The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-12-12
HOUSE AND FARM.
Grange Digniiaric.

RI Grange DiRniiaric..
kansas Spirit,
The master and his wife of the Urego
State Grange will be in attendance upon tn
Kansas State Grange, TO be held IN Law
renee, commencing on Tuesday, D7combc
Eth.
Remedy for CrOup.
Chicago Inter Ocean,,
Dissolve one part sulphur in two part
sugar, by holding over a stove With tea
spoon. One teaspoonful IS dose, and Will
in most cases, be sufficient to effect a cure
Keep the patient warm and dry.
To Wblteu knife Handles.
EXCHANGE
| The ivory handles sometimes become yell
low from being allowed to remain In dish
water. Rub them with sandpaper I'LL white
| II the blades have become rusty from care-
less usage rub them also with sandpaPer, and
they viii! look as nice a. new.
He Left NO Sign.
| Isl. Louis journal, a.
''Csn you give me some grub ft to eat 80
! asked confident tramp of robust female
| washing on the porch Of a lonely house.
| eyes, said she, reaching back for a revolver,
BIN bdIIcIs nc lcit "ilubut
any Information on the gate.post.
The Eastern Potato Market.
Prairie Farmer,7.l
The Prairie Farmer has heretofore called
attention TO the fact that good potatoes would
be scarce and high before spring. They are
high enough now. They will he higher In
the spring IN all probability; for, notwith-
standing the favorable fall weather for ship
ping, the quantity stored in Chicago is not
large.
To Relieve AsthsnA.
Cor. Chicago Inter Ocean,
1 Will give you two recipes, and hope 1t
will cure you: OIL Of tar, l dram
tincture OF yeratrum verde, drains simple
syrup, = drains dose for adults. Is drops or
times daily. Leaves Of the common chest
nut tree that fall in autumn, made in a tea
and drank freely every day for two or three
months, will cure very bad cases OF asthma. |
Kansas May Return Thanks.
With a product of 20,Oc0,0Ij bushels OF |
wheat, and 100 600 bushels OF corn, the |
present year, what stretch of imagination |
can estimate the possibility of her products. /
Were the present unoccupied lands divided /
into farms and become the site OF comforta-
BILE homes? Surely the people of Kansas
had much cause for returning thanks for
bestowed by a kind Providence.
No smoking IL q Good Motto.
An exchange well says: No smoking"
should he posted in every barn. There IS not
much difference In having a horse thief
around the stable and Il man cleaning horses
with pipe or cigar in his mouth aud there
IS no mau much meaner thsn the one who,
when his employer comes around, slips his
pipe into his pocket "T holds his hard over
L. All such fellows should he rsid OF and
tsTteI OF. |.
why Many Farmers are Poor.
Kansas Farmer, a.
Many farmers are poor by reason OF un- |
hrin in neglecting 10 take proper care Of I
What they have already acquired. What the |
hand OF summer has passed into |
heir laps, they allow W utsr TO snatch from |
hem, which, like prowiing wolf, steals |
lightly from their iiOcks and herds. Stock, |
housed, require les foot, and a
vii continue 10 grow and thrive. IL
Early cabbage.
;Cor. Wick Monthly II
Last October 1 sOvud SOME early cabbage =
ccJ, because read ia one OF your books that v
his WIS the way TO have cabbage very early q
n the spring. Early In December put some
cards around the bed, max ing a kind Of box, |
Nd for cover Tor the box put evergreen
oughs. Very early IN the spring | sci out 8
he plants and never before saw cabbage 20 | g
arly AID so good. In June l had splendid n
lhba2e. This was my first attempt ri any z,
hing of tine kind. ,
u" inCreasc the Value os toRs. II
Kansas Farmer
There would be les complaint OF mortality G,
nonS hogs II this stock lii Lut have mud II
ole to tramp around IN the greater part Of n
le feeding SEASON. Whatever rough treat
cent they may Iu..I with through the day r.
12S should have dry, VSHrm quarters In u
l:ich Ia sleep. and IN. man who - wise 'o I,
IS Owa profit viii SO - {; That hts stock ~
RS and pigs aTc kept dry and warm through IA,
e ontire winter an'i ~" inc!'m":tt s"sr"n ! n,
SPRING ri
sheep should he ~ oil Stciicred. W