Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-10-21

five cents worth of chlorate Of potash
When any soreness appears IN the throat,
put the potash in tumbler full of water,
and with it gargle the throat thoroughly,
then rub the neck thoroughly with the
camphorated oil at night before going to
bed, and also pin around the throat strip
of wooden flannel. this is simple, cheap
and sure remedy.
DAMASCUS BIsCUITs.-Beat the whites
of three eggs to froJh; quarter pound
of beef suet chopped fine, half ounce bit
ter almonds, blanched, chopped fine, all
beaten well with the frothed eggs Take
the yolks of the eggs, mix with six ounces
sifted loaf sugar, beat well, pour into the
almonds and white of eggs, mix we'll,
shake in two ounces of flour, sufficient
lemon to favor. Pour into small tins or
nodded papers; bake in quick oven.
SCOTCH SHORT BREAD.-Four pounds
of flour, two pounds shortening half lard
and half butterl, one egg, and as much
milk as would fill an egg SHE'LL beat well
together, and add to the flour and butter
one pound of fine sugar; then with your
hands work the whole until it is soft
enough to roll out on your baking board
about half an inch thick; cut into any
form you may wish; pinch the edge with
your finger and thumb, and bake.
IRISH POTATO PIE.-One pound mashed
potatoes rubbed through collander; one
half pound of butter, creamed with sugar;
six eggs, white and yolks separately; one
lemon squeezed into the potatoes while
hot; one cupful of milk, one teaspOOnful
of nutmeg, and The same of mace, two
cupfuls white sugar; bake in open shells of
paste; to be eaten cold.
good greasing with kerosene oil, then ap-
ply equal parts of tar and grease, and re-
apply occasionally. The latter will give
them an appetite, and prevent their having
mango. Mr.. Holman, of Va, in his let
ter to the Commission of Agriculture
states a curious fact about mango; that it
not only attacked mostly white hogs, but
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attacked only the white spots on the hog.
MEDICAL men claim that pound and
quarter of oatmeal will supply as much nj
trOgen and almost as much fat to the body
as pound of uncooked meat of ordinary
quality. A man gets three times as much
nourishment at the same cost in oatmeal
as he does in meats One pound and a
half of Indian meal is equal to one pound
of uncooked meat in nitrogen, and sur
passes it in fat.
CALVES should be halter broken, as 1T
is often great convenience to lead them
as calves or grown up stock, and halter
breaking in mature years is not the easiest
kind of work. When properly handled
herd of cows can be led by ropes attach
ed to each other, inst as horses are by
drovers.
ToCUT GLAss.-Lay the glass on piece
of Irvine or whipcord; heat an iron ian old
file will do) redhot; place the iron on the
glass over the string for few seconds,
when the glass will break off as smooth as
if it was cut with diamond.
THE WHITE OF AN EGG, into which
piece of alum about the size of walnut
has been stewed until it forms jelly, is
capital remedy for sprains. It should be
laid over the sprains upon piece of lint
and be changed as it becomes dry.
A SELF cleaning stable or stall for COWS
can be made by standing them on wooden
gratings over cellar, the bars to be v
shaped and the space between them narrow
enough so that COW can stand easily
upon them.
HORsE-sTABLEs should be clean and
airy. The moment there Is smell of am
monia visible something should be done.
Still it is better to do it before that smell
arises, as waste is then going on. Ammo
MIA hurts horses eyes.
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