Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-06-17
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

| IREES ON BOUNDARY LINE. The
question frequently arises, who owns the
fruit of the trees standing near the boun-
Diary line between two proprietors? It is
generally supposed that the fruit on the
| limbs overhangiDg IS land belongs to
him, but this is an entire mistake. If a
tree stands wholly on your land, although
| some of the roots extend into the soil of
| your neighbor and derive support and
nourishment from his soil, yet he has no
right to any of the fruit which hangs over
the line. If he attempts by force to pre-
vent you from picking it, he IS liable for
an assault and battery. The Boston ''Cul-
tivator' gives Judge Bennett as deciding
case IN point as follows: A lady, while
standing on fence picking cherries which
hung over the line, was forbidden to do so
| by the adjoining owner, who was at work
in his garden, and, in the scuffle to pre-
vent her, she received some bruises on her
arm, for which he had the pleasure of pay
| ing the neat little sum of $1,000. Accord
ing to the same authority, if your fruit
falls into your neighbours lot, you have an
implied license in law to go andpick it up,
doing him no injury or damage. If, how
ever, fruit tree stands directly on the di-
vision line, and if it is what is called a
''line-tree," both parties own the tree and
fruit in common, and neither can cut down
the tree or seriously injure it without be-
ing responsible to the other.
How TO MAKE JELLIEs.-FOr small
fruits, currants, grapes. etc., set them OIL
the fire in stone jar in kettle of cold
water, and heat until soft. Mash with a
wooden spoon and strain through cloth.
Allow pound of granulated sugar for
| every pint of juice. Set the sugar in the
oven in baking tins and let it heat, while
the juice boils, for twenty-five minutes.
By this time it should be too hot to bear
your hands in it. Empty it into the juice
and stir until dissolved Boil five minutes
to make sure. Fill your Jelly glasses. Lay
| papers on top and seal while hot. Tin COW
ers are the best, but letter paper brushed
with white of egg may be pasted on in
stead. Brush with the egg after FASTING
| over the glass. Jams may be made in the
same manner, without straining the fruit,
and using half the quantity of sugar.
These last must be frequently stirred to
prevent burning. For ounce jelly boil
the parings, cores and small pieces which
cannot be preserved, in water, and use the
water for making jelly. Never use gela-
tine for fruit jellies, unless they are to be
eaten at once. 1t is almost sure to make
them mould. Use only the best granula-
ted sugar.
DON'T BOIL Your MILK.-The animal
albumen which milk contains, and by
which the nerves in the human body are
made, Is hardened and destroyed by boil
ing. In milk used by children whose sys-
TENS are being built up and formed, this
is of vital Importance, but it to be serious
ly considered by adults whose nerves are
repaired and strengthened by this albumen
or nerve food. The above applies also to
eggs, and to all food. The French, who
rarely suffer from disorders of the stomach
never boil their food. Their cooks are
taught to cook slowly and gently, so that
their dishes are tender, nutricious and
easy of digestion. I am quite aware of the
tendency of milk to hold and even promote
the growth of germs of typhoid fever.
Some few years ago in Marylebone and
Paddington, it was the source to which it
was attributed; nevertheless, except under
extraordinary circumstances and for a
short time only, do not boil your milk
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KEEPING THE HEAD CLEAN.-Keeping
the head perfectly clean is a great aid to
health. A distinguished physician, who
has spent much of his time at quarantine,
said that person whose head was thor
oughly washed every day, rarely took con-
tagious diseases, but where the hair was
allowed to become dirty and matted, it
was hardly possible to escape Infection
Many persons find speedy relief for ner-
vous headache by washing the head thor
oughly in weak soda water. We have
known cases almost wholly cured in ten
minutes by this simple remedy. A friend
finds it the greatest relief in cases of "nose
cold,' the cold symptoms entirely leaving
the eyes and nose after one thorough wash
ing of the hair. The head should be thor
oughly dried afterward, and avoid draughts
of air for little while.
TO WASH LACE CURTAINs.-Make
warm suds and put your curtains in it in
the evening. Let them soak till morning,
then squeeze them with your hands; use
no dashboard, be careful not to rub them;
don't wiring them. but squeeze them out;
then put boiling water over them and let
them stand an hour or two; if they don't
look clean soak in suds and "sqush" again;
blue and make starch pretty stiff; take
three thicknesses of sheets Ito prevent car
pet from getting wet) and pin them on the
carpet straight with the seam, the curtains
at the same; pin across the end, then at
the sides pin every four inches. When dry
they will be ready to put up. Do not iron.
RASPBERRY JAM.-To every quart of
ripe raspberries allow pound of the best
loaf sugar. Put sugar and berries into
pan and let them stand two or three hours;
then boil them in porcelain kettle, TAX
ing off the scum carefully. When no
more scum rises mash them and boil them
to smooth marmalade. When cold put
them in glass tumblers.
WooD impregnated with parafine oil IS
preserved for many years from rot, even
under circumstances most favorable to de-
cay.
If the hands are kept in water while