The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-06-16
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

SOME one says truly that the best way
for a man to train up a child in the way
it should go is to travel that way himself |
sometimes.
GREEN Fly ON RosEs.-Strong tobacco
water, it is said, will destroy these pests.
A pound or two of tobacco put into bar.
rel of water, and allowed to soak two or !
three days, will make liquid that will
answer well for this purpose. Suds made |
from tobacco-soap will also answer.
GAS LINE IN CoMPosT.-One of the |
best modes of using gas lime, it is said,
is first finely pulverizing it, snd then mix
ing it in the compost heap-say one-tenth |
or one-twentieth lime with mixture OF
yard or stable manure, in alternating lay
ers of ioam or turf Another way, to pull
veriZe it fine and spread it over the fields
evenly, at the rate Of fifty bushels, or less,
per acre. some months before a crop is
planted, or else on grass.
A WRITER in the Journal Of the Royal
Agricultural Society, describing the per-
manence of the action of lime, says that
he knows a piece OF ground containing
| 166 acres, which formerly grew nothing
but heath. A good dressing of lime was
applied on the surface OF the sward which
has nearly doubled its value. This was
done several years ago and totally eradi-
Gated the heath The lime to this day APP
pears in full action, as its effects annually
testify, from the richness and sweetness
of the heritage, the texture of which has
been entirely changed by the application
of lime.
RHUBARB VNEGAR.-The process for
ten gallons will be-take % ordinary sized
stalks of rhubarb; pound or crush them
| ,;+I, &c ia, of n
strong tub; add 10 gallons of water; let
this stand "a hours; strain off the crushed
rhubarb, add Is pounds of sugar free
from molasses, and teacupful of the
best brewers yeast; raise the temperature
to 60 or 6S ., and put your frows into a
11-gallon cask; place it in position where
the temperature will not fall below 60 {.
In month strain off from the grounds,
returning it to the cask again, and let it
stand till it becomes vinegGr.-C Country
Gentleman.
I CURE FOR Hoe CHoLERA-A CORES
pendent of the Louisville Courier Journal
furnishes the following as an iDfallible
remedy for Hog Cholera: "Dissolve
thoroughly one pound of cOperas in three
gallons of warm water, and apply the
wash about milk warm to the affected ami
NAL, by dipping into the solution or rub
bing upon it until the skin is thoroughly
wet Whenever the skin of the hog be-
gins to look rough and scaly or of a dark
red color, apply the wash Immediately.
Do not wait until the more alarming symp-
toms vomiting and purging) set in. APP
ply the wash every day until the scales
are removed"
, Couch AND HEAvEs IN HoBsEs.-A
, western physician, who keeps several
l. ~ IL
remedy for cough and heaves So useful
does he consider it, that he is careful to
, keep good supply of it always on hand.
He claims TO have cured marked case of
heaves by feeding a quart or two of the
seed daily, and when any of his horses or
mules show disposition to cough, feed
! Oh suntiower seed is given at once, and
continued until relief is afforded. 1t is
t said that on the prairies where rOsinweed
is abundant, horses never have the heaveS
and that the reSinOuS leaves OF thc plant
are dried and fed in moderate quantities
with beneficial results.
A HUsK Door MAT.-Take an inch
? board the size you wish your mat; dres il
: neat; rule it each way, drawing the line:
IL inches apart, bore hole with a 81
inch auger in each square double piect
of broOm-tW inc, pass it through the holes
one at a time; have the husks dampened
S take sufficient quantity to ill the hole
: very tight, pass it through the loop o
S Irvine, draw it through until the double
V end of the husk is 3 inches long, draw
t the Irvine ont, and proceed in the sam,
s way until all the holes are filled. Thel
take sharp knife, and cut the double
o husks, spread them apart, trim the uneven
side, tramp it down, and set it where it il
r to be used, either side up.
+ WE are judged usually by our publ,
0 successes, by the esteem of distinguished
persons. But the real test of character il
|. the feeling of those before whom we play
{ no part What does the nurse III the nurs
cry think OF us, or the porter in the store
f Oh the butcher boy? If mans children
a cOnfide in him-if all whom he employ
y at home and in his business feel that he i
= full of thought and sympathy for them
e as for brethTen-if those who meet hin
o perceive the charm of his urbanity, ant
= as they draw nearer and know him better
" honor and love MIN more and more, W,
may be very sure that he has the mobiles
human qualities, whose influence will be
: possession to us fOrever.-G. W. Curtis.
:, REMOVING GREASE SPoTs-A simpl
f agent for removing grease spots from Car
# pets and silk and wooden fabrics, is yer,
: useful Carbonate of magnesia, saturate,
:. with benzole and spread upon greas
!. spot to about one third of an inch il
~ thickness, answers well for this purpose
A sheet of porous paper should be sprea
upon the benzonated magnesia, and a flat
&c iron, moderately warm, put upon the to-
|, of all. The heat of the iron passes throug
u and sOftens the grease which is then al
sorbe1 by the porous magnesia. The flat
- iron r1au no ramoved in no c,>oc On ,f O,,
(, hour, and the magnesia dust brushed of
&c Soap-stone dust may be used i'll the sam
I manner. and answer nearly as good pun
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