The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-01-02
Agricultural and Home Talk.

water, two drachms, rain water, one
half pint. Apply with a sponge two or
three times a day. 1t is harmless and
will remove them in few weeks.
TOMATO CATsUP. six pounds of
ripe tomatoes, sprinkle with salt, and
let them stand day or two, then boil
and pass through colander, then add
half pint of vinegar, teaspoonful
each of cloves, pepper, ginger and Gin
namon, and boil one-third away. Bot
tie tightly and shake well before using.
HERE is another evidence of the
healthfulness of fruit diet. The
Indiana Farmer publishes the expert
ence of Daniel A. Mills, of Bridgeport,
whose hogs were "dying at a fearful
rate" with cholera, until he turned
them into the apple orchard, when all
those which were not too sick to eat fell
to and devoured the windfalls with
gusto, and began to mend Immediately,
{" a marked improvement being obvious
in three or four days.
CREAKING boots and shoes may be
rendered noiseless by putting row of
small nails down the middle of the sole
from the toe half way to the heel. These
nails should be well clinched on the in
side of the shoe and covered with
leather or cork sole to prevent wear on
the stocking. If before the shoes are
made the shoemaker rubs on the inside
surfaces of each piece of sole-leather a
salve made of black lead and tallOw, the
shoes will never creak at all.
BAD dreams are frequently caused by
tight neck band, which prevents the
blood when it has reached the brain
from flowing freely back again. Com.
preston of any part of the body should
be avoided at all times, but especially
during sleep. The lighter the bedclothes
are the more refreshing and sweet will
be repose For this reason, comfort
ers made of delaines or other thin wool
en- material and stuffed with wool, are
far preferable to those made of cotton,
and warmer even than blankets, since
the fbers of wool are wider apart and
the same weight goes farther in retain
ing the warmth of the body.
To CLEAN VARNIsHED PAINT.-Save
the tea leaves for few days, then steep
them in a tin pail or pan for half an
hour, strain through sieve and use the
tea to wash FL vanished paint. 1t re-
quires very little "elbow polish" as
the tea acts as strong detergent, cleans
ing the paint from all its impurities,
and making the varish equal to new.
1t cleans window sashes and oil cloths /;
indeed any vanished surface is i'm
proved by its application. 1t washes
window panes and mirrors much better
than water, and is excellent for cleaning
black walnut picture and looking glass
frames. 1t will not do to wash unvar-
ished paint with it.
RHEUMATISM IN SHEEP. This disease
consists in a peculiar inflammation of
the muscles of the body, very frequent
ly causing considerable pain when they
are called into action. 1t is usually
caused by the exposure TO cold, and
sometimes shifts from one foot to an
other, occasionally degenerating into a
slow chronic form, and attacking the
sinews, ligaments and Joints as well as
the muscles. The neck and loins are
the parts most frequently attacked.
either separately OF combined. The
former action causes the head to be
crossed in bentposition, and the latter
produces considerable stiffness and
weakness of the loins.
FENCE CORNERS. The RuraI Sun
says: "There is large quantity of
land taken up in the construction of the
old Virginia zig-zag worm fence that
might be utilized by the planting of
fruit-trees. Estimating the width of a
staked and rider fence to be eight feet,
every l 1915 yards of fence requires an
acre. Now the amount of land taken
up by the fences of a farm of $40 acres
cannot fall far short of eight acres,
which, If planted with fruit-trees and
sown IN grass, would be great i'm
provement over their usual briery and
busny condition, and contribute some
thing to the enjoyment of man and the
of stock"
RooTsAs MANURE. AgricuLturist
says: 1t has been found that the roots
OF good crop of red clover left on an
acre after the crop was removed weighed
1850 pounds, or from three to three
and half tons. The same examination
gave an acre of rye roots the weight of
], 800 pounds, and of wheat roots 8. 400
pounds. All of this matter is valuable
for the use of such crops as may be
grown both during and after their de-
The well known superb
GRITTY of clover as a manuring crop, how
ever, is not due alone to the great
amount of organic matter, taken main
ly from the atmosphere in which this
matter is deposited The roots reach
deeply into the soil, and on their de-
they serve to draw moisture
from the subsoil, and by the decompo-
Sition of fertilizing matter to a
depth they induce the de-
scent of the roots of other crops to
point where they are much more sure
Of moisture during drought than they
could be if.nearer the surface.
A DIssPATED HoRsE.-A sad case of
lepravity in horsefesh is reported by
,he Paris Figure. The favorite horse
Of a certain baron fell seriously i'll, and
though every care was taken of the
animal, it rapidly grew worse, and be-
gan to show signs of sinking. AS last
recourse the coachman, an American,
that two glasses of brandy
with ginger should be administered