The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-10-09
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To remove tea stains from cups and
saucers scour with ashes.
For burns apply flour wet with cold
water, as it quickly gives relief
When sponge cake becomes dry il is
nice to cut it in thin slices and toast.
II the oven is too hot when baking
place dish of cold water in it,
To remove mildew, soak in butter
milk and spread on the grass in the
sun.
If nutmegs are good, when pricked
with a pin, oil will instantly ooze
out.
To clean furniture that is not var
nished, rub with cloth wet with kero-
sene.
To prevent mustard plasters from
| blistering, mix with the white of an
egg.
To brighten or clean silver or nickel
plated ware, rub with wooden cloth
and flour.
Water in which borax is dissolved is
good for the hair, and also to whiten
the face and hands.
When there is crack in the stove il
can be mended by mixing ashes and
salt with water.
To make paper stick to wall that
has been whitewashed, wash in vinegar
or saleratus.
When clothes are scorched remove
the stain by placing the garment where
the sun can shine on it.
Starched shirts will iron easier if you
let them dry after starching, so you
will have TO sprinkle them before IRON
ing.
The wings of turkeys, geese and
chickens are good to wash and clean
windows, rs they leave no dust or lint,
as cloth.
10 brighten the inside of coffee or
tea pot. fill with water, add small
piece of soap and let il boil about forty
live minutes.
To remove grease from wallpaper,
lay several folds of blotting-paper on
the spot and hold hot iron near il UNI
til the grease is absorbed.
10 exterminate bedbugs, dissolve al
um in water and apply to the bedstead
with feather. BE careful not to touch
the paint or varnish.
How Philadeiphians Get Their Frogs.
A short, thick-set man, dressed in a
suit of faded jeans which terminated
in rubber top-boots, yesterday crept
softly along the bank of a Shiny ditch
in 1.-The Neck" clutching in one hand
a slender pole, from which dangled
short line, and supporting with the 9th
or large sack slung to his belt, the con-
tents of which wriggled and squirmed
in way unpleasantly suggestive of
snakes.
What are you hunting forP"
'Frogs! was the hoarsely-whispered
answer, and the hand supporting the
sack was raised as signal.
The reporter stopped and the frog
fisherman took step nearer the ditch
and softly lowered his pole. The end
of the line disappeared among the flags,
there was moment of silence, the pole
darted to one side. was suddenly jerked
upward, and with surprised ''chunk"
an immense green bullfrog lay sprawl
ing in the road at the fisherman's feet.
Before froggie could gather his facul-
ties and hop away the man seized him,
opened his sack, and thrust his Shiny
captive in among the mass.
''Do you eat themp"
Sometimes: not Often" was the an
swer. "They are very good. l could
sell more than catch, though"
"Where do you sell them?"
MY wife. She does the selling
has regular customers. / do not ask
for names when the money comes"
He Enclosed the squirming sack, laid
aside his pole, and, seated under the
spreading branches of big willow tree,
chatted for an hour. Philadelphia is a
good market for the frog-hunters.
There are about fifty who follow it reg
ularly as aprofession. During the seas
on they make enough to live comfort
ably through the winter. An expert
fisherman will catch from five to twen-
ty-tive dozen per day. The early morn
ing and evening are the best fishing |
hours. The implements necessary to |
pursue the calling successfully are a
pair of high-topped boots, belt and
sack, and pole and line. Affixed to
the end of the line is grapuel made
by soldering the shanks of three or four
fishhooks together. Armed with this
and equipped as above, the fisherman
is ready.
Stagnant bitches are the hunting
grounds, and they are found in abun-
dance in 1.-The Neck" along the Della
ware River on both sides, and among
the swamps and boys of interior New
Jersey. A frog fisherman must have a |
supple wrist and quick eye. He uses
no bait, but steals quietly along the |
ditch, rod in hand, carefully scrutiniz.
ing every secluded spot. When he spies
frog he noiselesly lowers his pole I'M
til the grapnel touches froggie. Then
with combined side and upward jerk
he impales the frog on one OF the sharp
hooks. In removing the hook care is
taken not to injure the game, for dead
frogs are of no use. The result of a
days hunt is confined in large tank
at the home of the fisherman, where
they are fed on corn-meal until sold.
Large restaurants are the principal pur-
chasers. Prices vary according to the
size of the frog. The smallest bring %
cents per dozen; the largest S3 per doz-
en-. The season lasts from May until
September.
She Will BE His Mother-in-Law.
There is q young man in this city, q