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THE FARM AND GARDEN. 



©HE r^OUSBHOliD. 



SPRING IS COMING. 



Mrs. J. E. McC. 



It used to be an old saying among lunnoi's 

 folks, 



" On Candlemas' day 



Half your fuel and halt your hay." 

 But the 2d of February hardly seems mid-winter 

 with us. We hope it will not retjuire as much 

 fuel and hay until spring, as it lias since cold 

 weather set in. Blusti.'ry Murcii is always wel- 

 comed, though so rough itself, for it gives promise 

 of brighter days Just at hand. 



Now is a good time for every house mother who 

 can, ** to take an aocount of stock " for the open- 

 ing season. I know that most of those with little 

 children about their feet, will say '* I have hardly 

 finished getting ready for winter." But never 

 mind that, if the children still are all in the home- 

 nest, in fair health and comfort, you have reason 

 to rejoice above many thousands ol mothers in 

 our land. 



Perhaps a larger number of liist year's suits 

 than usual will do duty again this spring ; hut it 

 Is liardly wortli sighing over. ( >ne excellent rule 

 to ma Ice things come out evt-n wlicn tlie Income 

 Is cut short, is to cut short tlic wants. We nuist 

 learn to pass through tlio public markets with 

 the feelings of the old phihisoiiher who looked 

 about him from side U> side and said :—** How 

 many tilings there arc here that I do not want." 



If a dress is to be made over, we can study up 

 the possibilities of it better now than In tlie 

 burrying spring time. If you must wear it, make 

 the very best you can of it. No doubt you will be 

 surprised at the results. A good material will 

 bear much severe treatment in the way of taking 

 apart, sponging and turning, and a skillful 

 needle-woman and a good sewing machine ran 

 make "a thing of beauty " out of a much frayed 

 article. Tlure is a satisfaction about a success of 

 *,hissort that does not pertain to afine new gar- 

 ment; just as tliere is a hidden wealth in well- 

 earned possessions, that never comes down with 

 Iniicrited fortunes. 



A Iricnd wltli a large family said to me, "We 

 often nnike up a great many garments in the 

 winter evenings, to be worn in tiie spring and 

 eumnicr." She had grown daugliters to lielp her, 

 and l>y hergoix! management tiie cliihiren were 

 always seasonably and comfortably clad, though 

 their garments were plain and substantial. Ft is 

 ft great comfort to have even one good suit 

 throughout, for each child, all in readiness 

 against a change of weatlK'r, and good manage- 

 ment can often accomplisli tliis with but little 

 outlay. 



Stockings are always a serious question where 

 there are many IKtIe feet to rover. In the old 

 days of home knitting it was comparatively easy, 

 for lew came into ilie darning basket the first 

 season. Instead of much darning. I prefer to 

 knit new heels and toes to even tine stockings, 

 where tlicy arc wortli the trouble. The greatest 

 dini<-uUy used to be to take up Ilic stitches. Now 

 1 make a row of button-hole sijtcbes with darn- 

 ing cotton where I wish to cut oti' the lieels, and 

 then take up the loops and knit them with the 

 same cotton. If you chiM)se to use w*H>len yarn 

 it will be still warmer. 



I\I;ideH)ver sloekings answer very well for the 

 little ones when neatly tittlng. and this is easy to 

 accomplish if you will cut up an old one f<tr a 

 pattern. It is a very cheering sight to any 

 mother to see a good row of these needfuls laid 

 away in a drawer, in gooii order, waiting for 

 warm weather. So is a pile of good gingham 

 aprons, and a row of print dresses ()n the closet 

 wall. Not in your day or mine, shall we ever see 

 prints and cambrics at so Iowa price; ancl it is 

 worth much pinr-hing and (-alculating to lay by 

 a goodly slock of hoth tliesc and of nuisiin, 

 bleached and unbleached. Spare the taiile a 

 while and let the money go into the wardrobe. 

