Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-08-09

! Iiu q tluN blossom crowned It's top,
I only NNower; hpt IL chaieed that Gay
\ That turdcned heatt passed by thu waN;
And the message thar through the Hover WAS
sent
\ nroush, the weary soul Il sweet content;
For II spake of the ltltes 81 raily clad,
i Aud the NcNed heat grew strangely glad
\ Az thn thought OF 4 tfnder care ever All
That noted even spaaoW's mll
4 only thought; but the work II wroght
! Can never by tongue or pen I've taught
! For II ran through II life like 4 thread ot gold,
And the life bore lrult hupdred,old,
Only word but twas spoken In love,
| With whispered PRAYER To the lnni above;
| And the angels in heaven reloieed once more,
For II newborn soul entered in by "the Door"
The striped bugs which attack melon
and squash vines may be settled in u
satisfactory manner by showering the
plants few times, morning and even
my with solution Of coal tar.
INK STAINS. Il have removed tho
very worst ink stains from carpets uf
very delicate colors hy rubbing them
with skim milk and whom they arc al
most etfaced washing them with u cloth
wrung out Of boiling water without
soap. Then cover the same with boil
ing water and let il remain SO for day +.
AMONG foreigners lately arrived in
Belgium from America creating n
genuine sensation, are the potato
beetles" and they proceed at once to
business, Notwithstanding the hard
times, How they ever crossed over to
Belgium the public is not informed.
THE San Francis } Alta says The
crops Of wild grass hay, berries, grapes
nuts and tree fruits generally are album
dant this year; those Of wheat and bar
ley are good; those Of wool and honey
will show IL decline Of ut least wonty-
five per ceat., rs compared with last
year, large numbers Of sheep and bees
have been killed by the drouth. The
yield Of wine will probably be
100000 gallons about the Same ms
for the last two years, though many
ournas report much larger figures
without undertaking to account for
the fact that no $4,000 or 10000, 900
gallons have ever reached the mar
kct.
GERANluMS AND SNAKES. Snakes, il
Is said, may be driven away from tho
garden hy planting plenty Of geruni-
ums. The geraninm genus, us we'll
known, Possesses il volatile Oh III
creator or less proportion and also Il
variety Of odors. These are said to bo
obnoxious To serprnts. A missionary
of South Africa had his parsonage sur
rounded by narrow belt Of geraniums,
which eifrctually protected the resi- |
dence from NIL varieties Of snakes, and |
in South Africa the Caflir people thus
rid their premises of snakes. Never
theIess, III temperate countries there
are very few venemous serpents, and
the innocent species are not only innoxi-
ous but ofgreat use from the insects they
live on. 50 don't plant gcraninms to
drive away snakes, but plant them for
their intrinsic value and beauty.
WHAT a FARMER SHOULD BIZ Somo'
body lays down the rule that every
'nrmer should be rs follows Not only
ln accomplished tiller Of the soil, bnt
llso mn excellent mechanic, II fair har-
less maker, and mender of shoes, n
olcrabc carpenter, pretty good black
mith or machinist, and also wide
wake, thorough judge and breeder of
took, knowing and caring for their
ilments only horses and cattle, :
mt sheep, hogs, poultry, or anything ,
hat money can be made ont of. With !
j this he should be II civil engineer,
cquaiuted with levels and hydraulics, 7
nd repairs Of pumps, and if il addi-
ION % these requirements, he under I
lands laying stone and brick, and put
ing on plastcring, as well as mixing and !
pplying paints, he will find plenty To {
o, TO say nothing Of what he ought to 4
now about grain and milling it, /
ABOLISH THE PARLoR. What horrible &
ssociations crowd into our mind when r
ne word "parlor" is mentioned. We L
picture our imagination g
ne terrible oprressiyeres Of that best &
Dom, where the sun is never allowed 4
} shine for fear Of fading the carpet
nd furniture; where the chairs have b
Il Il stately, polished and. stiff look u
bout them; where the Children are u
ever allowed to enter; whore what b
tile mir there IL will never be allowed u
, change; and where the smell Fl
something akin To that Of family q
NIB. This IL the best room, and il \,
lly kept for purpose Of ceremony and D
II the convenience OF those people for g
no we do not care rush. People
hom we like and with whom we are f.
l familiar terms, come right into the W
wing room and have good chat in a d.
easant way; but the ceremonous ia
sitor whose departure gives relief, is W
hercd into the parlor. hi
The principal upon which this room al
founded is all wrong. Let us have sc
such room III our house Open the 81
uttcrs and windows. Admit the sun ol
,ht and air. If the carpets and furni- u,
~ fade let W enjoy their use ID that II
Let us not have any tomb Iii