Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-08-30
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II the elothesline e brought In
when the clothes ara dried. and rolled
up until next vented. il sill last about
three times a. long a. when left out TO
be rotted BY sun and rain
Where butter . 70 be eaten as
home. and that soon. a teaspOoful OF
soda In the cream well mixed in viii
be an aid. sometimes. but It needs TO
have the butsermilk well washed out
with weak brige-
-Be~s-rHd salt xill make rusty
satirOns a. clean and smooth - glass
Tie a lump - wax in : raE. ard keepit
for the purpose When the irons airs
hot. rub first with a wax rag. and then
seour them on a paper or cloth sprink-
led with salt.
-For a dish cloth par excellence"
make a cloth about twelve inches
square Of four or Eve thiekuesses Of
mosquito netting: then sow across and
back and forth GA the machine, 20 hold
firmly together. Thus it il very soft.
and will hold no grease ~ ell.-Gooa
H~oasskeeptHg.
The uatfres % the Arctic regions
have a baroaFous but effective way Of
dealing wiih the wolves which are q
pest there sharp blades are stuck in
the Ice and baited- The meat freezes.
and in thawInr Il out with his tongue
the blade cuts the tongue ultimately
preventing the beast from licking the
snow. and finally kills the animal.
Picked Grab Apples: One quart
o. vinegar. three pounds Of sugar.
make into q strip. Put your apples
into a suitable stone jar. and pour the
strip over them Set the jar into a
kettle and cook until a FORK will easily
go through the apples. The strip
need not cover them at first. a the APP
pies will make sOme. This way keeps
the fruit whole
A delicious way TO prepare rice Il
TO allow q small teacupful Of rice to
nearly three piuts Of milk; sweeten TO
taste. flavor with vanilla. and bake in
3 moderate oven When a thin film
spreads over the top. stir the pudding
well from the bottom; when done.
which will be in two hours. ii will be
almost like Jelly. aud it i a most deli
cate di-a. Serve without sauce
1t l. difficult 20 estimate the Oat
crop before t.reshing. Long straw
caused by abundant rains l. not gen
orally Indicative Of a large crop.
Often. indeed. TIE oats with deficient
straw turn out the best quality and as
Large a quantity of grain II wet. cool
weather comes while the oats are TIL
ing the grain viii be fun weight.
though the straw be short
-Fronen Pudding one quart OF
milk. "a pint q cream. six whole
eggs. the yeI<s Of three eggs one and
Ou-haN cups OF sugar. wi ounces each
% preserved ginger. greeugages and
pineapple u fine. Boil the milk and
cream and pour i on the beaten eggs
and sugar e0ox slightly. and when
eool add the fr1i>End freeze the same
A. ic~-eream-N z F4russr.
In harvesting wheat almost every
one hNs a~otiosi Htsl@ heaps % straw.
Uniformly a sew inches in length and
wondered Ehat could have been the
eaz-e u t. Il Was the work Of field
mtcs- The little rodents did Il 70 get
the grain They gpaE OF the stalk rs
high n they ean reach. and il drops
Gowu endwavs-the surrounding stalks
prevent 4 from falling overland they
eontinus III PROCESS until the head Is
reached Rabbitst do the same. Their
work may he known By the pieces be-
lag longer. and they a operations
before the grain Is fully ripe.