Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-02-17
~ANGL0-JAPANEsE WORK.

This elegant and most useful work is very easy
in its execution, while the means and appliances
for its performance are within the reach of every
one. The materials are simply yellow withercd
leaves a little dissolved gum, black paint and copal
varnish while the objects to be ornamented may
be a box, cupboard, table, ETC., in fact any old fur
niture that has been rendered unsightly by age or
long use. A plain deal box, costing about a shil-
ling, may by this process, so far rs the outside
goes, be converted into q costly-looking dressing
Gaze. An exquisite chess-board may be made,
with very little skill. from a square piece of deal.
Flower-pots, pole-screens, folding and hand-screens,
may all be decorated in this manner, and from
untidy -lloking lumber may be converted into arti-
cles of use, elegance and beauty, and this at a
merely nominal expense, taste being the chief re-
quisitc in the production. The employment forms
one of the most agreeable and pleasing amuse-
ments for summer days and winter evenings,-in
the summer giving a purpose and an aim to many
q Joyous ramble, for in these desultory walks a
goodly collection may be made of Natures amber
ed jewels, thus leading us to
Find tongues in trees,
and good in everything.
How often in after years will a single dried leaf,
carefully cherished, recall the pleasing circum-
stances under which it was gathered-perhaps
some single spray was presented by dear friend,
between whom and ourselves, at the present time,
oceans may roll. And even a tiny leaflet may have
the magic power Of conjuring up a host Of pleasing
memories; it may be the link which suddenly opens
to us a flood of kindly sympathies, occasioncd by
this gentle recollection of the absent one or it may
be, perchance, that some leaves were plucked by
loved ones long since departed to a heavenly home
if so, then how fondly do we dwell on these
treasured mementos and our hearts insensibly warm
within us at sight of the holy relics of the dead.
Few orators SO tenderly can touch
The feeling heart.
A. AZ, .;,.o e H. g,
which cannot possibly be procured in the autumn.
The ivy is now s~lreddingi its sere foliage. The leaves
selected from this plant should be of a bright vel
low, small, and wellshaped. Many of the earliest
leaves of spring are falling. The small early
leaves of the black currant tree have now Il beau
tful red golden tinge; but indeed in almost every
plant yellow leaves may be found. Leaves so thin
AS the nasturtium and conyolvulus should be avoi-
ded. The brown leaves of the oak may yet be
found lying in the hedge-rows; and the under lem
on-colOred leaflets of the hemlock will furnish most
beautiful sprays. All leaves that are small. Of
uneven shape, and serrated at the edges, are well
adapted for this work. As they are collected they
should be placed between sheets of paper, but not
close together ; then pressed, by placing a board on
the top, with a weight upon it, to express any
moisture that mightssbe therein. and to render them
quite fiat. In the autumn, the sweet-scented ge-
ranium leaves, the maple, thorn, clrysanthemum,
wild parsley, fern, and Il multitude OF others NAV
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vine leaves but they must all have turned of a
golden hue, or reddish-tinted yellow. Prepare the
articles 70 be ornamented thus: First rub the sur
face smoothly down with sand-paper; then coat it
over with black paint, which can he procured rea-
Idy-msde at any ~Oilshop; when dry, rub it down
smoothly with pumiee-stone, and give two more
coats When these are dry, arrange the leaves on
the surface ia a careless manner, buSnot in groups
unless preferred. Butterflies, drawn and eolored
yellow with g~amboge, or cut out Of prints, and
then eolored, may lie stuck at different spaces with
advantage but there should be no other color than
the brown and different tints OF yellow in the
leaves. Gum the wrong side Of the leaf, and press
it on in its appointed place with a hard tnft of
%wadding, fastened tightly up in a piece Of silk
CONTINUE this with the whole Of the leaves; and
when they are all gummed on, dissolve some gela-
tlne- or lsingiass, in warm water, and while rather
warm. brush Il well over every portion of the
work, using the brush entirely one way, not for
ward and back When dry, give the work three
coats OF the best oopai varnish, letting the article
remain a day or txO between each coat This
process, Though elaborate in detail, is easily and
even auickiy done. and viii we'll repay any trouble
that may be taken, as with a renewed coat Of var
nish every i've or SIX years, it will remain. as Ionr
as the wood will hold together, as bright in appear,
Ance as wher fret hHshed-Xrs. WarreA