National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1874-05-08
Farm, Garden and Household:


To STop THE Flow OF BLooD.-An
exchange says there 10 no better use OF
fne cut tobacco than to bind II upon o
fresh wound, and nothing will stop the
dow OF blood quicker.
GREEN SALvn.-Onc. quarter pound
lard one ounce rosin one ounce bees.
wax one drachm verdigris melt and
stir we'll. This is one Of tho best salves
known for old sores, ulcers, cancers,
scrofulous sores, cuts and wounds.
ARNrcA LINIMENT.-Two ounces alco-
hol (: one drachm tincture arnica. I'm
eoualed for pains in the feet and limbs
from walking; for all fresh or recent
spra,us. bruises or confused wounds,
and for rheumatism Of the joints and
equity pains.
Buffers. boneset, wild cherry
bark and poplar bark make an infu.
sion by adding quart OF warm water
let it cool, and drink when thirsty.
This il q certain cure for fever and
dian, and found it to be the master OF
ague.
ErnEn.-From various American and
English data concerning anDsthetics, it
seems that ether Is regarded as far
safer than chloroform. 1t is stated, as
the result Of experiment and the com.
parison OF facts, that chloroform is
eight times as dangerous as ether.
ToorAonn.-Nearly everybody has a
cure for the toothache. Try this
recipe Take equal parts Of pulverized
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.
RHEUMATISM RRMEpY.-One Samuel
Deaton,j Christianburg, Ohio, who had
the rheumatism nineteen years, says
the following is what cured him "One
quart rye whisky, one ounce wild
cherry bark (root), one ounce prickly
ash root, one ounce yellow dock root,
gentian root, one ounce gum myrrh.
II one bottle don't cure you, try an.
other. Take three drinks day. Two
bottles cured me-"
Save tho Sheep.
Please tell your readers who keep
sheep, to provide themselves with
common nursing bottle, and when a
lamb is dropped, whose dam does not
afford milk enough for it, to feed it twice
day with cows milk. warm from the
COW, in addition to what the dam at.
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. see 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-
SEES, fill quart bottle with it as warm
as the patient can bear it, stand astride
of its neck. put the left hand under
the jaw. holding up the head, and turn
it down her throat, and if taken as soon
MS the disease shows itself, the cure
has been sure and sudden in every
case for thirty years, in my experience.
If delayed too long, Inflammation takes
place, and although you may get an
operation of the bowels, it often does
no good. Don't wait minute, but run
for the herb, which is probably wrap
ped close in an old newspaper and
plainly labelled. Steep strong, admin.
lister at once, and the thing is done.-
Kennebec Journal.
What Ashes and Plaster Did.
The Rural Home, of Rochester,
gives this bit of history During the
year 1867 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 it. He knew
nothing about farming, being ma
chinist by trade. After paying for his
land he had 5000 left. He found his
land was worn out. He began by buy
ing ashes and plaster; would draw Pc
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 1000 bushels of ashes
year is about what he buys. His po-
tatoes, for several years past, have aver
aged 25O bushels an acre: his winter
wheat thirty bushels or over and he
has saved, from his farm alone, till he
now holds $12, 900 in bank stock, and
would not sell his farm for 800 an
acre. In 1869 he sold in potatoes and
wheat over 81, 400 worth. He is also
known as the best farmer in the coun-
ty.
Coal Ashes About Plum Trees.
NJ. Fl. Wooden, of Madison, Ind,
says II had very pretty plum tree
in my yard last summer. It had but
few plums ON it. 1t looked healthy,
but the fruit fell off until only seven
very imperfect plums remained. That
fall dug about the tree, cut away the
grass, and spread coal ashes from the
CRATES and stoves around it for two or
reefeet, and about two or three inches
deep, and tramped the ashes lightly
down. The following spring the tree
leaved out nicely, was full OF plums,
and nearly all remained on until ripe
30 full were the branches that I had to
tie them up to support the weight. The
fruit was quite perfect in size and shape,
and am sure the manner of treatment
was the cause Of the improvement.
think many fruit trees could be thus
improved, both in the quality and
quantity OF fruit they would produce"
Treatment OF Typhoid Fever.
If the body can be sustained till the
fever has gone its course, health will
result. Milk. of all things, seems best
adapted for this purpose for it is di-
gestible, is relished by fever patients,
contains all the requisite material for
the nourishment of the entire body,
the pervous system especially, which in
fever is always greatly affected. Fur
thermore, in fever there is great thirst,
and patients ardently long for that
which will cool the parched mouth.