Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-12-31
WORTH KNOWING.
Iron calicos on the wrong side and
they will keep clean long time.

Iron SILK on the wrong SIDE when
quite damp; if colored, use an iron
which is not very hot, to avoid fad
ing it.
Prevent dust from rising from the
floor by washing it with water IN ev-
cry pail of which is poured teacup-
full of common molasses.
Prevent kerosene from burning
dull and caking on the wick by keep
inc the oil until used, in a can tight
" corked both at the neck and spout,
Preserve summer ribbons and silks
by putting them away wrapped in
brown paper; white paper, on ac-
count of the chloride of lime used in
its manufacture. produces discolora-
| ton.
To make starch for colored arti-
cles, muslins, ginghams and calicoes,
dissolve and add to every pint of pre-
pared starch piece of alum the size
of nutmeg. By this means the col
ors may be kept bright.
To make cream rise pour the milk
into broad fiat dish so that the milk
shall not be over an inch in depth,
| as the cream can not rise we'll through
a greater distance. Retain the cream
in the milk by pouring the milk into
deep narrow vessel.
| Take bruises out of furniture by
saturating the bruised part with
warm water, then lay over the bruise
five or six folds of wet brown paper,
and apply on that the point of a
warm fat-iron till the moisture is
evaporated. Repeat the process till
the bruise disappears.
To clear-starch lace, cambria and
book muslin, dip them into thick hot
starch, wiring we'll, spread out
smooth, and roll up in a piece of lin
en-; in half an hour they are ready
to iron. Lace may be prevented
from shrinking by winding it around
a glass bottle to dry.
| To detect cotton in silk or wool,
unravel some of the threads and in
fame them; the cotton burns away
freely, and leaves little Or no black
charcoal; the wool and silk shrive
up, leave black charcoal, and give
a strong smell.
Extinguish the fire in a burning
chimney, by first shutting the doors
of the room, then throw on the fire il
the fireplace few handfuls of com
mon fine salt. Close the fireplac,
and allow the muriatic acid gas evolv
ed from the burning salt to pass III
, the chimney and put out the fire.
Preserve natural flowers by taking
them when fresh cut and free from
moisture, and dipping them one at ;
; time in paraffine, melted just enough
to maintain it's fuidity; move TIN
| flower about carefully in the liquid t.
get rid of air bubbles, Withdraw
quickly and hold moment to dry.
II Make your own barometer by tax
ing a long narrow bottle, dissolve il
it two and one-half drachms campho
= in eleven drachms spirit of wine Cal
cohoD dissolve in another bottl
thirty-eight grains saltpetre and thir
ty-eight grains sal ammoniac in min
drachms water and add. Cork th
: bottle and seal it with wax, the
make very small aperture throug
the wax and cork, with a red he
n needle.
d To remove a ring from a swolle
{. finger, begin at the extremity of tn
), finger and wind a thread event
around it, bringing each coil close t
y the preceding but not overlapping
in any place, until the ring be reacl
a ed. Pass the thread under the rim
s. with the aid of needle, straight {
e better curved, and carefully unwin
the thread from the finger. Tt
RI ring follows each coil as it is succe'
sively unrolled, and by almost impe
Is ceptible degrees is brought over tt
% knuckle and removed.
> To make starch for linen or co
,e ton, stir one ounce of the best stare
into just enough cold soft water
=, make thick paste, carefully breaI
ing all the Jumps. Add about phi
sh of boiling water, a little bluing, al
e. a good sized lump of cut-loaf suga
st st Bring to the boiling point and |
We simmer for half an hour, or boil hal
od for less time, stirring it well
Id prevent its burning. When not sti
10 ring, cover to protect from dust, al
en- when removed from the fire cover
u- prevent scum from rising.
lin Lead poisoning is often produc
as in an unsupported manner. The c
cupation of dressmaking might be l
m, garded as one likely to be exem
nd from it; yet dressmaker just a
mitted into the Leeds Dispenser
nfo England, was found to have a d
Ca tinct blue line on her gums with 81
% ultaneous symptoms, such as fl
wo red tongue, Inflammation of the lii
and general debility-all signs poll
me ing to the probability of poisoni
h by lead. The physician in atteu
ns ance for some time failed to disco,
ofa the source of the lead pois oning, a
OF was be0inninp to think the hlua Il