The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-06-23
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Roots and shoes off f1takan care of
properly, will usuaHyi dastotWp or
three, times dongepthan they lusually
do, and at the same tineofitIth@ feet
more satisfactorily, andkeepthem dry
and more comfortable in cold weather.
The upper leather shopA be kept soft
and pliable, while the soles need to be
hard, tough and imperyyiieus to- water.
The first thing to, be- done, with, any
pair Of shoes for, farm arm use, u.s. to set
each on q platter or OF an Eeld dinner
plate and pour on boiled linseed oil
sufficient to fill the vessel to the upper
edge of the soles. Allow the leather
to absorb as much oil as it viii for
eight hours. Linseed oil should not
be applied TO the upper leather, as it
will sood become dry, rendering the
leather hard and tough. But if the
soles be saturated with this oil, it will
exclude the danpness, and enlarge the
pegs so that the, sole VIII never get
loose from the upper leather. If the
shoes besewed, the lihseed oil pre-
serves the thread from rotting. Now
wet & the upper. leather thoroughly
/ when the boots or shoes are to be put
on the feet, SO that. those parts Which
! are tight may render a trifle, and thus
! adapt the form of the shoe To the foot
far more satisfactorily than when the
leather is not wet. Keep them on the
feet until the leather is nearly dry.
Then give the upper leather a thor
ough greasing with equal parts eflard
and taHow, OF with talloW and meats
foot oil. If shoes be treated indthis
manner and a row. of roundheaded
shoe nails be driven rolnd theEedge of
the soles, they will wear like, copper,
and always set easy to the feet Boots
and shoes should ,beE treated as sng-
gested and, worn Q little II several
months before they, are put in daily
service. This is, the true way to save
your on So shoe money. money laDlasilstni Tot
THE GREAT FOREST 9FaIiiRE FIRE IN n THE
! I. sAGUENAY DIsTRIcTiOFs CANADA.
ira fortnight ago the primesVval forest,
prosperous farms, villages and church
es stood where now the eye can look
on nothing but fifteen hundred square
miles ofiblackness, ruin3and odeVasta-
4 tion.e( From Lake St. j John to- Chi
coutimi there is want and suffering,
and misery, where till lately was plen-
ty, and happiness Some lives have
been lost, although oinathe eoafdsion
ensuing ON such event it is netieasy to
ascertain precisely how many aremiss-
ing The inhabitants fed foriasafety
to the lake, and many .aado the omost
fearful struggle. fol- life. One poor
!. woman saved her whole family, Ceiev-
en- in number, by floating them on
log in the nearest water; aIlnan bare
ly saved himself by springingi into a
well and remaining with hie head just
above the surface till the fire swept
by; o. husband saved his wife--but
just become a mother-by- carrying
her to a swamp, and leaving her
awhile, found the flames had cut off
his return, Nearly seven hundred
families are rendered totally destitute,
numbered some five thousand souls
The mind shrinks from imagining, the
scenes Of heartrending grief. of. .pite-
ous helplessness, of blank despair, in
volved in this widespread calamity
The Power that tempers the wind to
the shorn lamb can alone estimate the
sum total of the sorrow, OF provide
an adequate consolation. aaa-s.:,