Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-07-04
NOTES.

The following are things that housekeepers
will want to know: That boiling water will
remove tea stains and many fruit stains
pour the water through the stain, and thus
prevent it from spreading over the fabric.
That ripe tomatoes will remove ink and 9TH
or stains from white cloth; also from the
hands That teaspoonful of turpentine
boiled with white clothes will aid the Wilton
ing process. That boiled starch is much i'm
proved by the addition of little spermaceti
or a little salt, or both, or little gum arabic
dissolved. That beeswax and salt will make
flat-irons as clean and smooth as glass; tie a
lump of wax in n rag, and keep it for that
purpose: when the irons are hot, rub them
with the wax rag, then scour with paper or
rag sprinkcd with salt. That kerosene will
soften boots or shoes which have been har-
dened by water, and render them as pliable
as when new. That kerosene will make tin
tea kettles as bright as new; saturate wool
en- rag and rub them with it it will also re-
move stains from clean vanished furniture
A small piece of charcoal, in the pot with
boiling cabbage, removes the smell
Put piece of white wax in the wrappings
of your parcel of kid gloves when you put
them away. 1t will prevent their spotting.
The same direction applies to white silk and
satin laid away in boxes dressers or trunks,
II Won DO not care to give your fowls their
green food in the shape of grass, supply them
with a head Of cabbage each day Tie it NJ
10y the roots to some convenient place, and
the fowls will soon pick every piece off clean.
This is also the way to supply them with
their green winter food.
When COW has gorged herself with meal,
give at once six drops of aconite in a little
water, and Immediately after it half tea
h.
the tongue. Do not give her water for two
days.
The best time to cut wheat is when the
straw is yellow two or three joints from tbs
ground. Every day the wheat stands after
the grain can be mashed without producing
any milk, the gluten decreases in quality and
the bran increases in thickness.
A correspondent of the Tribune selects foI
seed of the lima bean those which are the
largest and first ripe. When he began thii
careful selection, the beans did not become
| fit to eat until the Sth of September now
they are ready for the table on the Sth of Au
| gust.
The rancid taste of old butter can in par
be removed by pouring over it a stream OF
warm water at temperature of 100 Fab
until it assumes a melted form. Then stir il
thoroughly some sour milk. The acid in the
| mix Will then take up lnucn OF the rancid ma
vor. The butter must be afterwards WORKED
and sailed.
Within certain limits, bees are Trustworthy
weather prophets, and can be relied upon
since they have been in the business consid
erably longer than Old Probabilities. WheI
they are disinclined to leave the hive ever
though the sun Shines rain may shortly b,
expected. When they return in large mum
bers during the day, storm is at hand. L
they take flight of a duh morning, expect tt
see the sun appear from behind the clouds.
To those on heavy soils, coal ashes will b,
found an Invaluable fertilizer Their effect
though entirely mechanical, is marvelou
and lasting. They are almost equal to thei
weight of stable manure Those who hay
no other use for their coal ashes can use then
to advantage in filling in low spots on tn
road. They are almost equal to gravel TO
this purpose.