Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-05-12
FARM. eARIeEN AND HOUSEHOLD
Gardening for women,

Frances Power Cobbe says that among
bealthiul amasements and occupations for
women. gardening ought to have fore
most place. and adds:
1t is at once an ant and an eXercise-an
art wherein We dali SaXOns have thorough
IN proved our power to excel. and an exer-
else which brings every muscle into play in
the blessed fresh air. Ii may be SO cheap
ly pursued that even the po rest cotager or
even town garTetteer may enjoy 1t: and 1T
may be costly and splendid enough to graf
liz the taste Of queens. The natural
affinity ,stgeeu women and h9wers Is so
strong. so few women of any rank are de-
void of il, and so much of gardening and
conservatory work can be- well done by
women. that it is quite a curious instance
OF the way in which pleasant and lucrative
trades are mOnOpOlZed by men, that there
are no such things az garden-girls and
female head gardeners, and women mani
aging nurseries and market-gardens.
Many hundr, ds 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 meekly smelling il under the rule
of a Scotch aut0crak But 10 woman Of
the humber class that ever we heard OF
was allowed to gain her bread by doing
precisely what these ladies do from
choice; though how many would rejoice to
quit dreary schocl-rooms and work rooms
to undertake the same, Heaven alone can
tell.
Medical Properties of Celery.
A recent agricultural writer says: II have
known many men, and women too, who
from various causes. have become so much
affected by nervousness, that when they
stretched out their hands they shook like
aspen leaves on windy DAYS; but 10y a
daily, moderate use of the blanched foot
stalks of celery leaves as salad, they be-
came as strong ana steady in their limbs
as other people. / have known others so
very nervous that the least annoyance put
them in state OF agitation, and they were
in almost constant perpiexity and fear,
who were also etfectualiy cured, by daily
use of blanched celery as q salad at meal
times / have known others cured by using
celery for palpitation OF the heart. Every
body. engaged labor weakening TO the
nerves, should use celery daily III season,
and onions in Its stead when not in season. y
SHOOTING HORSES. the reports on
the Paris exhibition is chapter on a new
system of shoeing horses. It's inventor, NJ.
Charlier, contends that the shoe destroys
the horses foot. and substitutes for il an
iron band let into rectangular groove
scoOped from the outer circle of the horse
foot. This band is fastened with ven rec
tangular nails driven into oval holes. The
sole of the foot and frog are thus allowed to
touch the ground. The horse never slips.
and never gets diseases of the foot. The
new shoe has been tried by NJ. Lauget, a
large iObmaster in Paris, ana has reduced
lameness by two-thirds. The omnibus
company. moreover. have shod 1900 horses.
and speak Of the imprOvemen t in high
terms.
RAISED WAFFIEs. One pint of sweet
milk, one heaping teacupiul OF butter, three
eggs. tablespoonful of thick b-ewer's
yeast, one quart of flour, and another tea
cupful e sweet mix. in which is dissolved
a quarter OF teaspOOnful OF soda Let il
rise until very light, and then bake as 9TH
or waffles. Serve hot, with butter and
sugar.
The conversion into parchment paper OF
the paper used in making collars. cuffs and
other articles cs dress, has been strongly
recommended. and d, fact, practiced with
success ssussarss 4AuCii ssIosS .s.-s-,-s.
| itv an6 and q greater power of resistance tC
the per pirGtion, IS well as permitting col
ors and patterns - = applied with increas
ed facility.
An eminent physic an saws the white
rubber used Tor nursing bottles and infants
| toys is very p isonGls, causing sore month
skin err. ption. decayed teeth. spinal crrva.
| ture, and death. In Europe the sale of II
is prohibited by law