The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-04-08
FARM AND FlREsi6E.

If you wish 20 clean up an old piece
Of ground that is filed with coarse
grass, weeds and brias, turn I'm the
sheep
"A little borax put I'm the water IN
which scarlet napkins and red-bordered
towels are 60 be washed win prevent
them from fading M Y Herald
For chapped lips beeswax dissolved
in a small quantity of sweet oil, by heat
ing carefully Apply the salvo two or
three times a day, and avoid wetting
the lips as much as possible. --SGUan-
nah NCUs
in buying a COW find out for your
self If she is what you want Don't
take anybody's word for t. 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 CouTant.
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
-four one teaspoonful Of cloves one
teaspoontul OF nutmeg, one teaspOOnful
OF allspice, two pounds of fruit, more or
less Toledo Blade
Too many, iu breaking their horses,
put them Immediately TO work. This
custom, while effective, destroys some
what the the temper and action of a
horse The most humane and prOfta-
bic course to pursue is to make the
work light at first, gradually increasing
it until the full capacity of the horse is
reached-P Prairie Farmer.
, o-rDL,,,., tl,s,I. r.,-rg -,-l,-gg
tute for the major portion Of milk feed
to calves can be made at a small cost as
follows: One-halfpeck ground linseed,
one peck of ground corn, one peck OF
ground oats, one peck of wheat bran;
max thoroughly and boil one pint of the
mixture in three gallons of water, stir
ring often. After the first three days
this can be almost wholly fed to calves
with only a quart of skim milk at each
feed
Lemon Pudding: Beat the yelks OF
two eggs in a pudding dish; add two
ieuptuls 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.
gether with a teaspOonful of butter
bake about fifteen minutes. When done
spread over the top the beaten white,
'ot two eggs, previously sweetened with
white sugar Let it brown q moment
i'm 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 will
cold water and heat very slowly in
covered vessel Let it simmer until thu
meat is in rags and the water reduced
One-half Strain and press through
COllander OF coarse cloth. Season Il
taste and return to the fire for five min
utes. Skim when cool. Keep it on ict
and give it to the patient cold. For
change the Jelly can be made into
sandwich with thin slices of bread anC
butter and will be found very nourish
ing. The Household.
A correspondent writes: II saw
novel way of meuding a wooden dres
in which round hole had been tori
and where only patch could remedy
matters. The frayed portions arOunC
the tear were carefully smoOthed, and
piece of the material, mOistened will
very thin mUcilage, was placed unde
the hole. A heavy weight was put upol
it until it was dry, when it was Onl,
possible to discover the mended plac
by careful observation. Surely wortl
while trying, for patches are premedi
tated poverty. It would, however
probably only answer for mending thu
skirt of address,, San Francisco Cbron
icle