The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-05-20
FARM, CARRIER A>D HOUSEHOLD
GaTdrninE for Women.

Frances Power Cobb says that among
healthiul amGseneuis and occupations for
women. gardening ought to have a fore
most place, and adds:
tits 81 once al art AID an exercise an
art wherein " dull Saxons have thorough
w proved our power to excel, and an eXeT-
else which brings every muscle into pay in
the pleased hesA uIr. IL Clay be SO cheap
" pursutd that even the Do reSt cotageT or
even town gaTre,tcer may enjoy it; and II
may be costly and splendid enough to graf
if the taste Of queens. The natural
affinity between women and fi9wers Is SO
strong, so few women Of any rank are de
void of ii. and so much OF gardening and
conservatory work can be well lone by
women, that i, is quite a curious instance
Of the way in which pleasant and lucrative
trades are monopoiiZed by men, thatthsTe
are no sucb things as C~arGen-1Ils and
female head gardeners, and women man
aging nurseries and market-gaTdens.
Many hundreds OF English ladies work
from choice half their days in their own
gardens, and. being their own head
gardeners, enjoy every flower which
blooms ten fold more than If they had the
honor of meCkly smelling il under the IUle
Of a Scotch autocrat BIT DO woman Of
the humber class that ever we heard OF
was allowed 20 gain her Tread BY doing
precisely what these ladies do from
choice; tLOugh how many wsuld rejoice to
quit dTeary school-ToCms and sSOTk-Tcoms
to undertake the same, Heaven alone can
tell.
Medical Properties OF CeIery.
A recent agricultural writer says: "Ihave
known many men, and women too, who
from various causes, have becGme so much
affected by nervousness, that when they
stretched ont their hands they shook like
aspen leaves on windy days; but, by a
daily, moderate use OF the blanched foot
stalks of celery leaves as a salad. they be-
came as strong ard steady IN their limbs
as other people. l have known others so
very Y that the least annoyance put
them in a state OF agitation, and they were
in almost constant ~perplexity and fear,
who were also effectually cured, by a daily
use of bIanched celery as a ssladat meal
times. Ihave known others cured by using
celery for palpitatiOu Of the heart. Every
body engaged labor weakening to the
nerves, shonld use celery daily in season,
and onions ia its stead when not In season. q"
SHoENG HoRsEs.-Am0Rg the reports on
the Paris exhibition is a chapter on q new
system OF shoeing horses. Its inventor, 81.
Charlier. contends that the shoe DESTROYS
the horses foot, and substitutes for If an
iron band let into a rectangular groove
scOoped from The outer circle OF the horses
foot. This band IS fastened with s.ven rec
taneular nails driven into oval holes. The
sole Of the foot and frog are thus allowed to
touch the ground. The horse never slips,
and ne yer gels diseases of the foot. The
new shoe has been tried by NJ. Lauget, a
large jObmastor in Paris, n has reduced
lameness by two-thirds. The omnibus
company, moreover, have shOd 1900 horses,
and speak Of the improvement in high
terms.
RAISED WAFFLEs. One pint Of sweet
milk, one heaping teacupfulo of bntter, three
eggs, a tablespoonful of thick brewers
yeast, one quart of -four, and another tea
cupful / sweet milk, in which is dissolved
a quarter OF a teaspoonfGl Of soda Let il
rise until very light, and then bake as 9th
er waffles. Serve hot, with butter and
sugar.
The conversion into parchment paper Of
the paper used in making collars, cuffs and
other articles Of dress, has been strongly
recommended. and, in fact, practiced with
success, as impaTting much more durabil-
ity and and a greater power of resistancetc
the per piration, as well as permitting col
.ors and patterns TO be applied with increas-
ed facility.
An eminent physician rays the white
rubber used for nursing bottles audinfants'
toys is very poisonous, causing sor emOuth,
skin eruption. decayed teeth, spinal cGrva-
ture, and death. In Europe the sale of it
is prohibited by law,