The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-08-11
HOME AND FARM.
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Three thousand species of grass are
known to botanists. Ts0 ~
If troubled with wakefulness on re-
firing to bed, eat three or four small
onions; they will act as q gentle and
soothing narcotic. Onions are also ex-
cellent to eat when one is much exposed
to the cold. fe+
Vanity Puffs.-Beat the whites of
SIX eggs to q stiff froth, sift in pound
OF powdered sugar, and flavor with lem
ons. Drop by small spoonfuls upon
buttered paper and dry in cool oven
two hours.
When mud is permitted to dry up
on newly-varnished carriage or
wagon, every spot leaves q mark. To
avoid this the new varnish should be
washed with clean water and o sponge
and dried with q soft cloth and rubbed
with chamois leather. After this, mud
Is not so apt to spot the varnish. But
1t Is best always to wash off the mud be-
fore 1t is dry. Water should never be
allowed to dry upon the .varnish; II
should always be dried off with q 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 q porcelain-lined kettle;
skim out the fruit, and boil down the
juice till it will make jelly; return the
currants, and let it boil up once; then
pour into your fruit-jar. when cold, tie
or paste thick paper over the top, and
set where it is dry and cool.
"A Word of Caution.-It is no un-
common thing in the country to hear OF
the injurious effects of cold-water drink.
ing in extremelyehot weather. Some
times fce-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 ssnorth
side of the well" is harmful. It 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
It's favorite recipe for making sssummer
drinks, " and we advise them to make
use Of such during the hot weather.
Rssral Neso Yorker. ala .e
A Simple Recipe for Ice-C e-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 into q thin custard, and al
low 1t to become quite cold before put
ting into the freezer, as this will save
time and ice in the freezing process. To
freeze the custard pour it into a.tin-pail
and cover tightly; then set the pail into
q larger wooden pail or tub and sur
round it completely with 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 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
a 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. II 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
bar shoe. Apply mild blister above
the hoof. II the horse can be spared
from work, he should be given liberty to
pasture during two or three months
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