Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-01-03

/ ITO Stop THE Flow OF BLooD.-The
| following mooc of stopping the flow of
blood should be remembered by every one.
Housekeepers, mechanics and others, hand
ling knives, tools and other small lnstru-
ments, frequently recelye email cuts nom
which blood flows profusely, aud often en-
dangers life itself Blood may be made TO
cease to flow as, follows Take the inc
dust of tea and bind it close to the wound
at all times accessible and easy to be
obtained. After the blood has ceased TO
flow, laudanum may be advantageously
applied to the wound. Due regard to these
instructions would save agitation OF mind,
and running for a surgeon, who probably
would make no better prescription if he
were present. - * =
HARD MILKERs.-The following remedy
for hard mixers is given in the Anaeric0aa
Stock Journal 81 have used an awl, with
satisfactory success, for charging the issue
of a cows teats. The awl is made of q tri->
ang ular shape, like the letter V, about
three-f ourths of an inch long. The sides
are ground hollow or concave. The awl
tapers and has head on the end about as
large as the head of pin. The instru-
ment is inserted in an awl handle. This is
the manner of using it Take hold of the
teat when it is full of milk, pull gently on
it and thrust the awl into the issue. The
sharp edges of the awl will cut the orifice
in the sack at the end of the teat and you
will find your cow will milk easily; and
the operation will not injure the teats
any more than the prick of pin. AL
who have tried it have found it satisfac-
tory" ~
HOME MADE MATs.-A lady correspond
emit Of the Vermont Farmer gives the fol-
lowing directions for making mats from
the smallest bits of cloth left after cutting
out clothes, or preparing the materials for
rag carpets Pieces over an inch square
are too large, so it can easily be seen that
this way of making rugs will use up the
pieces otherwise OF no account except for
the rag bag. These little bits must be
strung on cord, the edges being raveled
out so as to present soft, furry appear
ance, and wound and sewed like the bralds
in braided mat it will be difficult to dis
tinguish it from chenille work. In regard
to colors, you must consult your own
taste. The style called hit-or-miss,' in
which you use all colors unfortunately,
as they are most convenient, has often q
very good effect, if plenty of bright colors
are used in any other case it is too apt
to have q dlngy look. decided contrasts
or shadesof the same color are better in
mats of this description.
THE ART OF GRINDING Tools. More
than one-haf of all the wear and tear and
breakage and bother of dull tools comes
from lack of proper knowledge and
practice in grinding, All steel, however
refined, is composed of Individual fibers
laid lengthways in the bar, held firmly to-
gether by cohesion; and in almost all farm
Implements of the cutting kind the steel
portion which forms the edge, if from a
section of a bar, isr laid in and welded to
the iron longitudinally SO thaSit is the side
of the bundle of .fibers hammered and
ground down that forms the edge Hence,
by holding sonathe grindstone all edge
tools, as axes, drawing knives, knives of
reapers, scythes, knives of straw-cutters,
etc, in such manner that the action of
the stone is at right angles with the plane
of the edge, Or. in palmer words, by hold
ing the edge of the tools square across the
stone, the direction of the fibers will be
changed, so as to present the ends instead
Of the sides as a cutting edge. By grind
ing in this manner a finer, smoother edge
is set, the tool is ground in less time, holds
an edge great deal longer, and is far less
liable to "nick out" and break. .l. ...t ..,.t