Thomas County cat., 1886-08-12
HOWE. FARM A~o eAnDeN.

Keep the garden free from weeds.
You can not grow paying crop Of
vegetables and crop of weeds at the
same time.-Csncinndt Times.
Silver Cake: Half pound of sugar.
quarter of pound each of flour. butter
and corn-starch. whites of eight eggs.
one saltspoonful salt, one teaspoonful
extract of bitter Observation-Disclosures
Call.
"A little glue in limewash for out
buildings and fences is good thing,
because it makes the lime adhere, but
it is bad for trees; hence limewash for
trees is better without any such addi-
tion.-Erchamge.
To have a beautiful bed of flowers
try Chinese pinks. They are of all
colors, and when bed of such pinks is
made by sowing seeds of all the varie-
ties the contrast of colors is very strik-
ing.-M y Telegram.
Cold chocolate is a popular sum-
mer drink. Grind up chocolate, put in
little pulverized sugar and pure cream
and it is ready for use with the addition
of ice Chicago Journal.
Cup custards are easily made and
handy in an emergency. Break an egg
into each cup, add a heaping teaspoon
of sugar and trifle of salt; flavor to
suit the taste, and fill nearly full with
milk. Set the cups in a kettle or pan
of hot water Cor steamer) and steam
till Western Rural.
There is no mystery about making
neatsfoot oil, says the Rural Home.
The only thing necessary is to boil in q
kettle as many cattle's feet and hoofs
as can be obtained and skim Off the oil
until no more rises. From the four
feet of one animal pint of oil is gen.
orally obtained and it is well worth the
tritling cos. of making it.
"A cold, damp Soil, with hard inn
pervious subsoil. is not suitable for q
garden, and before it can be properly
utilized should be well drained. For
garden purposes. if the drain has been
laid, the trenching system is best for
such soils. ANY method that permits
it to rid itself of surplus moisture, and
allows the air and heat to enter, will
be beneticial.-N. Y. Herald.
-"Apples," says Secretary Russell,
who is quoted by the Nese England
Farmer, ''are good food for horses as
well as for other animals that are not
kept for hard work, but if apples are
fed in the country to horses that are to
be sold in the spring the animals
teeth will be so b!ackened 5y the fruit
acid that the veterinarian inspectors
will very likely pronounce them de-
cayed, and the horses consequently
worthless or unSound."
-Tenderloin of Pork: The pork
should be rubbed with butter and
broiled on a hot gridiron. Garnish
with slices of lemon and serve with
sauce Robert. The sauce is made in
this way: Mince an onion fine and
fry it brown in batter; add half cup
of vinegar and half a cup of hot water
or stock; boil few minutes and strain;
now add a teaspoonful of brown -four
and one of mustard, seasoning with
half teaspoonful of salt and a little
white pepper. Boil until it thickeas.-
Boston Budget.
Corn Starch Cream Pie: One pint
Of milk, scalded, two tablespoonful
corn starch, three tablespoonfuls sugar.
yelks of two eggs. Wet the starch
with little cold milk. Beat the eggs
and sugar until light. and stir the
whole in the scalded milk. Flavor
with two teaspoonfuls lemon. Line a
pie plate with pie crust and bake. Fill
with the cream and cover it with frost
ng made of the whites of the two eggs
beaten with two tablespoonfuls sugar.
Set in oven a few inmates to stiifen.-
Toledo Blade.