Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-01-22

A HONE OF TAsrR.-Engravings shed their
spirit over a household, the calm portraits
Of the great and worthy dead exercise a great
influence over me. l could look on those over
my own fireplace until they seem neither
absent or departed, but living yet. Every
good picture is the best of sermons and lect-
ures. The sense informs the soul. What
ever you have, have beauty. Let beauty be
on the paper on your walls. 1t is as easy to
choose a paper suggestive of the lovely in form
and color, as the uncouth. Why should not
every household object be sanctifed with this
grateful charm? Each chair, each table, each
tea or chamber-seryice, and every object for
kitchen or parlor, for the home Of the poor
man, artizan or mechanic, | would have them
all worthy Of home of taste .-Sydaey Smith
The DANGERS OF BENzINE.-Our lady read
ers should be informed that, the fluid
called benzine, which they use so freely for
removing grease and stains from the clothing,
is very dangerous article. 1t is one of the
substances distilled from petroleum, and is
highly volatile, infammable, and when the
vapor is mixed with air, explosive. A very
small quantity is capable of doing irreparable
mischief. The contents of four ounce phial,
If overturned and vapOrized, would render
the air of a moderate-sized room explosive
or if ignited, Il whole family might be serious
ly burned or lose their lives from it. 1t
should never be used in the vicinity ola flame,
and 1T is important TO renCmber that, through
the medium of the escaping yapOr, when the
phial is uncorked, flame will leap to it
through space of several feet.
ONIONS AND POULTRY Scarcely too much
can be said in praise of onions for fowls
They seem to be preventive and remedy for
various diseases to which domestic fowls are
liable. For gaps and inflammation of the
throat, eyes and head, onions are almost a
specific They should be finely chopped A
small addition of cornmeal is an improve
Genesee Farmer
The NEW GRASS which has made its APP
pearance in the Southern States since the war,
Is called Lespid0sa strata, and is said to be a
native of China and Japan. 1t appears TO be
dwarf clover, very thick set, much relished
by cattle, and is a complete externlinator of
Bermuda, joint, sedge, and other grasses
1t was not seen before the war, and how it
introduced is MYSTERY among planters
and bOtanists.
ONIONS AS MEDicINE.-''M Mary III the
Western Rurd! recommends onions for the re-
lief of colds, coughs, &c. Mary is sound on
the onion, we know from experience.
There is nothing better She truthfully
says
Hardly too much can he said in favor of
onions as remedy for coughs and colds;
especially for children, they are invaluable.
They may be cooked, and eaten at meal time,
or, what is better, eaten raw with little salt,
or stirred up in vinegar. 4 syrup made OF
them has saved many a child from an "a
tack of Group OF lung fever, and where these
diseases were fully settled, it has gone far
towards speedy cure. To prepare the syrup,
slice an onion III tin basin, pour upon it a
half a teacupful of molssses, or, what is bet
ter, honey add bit Of butter as large as
small chestnut Set the dish in the oven, and
simmer slowly for an hour. Leave one of the
oven doors OPEN, so it will not be too hot