The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09
FARM AND FlRESiDE.

If you wish to clean up an old piece
OF ground that is filed with coarse
grass, weeds and briars, turn in the
sheep.
"A little borax put in the water ir
which scarlet napkins and red-bordered
towels are to be washed will prevent
them from fading.-M. Y. Herald
For chapped lips. beeswax dissolved
in small quantity of sweet oil. by heat.
ing carefully. Apply the salve two or
| three times a day. and avoid victim Q
the lips as much as possible.-SaUan-
nah NeUS.
In buying a cow find out for YOUR
self if she is what you want. Don't
take anybody's word for it. A mean
COW is such an intolerable nuisance that
many men are strongly tempted to
strain point in order to get rid of her.
Hartford Courant.
Pork Cake: One pound of pork
chopped fine, two cupfuls of boiling
water, three cupfuls of coffee sugar, one
cupful of molasses, seven cupfuls of
flour, one teaspoonfui of cloves, one
teaspoonful OF nutmeg, one teaspoonful
of allspice, two pounds of fruit, more or
less.-T'OledO Blade.
Too many, in breaking their horses.
put them Immediately to work. This
custom. while effective, DESTROYS some
what the the temper and action of n
horse. The most humane and profita-
BILE course to pursue is to make the
work light at first, gradually increasing
it until the full capacity of the horse is
reached-PrGirie Farmer.
An exchange thinks a good substi-
tute for the major portion of milk feed
to calves can be made at small cost as
follows: One-halfpeck ground linseed,
one peck of ground corn, one peck of
ground oats, one peck of wheat bran:
mix thoroughly and boil one pint of the
mixture in three gallons of water, stir
ring often. After the first three davs
this can be almost wholly fed to calves,
with only quart of skim milk at each
feed.
Lemon Pudding: Beat the yelks of
two eggs in Il pudding dish; add two
cupfulS of sugar; dissolve four table
spoonfuls of corn starch in little cold
water; stir into it two teacupfuls of
boiling water; put in the juice of two
lemons with the grated peel; mix all to-
gethcr with u teaspOonful of butter;
bake about fifteen minutes. When done
spread over the top the beaten whites
of two eggs, previously sweetened with
white sugar. Let it brown moment
in the oven. Serve either cold or hot
boston Budget.
Chicken jelly for invalds: Half
raw chicken pounded with a mallet,
bones and meat together; cover with
cold water and heat very slowly in
covered vessel. Let it simmer until the
meat is in rags and the water reduced
one-half Strain and press through
ollander or coarse cloth Season to
aSte and return to the fire for five min
ties. Skim when cool. Keep it on ice
and give it to the patient cold For
change the jelly can be made into
sandwich with thin slices of bread and
butter and will be found very nourish-
ing.-Ihe Household.
"A correspondent writes: y saw a
novel way of mending a WOODEN dress
in which a round hole had been torn
and where only patch could remedy
matters. The frayed portions around
the tear were carefully smoOthed, and
piece of the material, moistened with
very thin mucilage, was placed under
the hole. A heavy weight was put upon
it until it was dry. when it was only
possible to discover the mended place
by careful observation. Surely worth
while trying, for patches are premedi-
tated poverty. 1t would, however,
probably only answer for mending the
skirt of dress -Sd1t Frna"isc0 CAroas-
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