Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-03-31
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Bricks, covered with Competing, are
good to set behind doors to keep them
from going back against the wall. .eolis
The Rural New Yorker thinks orchard
grass ought to be more generally Guilt
waited than it is. 1t is perennial, endures
drought and thrives well In the shade.
Floor mating sometimes viii not go
down smoothly-the inside being looser
than the edge of the breadth; wet the
edges and it can be drawn out fiat and
straight.
il Thomas 'Meehan, in the Philadelphia
Weekly Press. insists that we should rely
on good farming as q protection against
the Introduction of weeds, rather than on
legislation. ~ nit"
-Whitewashed walls will not rub of If
the lime is thus prepared: Mix halt =
pailful of lime and water; take hal
pint of -four, make starch Of it and pour
It hot into the whitewash stir it well.
1T is advised that calicoes be stiffened
with starch made of coffee water, to pre-.
vent any whitish appearance. Colored
articles should never be hung to dry in
the sun, which is sure to fade them.
"A correspondent of the Prairie
Farmer thinks any new or nearly new
good Western corn soil is well adapted to
broom corn, and that if such soil does not
produce good crop it will be the fault OF
the seed, the season, or the cultivation,
To Prevent Kitchen Odors.-In boil
ing onions or cabbage, place dish OF vine
gar on the stove at the same time. The
boiling vinegar will, it is said, destroy the
odor Of the vegetables. All who have
near neighbors try it. ,,..s.......
Dry white wooden stockings on
shingles cut the RICH. shape and size.
Each member of the family should have a
pair or more of these stocking boards.
Pin the hose over the upper edges and
hang on the line by strings to dry They
cannot shrink and need no ironing.
A plain sort of extension table is
easily made, thus Take wide, smooth
plank, cut it so as to be as long as the din
ing table is wide; fasten under it two
long wooden prongs, just far enough
apart to slide into the ends OF the opening
left by the support Of the table leaf when
drawn out to raise it. This board forms
an extra leaf accommodating four per-
sons and should have leg on the outer
edge, fastened on by a hinge, to steady it
when in use, and fold back at other times
So the legs of ironing tables should be
made, and the table itself should be long
and high, and attached by hinges to the
wall, to double. down and save space Yhen
not wanted. ~.
w. A. Gillespie, of Virginia, urges
farmers, through the columns OF the South
ern Planter, to save all the hogs hair pos
sible for manuring the land, especially that
devoted to the production OF tobacco. For
this crop he says it is far superior to hen
house manure, or Peruvian Guano, or any
phosphates or tobacco fertilizers in use.
In forming beds for tobacco plants, he re
commends after the ground is properly
pulverized, to sprinkle it over with hogs
hair, chop it down in the soil with a hoe,
smooth lightly with the back OF rake,
SOW the seed and then tramp the bed
closely till it is smooth. The hair acts
mechanically by capillary attraction TO
preserve moisture at the roots OF the
plants, while affording through gradual
decay, ammonia and other substances Tor
the growth and nourishment OF the
plant. ts-s. t5e
-Verbena- seed sown early in spring
will make splendid blooming plants by
midsummer. A few seeds sown in pot
or box, and kept in the window OF a.
warm room at this time, will usually make
good sized plants by the time the weather
will permit setting out in the garden.
II particular colors or varieties are desired,
then plants must be procured; but We
have always had passion for growing
seedlings, as the very uncertainty OF pro-,
duqir SC nrott.; Cair. tfeen1 hlfd rnfe
gentleman from Jefferson, Mr.. Ball. ]
de thought it the duty Of the Cen
efal Assembly to submit to the peo-
BE any question for a change in the
Constitution that anN considerable
sortion of the people demanded or
,,etitioned for. He hoped the Rcso-
Alton would pass the House without
ouch opposition.
u Mr. Russell moved to strike from
ole joint Resolution 50 much as
piade it obligatory upon woman to
prve in the militia, being the third
! Imposition i'm the Resolution.
z Mr.. Irish thought that the General
assembly should not refuse to allow
ne experiment. He had confidence
rlat woman, If she found the expert
ue the first to recede. he favored the
iilOption Of the Resolution.
D Mr.. Rogers said that for one he
ss~as ready to vote for the Resolution.
q, Mr.. Rowell was not fully satisfied
81 to what WAS the duty Of this Leg
tllature in regard TO the question.
"a was one Of great importance. We
MED the experiment Of enfranchis-
ting the colored people, and it had
waen a success. This question is
cunning upon us, and we are obliged
t1Neet it. Under our statutes there
fFe Determinations against the wo-
than. He proceeded to point out
s, me af OF TBS ser Bgpl u eat iii oS and
that Of milder nature. The brown bread
Should take the place Of the white, ifwhite
is used in the winter. More fruit should
be taken. Avoid stale vegetables. II you
have not good potatoes, eat none, for poor
potatoes are very unwholesomc. Ii you
have good potatoes, bake or ,iboil
them, and fry or hash; eat with
fresh cream instead Of gravy or but
ter.lne Use freely Of canned fruit I
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