Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-04-15
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.


REcLUsENEss has it's 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 ablll-
ties and more amiable disposition.
AN eminent agriculturist says, 81 had
rather leave to posterity 1,O00 trees IMAM
$1,OO0-living groves than decaylng man
sions"
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 lett
to right, and the common bryony either
way.
RAZOR PAsTE.-Take putty powder l
o., oxalic acid o., and honey enough
to mix with these so as to make sun
paste. Apply to the strop, and wrap the
remainder in tin foil
INTENDING BROKEN CHINA.-Dlamond
cement for glass and china is made IN the
following manner: Take isinglass l Of,
distilled water 6 ozs., alcohol ~ ozs.,
warm in water bath till dissolved, and
strain the solution. Add to the clear So
luton, while hot, milky emulsion of gum
ammoniac 1soz., alcoholic solution OF gum
mastic drachms; this possesses great adj
hesive qualities Amer5can.
For worms in calves windpipes, dis
ease most prevalent in dry summers, and
often occasioning great mortality, V. IL.
Hubbard, Rochester, VT, communicates
the following remedy: Asatmtida, three
ounces; vinegar, one quart. Give each
calf a 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 flour tied tight in a
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. 1t is said
to have been equally effectual in cases of
dysentery with persons.
lNGRow1NG TOE NAI1.-This painful
abnormal condition OF the toe-nail may
be cured by allowing the nail to continue
to grow without pairing it. The boot or
shoe will depress the nail at the end as it
grows longer, which will gradually ele-
yate 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 orceps-Eachange.
In reply to an inquiry the Anaericaas
Ag%6cuIturSst says: Potatoes, cabbages,
beets, rhubarb, and radishes will not mix
if planted near each other unless you
raise seed. Corn shows the mixture the
first season. Pumpkins, melons and Gu
cumbers 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 more or less, probably by the
agency Of insects.
A CONTRIBUTOR to the Name 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 so far gone that she could hardly
stand. got 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 ia
a short time.
EARLY AND LATE PLANTING.-Peas
may be sown very early, even if the soil
is quite cold, as considerable frost or cool
nights will not injure them. Beans will
rot if the .soil is cold and wet-therefore
wait until it is warm, Wheat, oats and
barley will do we'll if sown early, but
keep the corn out of cold, wet soil, or it
will either rot or grow feeble. Onions,
beets, solsify and parsnips should be sown
early; carrots later; melons and cucum-
bers still.later. Plant all kinds of hardy
trees and shrubs just as early as the soil
is suitable, and the earth will become set
tied about the roots by the time warm
weather commences. A little haste in
spring will usually prove Of great advan-
tage, before the close of the season, but
be sure that it is properly applied. Hearth
and Home
MoLAssEs CANDY.-One quart of mo-
lasses or strip, two pounds of coffee
sugar, or one pound of brown and the
same OF crushed. Boil over slow fire in
brass OF porcelain kettle. Try it by
putting some in a cup of cold water !;
when it is brittle, it has boiled enough.
Then take it out into buttered pan. Put
it on ice, or in cool place. When the
edge is cold, the centre will be warm
then bring it IN. Have buttered board
to work it on While you are working is
the time to flavor it; work it till it is all
of the same degree of heat. Pull it on a
hook until it is white. Now, handle it
lightly, or it will be dark and hard Pull
it out in a long string before you take it
from the hook. Put it on the table, and
when cold, break into such sized sticks as
you please. You will have to work fast,
or it will be dark and hard Candy made
this way is equal to sugar candy.-Ec-
change.
A STRONG CEMENT FOR IRoN-To four
or five parts of clay, thoroughly dried
and pulverized, add two parts of iron fill
ings free from oxide, one part of peroxide
of man6 nese, one half Of sea salt, and
one half of borax. Mingle thoroughly,
and render as fine as possible then re-
duce to thick paste with the necessary
quantity of water, mixing thoroughly
well. 1t must be used Immediately. After
application, it should be exposed to
warmth, gradually increasing almost to
white heat. This cement is very hard,
and presents complete resistance alike to
a red heat and boiling water. Another
cement is to mix equal parts of sifted
peroxide of manganese and well-pulver-
lied zinc white, add a sufficient quantity
of commercial soluble glass to form thin
paste. This fixture, when used immedi-
ately, forms cement quite equal in hard