The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1880-05-08
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uOgeE@ FARM AND GARDEN
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HOME HINTS.

water when the cabbage Is hall boil
ed, and it viii have aTpleasanter
Be carefulto keep your cellar air
ed, if you wish milk and butter free
from bad tastes. Air in tie morn
ing.
One of the best and cheapest"
implements for stirring the soil of
flower potssis an old fonr-tined table
fork.
Cider may be preserved and kept
sweet by putting it in wine bottles,
adding teaspoonful of white sugar
to each bottle, and cork tightly. The
corks should be tied down.
Musty books may be made sweet
by applying oil Of lavender mixed
with alcohol { this application is
made to new books tFey will never
become musty OF mouldy.
BLowISs OUT A 7CANpLE.-There
is correct way to do eyerythiag.-
If this bedone IN an upward direc-
ton the wick viii not smoulderaway,
and the next time it is wsntedAit will
be in good condition. Aos5 81
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To brighten Il copper boiler, use
a coarse cloth; have g pail of very
hot water; soap the cloth a, little;
sprinkle on plenty of pnlverized bor-
AK, and rub the boiler well rinse off
with not water and dry with a soft
cloth. The boiler can be brighten
I'D in this way as quickly rs with
acid. z-. ~
IroAwork which is exposed TO wet
rusts rapidly; it is usually preserved
from the action of moisture either
BY covering it with two OF three coat
ings OF paint, As is customary in
large out door works, ereby brush,
ing it with a ysrnish termed Bruins
wick black this plan is usually fol-
lowed IN the case Of smaller sub
stances used in doors A very SUI
perior plan Of protecting small iroa
goods from the injurious action Of
wet is to heat them little below red
ness, and while hot to brush them over
with common 1inseed oil, which is de-
composed by the heat, and forms a
thin, very firm coat of varnish, which
is quite impreyious to water, and un
like paint or Japan black, does not
chip of.
GOOD FOR FOWLS.
Gravel OF coarse sand is as much
needed for fowls as is ordinary food.
With this their food is rendered di-
gestible. When the birds are con
fined to close quarters especially
in houses with wooden foors-the
absence of gravel will quickly be-
come apparents.in the falling away
in flesh and good health of the in
mate.
A MODERN. STATE FAIR: GRAPHIC
DEscRIPTIoN.-Gov. Furnas, of Ne
braska, must have been travelling
eastward, for it seems hardly credible
that his graphic picture, and unfor-
tunately too true one of some cases
could have been Inspired by anything
thatwould be allowed by the good
people Of Nebraska--FBands Of MI
sic, Dance Halls, Hoise-races, Mule
races, Slow-races, Foot-races, Sack
races, Balloon Ascensions, Creased
Pigs, Creased Poles, Wheels of For
tune, Rocking Swings, Tight-rope
Performances, Female Pedestrians
all manner of Vendors, from the Pea
nut Stands, odfnfnttum, together
with numberless nameless Incidents
ct hoe genus omae-all securing {
crowd, good times, large gate receipts
and enabling the Board to pay out.
-American a gricultuyist.
OLD FRuIT CASs.--If we should
bring together and present in one ar
ticle, all the various devices for ntil
izing old fruit cans, that We hav1
published in the last 90 years, i
would be a curious array. Every row
and then new method is added t,
make these cast eff affairs of service
The latest comes from Baltimore. A
friend there drawsupon them for
supply of tin. BY heating sufficient
ly.to melt the solder, the tops anc
bottoms come of. the joint at the sid
opens, and the pieces that formed tn
body Of the can are fiattened out, AM
kept in stock. Is patch needed IN
der,a shingle. does knot hole or
rat ditto need to be stoped, does tb
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