Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-09-24
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.


Don't have any sink-holes about the
premises to hold water.
Wash out the buttermilk il you
want good butter lPeStern Rurdf.
If there is an occupation on earth
In which order and thoroughneSs are oil
Importance, it is that OF farming
Chicago Tribune.
Horses and cattle require Just as
much light and sun influence as we our
selves do. Dark, unclean, unventi-
lated stables are the source of many
diseases which battle owners, and the
veterinarian also Field and Farm.
-Heliotrope seems to be steadily adj
vancing in favor, and it is certainly one
of the most becoming of colors. In
velvet it is absolutely perfect, and
crinkled around bonnet brim it makes
good complexion look radiant.-LoH-
don lfut6
-Rulc for cooking cabbage; Boil
the cabbage gently until cooked, and
drain it; put two ounces of butter into
saucepan; set it on good fire, and,
when melted, put in the cabbage with
some salt and pepper; add half pint OF
cream or milk, and one teaspoonful OF
flour, stirring constantly with a wooden
spoon. Simmer until the sauce is re-
duced, and serve hot.-Ihe Household.
The London agricultural Gazette
says that there are individual cattle,
sheep and pigs which inevitably pick
your pockets. The breeders Gazette
SAYS that there is whole gospel in the
above sentence. The moral is: Supply
their places with better ones, and the
sooner done the better,
The fashion of wearing ornaments
in the hair is steadily becoming more
pronounced, and many odd and beauti-
full designs are now shown in jewelled
combs, spears, daggers, etc. Some
pretty combs have several large silver
or gold balls at the top. These are ar
ranged among the coils of the hair with
becoming effect. Boston Budget.
Apricot cream: Stew twelve can
ned apricots with half a pound of sugar,
strain through a sieve and let them cool.
Mix them with half Il glass of water.
Pass this mixture again through the
sieve and add sugar if it is not sweet
enough; pour it into mold and heat il
by placing it in a pan filled with boiling
water. Serve in custard cups. --Er-
change.
"A case is reported in the foreign
papers of the death of cattle to whose
coats poisonous sheep dip had been
for some purpose applied. The pcrsis,
tent habit of licking themselves, char
actcristic of cattle, should not be forgot
ten when it is contemplated to apply
medicines externally for skin affection:
or the destruction of vermin. - Chicago
| Times.
1t is not the shoes which injure thu
horses. but the way they are put on. A
shoe should be fitted to the foot Of The
horse, but quite often the rule is th'
other way, and the hoof is cut down anC
rasped oil TO fit the shoe Shoes are tot
short or too narrow, and on this &C
count the weight is not placed undert tn
outside or she'll of the foot, where i
should be- Cincinnati Times.
like boys and have great deal o
faith in them. They usually mean t.
do all they can TO help-that is, DO
who amounts to any thing does Blu
perhaps mother hasn't taught you t
help her about the house, because sh
fears to mortfy you. For young boy
often teaze others who help their moth
ers wash dishes, etc, and it takes
brave, manly boy to resist that kind 9
ridicule. Or perhaps she never laugh
you to help her because of the old-tim
notion that doing homework isn't
boys work. Any thingis boys wor
which helps to tighten his mother
, cares when she is over burdencd. YES
ern Farmer.