The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-04-23
HOME AND FARM.

When strawberry plants are set in
rows three feet apart and foot apart
in the rows it requires 1880 for an
acre.
TO Mend Glassware. a small
lump of unslacked lime fresh from the
kiln, mix it with white of an egg, then
apply quickly and set away till COM
pletely dry.
The reason why cabbage emits such
disagreeable smell when boiling is be-
cause the process dissolves the essential
oil. The water should be changed when
the cabbage is half boiled, and it will
thus acquire greater sweetness.
-Puddings for Dyspeptic. a
deep bowl with bread dipped in hot
water and sailed little, then fill full
of sliced apples add cupful of white
sugar and little grated nutmeg, cover
with more of the dipped bread and
steam for two hours. If put in mould
it comes to the table very nice.
Coffee Cake.-This is one of the
best plain cakes and is very easily made.
Take one cup of strong coffee infusion,
one cup of sugar, one-half cup of butter,
one egg and one teaspoonful of saleratus.
Add spice and raisins to suit the taste
and enough flour to make a reasonably
thick batter. Bake rather slowly in tin
pans lined with buttered paper.
Harrison Pudding.-Loaf of stale
bread, one quart of milk, one-quarter
pound of sugar, one-quarter pound of
butter, grated peel of lemon, cinnamon
and nutmeg, seven eggs. Cut off the
crust of the bread, and CRATE the soft
part very fine. Boil the milk and pour
on the crumbs. Stir in the butter,
sugar, and spices. Stir well and set to
cool; then add the eggs, well beaten.
Put in well-buttered dish, and bake
one hour. Serve with sauce.
Black Knot in Cherries The black,
rough excrescences common ON plum
and cherry-trees are known rs black
knot. These are caused by the oozing OF
the gummy sap through the cracked
bark from some unknown condition OF
the tree. The break in the bark widens,
and the wood and bark near it decay. 1t
Is best treated by the use of lime and
potash as fertilizers for the tree, and by
cutting out the diseased bark or limbs
and burning them.
Loaf Cake.-One and three-quar-
ter pound of flour; one and one-quarter
pound of sugar; one pound of butter !;
five eggs; half pint of milk; one and
one-haf pound of fruit (raisins and cur
rants); one tablespoonful of soda; spices,
lemon, etc. Beat the whites and yelks
of the eggs separately; dissolve the soda
in the milk; stone the raisins, and rub
them and the currants in little of the
flour, so as to prevent their setting in
the cake; rub the sugar and butter to a
cream; add the eggs, milk, with soda,
spices, lemon, flour, and lastly the fruit.
How to Catch Horse.-If the
horse is shy and hard to catch take fine
ly grated castor oils of rhodium and
cummin; keep them in separate bottles
well corked; put some of the oil of
cummin on your hand and approach the
horse on the windy side. He will then
move toward you. AS soon as you can
reach him rub some of the cummin on
his nose, give him some of the castor
on anything he likes, and get few
drops of the oil of rhodium on his
tongue. After this you can make him
do nearly everything you want. Treat
him kindly, feed well, handle gently,
and your victory is certain.--1urt, Field
and Farm.
-Lampass consists of tumefaction in
the palate. The seat of the trouble is
situated in the vicinity of the upper nip
pers. The tumefaction arises, first,
from local emphysema (windy swell
ing), which renders the palate elastic
and augmented; second, from indura-
ton Gan abnormal increase in the con-
sistence of the palate). This increase
is caused by an accumulation of dense
particles of the blood which resists free
circulation through the affected parts /;
third, from congestion. This is in some
instances passive, while in others it is
active. The treatment is very simple.
Take a gum-lancet and lance the gums.
After this is properly done, take little
fine salt and rub the gums with it. II
the gum-lancet is not at hand, a COM
mon pocket-knife-which should be very
sharp for the purpose-will answer
equally as well as the lancet. With the
knife make several missions through
the prominence down to the teeth, after
which apply the salt as above directed,
and where the lampass is unattended
with any other local disease the cure is
made, and the animal will recover its
appetite Immediately. Lampass should
never be burned with hot iron.-N. Y.
World.