before the fire to rise. When
risen, make the dough up into small
rolls and put them into the oven for ten
minutes to bake.
Milk Soup.-One pound of potatoes,
two onions, teaspoonful of salt and
pepper, one quart of cold water, one
quart of milk, one ounce of sago. hutter.
Skin and scald the onions. chop them.
add to the cooked potatoes with the
salt and pepper, put in stew-pan with
the cold water and boil till soft, then
add milk and crushed sage; stir con-
stantly and let it boil ten minutes, add
butter or beef drippings. This soup
should be very smooth and served hot
with toasted bread cut dice shape.
"A Virginia correspondent of the
Rural Neso Yorker is credited with the
plan of saving melon, squash and Gu
cumber plants, from depredations of the
striped bug; he has g found it entirely
effective for several years" As soon
as the pests are discovered the earth
should be finely pulverized and drawn
up close around the vines, the leaves of
which should be sprinkled with the
fresh fine dirt. A couple of workings
in this way will drive off all the little
nuisances, and their return can be pre-
vented by frequently stirring up the
SOIL"
Otto of Roses.-Fill large glazed
earthen jar with rose leaves carefully
separated from the cups; pour over
them spring water just sufficient to
cover them, and set the jar with its
contents in the sun for two or three
days. taking care to put it under cover
at night. At the end of the third day.
or SO, small particles of yellow oil viii
be seen floating on the surface of the
water, and these in the course of a week
will have increased to thin scum. This
scum is otto of roses. Take it up with
a little cotton tied to stick and squeeze
it into phial.
"A correspondent of the Country
Gentleman says: 'In order to provide
fall pasture, usually so much needed,
when you pillow through the corn for the
last time, sow the cornfeld with winter
rye and shovel-plow it under. A bushel
and half or three-fourths of seed to
the acre will do. By the time the corn
is ripe enough to gather. the rye will be
nearly knee high. and it will make
splendid fall and spring feed. You can
either leave it in the spring and get
crop of rye, or pillow it down and grow
some other crop. 1t will cause no dam
age to the land to pillow the green crop
under. l like rye for pasture better for
fall feed than the common grasses"
The most durable timber for ex-
posed situations, such as curbs and side
walks on streets, may not always be the
cheapest in the end, because the extra
cost may not be regained in the length
ened life of the timber. Hemlock in
some situations will last as long or long
er than oak or chestnut, and cost but
half as much. White oak, well season.
ed and saturated with lime. is perhaps
the most durable as regards wearing
and resistance to decay. Lime properly
applied will double the durability of
timber used in the ground, as for in
stance, fence posts and sleepers. To
apply the lime dig pit and lay the
timber in it with quickhme in LAYERS
between it and around it. Then put on
sufficient water to slake the lime. The
heat drives the air out of the timber,
and as it cools the lime water is absorbed |
in place of the air. The lime changes
the albumen of the wood from its easily !
changed condition into a permanently |
Interchangeable one, and thus prevents
decay.