Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1879 — HOME, FARM AND GARDEN. [ARTICLE]

HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

—For Inflammatory rheumatism, take half an ounce of pmveriiSed saltpeter, put in half a pint of sweet oil, uathe the parte affected, and a sound cure will speedily be effected.— Exchange. —To keep the hands soft, mix honey, almond meal and olive oil into a paste; use after washing with soap. Castile soap is best for use; it will cure a scratch or out, and prevent any spot. —For warts on cow's teats: Common soda, such as they usein making bread, dissolved in water, and used as a wash, will sometimes remove the warts, says a farmer. Another says a strong wash of alum water is a cure. —I never knew anyone that was too good or too smart to be a farmer. The blue sky, the balmy breezes and green fields never tainted any pure man's morality, or dwarfed any noble man’s intellectual ability.— Lambie. —The Parisian method of cleaning black silk is to brush and wipe it thoroughly, lay it on a flat table, with the siae up which is intended to show, and sponge with hot coffee strained through muslin. Allow it to become partially dry, then iron. —The English dairy farmers get immense returns from their grass lands by a free use of bone manure. One Cheshire farmer says by this means he is able to feed forty cows from land that formerly gave him product sufficient for only twenty. The English farmers believo in “ boning,” grass land especially.—Farmer Clarkson. —A good garden is indispensable to the farmer’s wife. How can she provide a table with tender vegetables if she has not got a good garden to supply themP Good eating is half the pleasure of life. What contributes more luxuries to the table than the garden P The entire round of vegetables should be produced in it— lowa State Register. —A moth-destroying tincture is made as follows: One ounce of gum camphor, and one ounce powered shell of red pepper are macerated in eight ounces of strong alcohol for seven days and then strained. With this tincture the furs or cloths are sprinkled over and rolled up in sheets. This remedy is used in Russia under the name of “Chinese tincture for moths,” and is found very effective. —Burlington Hawk-Eye. —Cold Chocolate Pudding.—This recipe is one used by Miss Uods: I require for cold chocolate pudding onequarter pound of block chocolate, one teaspoontul of vanilla, one pint of milk, one ounce of vinegar, one-half ounce of gelatine, one-half gill of cold water ana the yelks of four'eggs. Grate the chocolate through a carrot grater. Put the chocolate and milk on to boil, and melt by the fire one-half ounce of gelatine with one-half gill of cold water. When the chocolate and milk boil draw the saucepan to one side and let it cool a little. In a small basin put the yelks of four eggs and over them pour the chocolate and»ilk. Add the sugar and melted gelatine. Pour all this back into the saucepan and stir over the fire until the eggs are set. Then wet a mold with cola water, add the vanilla and pour into the mold. When cold it is ready to turn out.