The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1849-11-08

bureau as | would ask. So you see, Mr..
Jones, that our cheap chamber furniture is
not going to turn out SO cheap after ALL
And as for looks, why nc. one can say there
is much to brag Of
This was new view Of the case, and
certainly one not very fattering to my
economical vanity. l gave in, of course,
and admitted that Mrs. Jones was right.
But the diIapidations and expenses tor
repairs TO which have just referred, we're
but as the beginning Of sorrows 1t took
about three years to show the full fruits OF
my error. By the end Of that time, half OF
nv parlor chairs had been rendered useless
in consequence Of the back breaking and
seat rendinr ordeals through which they
had been called to pass. The sofa was
una uirnously condemned to tho dining
room, and the ninety cent carpet had gone
on fading and defacing, until my wife said
+ she was ashamed to put it even on her
chambers. For repairs, our furniture had
cost, up to this period, to say nothinglof the
perpetual annoyance Of having it put out
Of order, and running for the cabinet-maker
and upholsterer. not less than couple Of
hundred dollars.
Finally, grew desperate.
.I1n have decent, well made furniture,
let il cost what it will said !, to Mrs.
Jones.
sYou will find it cheapest in the end,
was her quiet reply.
On the next day we went to cabinet
, maker, whose reputation stood among the
highest in tho city, aud ordered new parlor
and chamber furniture-mahogany chairs,
French bedstead, dressing bureau and all,
; and, as soon as they came home, cleared
, thehouse ofallthe old cheap dear furniture
with which we had been worried since the
dav we commenced housekeeping.
4 good many years have passed since.
and we have not paid the first FIVE dollar
D bill for repairs. All the drawers run as
! smoothly as railroad cars, knobs are tight !;
! locks in prime order, and veneers cling as
] tight TO their places as if they had grown
| there. All is right and tight, aud wears an
) ordinary, genteel appearance; and what Is
best Of all the cost every thing we have,
good as it is, is far below the real cost OF
, what is inferior.
1t is be,ter-much BETTER said 10 Mrs.
Jones the other day.
Better! was her reply. yes, indeed, a
!, thousand times better to have good things
. al once. Cheap furniture is dearest in the
E end. Every housekeeper ought to know
: this in the beginning. II we had known
j il, see what we would have saved
Ill 4 l. "a J i
e My wife looked kindly, not triumphant
!. ", into my face, and smiled. When she
. again spoke, it was on another subject.
J. CHEAP AND DURABLE WAsH.-Thc fol
lowing is most excellent, cheap, and du'
: rab!e wash for wooden fences and buildings
5 It owes its durability chiefly to the white
rtriol, which hardens and fixes the wash.
!. Take barrel and slack one bushel Of
: freshly burned lime in it, by covering the
+ lime with boiling water.
: Alter it is Stacked, add cold water enough
+ to bring it to the consistency Of good white
. wash. Then dissolve in water, and add
: one pound ofwh,e vitrol (sulphate Of zinc
E and one quart Of fine salt.
!. To give this wash cream color, add
{ one-haIf pound of yellow ochre lin pow.
c derry To give it a farm color, add pound
r Of yellow ochre, and one-fourth OF pound
Of Indian red.
> To make the wash a handsome gray
i stone color, ndd one-half pound Of French
) blue, and one-iourth pound Of Indian red a
4 drab will be made by adding one-half pound
Of burnt sienna, and one-fourth pound We
!. netian red
For brick or stone, instead Of one bushcl
Of lime, use half bushe Of lime, aud hall
bushel Of hydraulic cement.
!. [Douning's Horticulturist.
i SAM Sucks LAsr.-Judge Halliburton
j the witty author of Sam Slick, was holding
Court the other day, and in the com.
y mencement Of the proceedings, It became
necessary to empanel jury. One wor.
, thy burgher upon being called, requested OF
the Court to excuse him, ON the ground
; that he was afflicted with the itch, at the
:. same time holding out his hands to the
Judge, and displaying the visible evidence
, Of his cutaneous affection. The Judge, az
ter closely inspecting the hands OF the lu-
ror, directed the clerk as follows:
, sThe Court decides that the jurors ex-
cusc is valid one. and therefore directs
that he be scratched off,
A tremendous roar Of laughter signltied
the unanimous verdict Of the audience that
, his honor was guilty Of pun.
i To MEAsuRE Hay IN THE STACK.-More
than twenty years since, ] copied the toll
lowing method of measuring Hay from
some publication, and having verified its
general accuracy, have both bought and
sold by it, and believe it may be useful to
many farmers where the means OF weigh
ing are not at hand. "Multiply the length,
breadth, and height into each other aud It
Tho h.v i .omewh,t settled ten solid wards