The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-05-02
HOUSE, FARM AND GARDEN.

L an
ounce of alum in sufficient water to
rinse two print dresses. Dip your
prints in, and when sure that every part
is wet, wiring them out; then have a
warm sOapsuds, in which wash quickly,
and rinse in cold water. Then in sec
ond rinsing-water mix your starch,
rinse, wiring quickly and hang to dry,
not in the sun, but on line where the
wind will dry them quickly. Immedi-
ately they are dry enough, iron them ;
or if this is incOnvenient, let them get
quite dry and iron them through damp
cloth. Prints should never be sprin-
kled.
How TO DRIVE A HORSE. Young
man, see you are about to take a
drive, this morning, and will offer you
some advice. Your horse is FESTIVE and
wants to be off before you are ready :;
you may as well break him of this now
as at any other time, and hereafter YOU
will find it has been a half hour well
spent. Just give me the reins while
you put your foot on the step, as if to
get in the horse makes Il move to 90 !;
[ tighten the reins and say "whOa.
Now put your foot on the step again !;
the horse makes another move | hold
the reins and speak to him again. The
horse is getting excited. Pat him a lit
tie on the neck and speak to him
smoothly. Put your foot on the step
again, and repeat this process until the
horse Will stand still for You to get in.
and adjust yourself in your seat, and
tell him to go. A few such lessons will
train him so that he will always wait
for your order before starting Now,
as your horse has Just been fed, drive
him at 4 gentle pace for the first two
or three miles, until he warns up and
his body becomes lighter. But. before
you start, let me show you how to
hold the reins. Take them in your left
hand, have them of equal length from
the bit, and to cross each other in your
hand, the off side one resting on your
first finger, the other on the fourth fin
ger, the back of the hand upward. Now,
in guiding the horse, you have only to
use the wrist joint, which will direct
him either right or left, as you wish.
Keep your hand steady, with a gentle
pressure on the bit-no Jerking or
switching of the reins. If more speed
is wanted, take the whip in your right
hand, to be gently used for that pur-
harder than is necessary to- bring him
up to the required speed. Speak to
him smoothly, and intimate, in the
most gentle manner, what you want
him to do, and he will try to do it. So
noble an animal should not be handled
roughly, nor over-driven. When YOU
return have the harness removed at
once, and the horse rubbed down with
wisp of straw or hay. Give him a
bite of straw or hay, and let him cool
off before being watered or fed. Every
one who handles a horse, or has any
thing to do with one, should, in the
first place, cultivate his acquaintance:
let him know that you are his friend,
and prove it to him by your kind treat
ment F.; he needs this to inspire conf
dence, and when that is gained he is
your humble servant. If your horse
gets frightened at any unusual sight or
uoise, do not whip him, for if you do
he will connect the whipping with the
object that alarmed him, and be afraid
of it ever after. If he merely SHES at
an object, give him time to examine it,
which, with some encouraging word
from the driver. viii pursade him to
pass it. You get frightened, too, some
times, and would not like to get whip
ped for it.-StOck Journal.
in selecting seeds care should be
taken that they are bought from seed
men who have a reputation for integri-
ty, as great quantities of odd and worth
less seeds are sold, some of them mixed
with new. For early plants and vege-
tables of all kinds obtain seed that has
been grown as far to the North as posi-
BILE. Northern Canada corn will come
to perfection in a southern soil two or
three weeks earlier than the indigenous.
But in the course of two or three years
it will lose its early quality, becoming
indigenous itself The northern season
being shorter, nature adapts itself to
the ex1gency, hurries up the growth ;;
the plants will retain the influence of
this stimulus until in the course of two
or three years they become acclimated
in their new abode.
LABELS FOR FRUIT TREES. We have
seen so many suggestions of labels for
fruit trees and have tried so many that
we think it may be well to mention that
the one we have had IN use for % years
is the best of them all. We take a
sheet of zinc, cut it in strips half an
inch in width and two and half inches
long, bore hole in one end, and write
with q gOose-quil, which is the best,
the name of the fruit on it. But com
mon ink will not do, as it would soon
wash off. You must make ink for your
self, which is easily enough done, as
follows: Go to a druggists and get six
grains of sulphate of copper, which
mix with one ounce of water; dissolve
and add three grains of sal-ammoniac
and 20 drops of sulphuric acid, and you
have an ink that, if well put on, will
last for 20 years. But we forgot to say
that you must use copper wire OF suita-
bic thickness-ssy \ Is, or 80
with which to fasten the labels upon
the trees. But plenty of room must be
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