Huntsville gazette., 1882-02-25
HOME AND FARM.

Mr.. w. T. Brown, of Oxford, o.,
shows his appreciation of sawdust as an
absorbent in the constable, by sending
six miles for it and paying 25 cents per
load.
The profits for breeding good
blOoded horses in California are becom-
ing generally recognized, and at many
points in the State men have turned
their attention especially to this indus
try, reaping large rewards.
The Bee-keepers' Convention at
Utica, N. Y, a few days since, appoint
ed a detective committee to prowl
around among the bees next summer,
and find out what members of the fra
ternity are guilty of mixing glucose
with their honey. t-&NaA
John A.. Phelps, of Connecticut, In
culcates in his boys love of country
life and the paternal acres by renting
them plots of ground for potatoes and
other crops, selling them manure, and
taking pay in labor, teaching them to
make their own sales, keep their own
accounts, and handle their own money.
Floating Island: Sweeten pint
of thick cream with white sugar, flavor
with lemon and whip to a froth; pour a
pint of thick cream into a glass dish,
lay sponge cake in thin slices over it
lightly, then layer of some kind of
bright jelly, then put the whipped
cream on the top. To whip cream
use an egg-beater, and as fast as the
froth rises take it off and lay it on a
seive, set over another bowl, then be-
fore you put the whipped cream on the
floating island, pour that which has
drained off into the bottom of the dish.
An agricultural exchange says:
Every paper in the United States ought
occasionally to keep the fact before its
readers that burnt corn is a certain and
speedy cure for hog cholera. The best
way is to make pile of corn on the
cobs, effectually scorch it, and then give
the affected hogs free access to it. This
remedy was discovered by E. E. Lock
at the time his distillery was burnt in
Lewistown, Ill.,, together with large
lot of store corn, which was so much in
jured as to be unfit for use, and greedily
eaten by the hogs, several ofwhich were
dying daily. After the second day not
single hog was lost, and the disease
entirely disappeared. The remedy has
been tried in a number Of cases since,
and has never failed.
If kerosene oil is added to sperm oil
it will prevent the latter from cumming.
Mix thoroughly one hundred parts of
oil with four parts of chloride of lime
and twelve of water. Now add small
quantity of the decoction of oak bark to
destroy all traces of gelatinous matter
still remaining, and allow the impurities
to settle. Next agitate the clear part
with little sulphuric acid; settle once
more and remove the acid by washing,
and see to it that none of the acid re-
mains. If the oil shows any signs of
becoming rancid it ought to be boiled
with water and q little bicarbonate of
magnesia for about fifteen minutes,
when it will likely lose the power to
redden litmus paper.
Snow custard is dainty dish, suit
able for dessert or for tea. Use half
package of gelatine, three eggs, one
pint of sweet milk, two cups of sugar,
and the juice of two good sized lemons.
Soak the gelatine in a teacup of cold
water; it will need to soak for an hour
at least; when it is entirely dissolved
add one pint of boiling water and two
thirds of the sugar and lemon-juice; let
all come to boil; then take from the
stove and pour in the dish in which it is
to be carried to the table, or put it in a
mold to COOL Make a custard of the
milk, eggs and the rest of the sugar and
lemon.juice. When the gelatine in the
mold is ready to serve, put the custard
around the base, or cover it entirely
with the ustard.-Erchange. ...