Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-07-20

simple remedy to stop the bleeding of
wounds is common clay, powdered fine,
and applied as a paste twice day. Thus
used it is said the wound will heal with
less scar than when plaster Of Paris or any
remedy is employed.
To cleanse black clothes: With pint of
water mix a half teaspooniul of spirits of
ammonia and tablespoonful of alcohol.
Apply with a sponge and, when necessa-
ry, use a nail brush 10 cleanse thoroughly
the soiled places. Sponge off with clear
water and hang to dry. This is good to re-
store shiny and rusty goods and bring back
their newness.
A live Yankee says if every farmer own
ing a potato patch would, about the middle
or last of July, plant two rows of potatoes
near his first patch, that in August or Sep
Der, when the potatoes are dug, The
bugs and slugs would gather on the new
planted rows, and by applying shavings and
match the bug day would soon be over.
Try it.
Salad dressing: Two hard boiled eggs,
two tablespoonful of olive oil, one tea
spoonful of salt, one teaspoonGul of white
sugar, one teaspoonful of mustard, one tea
spoonful of white pepper, four tablespoon
fuls of vinegar, or more as required; rub
the yolks TO powder, add the mixture /;
thin with vinegar and put in cream jug,
aud pour over as you wish at the table.
An ounce of alum put into the last water
used in rinsing children's dresses, it is
said, will render them almost unintlamma-
BILE. They will take fire very slowly, if at
| ALL and not burn with a flame. Mothers
who live in houses where open fires are
kept, will do well TO try the experiment,
not on the children, but on the dresses.
A cure for warts: We know of nothing
better TO exterminate warts than the leaves
of the common bean. Crush the leaves be-
tween the fingers, and squeeze out the
| juice upon the warts two or three times a
day until they are dry and disappear. The
cure will generally be complete in less
than a week.-Jomnal Of Chemistry.
A bun ion remedy: Use pulverized salt
petre and sweet oil obtain at the druggists
five or six cents worth of salipetre, put in
to bottle with sufficient olive oil TO nearly
dissolve it /; shake up well, and rub the in
famed joints night and morning, and more
frequently, if painful. This is wel.tried
remedy.
The Semi-Tropical says truthfully :"Cool-
ing off suddenly when heated sends many
of our farmers youths 10 an early tomb
1t is often matter of surprise that so many
farmers boys and girls die of consump-
ton. 1t is thought that abundant exercise
in the open air is directly opposed to thai
disease. So it is; but judgment and
knowledge of the laws of health are essen.
tial TO the preservation Of health under any
circumstances. When over heated, cool of
slowly-never in a strong draught of air
Gentle tanning, especially if the face is wei
with cold water, will soon produce de-
lightful GOODNESS, which leaves no disagree
able results.'
Ii is difficult to say why a collection o
house plants do not bloom well. Too ricl
a soil and strong growth Of wood and leaves
are unfavorable TO flowers. The green fly
may be destroyed by smoking or washing
with tobacco wafer. See that your plants
have plenty OF air and water. Watch anG
work. When variegated plants are young
and making rapid growth, with somt
kinds the varegalion is somewhat lost.