Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-12-02
NO. 81.
ITEMS FOR HOUSEKEEPERS.

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Do everything in its proper time. Keep
everything in its place. Always menl
clothes before washing. f
/ Alum or vinegar is good to set colors Of
red, green or yellow.
Sal Soda will bleach very white one
spoonful is enough for kettle of clothes.
Save your suds for garden and plants, or
to harden yards when sandy. a r,tse
! Stir Poland starch, with common candle
and it will not stick to the iron and will be
much nicer ...... ~.
Count your clothes pins, knives and forks,
towels, handkerchiefs, &C., at least once
week. .-,..ssT
Wash your tea-trays with cold suds, poll
ish with little flour, and rub with dry
CLOTH
Frozen potatoes make more starch than
fresh ones They make nice cake.
Save all your pieces of bread for puddings;
dry, OF they will mould.
Examine your pickle, sweetmeats and
everything put away. as..el
Buy small quantities of cheese at time;
get some farmer to put down your butter in
the fall
A hot shovel, held over vanished furni-
ture, will take out white spots. .aa "a
A bit of glue, dissolved in skim milk and
water, will restore rusty. oil Grape. 20
Ribbands of any kind should be washed
in cold soap-suds, and not rinsed. =, .g.s
Ifyour fiat irons are rough, rub them we'll
with fine salt, and it will make them smooth.
Oat-straw is best for filing beds; should
be changed once year.
If you are buying carpet for durability
choose small figures.
A bit of soap rubbed on the hinges of
doors, will prevent their creaking.
Scotch snuff put on the holes where crick-
cts come out will destroy them.
Wood ashes and common salt, wet with
water, will stop the cracks Of stove, and
prevent the smoke from escaping.
Green should be the prevailing color Of
bed hangings and window drapery. 5
A gallon of strong lye put in barrel Of
hard water will make it as soft as rain water.
Half cranberry bound on corn will
soon kill it. a II. II r .ra a,.t
In winter, set the handle of your pump
as high as possible at night or throw blan-
ket over it.
CHEAP RooFs. The simple mode of roof
ing out houses by mailing thin boards on
rafters, may be introduced to very great ad-
vantage, particularly in the country. It's
only to subject the boards, before, using,
to the action of fire, by way Of thoroughly
seasoning them. Nail them on Immediate
ly, and cover them with sheathing paper
and dressing of tar; and covering, al
most for life time, may safely be calculat-
ed upon. The rafters inches deep, II
thick, Strengthened on the edges and closely
nailed
The following composition for covering
such roof was employed at Wickham
twenty years ago, and is at this present
time as good as when first laid. The roof
is nearly fat, having run of one inch on
ly to the foot, the boards being securely
nailed and covered with course Of sheath
ing paper, such as is used under the copper
sheathing of ships, made fast by small fat
headed nails. To eight gallons of common
tar, add 2 gallons of Roman cement, 5
pounds of rosin, and 8 pounds of tallow,
boil and we'll stir the ingredients, so as
thoroughly to incorporate them, and lay on
the roof while hot with sharp sifted sand,
and when cold, tar and sand as before; af-
ter which, single coat of tar once in five
or six years will preserve the roof for an
age.
TO the above may be added an incombus-
tible, impenetrable wash, prepared Accord
ing to the following directions: Slake stone
lime with hot water, in tub, covering it
to keep in the steam; pass 6 quarts of it
through sieve, it being in the state of fine
salt, and 2 gallons Of water, boiling and
skimming it.
To every gallons Of this boiled mixture.
add l pound of alum, J pound of potash,
and 4 quarts of fine sharp sand. The mix
ture will now admit Of any coloring matter
that might be preferred and is to be applied
with brush
It looks better than paint, and is as du-
rable as stone. It will stop leaks in the
roof, prevent the moss from growing and
injuring the wood, rendering it incombusti-
BILE, and, when laid upon brick-work, oaus--
ing it to become impenetrable to rain Or
moisture. farmers Cabinet.
W-In one of our western cities, poet.
met friend of his, the other day, from
New York.
II am perfectly delighted to see you,"
said the artist, throwing his arm Affection
ately around his friends neck, chow long
are you; going to stay%
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