Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-07-03
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.


The House.
TEPID tea cleans grained wood.
On cloth should be frightened after
washing with soap and water, with skim
milk
SALT and water washing preserves bed
steads from being infected by vermin also,
mattresses.
SIMPLE salt aud water cleans and pre-
serves mating more cffectually than any
other method.
KEROSENE oil is The best furniture oil :;
II eleanses, adds Il polish, and preserves
from the ravages of insects.
To GET rid of moths and reaches from
closets and bureau drawers sprinkle pow
dered borax over and around the shelves
and covered with clean paper.
INSECTS ON PLANTS. To exterminate the
insects, mix one ounce of carbonate of AM
monia with gallon Of water, and with this
fluid water the plants. HIS 81
BURNs.-The following is said to be an
excellent remedy for a burn Take a
tart apple and simmer in lard until it forms
salve it will heal burn quickly, and
always without without scar.
MILDEw FROM L1NEN.-I. Wet the
spotted part with a solution of chloride of
lime, or chlorine water, and the stain will
Immediately disappear then wash out al
once III warm water. 2. Mix some soft
soap with powdered starch, half as mucl,
salt and the juice of a lemon; lay on the
spotted part with brush, then let the gar
ment lay on the grass day and night till
the stain comes out
SOFT GRAHAM BREAD-Stir yeast or
milk rising into warm skim milk, then stir
llarpN Hy,tJ, to boa
batter as thick as can well be stirred with
a spoon put into deep bake dishes, and set
in warm place to rise the same as kneaded
bread when light, bake moderately until
there is a hard, brown crust over the top,
which, if preferred, may be sOitened by
covering with damp cloth
For ANTS, place fresh meat bone
where the ants can get at it, and they will
flock TO it in large numbers. When they
are on it dip 1t IN hot water; repeat it a
few times and the ants will have disap-
peared. For moles, dig hole like a post
hole across one of the mole holes, and in
the bottom place some rags, previously
dipped in sulphur Set fire to them, and
when nnce well on fire, cover up close with
board aud the mole hole acts as a pibe,
The mole leaves.
WARTS.-lf the wart is not broken so as
TO expose the raw flesh, the following will
be found very etficacious remedy: Take
some muriatic acid and put it on the wart,
and then take some stick caustic and rub it
on which will turn the wart white. Let it
dry for two or three days, when it will be
found 10 have made the wart callous about
half way through. 1t can then be pared
of as far as it will permit without drawing
blood, and then apply acid and caustic
again, and let it dry as before. After two
or three applications it will permit the
wart to be pared close to the skin, and it
will not grow again.
THERE are numerous ways Of preparing
eggs to keep them long time, but all pre-
sent some difficulty which is hard to sur
mount Some oil every egg all over, and
they Keep as long as the oil remains
sweet. They can be vanished or coated
with any substance which will exclude air
from them, but the slightest imperfection
III the coating produces fsilure in keep
inc. We have known eggs kept from the
summer,7Vhen they could be bought cheap,
until mldWinter, by packing in salt. Gov
er Inc bottom OF your vessel with salt, and
Imbed another layer, until full, covering
the top layer an inch deep with the salt
Tonic WASH FOR THE HAIR-When the
hair IS falling off, the following tonic wash
wit be found very useful Take half a
tuld ounce of tincture of quinine, one
drachm of hiCarhOnate of ammonia, and
I'VE and a half ounces of rose water; first
dissolve the ammonia III water, then add
the tlncture. Apply it gently to the roots
Of the hair twice a week. or ofteuer. if
found to be beneficial