Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-21

our citizens, many Of our otherwise sensi-
bic young people, are fostering and trying
to establish - Watchnsan and Reflector.
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USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE. IL
NEVER let : day pass without an effort
to make some one happier.
Snow may be easily purchased, but
happiness is Z homemade article.
REcLusENEss has its uses. Men, like
trees, must stand far apart to grow large.
NEVER be above your calling, or be
afraid to appear dressed In accordance
with the business you are performing.
No man Is more nobly born than
another unless he is born with Better abili-
ties and more amiable disposition.
An eminent agriculturist says, II had
rather leave to posterity 1000 trees than
$1,OOo-living groves than decaying man
sions."
RAZOR PASTE. Take putty powder 1
o., oxalic acid n o., and honey enough
to mix with these..so as to make q stiff
paste. Apply to the strop, and wrap the
remainder in tin foil. saTarsz-le7ses,ss
THE direction in which plants Irvine is
not direct result of the position of the
sun in regard to them; the French bean
turns from right to left the hop from left
to right, and the common bryony either
way. .sei.s ra
FOR worms in calves windpipes, q dis
ease most prevalent in dry summers, and
often occasioning great mortality, v. 81.
Hubbard, Rochester, VT, communicates
the following remedy: Asafntida, three
ounces; vinegar, one quart. Give each
calf teaspOOnful in each nostril every
third morning, taking care to hold the
head well up to prevent waste.
A WRITER In an exchange states that
he cured COW that was badly afflicted
with the scours, by the following remedy:
One:quart of wheat -four tied tight in
cloth, put into kettle of boiling water,
and boiled three hours. After it was
taken out and cooled, it was pounded fine.
and given her to eat dry. BY twice feed
ing her with this she was cured, and
never troubled with it again. It is said
to have been equally effectual in cases Of
dysentery with persons. 3lf
INeRowING TOR NAIL.--This painful
abnormal condition of the toe-nail NAV
be cured by allowing the nail to continue
to grow without pairing 1t. The boot or
shoe will depress the nail at the end as it
grows longer, which will gradually ele.
vste it at the point, where it presses upon
and into the soft tissues of the toe; thus
removing the irritation, the sore soon
heals. This Is far preferable to the rash
and painful operation of tearing off the
toe-nail with forceps.-E1chanae.
In reply to an inquiry the american
AgrScuttu9Sst says: Potatoes, cabbages,
beets, rhubarb, and radishes will not mix
If planted near each other unless you
raise seed. Corn shows the mixture the
nrst season. Pumpkins, melons and Gu
cumsers DO not mix with one another
the different varieties of each crop mix
readily, but the mixture does not gene
rally show itself in the fruit until the
next generation. Varieties of beans and
peas mix moro or less, probably by the
agency Of insectsA
A CONTRIBUTOR to the Aasne Farmer
gives the following experience in reliev-
ing choked cattle > A year ago last fall,
while driving . drove of cattle to Brigh-
ton, heifer got choked with an apple,
and was 80 far gone that she could hardly
stand. i got 9 pint Of soft soap at house
near by, which was, rather thick, and
added little water, and poured it down
her throat. In five minutes she was we'll.
! had never known this to fail of remov.
ing the obstruction either up or down in
a short time. N" ' - ~t'.i.''
.MoLAssEs ANDY.-One quart Of mo-
lasses or sirup, two pounds of coffee
sugar, or one pound of brown and the
same of crushed. Boil over slow FIRE in
Q brass or porcelain kettle. Try 1t by
putting .sonae in a cup of cold water;
When II is brittle, it has boiled enough.
Then take it out into ,buttered pan. Put
II on Ice, or il cool place. When the
edge IL cold, the centre will be warm;
then bring tim. Have q buttered board
70 work It on While you are working is
the time to favor it; work it till 1t Is all
OF the same degree of heat. Pull it on q
hook until it is white. . Now, handle it
lightly, or il will be dark and hard. Pull
Il out In . long string before you take it
from the hook. Put It on the table, and
when cold, break into such sized sticks az
you please. You will have to work East,
or 1t will be dark and hard. Candy made
lhis way y equal 70 sugar candy:-E-
x sraone Crxsrr ron 1aoS.Aro four
Or i've parts of clay, thoroughly dried
md pulverized, add two parts Of iron fl
lngs' Tree from oxide, ono part OF peroxide
Of manganese, one half Of sea salt, and
one half Of borax. Mingle thoroughly.
md render - lne % possible; then re-
duce 70 thick paste with tia necessary
quantity Of water, mixing thoroughly
veil. Il must be used Immediately. Alter
IpplicaAion, \ should b opposed 20
warmth, gradually incrsaing almoststo
white heaA This cement n very hard
md presents complete resistance alike to
! rcd heat and boiling water. Another
,ement n % NIX equal pazts OF .ifted
peroxide Of nAueancse snd veil -pulver.
lied zinc white, odd . sufficient quantity
u commercial soluble glass 70 form thin
paste. This mixture, when used immedi-
rely, 1oems . cement quite equal In hard
,ess and resistance to that obtained ,by
he 6rst method.-6eisnsite AM~fcoN