The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-08-06
HOME AND FARM.

In honey locust there are two thou.
sand seed to the pound; soft maple,
three thousand ash and box elder, four
thousand; white elm, forty thousand;
red elm, thirty-fve thousand; catalpa,
fifty thousand; cottonwood, one hum
dred thousand. This means clean seed.
Baked Onions.-Boil in milk and
water until just done, then drain and
place the onions in a buttered baking
pan. Put bit of butter and some pep
per and salt over each one, and add a
little of the water in which they were
boiled. Brown them quickly on the
grating of the oven and serve hot.
When mud is permitted to dry up.
on a newly-varnished carriage OF
wagon, every spot leaves a mark. TO
avoid this the new varnish should be
washed with clean water and q sponge
and dried with q soft cloth and rubbed
with chamois leather. After this, mud
is not SO apt to spot the varnish. But
it is best always to wash off the mud be.
fore it is dry. Water should never be
allowed to dry upon the varnish; II
should always be dried off with soft
cloth, sponge and leather.
-Spiced Currants.-To five lbs. OF
fruit add three lbs. of sugar (either
white or good clean BROWN, one pint OF
good cider vinegar, two large table,
spoonfuls of ground cinnamon, one ia
blespoonful of ground cloves, and one
tablespoonful of ground allspice. Heat
all together in porcelain-lined kettle;
skim out the fruit, and boil down the
juice till it will make jelly; rzecrn the
currants, and let it boil up okee; then
pour into your fruit-jar. When cold, tie
or paste thick paper over the top, and
set where it is dry and cool.
Ice Cream.-To each quart of milk
add four eggs and half a pound Of sugar
beat yelks and sugar together; bea
whites stiff, and add. Have the milk
scalding hot, pour it over the sugar and
eggs, beating all at the same time; then
put it on the fire again and as soon as il
thickens take off and strain it into
freezer to cool. When cold add any
aavoring extract preferred, and if you
wish, one pint of cream and freeze.
Mash the ice in cloth-not too fine, OF
course-and mix plenty salt with il
around the churn, being careful not to
let salt get inside.
"A Word of Caution.--It is no I'M
common thing in the country to hear OF
the injurious effects of cold-water drink.
ing in extremely hot weather. Some
times ice-water is taken to the harvest
field which, when drank excessively, as
is apt to be the case, is injurious, and
even the cold water from the ''north
side of the well' is harmful. 1t is bet
ter by far to drink moderately cool
water frequently than to take large
quantity when one is very thirsty.
Sometimes some such beverage as gin
ger beer or root beer satisfies thirst
quite as well. Almost every family has
its favorite recipe for making "summer
drinks" and we advise them to make
use of such during the hot weather.
Rural NeoO Yorker.
A Simple Recipe for Ice Cream.-One
pint of milk, one pint of cream, and one
cupful of white sugar, two eggs, tea
spoonful of vanilla or other extract, and
one dessertspoonful of corn-starch
Make these int g. thin geqstaydeo agdp al
ting into the freezer, as this will save
time and ice in the freezing process. To
freeze the custard pour it into tin,pail
and cover tightly; then set the pail into
a larger wooden pail or tub and sur
round it completely with a mixture of
pounded ice and salt. About one hour
is required to freeze the cream in this
manner. The tin-pail containing the
custard must be turned round in the ice
frequently, and the custard scraped from
the sides of the pail and stirred occa-
Sionally during the process of freezing
with a strong spoon.
Quarter Crack.-The edges of the
crack should be rounded off, without
cutting into the depth of the crack.
Cleanse the parts, and soften the hoof
by means of poulticing, the shoe being
removed. With view of preventing
the split from extending upwards, make
q cross-cut, or horizontal cut, through
the horny fibres, Immediately above the
split. In extensive cracks, the edges
may be held together by means of care
fully-inserted rivets. To prevent en-
trance of dirt, fill the crack with shoe
makers wax. If the split extends
through the length of the hoof, remove
the bearing of the hoof from the shoe,
back of the shoe to the heel, and apply
a bar shoe. Apply mild blister above
the hoof. If the horse can be spared
from work, he should be given liberty to
pasture during two or three months