Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1879 — HOME, FARM AND GARDEN. [ARTICLE]

HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

—Spioed Pickle*.—Scald weak brine three mornings in succession and pour over the cucumbers. Then wdak vinegar three mornings. Then drain the pickles and add strong vinegar. Scald in the vinegar two spoonfuls each of whole cloves, cinnamon and black pepper; one oup of brown sugar; one handful of raisins to one gallon of vinegar. Then turn it on the pickles after it is cold, add horse-radish and two or three green poppers. —Windows maybekeptupby means of cork, in the simplest manner, and with scarcely any expense. Bore three or four holes in the sides of the sash, into which insert common bottle-oork, projecting about the sixteenth of ap inch. These will press against tho window frames along the usual groove, and by their elasticity support the Bash at any height which may be required, i Meringue Podding.—Six eggs, one quart of scalded milk, beat ana sweeten the yelks, end turiT them into the milk; flavor to taste; mix three tablespoons of corn-starch with a little cold milk, and pour into the other ingredients, stirring all the time; cook four or five minutes, pour into a puddingdish, and set away until cold; beat the whites of the eggs, flavor and ornament with jelly or fresh fruit, or if you prefer, without the fruit; set in the oven and brown. —Fuchsias, after being exhausted with blooming, should have the terminal shoots of all their branches clipped off; then set aside for two or three weeks, giving very little water, then reDot in a soil composed- of well decomposed leaf-mould mixed with a sprinkle of good garden soil, a few rusty nails, and a layer of charcoal at the bottom of the pot to secure good drainage. In a few weeks new shoots full of flower buds will start all over, growing rapidly. —lowa State Register. —Lemon Pife.—Two and one-half large table-spoonfuls corn-starch; mix thoroughly in a little cold water, add a pint and one-half of boiling water; while this is partially coo) ing, prepare the juice and grated rina of two lemons and a half, one cup and a third of sugar and yelks of four eggs, “mix them well, then stir in the corn-starch. Line two pie dishes with pastry, fill them with the mixture, and bake in a moderate oven about half an hour. Then beat the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth, add a couple of tablespoonfuls of white sugar, spread over the pies, and return them to the oven until they become a light brown. —The striped bug, Diabrolica vittata, seems to be a natural enemy of the cucumber, and against him I have tried all sorts of remedies which I have seen recommended. Boxes with thin cloth tacked over the top are effectual preventives, but if one has many hills devices of this sort are expensive. The last season I kept vines free from bugs by the use of ashes and kerosene. I moistened the ashes with kerosene, and applied a handful to the center of each hill. It seemed to spread too strong an odor for them, and they beat a retreat. After commencing to bear, wo look them over every day, and gather some for pickles, saving a few of the earliest and most' perfect Ones for seed, and when they are ripe we pick them off and place thgm in the snn a few days; then the seed is taken out, washed clean, dried and put in paper bags for the next spring’s planting. —Rural New Ttorker.