The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-05-11
Farm, Garden and Household:


Atculcl AuNlees
To srop THE FLow OF BLoop.-An
exchange says there is no better use OF
fine cut tobacco than TO bind it upon
freSh wound, and nothing will stop the
fow Of blood quicker.
GRERS Sk1yB.-one.quarte pound
lard one ounce rosin one ounce bees.
wax one drachm verdigris melt aud
stir well. This is one Of the best salyes
known for old sores, ulcers, cancers,
scrofulous sores, cuts and wounds.
AHMcA LlSnmSr.-Two ounces aleo.
hol; one drachm kineture arnica. I'm.
equaled for pains in the feet and limbs
from walking for all fresh or recent
sprains, bruises or confused wounds,
and for rheumatism Of the joints and
equity pains. 'stl
BrTERs. Take boneset, wild cherry
bark and poplar bark make IN iniu.
sion by addirga quart OF warm water (;
let 1t cool, and drink when thirsty.
This ID certain. cure for fever and
ague. The writer received It from m In.
dian, and found it to be the master Of
ague,
ETHnR.-From various American and
English data concerning annsthetics, it
seems that ether Is regarded as far
safer than chloroforn. 1t is stated, as
the result OF experiment and the com.
parilon OF facts, that chloroform is
eight times as dangerous rs ether.
ToorAcnz.-Nearly everybody has
cure for the toothache. Try this
recipe Take equal parts Of pulyerized
alum and salt. Saturate piece Of cot
ton with hartshorn, cover with the mix
ture, and put in the tooth. Sometimes
hartshorn alone will give relief.
RHEuMLrIsM RuMEpY.-one Samuel
Deaton,i Outstanding, Ohio, who had
the rheumatism nineteen years, says
the following is what cured him: zone
quart rye whisky, one ounce wild
cherry bark (roo0, one ounce priokly
ash root, one ounce yellow dock root,
one ounce spikenard root, one ounce
gentian root, one ounce gum myrrh.
II one bottle don't euro you, try IN.
other. Take three drinks day. Two
bottles cured me-"
Save the sheep.
Please tell your readers who keep
sheep, to provide themselves with q
common nursing bottle, and when n
lamb is dropped, whose dam does not
afford milk enough for 1t, to feed II twice
a day with cows milk, warm from the
COW, in addition to what the dam Of.
fords, and next fall they will have more
and better lambs. Don't bother with
teaspoon unless you want to fret and
say wicked words. SEQ by your morn
ing paper that sheep are suffering in
some localities from stretches. Remedy
sure and simple: Steep thorough.
wort very strong, sweeten with molas-
ses, all quart bottle with 1t rs warm
as the patient can bear 1t, stand astride
OF its neck, put tho left hand under
the jaw, holding up tho head, and turn
il down her throat, and II taken as soon
as the disease shows itself, the cure
has been sure aud sudden in every
case for thirty years, in my experience.
II delayed too long, inflammation takes
place, and although you may get an
operation OF the bowels, II often does
no good. Don't wait o minute, but run
for the herb, which Is probably wrap.
ped close in m old newspaper and
plainly labelled. Steep strong, admin.
lister at once, and the thing is DONE
Rennebeo Journal.
What Ashes aud Plaster Did.
The Rural Home, OF Rochester,
gives this. bit Of history :-Durtng the
year 1857 a man named Arthur Dugan
went to the town OF Palermo, NY, and
bought sixty acres OF dry sandy land,
with here and there little tendency to
gravel He paid 81, 800 for 1t. He knew
nothing about farming, being ma
chinist by trade. After paying for his
land hc.iad 5000 left. He found his
land was worn out. He began by buy
ing ashes and plaster; would draw po-
tatoes fourteen miles to oswego, and
load his team back with manure from
the livery stables. His crops increased.
His ashes were spread correspondingly
thick. He raised principally potatoes
and wheat. Now z, 900 bushels Of ashes
q year is about what he buys. His po-
tatoes, for several years past, have aver
aged $50 bushels nh acre his winter
wheat thirty bushels or over; and he
has saved, from his farm alone, till he
now holds $4,000 in bank stock, and
would not sell his farm for 800 an
acre. In 1869 he sold in potatoes aud
wheat over s2,400 worth. He is also
known Us the best farmer in the coun-
" Coal Ashs, About Plum Tree.
NJ. H. Wooden, Of Madison, Ind,
says: ~ had very pretty plum tree
in my yard last summer. II had but q
few plums on It. It looked healthy,
but the fruit fell OF until only seven
very imperfect plums remained. That
fall I dug about the tree, cut away the
grass, aud spread coal ashes from the
CRATES and stoves around 1t for two or
threefeet, and about two or three inches
deep, and tramped the ashes lightly
down. The following spring the tree
leayed out nicely, was full Of plums,
and nearly all remained on until ripe
so full were the branches that had TO
tie them up TO support the weight. The
fruitwasquite perfect I'M size and shape,
and am sure tho manner Of treatment
was the cause OF the Improvement,