Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-02-08
Farm, Garden and Household.

Farm, Garden and Household.
REMOVING GREAsE.-A very easy way
to remove spots of candle grease, etc.
from carpet, is to lay over them coarse
brown paper and on it set warm iron
take off in few minutes, and the grease
will be found on the paper, If one APP
plication does not entirely remove, try
again.
BUoKwHEAT CAKES. Just before bal1.
ing buckwheat cakes, add to about one
quart of the butter scant half pint oil
bread crumbs that have been soaked in
new milk. 1t is best to put the crumbs
to soak overnight, so they maybe thor.
oughlv softened the surplus milk can
be drained of.
CEMENT.-There is frst-rate HON c
made cement for filling up cracks in an
eldstove or range. The ingredients are
wood ashes and salt, equal proportion in
bulk of each, little less of salt reduce
to soft paste with cold water, and fill
cracks when the range or stove is cool.
The cement will soon become perfectly
hard Fire. clay (obtained ct the stove
dealers) will sometimes answer, but
home. cement is always at command where
wood is the fuel used.
To CLEAN PANr.-A very simple way
to clean paint is to provide a plate with
the best whiting to be had, and have
ready some clean warm water, and a
cloth squeezed dry then take as much
whiting as will adhere to it, apply it to
the painted surface, when q little rub
bling will instantly remove any dirt or
grease, After which, wash the part
well with clean water, rubbing it dry
with a soft channels. Paint thus cleaned
looks as well as when first laid on, with
out any injury to the most delicate colors.
1t is far better than using soap, and does
not require more than half the time and
labor.
CHAPPED HANDS AND LIPS. This trou-
bic generally atflicts those persons with
languid circulation, relaxed condition
OF tissues, and impure blood. This
being the case, to effect a cure it is evil
dent that these predisposing conditions
must first be remedied. Consequently
all the resources of hygiene should be
employed to purify the blood, equalize
and strengthen the circulation, and in
vigorate the muscular and other tissues
of the system. One of the best local
applications is glycerine, which may be
applied in small quantities several times
day, and should be thoroughly rubbed
in. 1t serves to keep the affected parts
soft and pliable, and to protect them
from the air. Gloves lined with wool
are good to protect the hands from the
cold.
FRUIT GARDEN. -Tiees in the fruit
garden proper should only be those
grated upon dwarfng stocks, and those
that are trained upon walls and trellises.
Gr0pe- Vines. -Prune when not frozen,
if it has not already been done. Go
over the vines pruned last fall and re-
move the extra buds which were left as
precaution against the severity of the
winter.
Blachbeyries and RaspJewieS. Set as
soon as the ground will admit of being
worked, as when left until late, the
underground shoots, which form the
canes of next season, start very early and
are liable to be injured if left until late.
Strawberries. Make new paintings as
soon as the weather will permit.
1felliSeS will be needed for training
grape-vines and trees, and the timber
should be got ready now, so that it may
be Mt hand when wanted. Posts Of
chestnut, cedar, or locust are the most
durable. -ADicWh,UiS.
SALT FOR THE THROAT exchange
says: in these days when diseases of
the throat prevail, and particularly dry
hacking cough, which is not only dis
tressing to ourselves, but to those with
whom we are brought in business con-
tact, those thus afflicted may be bene-
flied by trying the following remedy ::
Last fall we were induced to try what
virtue there was in common salt. We
commenced by using it three times a
day, morning, noon, and night; we dis
solved q large teaspoonful of common
salt in about half tumbler of cold
water, and with this we gargled the throat
most effectually, just before meal time.
The result has been that during the
winter we were not only free from the
usual coughs and colds to which, as far
as our memory extends, we have always
been subject, but the dry hacking cough
has entirely disappeared; we attribute it
entirely to the salt gargle, and most cor
daily recommend it to those of our
readers who are subject to disease Of the
throat"