The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-12-31
Hints to HOnsekeepers.

For nausea lay little pounded ice
on the back of the neck.
USE soft water and few drops of
turpentine and little sugar with your
stove polish.
USE flannel to wash the children with
in winter, and they will be good natured
while bathing.
LITTLE catch-alls for small trinkets
are devised, as broken egg shells in
bronze, with gay-plumed chicks ranged
on either side.
Four parts of rain water TO one part
of molasses, with some cider vinegar to
set it working, will make nice vinegar
TO keep cucumber pickles.
COLD water may be drank freely in
all fevers except when the fever is con-
nected with lung troubles, and in such
a case it might chill the patient.
If one wishes to cool hot dish in a
hurry it will be found that if the dish
is placed in a vessel full of cold, salty
water it will cool far more rapidly than
if it stood in water free from salt.
WHEN one has bought an ordinary
soup bone of beef the meat may be
cut from the bone, after boiling for two
hours, and made into side-dish or en-
tree. The bones will finish the soup
very well.
VENTILATION is a provision of ma
ture too often abused. Every sleeping
room should have its windows open AN
hour every morning, and all the bed
clothing laid open to the air, where, if
possible, the sun can shine upon them.
NEVER put away food in tin plates.
Fully one-half the cases of poison from
the use of canned goods is because the
article was left or put back into the can
after using. China, earthenware or
glass is the only safe receptaces for
cleft overs"
MANY good housekeepers who have
preserved strawberries, cherries, plums
or almost any preserves which have be
gun to ferment, but are not mouldy,
add them to the mince meat before it
is scalded, in proportion of quart to
the quantity given.
IT is not generally known that tin
ceansed with newspaper will shine
better than when cleansed with flannel.
A clothes wringer can be easily cleansed
from the lint which collects on the roll
ers by saturating a cloth in kerosene
and rubbing it over.
ONE way of preventing delicate and
sweet-scented flowers from tagging is
to cut them with several leaves on the
stem, and, when the flower head is
placed in water, to allow only this head
to remain above the water, while the
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means the leaves seem to help support
the flower, which will then last for
three days in a fairly-cool room.
A SAND BAG, with a plush cover, is
a most useful present to any one who
drives much in wintry weather. A
canvas-bag contains the sand, which
should not be packed too tight. This
may be warmed at any time in the
oven and then slipped into the cover,
which is a plush or velvet bag, with
handles like child's school bag This,
placed in the carriage or sleigh, will
retain the heat long time and give
great comfort.
THE use of the toothbrush in con-
nection with powders, washes or other
treatment of the teeth should be gentle.
Bleeding of the gums is always dan
ger signal. 1t shows that the skin has
been broken, inviting the absorption
into the system of any poisonous or
foreign matters which may be present
in the mouth. If the gums are very
tender, soft brush should be used,
and used very gently, till they have
hardened sufficiently to Withstand
more vigorous treatment. Even then
the liability will be to err on the side
of MISUNDERSTANDING.