Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 August 1879 — HOME, FARM AND GARDEN. [ARTICLE]

HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

—Cooking soda, dissolved in water to saturation, is said tq be as fatal to potato bugs as Paris green. —lt may bo worth while just at this season, to remind ladies that glass jars will not break when hot preserves are poured into them, if a wet cloth is folded thickly around them at the bottom. —Mildew.—Moisten the mildewed spot with clear water, then rub over it a thick coating of eastile soap. Scrape chalk with the soap, mixing and rubbing with the emJ of the finger, Then wasTi it off. Sometimes one coating suffices, but generally several arc necessary. —Cure for Hiccough—Under this title Dr. Grelict, of Vichy, states that he has never failed in immediately relieving hiccough—i. e., not dependent upon any appreciable morbid condition, by administering a lump of sugar saturated with vinegar.— Revue Medicale. —Collect some soot from a chimney or stove where wood is used for fuel, put into an old pitcher and put hot water upon it. When cool use it to water your plants every few days. The effect upon plants is wonderful in producing a rapid growth of thrifty shoots, with large, thick leaves. —Lemon Ice.—One pint of rich lemonade with a little grated rind of a lemon in it. It must be very sweet as it loses much in freezing. Add the whites of three eggs cut to a stiff froth. Freeze like ice cream. The juices of any fruit, with sugar and water added, may be prepared Tn the way. —The Science of Health says: “If farmers would avoid suddenly cooling the body after great exertion, if they would be careful not to go with wet clothing and wet feet, and if they would not overeat when in that exhausted condition, and bathe daily, using much friction, they would have little or no rheumatism.”

—Persons who have a feeling of chillness after leaving a cold bath in the morning, especially when the temperature of the atmosphere is low, will avoid that disagreeable sensation if they use a bath-sheet instead of a towel, so that the whole body may be covered during drying, and the wet skin kept from exposure to the cold air. —The thriftiest calves should be closely watched when turned to pasture, lest they be attacked with “black quarter.” This is the effect of too rank and watery food, which impairs digestion. An ounce of Epsom salts may be given with advantage to each calf when turned out, as a precaution against this frequent danger.— lowa State Register. —Gooseberry Jelly.—Pick the fruit before quite ripe; put into a dish and place in a kettle of hot water; cover closely and boil until the fruit is tender. Strain the same as currant jelly and to each pint of juice allow a pound of sugar; boil twenty minutes; tuYn into jelly cups and set in the sun for several days or until stiff. Protect from insects and dew. —To stiffen and iron silk, dilute ammonia with jdcohol, sponge on the ’right side and iron at once on the wrong. Or, eut into shreds an old kid. glove, as near the color of your silk as possible; pour over a pint of water and boil until reduced to half the quantity; strain; add a tablespoonful of alcohol and sponge and iron as above. Sponging with flax-seed water will also give a gloss and stiffness to an old silk.

—Steamed Pudding.—Put two tablespoonfuls of sour cream into a pint basin; then fill up with rich buttermilk; add a little salt, a teaspoonful of salaratus, and flour to mix soft; roll out and spread with the preserves left from yesterday’s tea. Place an a buttered tin and steam one hour and a half. Eat with a sauce of butter, sugar and boiling water, thickeneu with corn starch and flavored with nutmeg.