Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-10-27

HINTS FOR THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
SUGGESTIONS.


There is an inclination to forget to
provide for the departure of these beau
tiful DAYS now the weather is so hne,
wooino every one out of doors; but this is
the very time to undertake autumn house
cleaning. for after the days grow short,
and cold weather sets in, it is an unwlse
experiment to dampen the floors and
walls with soap suds.
In the first place look to the furnace,
and have it thoroughly cleaned and put IN
order. 1t does not pay to defer TINS until
Won wish to kindle fire, and the house
hold must be uncomfortable, all hands
catching cold, to await the coming OF the
furnace repairer. This should he started
sufficiently early in the season, with Just
enough heat to keep off the chilliness and
dampness, so that the entire atmosphere of
the house may be such as to counteract
the rapid change from mild daVs to cold
clustering stormy ones. The morning air
once softened, if the house grows too hot
omen the window a short distance from the
TOP. but never from the bottom, to chill
the feet. These are the very days for the
fire on the hearth, with It's welcome,
cheering glow to counterfeit the gloom oil
This time when we must draw the windows
down. People seldom feel well when they
are subjected to sudden transitions OF
Temperature. 1t is the housewives prov
ince to regulate these matters, and she
will find there is great economy in ex-
penditures in any way that will prevent
the mploy of physician or druggist
Strong, healthy persons will not, per
hans. feel the need of fires as the fall be-
yins TO give US taste of the near at-hand
winter; indeed, they may protest against
having the house warm and dry, because,
full. blooded and strangers to sickness, they
can keep themselves warm. But those
feeble, or recovering from illness, may be
seriously injured if exposed to the chilli
ness of rooms during early autumn. 1t is
advised by many to put on more cloth
ing" but it is burdcnsOme to be weighed
down with heavy garments, and after all
it is the atmosphere that penetrates clear
through when one is cold, making throat
and lungs sore and full OF pain. Only a
fire will modify this, for no amount OF
wraps will warm the air which is drawn
into the lungs. All the chest protectors
and channels vests one can put on will
not shield the lungs from the cold air
poured in upon them at every breath.
WORTH KNOWING.
For cough.-For tight, hoarse
cough, where phlegm is not raised, OIL
with difficulty, take hot water often-as
hot as can be slipped. This will give
Immediate and permanent relief DOM
fail to try this remedy because it is sim
pie.
To remove scorch from linen. Pee
and slice two onions, extract the juice by
pounding and squeezing; cut up half al
ounce cf fine white soap and add to the
iuice. two ounces of fuller's earth ant
half pint of vinegar; boil all together
.. when cool, spread over the scorched liner
and let dry on; then wash and boil GU
the linen and the spots will disappear.
To restore velvets.-Hold over BASH
5 of boiling water, back down. 1t takes ;
long time, but the nap will rise.
To clean black cassimere.-Wash il
hot suds with little boraX in the waite
r rinse in very blue water, and iron Will
!, damp on the wrong side,
For a sprain. The white of an egg
! into which piece of alum about the slz
l of "A walnut has been stewed until it form
o ielly, is a fine remedy for sprains.
# should be laid over the sprain on piece c
= lint and changed as often as it become
i dry.
i Lamp shades of ground glass should b
o washed with soda and water, which will
7 not discolor them.
!, Cranberries, with their malic and citri
/ acids, are good food for those living i
a malarious places. Cranberry jelly is ais
J. recommended, as the seeds and skin
o produce wholesome irritation to the al
II imentary canal.
n 1t is not economy to have too fe'
a brooms-onc for the sleeping rooms u
= stairs, one for the parlor and sitting room
: and one for the kitchen are not too many
i. As they are worn they may be passe
down grade at time, the new ones a
ways being reserved for the parlor.
the new broom is allowed to stand in col
water for twelve hours. afterwards dryid
it, it will last much longer. A broor
should never be PERMITTED to stand on il
II brush, as it makes it one sided and il
% shaped, Hang it up by loop in th
handle.
l. CATARRH.
o The best way to deal with the diseas
is not to have ito keep clean, to ef
/. wholesome food, to live in clean, wei
ventilated houses, to dress warmly wit
= iannels next the skin, and above all
n keep the feet warm and dry. Childre
% sitting with damp shoes on are almo
certain to contract catarrh. The evap,
|. ration of the moisture produces a constar
u chilliness which is dangerous even
a those in robust health. Children fe,
;, and legs are ordinarily not more tina
}, half clothed, and it is little wonder tina
r catarrh is so prevalent among them.
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