Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-08-20
gaaies' Column.
Hints to Housekeepers.

fruit to keep it from becoming wormy.
Carpets should be thoroughly beat
en- on the wrong side first, and then
on the right, after which epots may
be removed by the use of OK gall or
ammonia and water.
Horseradish cut in thin strips
lengthwise and q dozen or more of
these strips placed on the top of each
key of pickles will keep them from
becoming stale or moldy.
If you dip your broom into clean
hot suds once week, then shake it
till it is almost dry, and then hang it
up, OF stand it with the handle down,
it will last twice as long as 1t would
without this operation.
If ink is spilled on colored goods
that will not bear acids, soak them
Immediately in sweet milk boiled hot.
Hot melted tallow poured through ink
spots will also remove them.
When ivory-handled knives become
yellow they can be cleansed by rub
bling them briskly with emery or sand
paper.
A small piece of salt pork boiled
with fricasseed chicken will impart q
richness to the gravy and the flavor
will be better than if nothing but
butter is used.
The little white worms which some
times make the earth in a plant jar
look as if it is alive, can be driven
out by stopping the hole in the bot
tom of the jar, then cover the earth
with water in which you have dissolv-
ed little lime. Let this stand for
several hours, and it is not likely that
you will be troubled with worms any
more.
A teaspoonful of borax, put in the
last water in which clothes are rinsed,
will whiten them surprisingly. Pound
the borax so it will dissolve easily.
This is especially good to remove the
yellow that time gives to white gar
ments that have been laid away for
two or three years.
Moths can be successfully removed
from carpets in the following man
ner: Wiring a coarse towel out of
clear water, spread it smoothly on
the carpet, iron it dry with a good
hot iron, repeating the operation
wherever the moths are supposed to
be. No need to press hard, and the
ply or color of the carpet will not be
injured, as the moths are destroyed
by the heat and steam.
An excellent glycerine ointment for
chapped hands is made by melting,
with a gentle heat, two ounces of
sweet oil of almonds, half an ounce
of spermaceti, and one drachm of
white wax. When melted, remove
from the stove, and add an ounce of
glycerine, and stir until the mixture
is cold. The ointment can be scent
ed with any perfume to suit the fancy.
Keep it in wide-necked bottles.
To prevent the smell of paint, put
a handful of hay in a bucket of water
and let it stand in the room over
night.
A good mixture to have in the
house is composed of aqua ammonia,
two ounces; soft water, one quart (;
saltpeter, one teaspoonful shaving
soap, one ounce. Scrape the soap
fine before mixing the other ingredi-
ents and allow it to stand few hours
before using. 1t is sure death to
bedbugs if applied to the crevices
which they inhabit it will remove
paint that is mixed with oil without
injuring the the finest fabrics, and
will remove grease from carpets by
covering the spots with the mixture,
and after sponging and rubbing it
thoroughly wash it off with clear cold
water.
To wash fiannels: Make suds be-
fore putting the flannels in; do not
rub soap on them, do not leave them
soaking in the tub, but rub out one
piece at a time. Wash in two suds
if much soiled, then rinse thoroughly
in clean, weak suds, wiring and hang
up; but do not take fiannels out of
warm water and hang out in freez-
ing air, as that certainly tends to
shrink them. 1t is better to dry them
in the house unless the sun shines.
In washing worsted goods and boys
wooden clothing, pursue the same
course, only do not wiring them, but
hang them up and let them drain.
This prevents wrinkles, which it is
almost impossible to press out. They
should be ironed while damp, with as
hot an iron as you can use without
scorching the goods.
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