The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1879-06-12
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quarts OF popped coin tako cup
two-thirds full Of sugar, 'i't'o wa
tor, and boil till thick enough for
candy pour it over the corn grease
your hands stir well, aud ron 'rto
balls.
Plant tausy ut the roots Of your
plum trees, or hang branches OF the
plant on the limbs Of the trees, aud
you will not DO ann yci with CO..
culio. An old aud successful ai
grower furnishes the above, and says
il is the INST successful curcllio pre-
ventivo he has ever tiled.
At this season clothes can b.
bleecbcd by putting six cents VIC
OF oxalc acid into gallon of DO
water and pouring it over hem.
Stir them up aud let them remain in
it till the water i cold aud theu pa,
on tho grass to blcech. They vii
soon be as white % snow.
There is very simple method by
which dampuess, which produce,
mould, may be prevented in unoccu-
piod apart tmen's, or in houses at the
seaside which are closed IN wUter.
Place in an open plate quantity ol
limo, which vii absorb The moisture
In libraries the same simple remedy
is very cilicacious.
Kerosene Jo.' LJss 'is.--A Mich,
igan lady writcs to NJ. Vck, the
florist, that TO Kin Insects she use
one To" 'spooolnl Of Lcroscne to sai
Ion OF water, end spi .ol'cs IL on The
plants will q hanGuroom II dcs-
troys greco q CO, curiant worms crd
other pests r1i was used without
injury on iutb NJ, Gcra' dns, elias
and other plants Kerosene on -D.n,
cobs hung on plum trees are s;ii &C.
De Dad 10 cuicu us
Oxen aa beasts OF drrU &c .a
somo plpcos better ttqn horses
They require dileron. Treatment
from horses, ana especially in nLo
spring, when warm wolther opea.
Sufficient time should bo given 10.
them to feed, and being slow of Inc
tion, they should be driven accor' -
ingly. 10 working email firm exon
will DO found more economical than
horses, aud pair may 10 useful on
q large farm.
lee IN tie S '.t Rc IL In n for
eisn paper n physician sugaes'a 90
excellent methol f'r rresc-v * ice
in tho sickroom durin. hot nights
A piece OF hInnel from uino 90 ten
inches square ,hoald hr placed ovc'
eooi-sizod gob.o; Or tu.4b'cr, all
1t should be r''owoI 10 drop down
into tho vesscd to 1b.us naii IL,
depth, ald then it ,nou'i b. secured
by tying cord arrrlIt1o = g. over
the flannel. Ia the Gluucl cap so
foi.ned, icoes OF ice my by pre.ery-
ed many hor if oro'tcr p.ece . d4p,
mel, four o. i've incpc, sorlrr, be
used as loose cover 70 ne i:e cop.
Byeod an Eoncr.- Dr.. Han. 10
his JourDot Of = 9"'. ives no TO,
lowing bit Of 5d)m .C cad aou
butter are the ollv articles OF food e.
which We neve" tire CoA c..'y
childhood to extreme Old age. .
pound CT fno -four or Ildiau meal
contains th oe tines as much moa,
as one pound o! butchers roast beef
and if the whole prcIucs q. me 80 r.
bran ard o. 80 .a-..t % bread.
fifteen per C. nu.limeit woald bo
added. UnfortlnJcly, 'he h-a
tho coarsost part oi b ch ciyts
soundness 10 the tec,l ! ,.r,n-
- the brain, i, generally ca.rgei
Five hundred pounds of flodr give TO
the body thirty pourds Of uo bonv
aliment, while tho same quantity oI
bran sive5 moro that l2j pound,
This bone is lime, the phc.phato a
lime, the indispensable aruent O
health to the whole bnnan body
from the want of which multjtudg-
OF persons go into u general decline,
About FcacCa 1t wopfd seel
that few ia ners unjcrstand a.
great expense OF fences. 4 forty
acre piece Of land, if >u3 p, viii re.
quire go rods conc miIeI Of fence >,
enclose it ; Z not square but iouae
one way, it will COS, an moro tcu,
10 SUI found 1t. Az tie ypr lea /.
fence will cost > per rod, ma.iug q
cost Of 1920 TO enGios forty acres o
ground then il t D. cut into rog
lots, with fence a1ros. II each va,
(lhe shortest lha, cyn BE- Ion,., lG(