Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-04-11
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

A GOOD method of cleaning lamp chin
neys is to wash them in warm water and
wipe dry with paper. Never put a cold
chimney into water too hot, as it is liable
to break the glass.
If it is wise to insure your property,
the loss of which would fall heavily upon
your family, it is wiser to insure your
life, the loss of which would be a blow
still heavier Insure in the Washington.
DoN'T keep in constant fret about
things that may be annoying, or worry
about things you can't help. Troubles
are not lightened by fretting. The true
remedy is to keep cool and try to master
the difficulties, and not let them master
you.
RADIsHEs.-To be worth anything the
radish must have quick growth. Rotten
wood from the forest is excellent to mix
with the soil. The seed terminates very
readily. Sow as early in the spring as
possible, in drills six inches apart, thin
ming to two inches in the drill.
THE HoUsE-FLY.-Dr. Fitch, the ento-
mologist, says the American house-fy is
distinct though similar species to that
of Europe. They are much encouraged
by every sort of filth, in which they
breed, and consequently may be dimin-
ished in numbers by constant and thor
ough cleanliness both around our houses
and in our streets,
SOWING CLOVER SEED-Farmers who
grow clover seed are recommended, by a
writer in the Rural World, to sow the
seeds in the chaff without hulling, since
it is actually worth more and will bring a
better cropthan the same quantity of seed
will if hulled. He says many of the seeds
are injured by hulling, and the chaff is 8
protection to the young and tender
plants.
REMEDY FOR "KNEE SPRUNG" HORSES
C. G. Weeks, Tiskilwa, ILL.,, writes the
Western, Rural that he has cured many
"knee sprung" horses by having then
shod with heel-calks very long and toe
calks short. Thus the constant strain Of
the cords of the leg is removed. The
horse thus shod, should have his leg:
bathed twice a day, for few days, with
salt and vinegar, and should not be driv
en- nor ridden fast down hill.
To PICKLE MEAT IN ONE DAY.-Get 6
tub nearly full of rain or river water anG
put two pieces of thin wood across it, an6
set the beef on them at about the distance
of an inch from the water. Heap as much
salt as will stand on the beef, and let il
remain twenty-four hours; then take the
meat off and boil it, and you will find il
as salty as if it had been in pickle fol
weeks-the water having drawn the salt
completely through the beef.-Erchdnse
NARROWING CoRN.-A correspondent
| of the Western Farmer gives the follow
ing description of how he harrows hi:
corn: "I commence just before the corr
comes up and continue as needed, to keer
soil loose and weeds out of sight, until i
is so tall the harrow will break it off i
used. There is nothing so needful to sc
cure crop of corn, with our short sea
sons, as frequent stirring of the soil wher
it is in its first stages of growth, and NJ
tool will do this so cheaply or so thor
cughly in the hill as a rightly constructed
harrow. 1 harrow back and forth till
have my land as / desire. If the com il
rowed both ways of the field, the SECOND
narrowing should cross the first, the thirt
the second, and so on. have not had ;
failure in four years with Dent corn OF
my white, heavy, cold soil.
To DYE SHEEP-sKIN MATs.-A sub
| scriber asks for a method of preparing
and coloring sheep-skin mats. The frs
necessity is q good skin; the skin of ,
healthy animal slaughtered for mea
should be chosen, not one taken from
| SHtCp ucdu 1TOD1 ulSedSe, as buc WOOL OI
that viii easily come off A yearline
COtswold's skin makes beautiful mat
The skin should be taken off carefully
and no cuts or gashes made in it, spread
on table, and scraped from adherln.
flesh or fat, and sprinkled on the flesl
side with alumni and salt pounded fine; i
should be folded in the centre, and rolled
up and tied tightly with string, and al
lowed to remain forty EIGHT hours, thel
rubbed with piece of chalk until DIR,
and soft. The skin should then be tacket
with the wool outwards on to a piece o
board of the size the mat is desired to be
The bath of dye is then prepared, tn
wool washed in pure soap and water mod
erately warm, until freed from all dir
and grease, and the mat carefully dippe,
in the bath until the wool is immersed
but not the skin, in which position it i
allowed to remain until it has taken tn
dye sufficiently, which will vary with dii
ferent dyeing materials. To prevent
streaky or cloudy appearance, the ma
should be gently moved to and fro in tn
bath occasionally without lifting or dc
pressing it. Any dye that will color woo
may be used. Scarlet, blue and yello1
are favorite colors for mats. When dry
the skin is'cut from the board, and tn
mat is finished.-Hearh and Home.