Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-12-15
Dom cstic EcOMo,ny.

ia. If, the lower box in your copper pump
sticks fast. throw some hot water Oh the
outside and expand the tube, when il will
easily be removed '''''''i .-..'.'' on
I' To PRoTEcr DRIED FRuIrs.-If fruit
is put into good linen or cotton bags, ami
tied up tightly Immediately after drying.
and baked a couple Of times during thu
season, by putting the bags on board in
the oven moderately warm, keeping them
III dark closet meantime, the worms will
not disturb them. Another excellent way
to protect them from worms. is 10 procure
empty liquor barrels ard pack them in.
after drying in the iall, aa1 cover them up
tight, or put them in other barrels, and
add q. little whisky or brandy as You Gil
them up.---Country Gentlrman. H.
WATER PRooF CoMposir1oS FOR LEArH:
ER.--One half pound tallow,, two ounces
Of turpentine, two ounces, beeswax, two
ounces olive oil. four ounces hogs lard.
Melt the materials by gentle heat Rub
! the mixture on the leather a few hours be-
| fore using, 1t should be rubbed on new
boots or shoes two or three times before
using them. BY aiding small qu ,n;ity
of beeswax. an excellent 6Iack ball is OBJ.
! tained. ...-... g.. ..... p a."
EGos FOR BURNs.-The white of an
egg has proved Of late the most efficacious
remedyfo for burns. Seven or eight success
sive applications of this substance soothe
the pain and exclude the burned parts from
the air. This simple remedy seems to us
far preferable to collodion or even cotton.
To CLEANSE FEATHER BgDs.- Rub
them over with q stiff brush dipped in hot
| l. Il. 10,
shed, or any other clean place, where tho
soaked, let them dry in hot sun for six or
well and turning them over each day
They should be covered over with thick
cloth during the night, if exposed to the
night air they will become damp and mil.
dew. -'.'' 's''t' .'
To CLEANSE MArrRAssEs.-IIai mat.
trasscs that have become hard AMI dirty,
can be made nearly as good rs new, by rip
ping them, washing the ticking, aud pick
lrg the hair fres from the punches an |
keeping it in dry airy place several days.
Whenever the ticking gets dry, fill it with
hair and tack it together. .'.'- '.n
Scene IN A KEvrUcKY CovRr.-Ia the
good old time in Kentucky, when Sub
stantial justice" was administered in log
cabin, after very free ana easy menasr. /"
, suit was brought to recover certain m IN!
eys of which it was alleged plaintiff ha
been defrauded BY the ingenious operation
known as ''thimble RIG ssing." In tn,
course of the trial, plaintiff $ counsel, who
happened to be An expert" undertook to
emil ghten the court aS to the naoauS oloeran-
a; OF the performance. Putting himself
; into position, he produced the three cups
: and the ''little joker anI proceeded, SUIT
l. ing the action to the word:
{ Then, may it please the Court, the de-
| fendant placing the cups on his knee thus
. began shifting them so, Offering to- bet tha
S my client could not tell under which cul
1 was the ''little joker" meaning thereby
may it please the court, this ball. with tho
i intention of defrauliny my client OF til,
: sum thus wagered. For i,istaifce. when
raise the cup so; your honor supposes tha
= you, see tlfe ball"
Suppose see,'' interrupted the Judge
who hal closely watched the perform encs
ani was sure that he hal detected the ball
u AS one of the cups was accidentally rails
II ell. "Why, any fool can see where it ia
and bet on it, and be sure to win. Theirs
amt no defraulin' thur" ... .t-
l. perhaps your honor would like to So'
IS V Oh it?'' insinuatel the counsel.
ot go V? Yes, and double it too, anc
here's the rhino. It's under the middle
1t cup
'e ''I'll go V on that" said tho forems
g. of the jury.
y And |. and l." joined in the, jurors
one after the other, until each ons had in
H. vested his pile.
"Up!" said his honor.
at up it was, but The ':liitle joker" la
y mysteriously1 disappeared. Judge an
Is jury were enlightened, anl founl no dii
&c 70 ticulty in bringing in a verdict in favor c
H. the plaintiff, on the ground that it was tn
Ut "derndeSt KIND OF deIr5ru din - f., .'..a
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