The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-01-14
USEFUL ANp Suggestive.


eight eggs, one-foprth ot ABOUND each
Of corn-starch, ilourpnd butter, one-half
pound of sugar., one teaspoonful Of
cream of tartar, one-hali teaspoonful OF
soda. flavor with almond or vLnilla,
"A great deal of time may be saved
If knee-pads are made fer children who
creep, or who in playing. are upon their
knees much, Take pieces of heavy
cloth; cut them to fit the knee; make
them as thick as you please; tie them
on with tapes or faSten them with rub
Der bands. r....r
Stock should be well sheltered
during the winter, for when unprotected
from the cold winds and snow storms a
great deal of the food g)eS to maintain
animal keat, instead of adding pounds
of flesh to the animal. The scarcity OF
grain and the consequent high prices
will make this winter a l,opd time tp try
the experiment of eeonomizing food by
sheltering stock
1t is reported upon good authority
that upwards 'of COO American horses
are now doing service in the French cav
airy, and have given so good satisfaction
that the French army officers induced
their Secretary of War to send two of
their most trusty officers to this country
last season to inspect our horses. They
want compact, hardy, active animal
about fifteen and three-fourths hands
high.
Here is an excellent rule to follow
in making mince pies: Four pounds of
beef Ground steak is good), two pounds
of suet, eight pounds Of apples, four
pounds OF sugar, two pounds of raisins,
two tablespoonfuls of cinnamon, one
tablespoonful Of allspice one nutmeg,
two quarts of boiled cider, half pint of
mo)Gsses, 'one-half cup of salt. OF
course you can vary this rule; in place
of salt You can use butter, and a less
quantity viii answer. nf#
"A correspondent of the IRdiqRd
FGrn1er says he has been manufacturing
mOlasses FOR the past twenty years and
has never known o. hog dying with
cholera while being fed on the waste
from q sorghum factory; but has known
cases where hogs after beginning 90 take
the disease and after some of them had
died, the remainder though some Of
them sick-were entirely freed from the
disease by eating the vase. His neigh
bors frequently haul away the waste and
uSs it. |.a NJ"
r-Oonsare the result Of mecbT" -,
injury to the sole of The 70" 1.,H !,
blows by stones or press';" ,..,sSF : - 80
Tocute them. the. c''t sSffcb i rna cali
slo.>i tnnor, ~ ssSSr ~ blister c iv's,
f. - y I'oW VI svssFin, should be opeue
~, INC ..sef'or matter collected IN
5sST sole leather shoe should the
-sT oFer theiwhole ho)f and the iro
. 5SSUe fitted over this. The iron sho
should he catefully fitted so that the pan
Of'tl,e foot which has the corns upon
would be wholly relieved from pressure
IL thought necessary little compoun
! tincture Of benzoin may be injected i
the corn to stimulate is recovery an
healing.-N Y. Times.
The owner of a village garden form
ery used asparagus tops as winter cor
ering for the strawberry bed, mowin
! them off during the Christmas month
, and laying on when tine ground wa
frozen hard enough to bear, for shelte
: from wind and change Of Temperature
; But the asparagus seed would dro
|, down, and in spring would vegetate an
cause so much trouble to get the youn
plants pulled out by the only means thu
, will save the Strawberries -the finger
! and thumb, used as p.ncers-that h
gave up the asparagus plan and was PIT
! TO wits end to lind a Substitute. La,
June, however, he pulled from the a.
, paragus bed all the femae plants. No,
there is not berry to be seen on tn
hauh1l, and he returns to 9he conveuienC
Of using it as strawberry shelter, fC
which it serves well, retaining the sno,
= without excluding light