 Poubtless, you will have less spring "malaria" 

 in consequence, and a very cheering supply of 

 dry goods. 



It is surprising bow far a little money will go 

 now-a-days in supplying many of the common 

 wants of a household. The main problem with 

 most, seems to be to get "the little monev." 



If you wish to knot"* tflujuf nuythinff, ask the 

 *^Farm and Garden." It in t/tinr pnj/er and we 

 want you to profit by it. W'r >nnit to ntn/ce 

 it uaefnl to all 



FOOD HOBBieS. 



Bl/ Olil'r. 



If we believed all the food reports that are put 

 afloat In the papers, I fear we should be obliged 

 to starve, for fear of eating sonietbing hurtful. 

 Tomatoes were found out to Ue deadly, a few 



pears ago; an English nobleman will not rent a j 

 foot of ground to be plant^-d in the pestiferous i 

 potato; encumbers have always be^-n rated a lit- ' 

 tie less than striobnii>e in poisonous properties, 

 and so on through the list of ediiiies on which 

 people have lived and thrived since Noah's day. 



Volumes have been written against "pie," in 

 all its phases. But here comes one who tells us 

 that Mr. Emerson ate it all his life, even at break- 

 fast, and never had dyspepsia. Yet. there is Mr. : 

 Carlyle subsisting on good oat meal, coarse flour, [ 

 and ail such healthful kinds of diet, tortured [ 

 witli dyspepsia, and torturing everybody else 

 who eanie near him, unless their feelings were 

 ironclad. Maybe if had tried Mr. Emerson's way \ 

 of living, he might have caught some of his gen- 

 tle, lovable trails, instead of living the bear be i 

 was, ready, as Lowell says, " to call down fire 

 from lieaven whenever he cannot readily lay his I 

 hands on the matcli-box." ' 



I have always felt skeptical about oats, except 

 for horses, and since I learn that t'arlyle used it, 

 I feel more than ever opposed to it. I have a ■ 

 friend who is always made dyspeptic by corn 

 bread or mush, wiiile others And it very health- 

 ful. 



It would be better for the health of the world if 

 we could abolish the food hobby so universal. If 

 each would sensibly settle on what is good for 

 him, without reference to other people, it would 

 be a great advantage. What cannot be eaten 

 withcuit bad etlects in earlier life, is often just the 

 food that does the most good In later years. 



Rvory lionHckeeperniKl her ilniiKliterenn have 

 the l''nriii niiil CJnnleii for .'{ >ear>* fri'i* l>> •«eiMl- 

 inieaciiili of 1*^ NijhNrribpi'H ai 'j.l rent** cneli. 

 <wei the Ni'wiiiiE rircle to join. 



THE HIVE OF WISDOM. 



By L>n*. 



A few more weeks for the boys and girls to store 

 up knowledge in the long winterevcninfi:s. Even 

 one of these quiet hours each evening, if well im- 

 proved, will make a good sht»wing when summer 

 comes. It will be pleasant too, lo remember; for 

 you may lay up much "goodly and pleasant 

 riches " in this world, but you will never treasure 

 up anytliing more prech>us than pleasant mem- 

 ories. 



It seems a small matter, this reading a few 



Cages every day in some solid, protitable book; 

 ut that Is the way the wisest minds have been 

 built up. 



" The tittle bee roved for an hour or more. 

 From blossom to hlossoins lo gather Ills store, 

 'Twas a wrp bli here and a wee hit there, 

 TIM Ills loud wiLs weary as he ciuihl bear. 

 Tilt' hl<n*.siims tla*y wiclierert ami paHspd nwiiy, 

 But tbe hivt'i;rew ftiller ol'sweet eacli day."' 



So It is With our diligent reading— boys and 

 girls. 



•■ "Tts a wee hit there niid a wee bit here. 

