Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-11-26
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
Agricultural clubs are being formed
in all parts of South Carolina.

Agricultural clubs are being formed
in all parts of South Carolina.
Egg shells will settle coffee MS surely
as eggs, but they do not impart the rich
ness and flavor.
The idea among tho English has
been that the best mutton is obtained
from 'hroe and four-ycar-old wethers.
AN Orange County IN. W farmer
carried to market six barrels of apples,
none of which weighed less than a
pound apiece.
The bug doctors estimate that the
losses caused by insects injurious to
agriculture in the United States reach
the enormous annual amount of S400,
600, 900.
How many children are spoiled by
'scouragementP Parents grumble
and chide the livclong day, and never
praise. Nothing will so oilcctually
crush child's ambition to be good and
noblc.-Adicr's Lectures.
Molasses Fruit Cake: One cup lard
and butter, one pint Bridgeport mo-
lasscs, one-half cup of sugar, two small
teaspoons soda, one cup water to dis.
solve soda, ono tablespoon ginger and
ditto cinnamon, six cups flour, fruit
Our Country Home.
Oyster toast: Select fifteen plump
oysters; chop them fine and add salt,
pepper and suspicion of nutmeg. Beat
up the yolks of two eggs with gill oi
cream; whsk this into the simmerine
oysters. When set pour the whole over
slices of buttered toast boston Badget.
The Chinese are ahead of the world
in the preparation of roast pork for the
table. After it has come out of the
oven, it is hung in the smoke of various
aromatic herbs, which gives it a de-
licious flavor and robs it of the porky
taste which is offensive to some palatcS.
Boston Transcript
The New Hampshire Mirror says
that there is a habit of retiring the ole
hens and using pullets under the sup.
position that the former are useless
after the second year. This is mis-.
take. The hen is in her prime in her
fourth year, and her eggs will hatch a
larger per centagc of chicks than will
eggs from pullets.
No kind of stubb'e, except of clo-
yer, of which the root forms the princl-
pal part, is worth any thing as manure.
of grain crops, especially, neither the
stubble above ground nor the root be-
low is worth regarding as fertilizer
II the straw of grain stubble can be
burned, it is no waste to make this dis
posal of it,-1roy Times.
"A remedy for an incipient cold in
the head may be obtained by breathing
the fresh fumes of flour of sulphur. The
powder should be sprinkled upon hot
metal surface, little at n time, the
person inhaling to stand rs near rs pos
sible. The odor is not nearly rs disa-
greeable rs when the smoke is inhaled
after it has been some time diifused in
the air. Only n short time is required
before "cureh is affected. Even lit.
tie children find no difficulty in breathing
the fumes. N. Y. Times.
-Turnips cooked in this way are not
to be despised: Put three tablespoonful
of butter in saucepan on the stove
and as soon as it is melted put in one
small onion, minced fine, and one quart
of turnips, cut in d.ce stir until they
are brown, then add one heaping tea.
spoonful of sugar, one tablespoonful OF
flour, and half saltspoonful of pep.
Ter, stirring for two minutes. Al
the end of this time add cupful Of
milk or beef gravy and simmer fol
twenty minutes, keeping the saucepan
covered. Serve immcdiately.-fAt
Caterer.