People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-11-17
ABOUT CORNCORs.
A Chapter on the Many Uses to Which
They Can BE PUT.

They Can BE Put.
Corncobs are useful to make pipes
for the men, as shoppers to bottles
that have mislaid their corks, to
crowd into the bung-hole Of the cider
barrel, to throw at the hens when
they scratch the young onions, to
curl hair on, to hold up windows, to
ferrule the children with. to grease
the griddle in place of the time.
honored half OF a turnip. 20 wind
basting Rawlings for future use, 10
stop up any kind OF chink, to drive
away red ants and to found a
fortune. The last two statements
may seem to challenge remark, but
they can bear the light of the best
tallow ever run in a mould. One
steps on cOrncobs when entering the
pantry and ioggles the cream into
the pickle dish. On inquiry one
finds the red ants don't like corn
cobs.
dOnt wonder, says the Minne-
apolis Housekeeper. As for the for
tune, a man who once lived not ten
miles from Springfield laid the foun-
dations for fortune so large that,
though he died twelve years ago,
the lawyers have not yet done fight
ing over bis will, simply by carrying
loads OF corncobs hither and Won and
selling them for fabulous prices The
children find both fun and sorrow in
corncobs They make pretty dolls
to be.sure, but if the masters of the In
QUESTION could have been provided
with corncobs sufficient to allow one
for the mouth of each prisoner, they
would have abandoned all other
modes OF torture. 1t is a most en-
tightening sight to enter a dee
strict" school and see a row Of little
culprits standing behind the stove,
a cOrncob in each mouth and silent
tears of agony Tslling down the
chubby cheeks. A corncob smudge
is SAID to give ham and bacon most
perfect and delicate flavor.
A corncob put on pole, saturated
with kerosene and set blazing, will de-
stroy any worms nest into which IL
is thrust during the early morning Of
June's rare days. A corncob slightly
creased and set in a candlestick has
been known to burn half an hour.
and to save bringing the lantern from
the barn in order to light the chill
dren to bed. Without the grease IL
would, il very dry, burn slowly and
perfume tine air in way that showed
itself an excellent substitute for Joss
sticks The ancient nurse in the ru-
raj districts uses them 10 purify the
atmosphere in the sick room and
considers that, together with wooden
rags, they are far ahead Of any dis.
infectant favored by the medica.
fraternity.
Inc country damsel preparing for
social fray has been known to blacken
her eyebrows with burnt cob. When
children object too strenuously to
having their teeth secured with SCOT
from the teakettle, an indulgent
parent may make a compromise on
the black powder from burnt cob
In many places the jetty stuff is sup
posed even to have medicinal power,
and Miranda swallows q quantity in
order to have sweet breath-ah,
tell-tale plan-when Ferdinand comes
a-wooing. You can black your boots
with corncobs You can she'll corn
by rubbing cob on grain. A corncob
makes an excellent scrubbing brush.
A woman with a soul for ingenuity
once hung out a large wash with
clothspins manufactured from cleft
corncobs.