The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-10-23


To remove miIdew. soak IN butter
milk and spread on the grass in Tie
sum- Toledo Biadc
When clothes are scorchsd remove
the stain BY placing the garment where
The sun can shine on Is -Exchasg,-
M A successful farmer cultivatcs hia
garden wheD the dew Il on the ground
because this plan. In his experiences.
has produced bettsr crops than Il hoed
u the heat Of the day. Troy Tmex
--Tooihache: Pulverize about equal
parts Of common salt and alum. Get
rs much cotton as will MI the tooth.
damp Il. put in the mixture and place
Il in the tooth. This is also good
mixture for cleansing the teeth hos.
ton P1sk.
In selecting strawberry plants for
making new beds We should b. careful
in getting Young plants which have
healthy. green foliage and are not COW
cred by brown fungus spots Fungi.
may or may not be a cause Of disease.
One thing Il certain, however. when
fungus grows on the plant IL vital
power is soon exhausted Allan,
Journal
Fried Chicken: Cut each one in
eight or nine pieces. after singeing and
drawing; iiatien slightly; put in an
earti.en dish. with salt. pepper. parsley.
bay leaves. thyme and lemon juice to
steep for two holr>; drain. roll in -four.
dip in beaten egg. roll again in fre-h
bread crumbs, fry slowly and Thoroughly
in clarified fat or olive butter. dish up.
add a handful Of fried parsley. and
serve with sauce Of drawn butter in .
bowl Chicago journal
Potatoes. which are dug in clean
Weather and thoroughly dred in the
sun. will keep in much better condition
in the cellar than those put into bins
without being sun dried. Some recon-
mend spreading upon barn floor after
drying them in the sun This MAY i'm
prove their keeping qualities. and they
may be just A. good for seed. but are
not generally considered equal for table
purposes TO those put into the cellar
when taken from the field " y. Her
all
-Currant Cake: One cnpfnl butter.
one cupful sugar. four eggs. one tea
spoonful baking powder. one pint flour.
one aud half cupfuls currants. washed
and picked. two teaspoonfrls extract Of
cinnamon and one teaspoonful extract
Of lemon. Rub the butter and sugar 10
a white. light cream. add the e.gs. one
AZ a time, beating a few minutes be-
tween each; add the -four sified with
the powder. the currants and the ex-
tracts Mix into a medium batter. bsSe
in papcrlined cake tins fifty minutes in
4 moderate oven. EoSfon Budgck
t.rape Butter: Stew the grapes
and squeeze out each pulp from the
skin. removing the seeds; keep the
skins in a small thin bag: 10 each pound
81 pulp allow one pound Of sugar. half
pint Of cider vinegar teaspoonfril Of
cloves. one Of cinnamon and one o.
nutmeg: boil this very slowly. putting
in the bag Of skins tied securely: when
il ie.lies ~ dropping in cold water. il i
done. Put away in jars: for an orna-
mental dish il can be heated over and
nut into molds 70 jelly. - Philadelphia
Call
Too many farmers get less good
than they might from their pear or
chards~ because they allow the fruit TO
rpcn on the trees as they would apples.
Few pears will b. al their best il treated
thus Plucked when fully grown. and
Kept in warm or cool room as their
ripening Is desired 70 he fastened or
retarded. the color and flavor Of the
frnit will BE- much better than il would |
bc II allowed 70 remain on the tree
Some Of the best sorts rot nc the core il |
left on the tree until the fruit begins to
turn. ~ " Tribnnc-