 Bill the hive of widom grows fuller each year." 



unlike any I had seen at home. The broom was 

 nearly as long as the handle, and was of the 

 clumsiest construction. It was really a labor to 

 wield one. The broom of the United States, 

 compared with these, shows a long series of 

 intellectual development on the idea of a broom 

 existing in the normal state, as yet in the French 

 brain. Our coarsest brooms made for pavement 

 use are very dainty, fragile things, apparently, 

 to the broom we used for carpet sweepLng in Nice, 

 and no other kind could V>e had. 



Un conversing witli a maker of brooms, since 

 my return, I am informed that most of the 

 broom corn is brought from the West, that the 

 coai*sest is made into what are called tavern 

 brooms, and the rest into carpet or house brooms. 

 Another maker had been told to take a cargo of 

 his brooms to Fnance. and he <'ould make a 

 fortune. 



There is not the general use of carpet in France 

 that there is in the United States, yet there many 

 places that must be nicely swept, where a broom 

 would be more eflieient than a brush, and It 

 would be well to try the eftect of our nicely made 

 brooms. Tbe French broom corn iniKhtbe intro- 

 duced here, and be used for street sweeping, for 

 whi<-h it would answer much l>etter than the 

 switch brooms, or splint brushes used in Phila- 

 delphia and Baltimore. 



.\ small broom or whisk is made in France 

 wliicli. for some purposes, is more convenient 

 than tile wisk used here. The handle is about a 

 loot long, an4 the wisk part about four inches in 

 len;;th, and set around the handle like the bris. 

 ties in a paint brush. These are used for washing 

 sinks and other purposes, for which the long 

 liandle is convenient. 



Itrooins are improving in quality and variety. 

 It is possible to get a light, fine bnioni for carpet 

 j sweeping, thougli there is still room forafiner 

 I (luality of broom corn, and finer hmoms for fine 

 carpets which are now swept with stifi brushes. 

 There might be all gradesol quality, as well as of 

 size, the very coarse being used for scrubbing 

 pavemeiit-s alone. 



M'f (jet very many letters from subscribers to 

 .irif/ the ^'Fanti mid Garden" ^'till forbid " 

 which we believf irif/ tw a lotuj time ; hence we are 

 sorry we cannot vtnitply. We only send the paper 

 for the time ive ayree to, so do not fail to renew. 



BROOMS AND BROOM CORN. 



/>*'/ .4, inn tiiiM'nii. 



While sojourning In Kran<'e I Iiad frequ<'nt 

 <iccasi(in to n<tticc the brooms In use there for 

 floors and carpets. The broom corn of which 

 these were made was exceedingly coarse, being 



In the month of December of last year, one 

 night while milking our pc* Jersey two-year-old 

 heifer, a neighbor whe had just moved into the 

 place came in. While discussing the merits of 

 dillerent breeds, we remarked that we could 

 tuke a quart of milk and show an inch of cream. 

 He did not tell us we lied but bis countenance 

 spoke it plainly, In a day or two bis (Uiernseys 

 were driven in, not having convenience to set 

 his milk, he brcmght It to our house. I asked 

 my wife to set some of the milk in a common 

 tumbler. She did so. filling the tnntblers just two 

 inches from the bottom. To our great sun^rise, 

 when the cream had risen. Just one quarter of 

 the contents was nice, solid cream. We showed 

 the glass and contents to Mr. Lee and his face 

 showeti Jis mncli snrj)rise as it <iltl unbelief be- 

 fore. He seemed to think it impossible. Now 

 the object of this communication is to make the 

 inquiry— how much or wliat part of a flrst-elass 

 cow's milk should be cream, suppose the milk 

 to he set in a common quart measure or quart 

 glass jar? J.J. Reed, 



January, 1885. Hannibal Centre, Oswego a).,iNM'. 



SEEDS GIVEN AWAY! 



