Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-07-23
Keeping the House 1tS Repairs.

| MANY Of the readers of the Builder have
worked their passage through life,r thus
far, and they derive a vast deal of com
fort and pleasure in gaining an honest
| livelihood by honest industry An indus
| trious gardener or mechanic who goes
forth from the bosom of his family every
morning to. the labors of the day, and re-
turns at evening with the fruits of his in
dustry, to cheer and gladden. the hearts of
those he. loves, is fulfilling the highest
destiny of mortals Such men can find a
! great many leisure hours to perform little
jobs in and around about their cottages,
i which viii tend to enhance the cash value
/ of their homes to, cheer and gladden. the
/, hearts of their families. No other earthly
| place will have SO many endearing attrac-
tons as the one which has been fitted up
| embellished, and rendered comfortable by
| our own hands. It is natural for one to
| love the trees, the shrubbery and flowers
| which his own hands have planted, and
| which have been guarded, trained and
nnrtured by his daily care.
| Now to business. Who ever thinks of
cleaning the cellar as the apartments of
| the superstructure are cleaned and put in
order at least once every year? In num-
eroas instances, cellars are neglected from
year to year, until the, .joists and beams
are literally covered with festoons Of cob
webs; and the earth-foor is strewed with
pieces of halfdecayed boards, old barrels,
and much other repulsive trash Now,
let one hour be appropriated per day to-
| wards putting the cellar in such complete
order, that you will not recoil at the
thought of having friend enter it. In
the first place, roll out every old barrel
and tumble out every box, and carry out
every piece of board, so that the bottom
and the walls can be seen; then sweep
the joists and floor clean, and apply a
generous coat of white-wash to the wood
work. Let the walls also be swept clean;
and if there are any rat-holes, or if the
pointing needs to be repaired, procure
some clean sand and a supply of Rosen-
dale cement, mix few quarts only of
cement mortar at a time, and point the
walls and stop the rat-holes. One may as
well stop ratholes with ears of Indian
corn, as to do it with mortar made with
quick-lime and sand that is half clay and
vegetable matter. If the cellar is inclined
to be wet, make a hammer Of hard wood,
and sink channel around the outer edge
close to the wall, to receive the water
One can sink channel three inches wide
and three or four deep, with a rammer,
which will conduct all the water to the
draln-outlet, and thus cut off that which
would keep the cellar bottom wet IF
room is scarce make wide shelf, say a
foot from the ground, on which to place a
row of barrels then another similar shelf
may be made few inches above the lower
course of barrels. There is no better place
to keep potatoes, carrots, turnips and APP
pies, than in barrels, If fruit ndivegeta-
bles are liable to freeze during very cold
weather, even when the windows are
banked up with compost, the better way
to maintain desirable, temperature is to
procure a small, cheap stove, put it in the
cellar, and make a little fire in it when
ever there is danger that potatoes will
freeze. This should not be deferred until
cold weather
The -troughs and the weather lead
ers should be kept clean of leaves and silt
at all seasons of the year, lest the passages
be clogged, and water back up and run
down on the inside Of some apartment.
y Let the ridge boards and siding be ex-
amined to see if nail or two is not want
ed to close large crack i
There is no better time in all the year
than late autumn, or early in the spring,
to paint the outside Of building, as there
viii be no flies to defacestlle paint AS
paint of any desired shade can be
procured ready for use, almost any one
can paint the outside Of a building in |
satisfactory manner. Before applying
coat OF paint, let every nailzhole be filled
with putty.
, In sections of country where cheap
walks are desired, if cobble stones are
abundant, excavate thesods about ighteen
inches wide and two inches deep; lay cob
BILE stones close together in the place ex-
cavated, and ram the highest ones down
even, with the lower stones; coverrthe
stones with sand, and after one or two
showers you will have aEvery cheap and
durable walk, which will keep syoursfeet
out OF the mud as long as mud abounds.
After most the sand has settled among
the stones, cover with gravel
IL Let the chimneys be cleaned out, and
examine every stove-pipe to see that some
parts OF. 1t are not too close to the wood
work. The cheapest, most durable, and
every way the safest stove-pipe, consists of
earthern sewer pipe, which never corrodes, /
will not burn out in an age, will ALWAYS
keep bright and shiny as glass, and is such
non-conductor of>heat that there is no
danger that any part of the woodwork Of
building will take fire through the
heat of the pipe ii Elbows and con
nectlons OF every desirable size and length
may be obtained in almost every
city, wherever pottery is manufactured
and sold. Iron stove-pipe may be en-
ployed in some places; but in the attic
story and in many other places sewer
pipe will be found much more satisfac- 4
tory. Many costly villa has been burn
ed to ashes, simply from defective stove |
pipe, or in consequence OF the close prox-
unity OF the pipe to woodwork All such
Inf nhr
tended to, prior to and after regular bust
ness hours, provided one will improve the
leisure moments that are too often fritter-
ed away to no industrial purpose
american Builder ~
ASK for Prusslng's Cider Vinegar, and take
no other. Warranted to preserve Pickles.
Cholera and Pain-Killer.
PERRY DAVIS AJ,7-KILLER.-Thi unpar-
alleled preparation is receiving more testi-
monlals of its wonderful efficacy in removing