Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-02-17
HONE, FARM AND GARDEN.

HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.
The California Fdrmer advises farm
ers and others never to employ unlucky
men, a. /" unlucky" is only another name
for laziness and incompetency. AL such
should be provided for In charity asylums,
and not BY Industrious business men, IS
they generally prove clogs and hindrances
"A thin shawl may be made warm BY
folding newspaper inside it. The paper
is imperxious to the wind and cold air
from outside, and prevents the rapid es-
cape Of the warm air from beneath It II
you suffer from cold feet, fold 9 piece OF
Newspaper over your stockings
ITO Remove Dirt from the Eye
Take hogs bristle; double SO - to form
loop. Lift the eyelid, and gently insert
the loop up over the ball, which will occa'
sion no disagreeable feeling. Now close
the lid down upon the bristle, which may
now be withdrawn. The dirt will surely
be upon the bristle.
Here is the horses petition to his
driver: r.
Up the HILL whip me not
Down the hill, hurry me not: tf
In the stable, forget me not;
OF hay and corn, rob me not :;
OF clear water, stint me not;
3 With sponge and brush, neglect me not;
IT sick or cold. chill me not
With bit or reins, jerk me not; ~
And when you are angry, strike me not.
We notice several accounts in East
ern papers about the injurious effect of
pumpkin seed upon fowls We have
known cases where q flock of ducks had
access to the yard where cattle were being
fed upon pumpkins, that the result OF
their eating the seed proved fatal to q
large number. They would eat them in
great numbers but did not seem to have
the power of digesting them. Upon cut
ting open the victims, the seeds would be
found entirely whole and packed very
hard together.--Prarie Farmer.
Salt for Bronchial Affections.-The val
ue of salt as cure for bronchial affection,
and ordinary sore throat, can only be
properly estimated by those patients, who,
after having become walking receptacles
for troches, pectorals and cough syrups,
find instant relief by swallowing single
pinch of salt. The disagreeable tickling
of the throat, the hacking cough, even
bleeding at the lungs is ameliorated by
one or two pinches of salt. Try 1t, ye
lovers of nostrums and patent medicines,
and your throat disease will yield before
its simple touch like magic, your body be
strengthened, and your purse be none the
lighter for the expenditure.-Erchange.
Sunshine and Health.-It is now
agreed that ground glass windows are
destructive to health in proportion as
they dimish light. The difference in favor
of clear glass is said to be about 6Oper cent.
If this be true, how much feeble health is
due to the ridiculous practice of making
dungeons of our parlors and twilight
crypts of our sleeping rooms. The skep.
teal have but to mark the appearance of
any plant grown in the dark. They will
see that such plant lacks not only color
but vitality. Yet people shut the blessed
sunshine out of the parlor, fearful that
some of the unnatural colors of the car
pet might pale under the glare. Ahealtby
physique is of more value than any car
pets. By choosing the latter of modest
hues you may have sunshine in your par.
lor and suffer no damage otherwise.
--Steaming Food for Stock -One who
| has had ample experience in steaming
| food for stock, claims the following advan.
| tages: /. 1t renders poor hay, straw,
etc, palatable and satisfactory to the ami
mails. 2. It enables the farmer to mix diff
ferent quantities Of food, hay and straw,
good and poor hay, etc, rendering it all
palatable, softening the hard fibres, and
| thus enabling the farmer to save all. 3.
| 1t improves the manure, rendering all
ready for use. A. It will cure incipient
beaves in horses, and has a remarkable
effect upon those suffering from cold or
constipation, and keeps all animals more
| healthy. s. It soon improves their ap-
pearance, and fattens them in much less
time. 6. 1t saves at least ne-third Of the
| food; two bushels of cooked hay will
satisfy cows as well as three bushels Of
| uncooked.
Danger from Eating Nuts.-MediGp]
men advise that salt shonld be taken ~,
nuts, especially when eaten at n va
Once, says a writer, while enjoying Sal
from an Englishman, hickory nuts = or
served in the evening, when my En-. q.
friend called for salt, stating that he y, s'l
q case of woman eating heartily ofe Of
in the evening who was taken viols cir
iii. The celebrated DR.. Abernethy.... !,
| sent for, but il was after he had bc'roin
too fond of his cup, and he was notl ac
| condition to go. He muttered, "Salt
salt" of which no notice was taken.
| Next morning he went to this place, and
she was corpse. He said that, had they
given her salt, it would have relieved her
II they would allow him to make an ex.
animation, he would convince them. On
opening the stomach, the nuts were found
in q mass. He sprinkled salt on this, and
Immediately it dissolved.
Charcoal for Horses Wind MANY
years ago, Irecollect horse being brought
into the yard of Joseph Bignal, a celebrated
man for keeping hunters, at Croydon
The horse was very much affected in the
wind, and could hardly move from dis
tress. In a very few days this animal did