Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-05-15
ga(lIes' Column.
NOTES AND HINTS.

moths.
Use kerosene, or bath brick, or
powdered lime to scour iron, tin or
copper; wash in hot snds and polish
with dry whiting.
To remove spots from furniture,
take four ounces of vinegar, two oun-
ces of sweet oil, one ounce of turpen-
tine. Mix and apply with a flannel
cloth.
Spirits of ammonia diluted with
water, if applied with a sponge or
flannel to discolored spots on the car
pets or garments, will often restore
the color.
SCOT falling on the carpet from
open chimneys OF carelessly handled
stovepipe, if covered thickly with
salt, can be brushed up without inju-
ny to the carpet.
One pound Of green copperas dis
solved in one quart of boiling water
will destroy foul smells. Powdered
borax scattered in their haunts Will
disperse coclroaches.
To clean oilcloth, wash always with
warm milk. Once in six months
scour with hot soap-suds, dry thor
oughly and apply coat of varnish.
They will last as long again.
A palatable drink for fever pa
tient is made by peeling and slicing
some good tart apples, scattering
white sugar over them. When cold
pour off the water and drink.
One teaspoonful of chloride of lime
in about three quarts of water Will
take any kind of stain out Of white
goods; put the part with the stain
on it in the water, and let it remain
until out. It will not injure the cloth
if prepared in this way: only spots
in white goods can be taken out in
this manner.
If you wish to avoid having all the
raisins you put in a pudding sink to
the bottom, follow this rule: Cook
the raisins in little water on the
top Of the stove, then, when the pud-
ding is half done, stir the raisins in.
They will be evenly distributed
through it, and there will be plenty
of time for the crust to form on the
top of the pudding.
Colored stockings should not be
boiled, nor should they be dried in
the sun. They should be washed in
lukewarm suds made with white cas-
tile soap Cor other soap that contains
no acid) and rinsed in cold water
They should be both washed and
dried with the wrong side out, an6
the drying should be done in the
shade, OF in a heated room.
An English ivy grown in the house
should be trained in such a manner
that it may be taken down at leas
once a week, and be carried to the
, kitchen sink or other appropriate
place, and there receive a good syr
inging of its foliage. More frequent
ly it may be sponged, and it will re
pay by its beautiful appearance ant
healthfulness the extra care bestowed
upon it.
A good way to save washing, anC
. at the same time to make prett,
! covering for bed, is to cover you
turkey red OF blue or pink comforts
e with Nottingham lace. Very prett'
patterns, either striped or with small
: figure, can be bought for twelve cent
t a yard You have no idea how
: will keep dust from the quilt and oh
i viate the necessity of white spread
For children's beds this Is highly rec
commended.
Home made crackers are NOR
r wholesome for children than cookies
and the novelty of having them mad
at home goes a good way towar
making them eatable. Take tire
It quarters of q cup of butter Or lard
one pint of sour milk, three teaspoon
, fuls of baking powder. Stir all eS
II cept the milk in with. the -four, an
:, when thoroughly mixed put til
n milk in. Be careful not to knead to
y much, as there is danger of their bt
ing tough roll thin and bake in
quick oven.
s. All furs should be well switche
ID and beaten lightly, free from du
and loose hairs, well wrapped
u newspapers, with bits of camph'
: laid about them and in them, al
5 j9 put away in cool, dark place.
y q cedar closet or chest is to be ha
or LAID into that. In lieu of that, ne
IS cedar chips may be scattered abou
1t is never well to delay packing flu
tn away until quite late in the seaso
for the moth will livery early common
ity depredations. In packing them tn
ca should not be rolled so tightly as
be crushed and damaged.
We The washerwomen Of Holland al
- Belgium, so proverbially clean a
es, who get up their linen so beautiful
white, use refined boraX as washi
,es powder instead of soda, in the pl
by portion of one large handful of Dor
VI, powder to about 10 gallons of be
ual ing water. They save in soap ne;
sss' ly half. All of the large washing
vet adjustments adopt the same pie
For laces, cambrics and lawns