Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-04-09
9aaies' Column.
Extracts from a Housekeeper's
Note Book.


ing a lighted lamp, as for instance in
/ searching for anything on the floor in
a dark place, care should be taken in
j rising to do so very slowly, as if done
/ quickly the light will probably be ex-
| tinguished, and delay occasioned,
not to mention the annoyance. And,
/ should there be no other light near,
/ the person being left in the total
darkness, an accident might even oc-
cur before the matches or a lighted
room could be reached.
Whatever about the house is dull,
! don't let it be the scissors or shears
used for trimming the lamp-wicks.
| Some women appear to att ch no i'm
portance to this point, not thinking
| that in order to have smooth cut the
instrument must be sharp. | have
tried both round and square ends for
wicks, and give my vote in favor OF
square ones the flame is much broad
| er; but the corners must be perfect
ly even and smooth, else when the
wick i turned up high it will smoke
The person lighting a lamp should be
careful not to touch the wick with
the match, as it has tendency to
roughen or spread it. Hold the match
over the wick very close to it, and
wait until the fame reaches it, in
stead of making frantic dashes at it,
as | have seen people do, evidently
under the impression that they were
ha tening the operation, when it
seemed to me they were, on the con-
trary, retarding it, as they would
draw the match away before the wick
had time to ignite, and so several
| trials would have to be made. | have
had so much comfort from following
simple direction given in some
newspaper or magazine that l wish to
allude to it here, viz: Keep the wick
turned down below the top of the
burner except when in actual use. If
this be done, and there is no leak
about the fixture, there is no reason
why, if the lamps are carefully wiped
every morning, there should be oil on
the outside by evening. By the way,
why is it that so many housekeepers
persist in keeping their common lamps
on the shelf behind the kitchen OF
sitting-room stove, the very dlrtlest
place to be found? If in the kitcher
they are covered with moisture from
boiling water, ETC., and smoke anc
dust arising from the stove. Why
not put them in a closet, or, if tina
' is not convenient, have a shelf ava.
n from the stove? If kept in a colC
e closet in the winter, of course the,
t. should be taken out and warmed be
r fore being lighted, lest the chimney
should crack.
A wash boiler having fiat, cope
bottom can be used on the top of th
d stove, the covers not being removed
There seems to be lii tie if any NOR
time required to heat the water tina
mt by the old way, and the SCOT does nc
OF accumulate on the bottom as it doe
when put directly over the fire, maE
ing it an unsightly object. When ne
in use it is a good plan to hang I'll
boiler so high that there is no dangt
of running against and knocking
down.
A woman who has always used
4 broom-handle or straight stick of al
81 kind can have no notion of the co
81 venience of one forked at the enc
NJ one prong catches a fold of cloth al
III holds it as the stick is turned,
Isl there is slight danger of its slippll
M off as SO often happens with pla
stick. A hole should be bored in o
end by which to hang it up.
~ If the posts between which a 70
d clothes-line is stretched are long d
rec tan apart, props should be used
,rk prevent the line from sagging,
, should this happen some heavy ar
= cles might eventually drag; beside
eks the clothes dry sooner when high
lor- tie wind can have a chance to ass
n the process. 1t pays to spend til
orld enough when taking in the line
i is a wind it without kinks, so that 1t "
n ng" be smooth when wanted next tin
il liz, 1t is scarcely necessary to say tina
T Ton rope line should not be allowed to
ENC !" main out of doors day after day,
els all sorts of weather. Take it in
soon as the clothes are off. On wa
ing day, before hanging out
RS Of clothes, it is we'll to wipe the |
an. with a wet cloth, lest there be d
on it which might make dark m;
az on the wet articles. In winter, OF
II H windy weather in summer, handk
DAA chiefs or other delicate pieces sho
not be hung by themselves, but o
something of stouter texture, t
con. preventing them in the winter Fl
ANN; ANN. freezing directly to the line, in VIII
; ;s.b. case they are liable to be torn Def
part they can be separated from it, or
here. summer from feeling the full force
mer- the Wind. There is another reas'
ntr nitro, a common clothes-pin has a fri
hold on two or three thicknesses
5 the material than it has on one, am
,ook- 80
therefore less apt to slip off. W
stOr-
boys pins are frozen to the clothes do
wing attempt to pull them off at one
idels the ordinary way, but work tt
+ the gently sidewise until they are loos