The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-06-04
HOUSE AND Farm.

Eastlake, very cultivated English
writer, has been giving his views ON
the decoration of houses, and pointing
cut the follies and extravagances of
modern upholstery. The London Spec
tdtor commenting on DIR. Eastlake's
book on "Household Taste" SAYS:
LET every man or woman who is fur
nishing decide for himself or herself
what he wants. arrange his room as he
please, take no counsel except from
artists and books and his own sense of
convenience, snub every seller whe
ventures to mutter They are not now
used, and, above all, give time to
search for the precise thing he wants.
With time and little money anything
can be accomplished, even the furnish
ing of a modern house, so that it shall
be a pleasant habitation, shall not re-
qnire renewal more than once in life
time, and shall not bear the most dis
tant resemblance to an upholster's
showroom. The ridiculous custom
of turning ones house into mere ini-
tation of every one else's, and utterly
destroying its individuality by the re-
semblance TO every other one in town,
is too absurd, and is equalled by keep
ing large, dreary, freshly-furnished
parlor, shut up and seldom nsed because
other people do. Every room in a
house should have an occupied, habita-
BILE air, and not look like the show room
of an uphOlster and thus serve as mere
advertisement Of some shop instead of
showing the taste of the occupants of
the house.
TO ReUiUe Faded Black Qoths.-Boil
two Or three ounces of logwood in vim
egar, and when the the color is extract
ed, drop in piece of carbonate of iron,
as large as a chestnut; let it boil.
Have the coat or pantaloons well
sponged with soap and hot water lay
ing them on table, and brushing the
nap down with sponge. Then take
the dye upon the table and sponge
them ali over with it, taking care to
keep them smooth and brush down.
ward. When completely wet with
dye, dissolve teaspoonful of saleratus
in warm water, and sponge all over
with this, and it sets the color so COM
pletely that nothing rubs off. They
must not be Wrung or wrinkled, but
carefully hung up TO drain. TIE
brownest cloth may be made perfect
black in this simple manner.
Shade in Pastures trees.
like elms, NAPLES, Eastwood or lindens,
willows, ETC., interfere with the growth
of the grass or crops, their roots being
near the surface. Hickories, oaks, pep
peridges and beeches, send their roots
deep, and grass grows well in their
shade. Still we would not cut down
the former class. Cows give milk bet
ter the more still and quiet they are,
and cool shade contributes essentially
to THEN comfort. Cattle will soon fill
themselves If the pasturage is good
then they want shade to chew their
eud under, aud do proportionally bet
ter for it.
10 Keep the Bugs A'0ay.-Protect
your melon, squash, and cucumber
vines thus; Take sticks four inches
long and one half inch in diameter
pine Is the best. Wrap one inch of one
end in piece of cotton or linen. Dip
this in turpentine, and stick one or
two in each hill, leaving only the
wrapped part above ground. The odor
of the turpentine does the business.
II have tried this for four years." says
correspondent eff an exchange paper,
with uniform success"
fraa06eTy Wi'ae.-Aceording to the
Practical Farmer, three quarts of
strawberries make one quart of Juice.
Add three quarts of water and three
pounds of the best sugar. Use clean,
sweet cask, and leave the bung out for
fermentation. When this subsidies,
close tight, and the wine is ready for
use. at will keep ten years and more
it it can be secured from depreciation,
which, On account of its attractive
qualities, has been found very Diff
cult undertaking."
-Cdb6age- P2eas.-A correspondent
writes to ask if we cannot suggest
something which will destroy 1.-The
flies" that have eaten off nearly all the
leaves of his cabbages just set out. The
insects complained of are without doubt
cabbage-fieas, and if the leaves are
busted with ashes or Scotch snuff in the
morning, when the dew is on them,
these pests will be destroyed.
Hogs IN OrcharCls.--If you are not
particular about the looks, turn your
hogs into the orchard. But keep the
wire out of their snouts. Let them
root to their hearts content; mellow
the soil they are equivalent to cul-
tivator-hetter in sod they are con-
tinual workers. They will meet three
important things: they viii work the
soil, manure it. and destroy the infect
ed fruit. This remedy, for at least two
years, is advisable. Then grow sod,
if you like, and your soil is rich e.
nough. In olden times hogs were in
order in orchards, aud there was fruit.
ants Nests ia GdrOeas.-A cores
pondent informs US that by burying
few sliced onions in ants nests he has
caused them to abandon their quarters.
We learn from an experienced horti-
culterist, that two or three tablespoons
ful of kerosene poured into the holes
in their nests will produce the same ef-