St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-06-29
the bsd clothes should be

thrown over chair by the open window,
to air for two or three hours before the
bed is made up; otherwise the sheets
aud coverlids and beds, being charged
with the moisture Of perspiration, become
unwholesome.
IT should be borne in mind that every
farmer who will take the tronble to keep
up a tasteful appearance about his house
not only performs good work for his
own family, but stimulates his neighbors
to initiate him. Nothing is more conta.
gious than the desire for gardening when
once it gets footlug.-[ Prairie Farmer
TO WASH TOWELS WITH CoLoRED
BoRDERs.-To set the colors, let the tow
els soak in pailful of cold water con-
tanning one teaspoonful of sugar of lead !;
let them remain ten minutes before
washing. To make the colors look clear
and bright, use pu(verjzed borax in the
wash-water, very little soap, and no
soda.
To CURE A BURN.-This has been
tried in the case of child four years
old who had been badly burned. Suppu-
ration was abundant and so offensive
that they ordered the child tepid bath,
containing couple of pinches of sui
phate of iron. This gave relief to the
pain, and, being repeated twice day, 20
minutes each bath, the child was soon
we'll.
The prices obtained at the Howden
great horse show in England will furnish
an index of the value of the several
classes of horses there: Strong agricultu>
raj and dray horses brought from $3.50
to $500 each; harness horses from $500
to $3.50; high steppers, suitable for car
riages, in pairs, from $3.50 to $500 each ;
hunters, at all rates, from $3.50 to $3.50
each.
For watermelons, break up the ground
deep, harrow, check twelve feet apart.
Have little or no hill; leave the hill
concave. Six or eight inches from the
hill put stable manure two and half
inches thick. Cultivate well; plant
good seed have no squashes, pumpkins
or gourds near. Clip the ends of vines
if you wish large melons instead of great
numbers.
LEMON Observation-Disclosures of
pound of -four, six ounces of butter, the
Juice of one large lemon, one teaspoonful
sugar. Make the above proportion of
-four and butter into smooth paste;
roll out the thickness of about half an
inch, squeeze the lemon juice in a cup,
stir teaspoonful OF -four in it and as
much moist sugar as will make a stiff
paste, spread this mixture over the
dough, roll it up, secure the ends, and
boil in Toured cloth two hours.
SAVE all the bones for homemade
fertilizers. Take tight barrel, box or
hogshead, cover the bottom with four or
FIVE inches of unleached ashes; upon
this place layer of bones as close as
they can be packed together, covering
with unleached ashes; then
another layer of bones, and thus alter
nate layers OF ashes and bones until the
box or barrel is filled. Pour in a couple
of pailfuls of water, Or place the vessel
in the yard where il will get su Efficient
moisture from occasional showers. In q
few months it will be found that the
bones are dissolved.
AN eastern farmer says: "After ex-
perimenting with al the varieties of
corn, sowing broad East, in drills, and
cultivatine by hoeingit, have come to
the conclusion tsat he best and most
profitable way to raist corn fodder is to
plant sweet corn, put your rows three
feet apart, plant thitk, not more than
two feet apart; put in six Or eight
stalks in a hill, manue heavily, keep it
clear of weeds, hoe two or three times,
and you will have ar abundant crop of
the best kind of foddelto mich cows"
SPOTS ON TOWELS AND HOSIERY will
disappear with little rouble if little
hartshorn is put into uough water to
soak the articles, and hey are left in it
an hour or two before sashing; and, if a
cupful is put into the water into which |
white clothes are soakd, the night be-
fore washing, the cas- with which the
articles can be washed land their great |
whiteness and cleannesswhen dried. will |
be very gratifying. remembering the |
small sum paid for tire quartsot harris
horn of common strength, one c.n easily
see that no bleaching preparation can be |
more cheaply obtained.
To REMOVE GREASE 9oTs.-,ut half
teaspoonful Of hartshon to hat a tea
spoonful of alcohol weta bit # wool
en- cloth or soft sponge init, andrub and
soak the spot with it, and the cease, if
freshly dropped, will disappear. If the
spot is OF long standing, It ma,require
several applications. In woolenor cot
ton, the spot may be rubbed ven the
liquid is applied, and also in bIck silk,
though not hard. But with ligt Or COLI
ored silk, wet the spot with thecloth or
sponge with which the hartshor is put
on, patting it lightly. Rubbg silk,