Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-04-02


I've often thought OF that same thing myself.
Then said the lass, while Fred was Ill sgoe,
@You ought to buy yourself terrier dog
+ He took the hint and LETT. !
THE HOUSE AND FARM. - :.
TO PRESERVE woolens from moths
+ Give them to the poor.
A MARES nest would be a valuable
adjunct to stock farm. z. IT.. ,...
ONE THOUSAND laths will cover sew
enty yardsof surface, and eleven pounds.
Of nails will put them on. 4
LAUGH and grow fat grow fat and
be laughed at. 1t is poor rule that
will not work in all directions,
I WITH all the pretensions of the COW
to sobriety she generally insists on
having horn or two before breakfast.
EXPERIMENTS prove that there is no
feed for COWS SO well calculated to pro-
duce gilt-edged butter as red clover in
bloom. ,.,. >Nf''.< .;':t3.. .
ONE-F1FrH more siding and flooring
is needed than the number of square
feet of surface to be covered, because
of the lap in the siding and matching
of the floor. .,.f -,
TURNPs are healthful for horses.
They should be cut in slices, or what is
better, pulped finely and mixed with q
little meal and salt. Rutabagas are bet
ter than white turnips.
A CELLAR that is cool, dry and dark,
and yet well ventilated, is the best place
for preserving potatoes in large quanti-
ties. When smaller quantities are to
be preserved there is nothing like dry
| sand. The same may be said OF fruits
and roots of all sorts. &'Tj ':3- - i
Mr.. j. G. EDWARDS, of England, re-
marks: "Any man who has seen a
turnip deems himself qualified to ad-
wise the farmer, and though each man
sings to different tune the burden of
the song is the same-that the farmer
is in fault and needs setting right"
A CONTEMPORARY thinks if farmers
would avoid suddenly cooling the body
after great exertions. be careful not to
go with wet clothing and wet feet, not
to over-eat when in an exhausted con-
dition, and would bathe daily, using
much friction, they would have little or
no rheumatism.
| Group PREVENTIVE. First get q
piece of chamois skin, make it like a
little bib, cut the neck, and sew on
tapes to tie it on; then melt together
some tallow and pine tar; rub some OF
this in the chamois, and let the child
wear it all the time. Renew with the
tar occasionally.
T.. N. WAsHBURNE, in speaking of the
care of dairy cattle, says: "In the best
diaries of North Holland there is but @
very small amount of grain fed to the
COWS or young stock, and of all have
imported I have never had one that
would eat grain without teaching, by
mixing with hay or roots, or some root
they were accustomed to eat"
The first year sleeps front teeth
are eight in number, and all of equal
size. The second year the two middle
shed out, and are replaced by two much
larger than the others. The third yea,
two very small teeth appear on eithe,
side of the eighth. At the end of the
fourth year there are six large teeth
The fifth year all the front teeth are
large. The sixth year all begin to
show signs of wear.
VERMN.-The poultry house, if close
~ examined, may be found to swarm
with lice. A gray, mealy powder may
be seen on the roosts, in crevices, and
In tho corners and joints of the build.
ing. Take common squirt can filed
with kerosene oil and inject the oil into
every crevice in the house. Repeat
this process if it is found necessary,
and very soon the fowls will be free
from these insect pests.
CHLDREN's DIET The London
Medical Gazette says that children
should never be allowed to eat anything
between meals excepting dry bread
If they cannot eat that they are not
hungry. Indulgent mothers ruin. the
digestions of their children by allowing
them to eat dainties. An old writer
says: "A good digestion is to the
body what good conscience is to the
mind-the great cause of happiness"
KEEP THE Coop CALvEs.-As the
cows come in the best of the heifers
may be selected for raising. There can
he no better way to improve the stock
OF COWS than to use good bull and
keep the best calves, well feeding and
caring for them until matured. After
they become COWS selection can again
be made for breeding, and only the
best retained. In few years the value
of dairy COWS may be doubled by this
careful practice of selection.
NrrmHn >,., ..-<~ ~
DoR1zER.-Dissolve drachm of nitrate
OF lead in pailfaIl, and drachm Of
common salt in a jatqta4l of soft water
mix the two solutions. Soft water is
essential, on account of it's preventing
the formation of an insoluble carbonate
OF lime and lead. Dip rags into the SO.
luton, and hang them up in the often.
sive room, or pour some of the mixture
upon excrements, or down the privies OF
sinks. This solution is of ordinary
strength, but may be made much
stronger if desired. If carbonate oil
lead and lime form, pour off the clea,
Liquid and use none of the sediment.
FoR WEAK EYEs.-A simple remedy
for week or gore eyes is recommended,
as follows: Get 5.cent cake of elder
flowers at the druggists, and steep in
one gill of soft water. It must be
stepped in bright tin or earthenware;
strain nicely, and then add three drops
of laudanum; bottle it tight, and keep
IN COOL place; then use it as wash
letting some of it get in the eyes. Fol:
low this, and relief is certain. If the
eyes are painful or much sore. make
small soft congresses, wet in the MKT.
nre, and biud over the eyes at night
If the eyes are badly inhamed, use il
very freely; and tea made of elder
flowers, and drunk, will help cleanse
the blood. Pure rock salt and waite,
will strengthen your weak eyes if you
battle them in it., I would earnestly
advise You to avoid mixtures CT
washes containing mineral or othe,
2oisons.
Kleptomania.
About eight years ago an alarm
reached the chief police Office in Lon
don that jewels of great value had been
stolen from lady of high rank while
q guest at quiet Northern country