Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-05-11
HOUsEIuOLD ITEMS.

suspected, it is well TO rub the boards over
with turpentne sprnkling with very di-
Lutte carbolic acid, about teaspoonful to
gallon of water is also a good prccaution.
This last should he rubbed over the walls
before the paper is put on.
When oiling an axletreo, the spindle
should he wiped clean with cloth wet
with spirits of turpentine, and then apply
a few drops of castor oil near the shoulder
aud end. When greasing an axletree, just
enough grease should be applied to give it
a light coating; more does more harm than
good, by working out and damaging the
hub.
To keep buffalo robes over summer with
out injury from moths, etc., they should be
thoroughly cleaned by whipping with a
light rod, and then packed away in paper
to keep from the air. A cedar chest will
add to the protection. Fine tobacco or cam
phor sprinkled over them will be good.
The best way to boil eggs is not to boil
'em at all. Put them in tin dish and pour
on boiling water; cover the dish tight and
set back where the water will merely keep
hot; let it stand from ten to fifteen min
utes, according TO the size of the eggs, or
the preference of the eaters for "hard" or
"soft." The effect is quite different from
that produced by boiling.
The French papers are reporting a new
method Of tanning vicious horses. The dri-
yer is TO have beneath his seat an electro
magnetic machine, worked by little han
die. A wire is carried through the rein to
the bit, and another to the crrpper, so that
a current goes the entire length of the ami
NAL along the spine. Light or strong
shocks can be administered at pleasure. A
smart shock brings 10 a sland-still on the
spot the most violent runaway, and horse
that won't move may be persuaded to do
so at once by a series of small shocks.
To kill poultry lice Take an old wood
en- bucket bore a half-inch hole an inch
from the brim, and cut out the half-inch
| piece to the top of the brim; smooth the
edges of this slot, grease pine splinter,
| sprinkle fine sulphur upon it, and burn it
under the inverted bucket; put the fowl
| under quickly, with head through the slot ;
hold the bucket down firmly about ten
minutes; let the fowl go, and the lice will
all be killed.
| Hen manure is an excellent substitute
for Peruvian guano, but good authorities
do not consider it fully equal to the i'm
ported article. It's greater cheapness, how
ever, recommends it, especially where far
mers keep large numbers OF fowls. The
best way TO apply it to corn is by mixing
with equal parts of dried peat, plaster and
powdered charcoal. Many suppose that Ell
Their one Of these absorbents is sufficient TO
add as a divisor. But experience is deci-
dedy in favor Of all three.
Every little while some one is heard of
who has run a rusty nail into his foot, or
some other part OF his person, and lockjaw
has resulted therefron. All such wounds
can he healed without any fatal consequent
ces following them. The remedy is simple /;
it is only to smoke such wound, or any
wound or bruise that is inflamed, with
| burning wool or wooden cloth. Twenty
minutes in the smoke Of wool will take the
| pain out of the worst case of Inflammation
arising from any wound.
The wealth of some dairying districts is
enormous. Herkimer, New York, is said
to ship annually over 17,0O0,O 600 pounds OF
cheese, and 10000 pounds of butter-worth
81, 100000. Little Falls, New York, per-
haps as much. st. Albans, VT, ships l,0C0,
900 pounds of cheese, 2,750,00O pounds of
butter, worth in the market, 81 ,250, 900. The
village Of Wellington, Ohio, shipped 1000
900 pounds of cheese in 1860, worth $500, 900.
The products of the dairy are sold for cash,
and hence the returns are quick. This in
| 1fa net In
large bulk of food into a small compass,
through the two processes Of feeding cows
and manufacturing the productions.
A new cement for glassware has been
discovered by Prof. SchwarZ, which is said
to have the quality OF being unaffected by
boiling water. 1t is also free from any 9th
err Objectionable feature of China and glass
cemeuts, as it docs not disfigure by a dark
line along the junction. The method OF
making this cement (Which must be used
when lresb), is to add TO 1--WE paris of So
luton OF gelatin, one part Of a solution OF
acid chromate of lime. The articles, after
the broken surfaces have been united with
this cement, must be exposed to strong
sunlight for a few hours; and meanwhile
should be held in the proper position un-
der considerable pressure from wire or a
string. fracture thus repaired in glass
ware is said TO be hardly perceplble.
The following recipe will restore lie orig
inal polish of furniture, especially in the
case of such articles as pianos, fancy tables,
cabinets, lacquered ware, &c., which have
become furnished by use: Make a polish
by putting half an ounce of shellsc, the
same quantity of gum lac, and a quarter OF
an ounce of gum sandaTac into a pint oil
spirits OF wine. Put them all together in a
stone bottle, near the fire, shaking it very
often. As soon as the gums are dissolved
it is ready for use. Then take a roller OF
wooden rags-soft old broadcoth will dc
nicely-put a little of the polish on it, also
a few droIs of linseed oil. Rub the sur.
face to be polished villa this, going round
and round, over a small space at a time,
until il begins to be quite smooth. Then
finish by second rubbing with spirits oil
wine and more of the polish. Furniture
thus treated will have a brilliant lustre
equal TO new.
In republishiag our famous receipt fol
curing meat we notice in some instances
that the saltpeter is omitted, a very import.
ant ingredient. The true proportions are
as follows: To one gallon OF water take one
and one half pounds of salt, half pound o
sugar, half an ounce of sallpeter, and hal
an ounce of potash. These are to he boiled
until all the foreign matter rises TO the tor
and is skinned off, then thrown into a tut
aud when cold poured over the meat pack
ed down for the purpose. The meat SHOULD
not be put down for three days after being
| dressed bmI nlared on hnarls and snrink