Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-11-09
HOME AND FARM.

when glass stopper sticks in the
bttie pass strip of wooden cloth round
te neck of the vessel, and see-saw it
kckward and forward. This friction
bats and causes the neck to expand. SO
| lat the stopper becomes loose. On this
rinciple of expansion by heat a tight
crew may be withdrawn from q metal
PICKET by surrounding the latter with a
10th dipped in boiling water.-Prairte
Farmer.
1t is sometimes very convenient to
Itnow how to make cookies without
Eggs; the following recipe is contributed
~ reader of the N. 2. Post Take
Two cups OF sugar, one cup of butter,
pne cup OF milk, one even teaspoonful
bf soda dissolved in the milk; hot water
hay be used instead of milk, if it is
thought advisable; use flour enough to
make soft dough, roll thin, and bake
lin a quick oven.
"A lovely sofa pillow is made of q
square of pale-blue satin embroidered or
painted. Use this for the center of the
pillow, and at the top and bottom put
bands OF terra Gotta plush and at the
together on the wrong side, and on the
SiNAO hhioh III SlltSA
with colored embroidery silk; edge with
side of the pillow with pale-blue Saline,
and then put on the top covering .-Chi-
cago Neacs.
A colts feet are sound and well
formed before he is shod, and the ills of
the horses feet are occasioned by shoe
ing, and cured by running barefoot"
Most ailments, such as SPAWN, ring
bone, etc., can be traced to bad shoe
ing. A barefoot horse will travel freer,
keep his footing freer, and show less ia
tgue from a journey or hard days
work than if shod. The kick of an I'M
shod horse is not as dangerous as when
shod, and stumbling rarely oecurs-cut-
ting, interfering, overreaching and forg-
ing never.-M. c. Yield.
-" Best crops of wheat have been
grown on ground settled well after the
first blowing, and then merely surface
lOosened at seeding time" This is adj
ditional proof of what is now pretty
well established, that our mode of pre-
pairing for corn or potatoes by having
the whole deep furrow filled loosely
with uncompact mold is not the prep
aration that suits wheat and rye. Our
common practice of stirring deeply at
seeding time, and then compacting the
surface with horses and harrow, is the
upside down of what these plants re-
quire.-N. Y. Tribune.
Boiled starch is much improved by
the addition of little spermaceti or a
little salt, or both. or little gum arabic
dissolved. Beeswax and salt will make
iatirons as clean and smooth as glass tie
lump of wax in rag, and keep it for
that purpose; when irons are hot, rub
them with the wax rag, and scour with
paper or rag sprinkled with salt.
Kerosene will make tin kettles as bright
as new; saturate wooden rag and rub
with it; it will also remove stains from
cleaned vanished furniture.
State Sentinel.
Cold Catsup: Chop fine half a
peck of tomatoes, two roots of grated
ho-seradish, one small cupful of salt,
half cupful of black and the same of
white mustard seed, two tablespoonful
of black pepper, one cupful of onions
chopped fine, one tablespoonful of pow
dered cloves, one of mace, one of CHINA
mon, one of celery seed, one quart of
nasturtiums, half cupful of sugar, and
one quart of vinegar. Mix all together
and put into jars. Cork tightly. 1t will
keep until tomatoes come again, and is
eXcellent.-Rurat World.