Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-21

You find that your jelly will not jeu, sure method
Il of giving it the requisite consistency 10 to mis
three tablcspoonuls of Portland cement with every
pint cup of liquid juice This will have the added
value of protecting your preserves from the surrepousI
nroads the part OF the children who will find thera
impervous to their tender young teeth
If taking your furs of the attic you and ther1
full OF moths lay the the barn floor and give ii
thorough beating with fail. Then coulbing the fur!
with a garden rake the lawn-roller over Il q
halfdozen times and drop into tar-barrel
In the morning you will be surprised to 6nd how few
moths remain !
In preparing your chesnuts for the tufkav 6aesanN
on Thanksgiving Day be the burss bsfpre
running them through the wringer While the hsxrsf
will undoubtedly give decidedly tangsh favor to tho
finished product they not altogether healthy eakng
having about the result upon the dgeston Il
breakfast food made of pine or hemlock spi2
cold ns yo are on sdsp not
attempt to do this by putting either oil sasolina1
stove in the stalls with them It will be cheaper IN thel
end to tie them to the piano in the drswingroom or
to lock them up overnight in the bathroom
While we are not sTperstitious we advise fate1s f
kinky hair who is I'M nown to you, has crossed youri
path your return from the coop at twilight Thisi
result in your immediate gathering Of all your feahere
stock together. and locking them up in your brsisr
proof safe at nghtfaL
Ii upon awaking in the morning you find that all tho
we'll is covered with coating of ice six inches thick
1t is safe conclude that the cold weather IS last
upon you. Your Strawberries should therefore be pro-
vided with couple of extra counterpanes for thcaA
beds and will do well to that your leei1 arc
carefully looked after
If your pumpkins still continue green. wrap them uA
carefully in yellow newspapers and keep them thu1
covered until they take through association Of ideas
that mellow golden glow which is pumpkins trua
glory Bear in mind, too, that pumpkin be COM
sidered wholly safe until II is securely nrnured in al
pie Two bulldogs leached in the pumpkin patch Wit
protect them against too early nppng by the jack
olantern bug which very rife at this OF the
year.
Potatoes freshly dug should be kept in dry places
II YOU live in damp neglborooi have them carefuw
boxed or harrelcd and ship them some prohibtorr
State where the law strictly enforced if YOU can find
method of treatment is to place them in your furnace
and after Lighting fire watch them carefully and eat
them as they pop II this way you will get great deaf
OF immediate good out of them and keep the bulk of
them from spelling
An excellent fertilizer for your fields is now provided
free OF charge by Nature herself in the quantities
OF seaweed upon the in the November storms
II you live two three hundred miles inland dozen
carloads of this he delivered at YOUR dooS
for not than S2so load and will be found verx
satisfactory. ten-acrc farm can he thus fertixcd
at expense of about $1,000, or possibly $4,000 N
might to even less if YOU arrange barter al
eggs at SIS dozen or if of such rare vntages az thu
will have to be added of course the cost of postap1
in arranging the matter by correspondence
BE careful not to leave inelodcon out OF doorc
either upon the porch the lawn overnight at this se,S
of the year. There numerous influenza y.rm1
about on November nights, and a meodeon thus care
esaly treated is quite liable get some sort OF linz
trouble that will make it wheozy ali through the wntez