Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-06-06

EDITOR HOUSEHOLD d EPARTMENT.-
The house cleaning siege is nearly over
for this spring.
ONLY an occasional carpet decks the
front ward fence, and the smoke from the
bonfire and soapkettle are among things
gone by. The men are rapidly losing the
dejected air worn by them during the
period of carpet beating; for the average
has conquered her castle, and
and order once more relgns.
To those who have not yet finished, l
need not add the worn Injunction that sit
is best to clean one room at time AS
that well known axiom has been served
up in nearly every household article this
season. Here is another bit of advice,
perhaps equally old: Don't be IN too much
haste to take down your sitting room
stove. OF course you can make more
thorough wol of cleaning, If you put 1t
with its attendant dust out of the way !;
but The saving of little dust. more or
less, will not repay you for influenza con-
rracted some cold, damp morning such as
we often have in June, and even in July.
The first warm days bring desire to
leave off the winter fannels, but those
who are not robust must not be in haste.
June usually brings us sudden changes
from heat to cold, and their presence may
save you severe cold.
Work In the garden, seems to follow in
the wake of house cleaning. Those who
have geraniums will want to transplant
them as soon as the danger of frost is
over. The pansy bed is already gorgeous
with many colored blossoms give the
pansy bed liberal top dressing OF
we'll rotted manure, first loosening the
soil around the roots. Though the pansy
will live without very much care. yet no
plant pays a better per centage for a little
extra cultivation than these "wee faces
without heads as one little lasse called
them. There will be an immediate increase
in the number and size of the blossoms
and the richness of their colors.
In planting your flower seeds. care
should be taken not to plant the small
seeds too deep. The sweet pea, the mas
turtium, and some other large seeds will
bear planting deep, for they have strength
to force their way Up through several
inches of earth, and the depth of their
roots better enables them TO stand 6
drought; but smaller seeds like aster ant
phlox, should be covered but lightly
while tiny Cnes like petunia, portulacca
etc., should be simply sprinkled over thu
surface of the ground, after it is well pull
verified. and then spatted gently with tn
hand. Protect srch little seeds with
thickness of paper, held down at the cor
ners with stones; it keeps the earth mois
so the seeds will terminate more quickly
and prevents them from being washe
;away by showers.
have seen in the catalogues of one o
two seedsmen, that dahlias will grow ant
blossom the first season from seeds.
would like to hear from any one who ha
tried them, whether the flowers will |
as large and perfect as from bulbs, an
whether it is necessary to start them
the house.
Glad you liked my crullors Mrs. T.
NJ b. Please try these germs fer brea
fast or tea One cup of sweet milk, tv
tablespoonfuls of melted butter. two tahl
spoonfuls of white sugar, one egg, o.
aspoonlul cream'tartar, one half a lie
spoonful soda, two cups of flour. Ba
fifteen minutes in gem pans. To be eat
hot. With us they 60 like "hot cakes
VI l.. A,
Northlicld, May %, 1888.