The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-05-25
UsEFuL and SUGGESTIVE.
All liquid impurities. are liable to
1ow downward into wells. "a

All LIQUID Impurities are liable to
Cow downward into wells.
For picking the white spine is
considered one of the best cucumbers.
The caterpillar of the siIk-worm,
when fully developed. is 10000 times
heavier than when it came from the
egg.
Put four or FIVE lima beans in a pot
and cover them an inch deep. 1t is real
fun to see them come up. Take care
of the plants, and set them out without
disturbing the roots.-lSt. Louis Globe.
Never hem a braize or tissue veil
with sewing silk; take some of the raw
elings of the material, thread a coarse
needle with it and hem the veil The
stitches win not show at all If small ones
are taken.-BoSto15 Transcript.
"A fat calf is sixty-five per cent.
water and fifteen per cent fat, while
an extra fat sheep is thirty-seven pei
cent. water and forty-eight per cent.
fat, and fat pig is forty per cent.
water and forty-four per cent fat.
George r. Rice, living near Farmer
Village, N. Y, has pear tree two feet
in diameter, and forty high. 1t bears
from ten to twenty bushels of fine fruit
every year, and is remarkably hardy
and sure. 1t is a Seeding and sixty two
years old.
There is no wisdom in working a
thirty-acre field year after year to get
five bushels of wheat or ten of corn te
the acre, when. with the same expense
for fertilizers, you could raise fifteen
bushels of wheat or thirty of corn to the
acre.--DenUer Tribune.
There is a constantly increasing de-
mand for American trotting- bred horses
in all parts of the world, and scarcely q
week passes that some are not sent tc
foreign countries. Mr.. B. j. Treacy,
of Kentucky, lately sold and shipped
eight head of choicely-bred animals Of
the above class to parties in New Zea-
land Chicago Times.
Captain j. B. Moore, Concord,
Mass, is authority for the statement
that a gentleman in Salem, with
plenty of manure and water, raises the
asparagus, pease, corn. and other yege-
tables needed IN a family of seven, also
the summer keep of two cows, and-hay
and mangeI wurzels enough to winter
them all on one acre of land.
Cranberry jelly, that is pleasing to
the eye al. well as to the taste, is made
in this way: Dissolve one ounce of gel
atine in a very little water, and to this
add one pint and a half of cranberry
juice, strained so that it is perfectly
clear. While you are straining it let
the gelatine and water boil until it is
thick. then stir in the juice and half a
pound of sugar; let this come tosa boil;
have jelly boards at hand and strain the
jelly through a muslin cloth into them.
IN Y. Post
A glass of milk suddenly swallowed,
says an English paper. viii form in the
stomach a lump of dense, cheesy eurd,
Under the action of the stomach this
viii turn over and over like a heavy
weight, and as the gastric juice attacks
only its surface, it digests very slowly.
The same milk taken with biscuit, a
slice of toast, or other solid food, forms
a porous, friable clot, which breaks up
every time the stomach turns it over,
and through which the gastric juice can
easily pass. X.
ANY good garden soil will grow
roses. A rich loan well enriched with
well decomposed manure is to be pre-
ferred, Do not use fresh stable manure.
Pruning may be done during the grow
ing season, to get the plants into fine
form. This for heavy sorts is desirable;
their shape can be easily controlled by
pinchiHg off the young growth after the
plant has attained the height desired.
When protection is removed in the
spring. all the dead branches should be
cut out. -I11djanapoJts Journal.