The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-05-27
THE DAILY GAZETTE


Il We were examining our wardrobe aftel
the summer. and found, TO our surprise anc
grief, many of our choicest articles of appare
sadly dam aged by the moths. In the midst
1 cf our trouble, and the discuss on as to the
hest modes Of protection against the moths
| Aunt julia came in.
! Aunt Julia, how do you keep your winter
| clothing rom the moths.' We asked rs thai
| good lady proceeded to lay aside her hand
some shawl which looked as fresh as erer
elter seven years, wear.
Il used 70 suffer from moths rs much IA
tng body once replied Aunt julia, taking
her knitting from her little basket, and sitting
down, but found receipt in an old fash
toned book which has relieved me of much
| soiicitude on the subject Itwas many years
before could be persuaded TO tryit. In my
young days money was not quite as plenty
as now, but provisions were cheap and far
/ Ter's daughter began her married life better
| applied with linen. blankets and be.. quilts,
/ than many }ewei-decked city bellies. rs |
wss an only daughter and wns not married
TOO Young, noble pile Of bla kets feather
/ beds. bed quilts &c, became my portion =
/ For many years after we movedt the city
! | used t, dread my summers work of airing
beds, and packing very fine home made
/ blahkets and quilts, stuffed with the soitest
/ gown. tried. snuff, tobacco, camphor, pepper,
and cedar chips, and yet as we changed cur
place OF resldence several times, some colony
of moths old squatrers among the beams o.
the garret or in come uno5served scrap Of
woolen cloth, would perforate ,inr hoias in
ms choicest posse -sfons.'
Why, Aun, Julia, Thought you had a ce
dar cios-f.'
Yes, when We moved into our new house:
! bu, by that time my closet vas too small for
my increased wealth, and till Used this re-
ceipt l seldom passed year without some
moth holes, but now have not seen one in
nine years,
What was it aunt. Have you the book
Or can you repeat i from memory It's too
late to save these things but will write i
down and try it next spring
SO saying. Anna took out the lttlereeeipt
book and pencil, while Aun, Juia prepared
. to record the moth preventive.
The book was an old one with The title
obhterated, and the tltle.page torn o1t by
some careless child. but the directions were
these:
Ley not up f,r .-cr-etiit - -..iee
earth, where mata ahir,sst does eeseet'
But lay up tor yourselves treasures in
Heaven, where neither moth nor rust .oti
corrupt, and where thieves 40 not break
through and steal
~, Aunt Julia, is that all! How does
that help the matter.
Wait, Anna, and hear my story out
One day as ! was mourning over The cho;e-
est blankets eaten By the moths and airing
nay down bed quilts and feather beds, whicf,
have been rende ed absolute by the introduc |
tion OF spring mattresses. as stood ready TO |
cry " th vexdtion to see my choicest articles |
eaten in the most eonsp = .us places, as YOU I
have experienced to day my e,e rested on an
old Bible, which lay on the top OF q barrel
in the garret. opened it, and almost un-
consciously read the recipe for avoiding |
moths, which have given you to-day 1 /
then recolleeted that they seldom troubled /
the clothing in freqa-nt use, and that the ar
ticles which cost me % much care not need |
ed twice yer. then thought OF Sophy |
Baker, with large family and sick husband
They had been bound out the spnng before, |
and were just entering upon cold, long !
winter Of poverty.
I st Down, and writing her note, sent
her two feather beds, and tour blankets, and /
an old fashioned coveriid that very day; and I!
two more blankets despatched TO a poor
old rheumatic neighbour whose destitution had
never occurred to me before. then begun 4
to breathe freely; and befre another week
two more blankets were gone 10 com ort tired
limbs and aching hearts. The cas-, off coats,
cloaks, and old pieces OF carpeting which
had long lain in my garret, wete given to
the deserving poor. A bag OF woolen
stockings and socks, which had been kept
tor cleaning brass, were sent TO charity /
institution, never again to become tempta- +
ton 10 the moths. | inquired particularly
the next year. and ound the beds and ban
kets were in such excellent preservation that /
eheerfully laid up more OF my surplus pro-
perty IN Hssrer,' and out OF the way OF
moth and mould. Ny cedar closet and
trunks hold all | wish to preserve, and when
they begin to run over. commit more art
cles TO the keeping of my widowed and
iatherless acquaintances.
but, Aunt Julia, yours is a aIesulisr case.
You had the homemade outfit Of rich
,srn,er's daughter, ard could not expect 10
nuke use 0, il; besides the Bible don't en-
courage our wasting our goods exlravugant-
~
Il don't think the Bill lie leans to what j.
call. the extravagant side. The rest ol I
ted Civ, little encouragement to much tor, :
IN, ught, either in food or raiment, and in
another place says: He that hath two coats
let him inpart to him that hath nome
This leaves verv little to pack away in a
cedar closet. In my opinion Gods proyi-
dence 10 far from encouraging extensive
accumulation either of money or posses
.ions, especially among Christians. Fire I
a n pA
ready TO reouSe the spirit OF covetuusness /,
which the Lord abhore,h.'
Surely, Aunt Julia, you wouldn'. hsve I
me give away The new furs YOU gave me
Yourself lost winter
No. my child; tn, let us examine for q
mui-,eRl ,hi= mcfheaien pile Here $50
three eoats OF your hashaad's, which ae
could no, possibly wear again.'
These are t-r fishing. Aunt
HI " often doe- he 6,hp
Once in four or fiv- year, said Anna
loos,ng slightly disc. n.hticd
Wei, here is a bag oi outgrown, shrunh-
en- socks and .tockin $, and tI.sse old dress
ses of Ada's, and there overcoats of the
bo, 5, that heard you say were unit for
wear. even in the play gruund, and besides
| think you remarked that the whole DIM
Guilty originated in an old carpet. which has
been hatbviing moths many years when y |
nigh, have been out Of harms way upon !
sou poor widows floor. t
Try my rule. Ann.i not after your pro-
per,y Il ru ned, but when you fiId that you
| c.n ...re ,t--even at the risk Of sending
,ome OF your treasure TO heaven befure ycu
b,ys Obfsined oil y.u could from it's use
Many an old garse, have / known TO be in.
sted with mo,hs, running hundred. OF dol.