Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-08-13
Studies Column.
RECEIPTS.

MOTH PATCHES ON THE rACE.-DaUne
the face two or three times a day in
borax water; teaspoonful Of powdered
borax in basin of warm water.
To TELL Coop EGds.-Put them in
water: if the butts turn up. they are
not fresh. This is an invaluable rule
to distinguish good egg from bad
one.
To PREVENT FLIES lNJURING PFC
rURE FRAMEs.-Boil three or four on
ions in one pint of water. Brush your
frames over with the liquid. No fly
will touch them, and it will not injure
the frames.
A CURE FOR Observation-Disclosures
juice is recommended as certain care
cure for acute rheumatism. 1t is gwen
in quantities of tablespoonful to twice
the quantity of cold water, with sugar,
every hour.
To KEEP BIRDS FROM CHERRY TREES.
Tie strips of white muslin to the
limbs, and let them float out in the air :
this will usually keep them away. If
they become accustomed to the muslin,
try some other kind of "scarecrow."
COOP USE FOR SOAR. sUDs.-Save your
washing suds for the garden; if they
arc poured over the roots of the plum
trees. they will kill the curculia if
they turned at the roots of geranium,
roses, &C., they will enhance their beauty
tenfold.
To PRESERVE AUTUMN LEAVES
Have a middling hot iron and rub on
quickly little white wax, then quickly
press both sides of the leaves; wax the
iron anew for each side of the leaf; only
rub the iron once over the leaf. "For-
est tree leaves for wreaths' are prepared
in the same way.
To CRYs TALIzE DRIED GRASSES
Take one pound of powdered alum, pour
on two or three quarts of boiling water,
place the grasses in and let them re-
main until the solution becomes cold and
the alum crystallizes T; do not move them
while crystalllzing. 1t takes about II
hours.
IRoNING.-To iron smoothly purchase
few cents worth of beeswax, and rub
it over the leaves of thin pamphlet,
which have been heated through with
the fat-iron; keep it with the ironing
sheet and blanket, and when the fat
irons are to be used, rub them over the
waxed surface then wipe gently Oh a
soft cloth. Shirt bosoms can be easily
ironed in this manner.
To CLEANSE NURSERY BoTTLEs.-Af-
ter the bottle has been used rinse it out
with warm water, then fill it with warm
water containing teaspoonful of pull
verified borax, and let it stand, shaking
occasionally. If a rubber tube is used
let it remain in borax-water until need
ed. Borax will sweeten it quickly. In
removing the tube or bottle from the
borax-water it is not necessary to rinse
it in clear water. The little borax that
remains on will prove benefit, especial
| ly if the child's mouth is sore.
REMEDY FOR WHooPINa CoUGH.-
Take half an ounce each of spirits Of
hartshorn and oil of amber; mix them
well together; every night and morning
anoint we'll the palms of the hands
pit Of the stomach, soles of the feet
armpits, and backbone. AS long as the
ointment is being used do not allow the
parts anointed to be washed; the bach
of the hand may be washed, but not the
palm; care must be taken afterwarC
not to take cold. This cannot injur'
the smallest infant. Keep the bottle
we'll corked.
EQUIVALENTS OF WEIGHT AND MEAS
URE.-Wheat -four, one pound is on,
quart. Indian meal, one pound tw,
ounces is one quart. Butter, when soft
, one quart. White sugar powdered, on,
pound one ounce is one quart Bes
brown sugar, one pound two ounces il
one quart. LiquidS.-Sixteen larg
tablespoonfuls are half pint. Eigb
g large tablespoonfuls are one gill. Fou
large tablespoonful are half a gill o
: one glass. twenty-five drops are equa
to one teaspoonful. A common tumble
l to half pint. A common wine glas
to half a gill
To DESTROY VERMIN.-Boil som
bits of alum in pint of water, an,
: wash over the Stats of the bedsteadf
Scatter Paris green in the corners of tn
r beds and on the Stats, and you nee
e never fear the reproach of harborin
!. bedbugs. To kill and drive away cock
reaches, crlckets, &C., scatter powdere
borax plentifully over all their haunt
and not bug will be seen. To driv
e away red and black ants. obtain a larg
S piece of chalk, and rub it on the edge
of your shelves, the tops of barrels {
sugar, or on tirkins, and it will prove
Rubicon to the largest army of ants
$ Scotch snuffs will also kill crickets
|. | cockroaches and ants.