Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-07-12

SMALL SAVINGS.

Some hOusekeepers reject small savings
as too Insignificant to be useful. One
rejection might perhaps, sometimes do.
but where it is repeated half the year.
the waste is worth calculating. For iu-
stance where pies are made of rhubarb,
green eurrants, gOOseberries or sour APP
pies, the acid can be extracted by allow.
ing them to stand in boiling water. This
set away IN q jug or other stone vessel
will make good vinegar, and weekly re-
plenished will supply a small family. be-
side the saving in sweetening. Then
again many burn their useless rags be-
cause they bring only two cents per
pound. That is very little to be sure.
less than years ago, when the price Of
stationery was as cheap as now. but in
the course Of a year, in family, this
item alone will amount to three or four
dollars. and requires no more time or
strength than opening stove and allow
ing them to consume Some people en-
joy, or otherwise, the reputation Of van
ity and extravaganza, because they dress
SO we'll, when in fact less is expended
in this direction than BY the aecuser.
They have the disposition to save, and
the tact and taste to make the best Of
everything. and the result is they always
look stylish and well dressed. Then
care, by brushing. hanging or folding.
keeps them looking fresh and tidy. !
could not help noticing recently another
little saving. A lady was basting strips
upon dress, material that would have
required a spool Of cotton. Instead Of
getting the whole ready and then stitch
ing, she basted one strip at time, using
the thread with which the first was
basted, thereby saving little. Soap
may be saved by having q leach tub,
where I've can be drawn of as needed.
1t answers better for boiling than soap.
Then again. how much time and how
many steps about Homework could be
saved, BY little calculation and fore
thought. 1 once watched model house
keeper clear the dishes from the table.
She first removed the knives and forks,
washed, wiped dry, and put in th'
knife box. Doing it thus quickly saved
securing. When she came in with then
she took the cups. saucers aud plates
washed them, and if at the evening meal
; turned one corner of the cloth aside, lie
them set till all were clean, then sprea'
the table for breakfast-and so Of
throughout the whole routine Of be
Homework. She found time for fame,
work, reading. visiting. and writing
People called her very smart and ener
getie. The latter she was not; bu
: method and planning had become a fxe
= habit to her, and her work was perform
> ed with less fatigue and labor than i
most households. In her house was
box with two apartments. one for saeki
one for nails. and over both lay th
hammer; near by was the glue-cup
next the salve-bOx With cotton an
! strings or cOurtplaster. Then thel
= stood the shirt-buttOn box. pant-but,o
box, cOat-buttOn box. alongside the hoe
= and eyes-all neatly labelled. and ss
" ing the time Of hunting over quart
buttons to find one. Every Spring a
'e the undershirts. drawers and skirts We
mended before being packed away. al
" IN the Fall the same was done by {
Summer clothing. How much can
done by such planning and saving /.
no Maine FaeHer. .l|..