Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-08-31
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
IRE worst Jlse that man ran make IF |

USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
IHE worst use that man can make of his
time is to borrow trouble in any shape. 1t
Is quite bad enough to spend it in tears
ana despair when it comes of its own ire
pressible accord; until then, let us keep
our hands clear of it, and if we must Dor
row anything, borrow joy and hope, even
ii we have to pay back the loan with dis
appointment and with gricying.
TIE Country Gentle7nan says: "S0me of
our readers are aware that by coating the
lower part Of the trunks Of trees with
soft soap, the worm may BE- prevented
from laying its eggs in the bark, provided
the work is done at the right time (latc III
May or early in Junc). and the coating is
kept on. Where this work has been omit
ted, the trees should be examined.
CAPT. PIERCE, of Arlington, N. Y, u
very successful orchardist, finds that the
best time for pruning, so as to have the
cuts heal rapidly, is the last week in May,
or the first week in June. His time tor
removing surplus wood is in the fall He
cuts off limb six or eight inches from
the place where it is to be cut for healing
o'$A3 'AN WILL, dI tllO lAhAS Sl)GC1uCu, uC
goes over and cuts off these stumps, close
up, with sharp saw.
EGGs AND PolsoN-By having his wits
about him, and a plentiful supply of eggs,
Mr.. Joseph Hale succeeded in saving the
life OF his wife, recently, in Portland,
Maine, who, in a fit Of abstraction, had
swallowed, a dose of corrosive sublimate
thinking it was laudanum. Given over by
the frightened ncighbors for as good as
dead, her husband at once administered to
the terrified victim the whites Of fifteen
eggs, which completely ncutralizcd the
effects Of the poison.
THE Germantown Telegraph says: I'VE
repeat our doubts that there is more than
one kind of asparagus The more we
hear Of the cultivation of the mammoth
"a size that we do not covet-the more
clear does it appear that it is the result of
selecting the strong single roots for plant.
ing to begin with, and then plant them in
trenches six to eight. inches deep, we'll
piled with manure at the sides of the row.
and as the manfred spires grow, fill in the
soil, etc. At least this is one way of get
ting the very largest we ever saw"
A PLATE of ice cream, taken leisure]y,
while s ated at supper table in pleasure
able conversation, is far safer quencher
of thirst than glass of ice water, or any
other ice-cold liquid the ice cream is, in
addition, stimulating and nutritious, thus
invigoTating, cooling and strengt hening
the system at the same time Ice cream
should not be taken imm. diatcly after
full meal, unless in the most lcisurely
manner possible plateful in the course
of fifteen minutes during lively converse
ton. If eaten rapidly, it cools the stom.
ach, prevents digestion, and causes acid
ity, unseemly belching, if not actual chill,
which, in feeble persons, endangers life
Halls Journal Of Health.
THE Massachusetts, Ploughmnm says that
the old.tashioned way Of cultivating Gel
cry in trenches dug deep with the spade,
has been abandoned by the market gar
deners, and is now considered useless ex-
pense. 1t is found to do much better
grown on the surface making a quicker
and better growth, on which the quality
SO much depends, and thu labor IF digging
the trc>.ches is saved 1t may be sown
any time from the 10th Of June to the 1st
of August, or even later, according to the
Objrct in view. Planted about the middle
OF July, it would be large enough to
blanch by the middle Of October, and
and would be fit Tor use early in Novem.
Der.
PETUN1As.-When the petunia is grown
as house plant and neatly trained on
trellls, it presents much prcttier appear
very neat trellis may be made of old hoops,
forming pieces of them into three circles,
seven, five and three inches in diameter,
f,ytpni aoIh eirf.1a fir,,1,y with nj
taken from the hoops. Then fine stick,
two feet long, nicely polished and sharp
ened at one end, must be put through the
circles, first under one side of the first,
ETC., weaving them in, securely fastening
the upper side of the largest one with a
little wire taple-Erchange
MICE IN MEADOWS AND ORCHARDS -
The ravages Of mice are somrtilnes suf-
ficient to completely destroy sod during
one winter. If allowed to increase and
find shelter, no means of prevention will
avail. There is no plan but to disturb
their haunts, clear out the fence rows of
brush and weeds, remove all pieces of de-
caying rails, pick off all loose stone; in
fact. leave no places for the vermin to hide
Tfcir natural enemies, the hawks, owls
skunks, and cats, will then find them and
devour them. In addition, leave few
small bundles of straw in the fields scat
tered about, and when they have com
n.enced to work at them, put small
quantity each night Of corn meal and
arsenic under each bundle. This will
help thin them off, aud if persevered in
will so reduce their numbers that the sod
extent be spared their ravages.-LeG7th
and Home.
VERBENAs are pr ,pagatcd in the spring
by taking young, soft shoots of this years
growth, making them about two inches
long, and leaving only four leaves On each
cutting. When wcll-rooted, put them in
two inch pots; after they have grown
three or four inches, plant in open ground.
the plant severely, the fist cf September;
ing of fine manure; this will cause young
Before frost, take up those that are to he
kept through the winter, and put in six
or tight-inch pots, they will usually
bloom and grow vigorously, if kept in
warm room. DO not wxtcr too freely I'M
til they flower. It is useless to keep yer
benas in 4 cellar, as it is too damp. If
young plants are wanted for the following
sprirg, take cuttings as before stated, from
young growth; but never take up cd
plants or layers, as thy arc more liable TO
be infested with insects during the winter
than young and thrifty plants. 70 havt.
seed, select the l>.rEe:t cluster of
flowers after the petals have d,on-
ped when the seed vessels |csir to turn
yellow, cut them, and lay them away un-
til dry. The seed may be sovn III March
in hot-beds, or in open ground in May
Rural Ne,o Yorker
Driving Bees from the Hive.
CHOOSE that part ola pleasant day,
when many bees are abroad, and if any
are clustered on the bottom hNa1N or out