The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-09-24
HOME AND FARM.

HOME AND FARM.
The great ..truth, I" Of the good old
Duke of Sully, is: agriculture and
pasture are the two great breasts OF ma
ture from which nations derive their
nourishment.
TO Prepare SCOT for Roses.-Ge:
some SCOT from q chimney or stove
where wood is used for fuel, put it in All
old pitcher and pour hot water upon It.
When cool use it to water your plants
every few days. When it is all used fill
up the pitcher again with hot water.
The effect upon roses that have almost
hopelessly deteriorated is wonderful, in
producing q rapid growth of thirty
shoots, With large thick leaves and =
great number of richly-tinted roses. =.
TO Make Bran Coffee.-Take good
wheat bran, mix with molasses unit.
inst lightly wet by thorough stirring,
put in a hot oven on shallow tins and let
brown like coffee, stirring often; when
brown it is ready for use. Put hand
full or two or three, according to your
family and your temperance, pour on
boiling water, let steep; you can flavor
with a teaspoonful of ground coffee;
use milk or cream. 1t is nourishing, or
much more healthful than real coffee
or tea.
-Piccalilli.- One peck of green to.
matoes; if the flavor of onions is de-
sired, take eight. but it is very well
without any; four green peppers, slice
all and put in layers; sprinkle oh one
cup of salt, and let them remain over
light; in the morning press dry through
q sieve, put it in porcelain kettle and
cover with vinegar; add one cup Of
sugar, tablespoonful Of each kind Of
spice; put into muslin bag; stew slow
" about an hour, or until the tomatoes
are as soft as desired. t
Chopped Pickle. One gallon green
tomatoes, four large onions, three led
peppers and three green ones, leaving
in a few of the seeds. Chop all fine:
throw in a big handful of salt; mix we'll
together, and let it stand over night. In
the morning drain dry and add one
pound of brown sugar, one tablespoon
full each of black pepper, ground cloves
and allspice; half pint OF white mus.
tard seed and one-quarter Of an ounce OF
celery seed. Pour over three pints Of
cider vinegar, boiling hot. This is en-
cellent. Put into jars or wide-mouthed
bottles, and cork tightly.
When it gets too dry to pillow, as is
often the case in early fall, farmers
are sometimes ut a loss IS to what they
had bftter put the hands and teams to
doing! This is thu 6hst to. attend TO
little things which ore likely to be ne
elected. In the permanent pasture
there are often washes starting, and If in
addition there are some loose stones,
here are two things that ought to be
put together. Make brush dam occa-
sionaliy put a little straw above it-dax
straw is the best, and it will pay YOU to
90 ten miles for q load OF it-and then
put your stones on the straw and you
have q barrier that will catch the wash
and stop the gully.
Preserved Peaches.-Peaches, loaf
sugar. Pare the peaches, cut them in
halves, and remove tho stones. To ev-
cry pound, allow . pound Of sugar.
Crack one-quarter Of the stones, and
take out ths kernels. Scald and re-
move the skin, and pound them to pow,
der in . mortar. Place the peaches and
sugar In layers in porcelain lined ket.
tie, strewing each layer with the kernel
powder. Add the water in which the
kernels were scalded, and simmer very
slowly half an hour. Skim the strip
while boiling. Take out the fruit with
broad skinner, and put pieces on a
large, fiat dish to cool. Boil the sirup,
skimming it, till thick and clear. FIJI
jars with the fruit, pressing the pieces
together. Fill up each jar with the sirup.
Cover very tightly.
The arguments all seem to be in
favor Of horses of great size, but there
are many facts the other way. Large
horses are more liable to stumble and
be lame than those of the middle size.
They are clumsy and can not I'll Them
selves 30 quickly. There Is nothing
more surprising to . Western man than
tn visit Montreal and SEQ the small
i Canadian horse hauling large two-seat-
4 ed ca1iSgee full Of people with apparent
ease. 4 horse weighing 900 pounds In
Canada or Vermont takes chaise or
Concord buggy with two men In 1t and
will make i1ty or sixty miles . day over
hills that might have terrified Hannibal.
But their weight Is where il ought
to be. Y It is, compact sud not y.
imp around loose. II y muscle, not pulp,
that W want in . orse.-Ezchange. -
| ii Beef Tea. 8&
Says a writer in the Boston 1'aas'
eyipt:
When I wish to make q small QUAINT.
ty of beef tea, and have it as nutritious
Is possible, this is the way I mako it:
Cut . pound Of rump steak in quarter-
inch cubes on q board with . sharp
knife. Sprinkle salt on the bits Of beef,
4 about ~ much as would season ii If it
were broiled. Put it in . glass preserve
Liar, and let it stand fifteen minutes.
4 Add four great spooniub Of cold water,
i cover tie lar alright, and lot it stand