The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-09-18
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

If nutmegs are good, when pricked
with pin, oil will instantly ooze out.
To brighten or clean silver or
nickel-plated ware, rub with wooden
cloth and flour.
-Sriced Currants Five pounds Of
ripe currants. four pounds of brown
sugar, one pint of vinegar, one table
spoonful each of cloves and allspice, u
little nutmeg; boil one hour or until
quite thick. The Household.
Ducklings-the young quacks-
that are not allowed to run to ponds
whore frogs and tadpoles abound, must
har } meat, Unlike chickens, milk will
no, suffice. The duck will not thrive
on an entire vegetable diet. Field and
Farm
-Crabapple Jelly: Put the apples
in the kettle with enough water to
cover; let them boil until very soft,
mash them up with spoon and strain
out the juice; take pint of juice to q
POI ld of sugar boil it thirty minutes,
and strain through sieve. -The Ca
terc'.
Old orchards are often brought
into state of fruitfulness by generous
manuring and cultivation. Save all
the bones found upon the premises, and
lay in u stock if you can procure them.
They arc better than any "patent"
manures. Break them with a sledge
hammer and put them freely in the soil
around fruit trees. Montreal Witness.
To cleanse feathers, put the loose
feathers into Il tub of hot soapsuds and
wash them thoroughly through several
waters, using no soap in the last, and
wiring through clothes wringer each
time; then spread in clean, dry room
and stir frequently until perfectly dry.
The above process will thoroughly
cleanse them and leave them light and
in perfect order Washing in bedtick
will not produce the desired effect. -
Country Gentleman.
Remedies for bee stings are nu-
merous- Almost anybody can name
two or three, AS rule it is useless to
apply any thing to the affected part;
simply Withdraw the singer, which is
nearly always left in the flesh, letting
the wound entirely alone. Rubbing
drives the poison into the circulation,
and the effects are much more hurtful.
After being stung, rest quietly, bear the
pain with patience, and in a few mo-
ments it will have passed away, leaving
no very bad effects. N Y. Herald.
These points as to his method are
given by farmer who knows how tc
raise four hundred bushels of potatoes
to the acre. Rich, light soil; pillow
deep early in spring; plant fifteen
inches apart; cover four inches deep
or more, keep down the weeds, but dc
not work the ground after the potatoe:
begin to bloom. The main secret, he
says, is in selecting the seed. He
always cuts off the blossom end. One
eye will yield more potatoes than two
Indianapolis Sentinel.
"A writer in the Eadies' Flora
Cabinet suggests the following as a
pretty summer decoration of open fire.
place: ''Fill it with growing ferns
concealing with moss the pots in
which they are planted; and if the ferns
die replace them from time to time, as
may be necessary, with fresh one:
from the woods, Place above the ferns
slanting from side to side of the fire
place, branch covered with gray
Itch an, and if possible a stuffed squire
as if it were running, ora gay-plumagt
stuffed bird. The effect is more pleas
inc than can be imagined"