Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1877 — HOME, FARM AND GARDEN. [ARTICLE]

HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

—Charcoal dust mixed with soil increases the brilliancy of leaves and flowers. —A horse accustomed to starting and running away may be effectually cured by putting him to the top of his speed on suon occasions, and running him till pretty thoroughly exhausted.— Our Home Journal. —Orange Pie. —Grate the peel of one fresh orange, take the juice and pulp of two large orangos, add to them one cup of sugar and the beaten yelks of three eggs, mix one cup of milk with the whites of the eggs, beaten to a stiff froth. Bake in a puff paste. —Ginger Bnaps.—One cup of New Orleans molasses, one cup of sugar, one cup of butter, one large spoonful of soda dissolved in a little boiling water, two spoonfuls cinnamon, one of ginger. Roll as Btiff as possible with flour; cut thin and bake in a quick oven. There are no better ginger snaps than these. —Cream Pie. —Two eggs, one spoonful of butter, three spoonfuls of flour, four of sugar, a little salt, lemon flavor; boil one pint of milk and stir in the other ingredients, well beaten together. Bake in a good crust. This makes one pie. tiso cornstarch instead of flour, if you have it. It is richer for sauces, or pies or creams than flour. —Exhibition Pudding.—Take half a pound of mutton suet, chopped very finely, half a pound of raisins, seeded, four large tablespoonfuls of flour, four spoonfuls sugar, the grated peel of two lemons, half a nutmeg ana six eggs. Mix all together and steam in a mold* for four honrs. Serve with sauce. This is a new pudding and is delicious. —ln a state of nature the horse is almost constantly feeding. He bites short, but not hurriedly or ravenously. The stomach is single and of moderate size; digestion is almost continually going on, the food passing out at one orifice while it is coming in at the other. The supply of bile is constant, there being no gallbladder or reservoir for it. But while the stomach is small, the large intestines are prodigious. —Detroit Tribune. —Muffins. —One quart of milk, oue .egg, a little salt, half a cup of yeast, a tablespoonful of melted butter; flour to make a thick batter; to be made late in the evening and stand all night for breakfast, or, if you wish them fer tea, mix them at noon and keep the pan in a warm Slace, and they will rise in a few hours. [eat the griddle, then butter it and the muffin-rings; put the latter upon the griddle and pour in the batter; turn them once only. —— —Small pots give flowers, but the Slants have feeble constitutions and gelom bloom the second time. Plants from greenhouses seldom do well with the keeper of house plants. They are taken out of a very different atmosphere from that of the living-room to which they are brought. The change experienced in transportation is quite abrupt, and when they are placed in the room they are to occupy they need especial care for some time in keeping them warm and moist. —Detroit Tribune.