Saint Mary's beacon., 1879-06-26

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be rough on the surface and black in
color.
II Is not generally known that stale
bread, when immersed IN cold water for
. moment or two, andTe-baked for about
an hour, 10 in every respect equal 10
newly-baked bread.
II j very sryins aHa injurious e
most eyes 20 read, write or sew with
the light coming Ia front OF one. 1.-THE
light comes in over the shoulders IL viii
greatly preserve the strength OF the
eyes, besides adding greatly 10 comfort.
Many persons on leaving q room turn
down the lamp to save oil, but such
economy 10 very liable 10 cause lamp
explosion. which is anything bu, eco
nomical. IL light is not needed in 9
room either extingush the lamp or leave
IL burning with the blaze.
Sponge faded silks with warm water
and then soap them with dry cloth on
4 hat board, afterw ards iron them on the
inside with a smoothing iron. Old black
silks may be improved by sponging
them with spirits. In this case the
ironing may be done on the right side,
thia paper being spread over TO prevent
glazing.
II, before wetting greasy dishes. they
are sprinkled with corn meal, or rubbed
of with a small whisk-broom kept for
that purpose and dipped in dish Of
corn meal, il will leave The dish " ater
much clesner and nicer for washing
other dishes. The meal with which
they are rubbed is not wasted, as ID is
just as good Tor pigs or chickens.
OF all things, do not get behind in the
work in the Spring. Drive the work,
and do not let the work drive you. If
a bad beginning is made, there will pro-
badly be bad ending.
Most farmers will find il far easier
and great deal more profitable To pay
as they go. Any merchant can afford
20 sell goods for less money, il he gets
the cash every time instead OF waiting
six months.
The yearly dairy product Of New
York is 1878, 361 pounds Of butter
and 9s,725, ,l72 pounds Of cheese. OF
this total. 80 counties make annually
s3,41S,73O pounds Of butter and 95,-
98S, ,92O pounds Of cheese.
II farmers were as careful to save
their oats, hay, fodder, ETC., in the best
possible condition, as they are to have
their own food properly prepared. the
cattle's food would be made more nu-
tritious and more palatahle.
Trees have no business in farmers
vegetable garden; that is 10 say, Q tree
there is q weed and a nuisance, how.
ever valuable in ITS proper place. The
fruit garden is itself not less important
or valuable than the vegetable garden,
but the twO do not go well together.
II was not until the beginning OF the
present century that stalks Of rh1barb
became an article Of commercial impor-
tance in the London and other vegeta-
bic markets in the kingdom. About
1910. Mr.. Myatt, Of Deptford. we are
told, sent two of his sons to the Borough
Market with FIVE punches Of rhubarb
stalks, of which they sold only three,
people not liking what they called
"physic pies" Notwithstanding. My
att continued lts cultivation. AS be
predicted, it soon became q favorite:
and now hundreds Of tons weight Of
are sold in Covent Garden in
the course Of the year, and what amount
in other markets all over the country il
is impossible to calculate.
Small holes in white walls can be
easily closed without the assistance OF
the mason BY taking equal parts oi plas-
ter Of Paris and the white sand used in
the family to scour with. Mix with wa
ter to 9 paste and apply Immediately.
Smooth OF with iiat knife or piece Of
wood. This mixture hardens very
quickly, and therefore only a small
quantity should be prepared a. time.
A strawberry, to give the best salts
faction, should be left on the vines un-
Ill fully ripe. and picked but an hour or
two before eaten. and always picked so
Is to leave the hulls on the vines, as .
strawberry Of the tender aeshed var1e-
ties. when fully ripe. cannot be hulled
after being taken from The vines, with
out injuEing the berries.
A method of breaking in horses by
means Of galvsnIc battery was The