Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1882-02-25
HOME AND FARM.

Mr.. w. f. Brown, of Oxford, o.,
shows his appreciation of sawdust as an
absorbent in the constable, by sending
six miles for it and paying 20 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
cd 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.
John A. Phelps, of Connecticut, in
culcates in his boys u 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.
Fried Celery: Cut the celery into
pieces three or four inches long; boil
them tender in sailed water; drain
them. Make batter in the proportion
OF two eggs to cupful of rich milk, mix
Hour or fine bread or cracker crumbs,
enough to give consistency; roll the
pieces of celery in it, and fry them to a
light-brown in hot lard. Serve hot.
Celery can also be cooked rs asparagus,
boiled tender and served with white
sugar sauce.
Floating Island: Sweeten u pint
OF thick cream with white sugar, flavor
with lemon and whip to n froth; pour a
pint of thick cream into 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 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 wars discovered by L. Z. Lock
at the time his distillery was burnt in
Lewistown, ILL.,, together with a 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
a 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 agtate 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 o
becoming rancid it ought to be boileC
with water and a little bicarbonate o
magnesia for about fifteen minutes
) when it will likely lose the power tC
redden litmus paper.
Snow custard is dainty dish, suit
able for dessert or for tea. Use half ;
package of gelatine, three eggs, on
pint of sweet milk, two cups of sugar
and the juice of two good sized lemons
Soak the gelatine in teacup of cole
water; it will need to soak for an hou
at least; when it is entirely dissolved
add one pint of boiling water and two
thirds of the sugar and lemon-juice; lie
all come to boil; then take from tn,
stove and pour in the dish in which it i
to be carried to the table, or put it in
mold to cool. Make a custard of tn
o milk, eggs and the rest of the sugar ant
! lemonjuice. When the gelatine in tn
mold is ready to serve, put the custar'
: around the base, or cover it entirel
. with the custard. -ErchdHge.