A PACKAGE Mix-.l KL.a. i Seeds 1 4w kiiidsi with 

 Pahks Fi>orai. <Jcii»k. ull fui 'J slumps. Tell nil vuin 

 fi lends, (i, W. PARK, Fannettsburc. Peiiiin. 



fl^"\Vrite Now. This notice will unt appear atriiin 



Hybrid CLEMATIS. 



Til.' iiM.'.t lleinllilill ol nil IIAKDV ('M.>lltlN(i 

 PLANTS. SIriiiiK Hool-i ■ an hi s.tiI mhIVI) bv 

 liluil. Si-ritl lor 01II- I]]iisli:Ltt'(t ('atiilnmi<-. 



JOSEPH KIFT. West Chester, Pa. 



WMai..,i.iiiallyBi»iiiB:aHa.TQ|||V| C C T 

 IIm' IjiMUlifuI M'/» IL-.I iUi-e OUIvOE I • 



Rose Growers 



BUCH&CO.' 



AND FLORISTS. 



Klchmont]. Indiana. 



t^' Send for their beautiful cuialoirue fur is6J. free. 



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13 ETerhloumlnic, or 13 llnrflj, or 13 



|<'nmlilnir,or7 Mom Kohcs.jU disimtt s^ns 

 ibel'jd. I'V luailtocfi. Many thou^aiitl^ 

 I Iledding and House Plants and Bulbs. 



js.ifc arrival and satisfaction piiarantecd. 

 Jl>. K. WoodH .t Co.. New UrightoD, Pa. 



► EEDS ^ ^^^"^^ Cabbage, ^weet Corn, Peaa^ 

 ' PLAMT1 



SrifJil \^.n,iji/n^rr, tern mi. »^iji u, * c*™. 

 squash. Turnip, EnsilKge Corn, Fiejd 

 I urn, Wflconie Oats, Seed Potatoes, 

 HthiT \ t L-'ti: I'lt' ;itid rii»wfi- seed, iiK-lutii lift best iioveliies. 

 IIOSKS! KOSICS!. Verbenas in qimntities. <'ar- 

 iiniioitN, <;«>viiiiliiiiiN. firnpe. Strawberry, and 

 Siimll Fruit |*hiiiiH. wholesaU'uiHl reiail. Caialogues 

 Free. ('. E. A I^IiEN. Bruttleboro, Vermont. 



IHEDINGEE& CON ARD GO'S 



11I;AL'TII-L'I> EVEU-Bl.OO.mNti 



ROSES 



Our <<reat Specialty is growing and distributing 

 IIOSICS— wf iVliverntrong Pot PlantB, suital>le tor 

 tiH>u"li-i'r liiunin, safely by mail at all Post Offices. 

 .5 Splendid Viirieties, ■i'>urrh..>.r, all labeled, for 

 §1; rit\.rS->; 3.jfor§5; lOOfor §12, Also 



OTHER VARIETIES 9,^,& in FOR SI 



according \'i 



rNe«' tiuidc. 



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elegantly ill us. and L^hixinefrom oTer.^OO tinesl sorts 

 Address, THE DINtJEE &: CONARD CO., 

 Rose Growers, We.st <irove, Cbester Co., Pa» 



EAUTiFUL ROSES 



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 n ^B of thL- b4.>«t VRrlctles. 1 Vive fiOOD PLAINTS to oU who 

 WM^^m buy from me. As an tDduccment, I nlll give for 50 ct«. S of 

 ^^^^^F my bent new KoneH a-^ uauid In spacf A, or for #1. I will .send 

 ^^^^^ 14 K'>-n'-i (no two alike), lo inclwtlo at U'a.-'t one of the rosi-s naiuuii 

 iospaceA. SAFE ARKITAL und foil eatUfaetlon teuarantccd, 

 and full dircctioni for eari' atnl culniro with all ordtra. That you may sproail 

 thf knowlvilce <'f niv ofTir-r aniinit: lour frieml.-i. I will Rive (.'wrr one whu ii rul'* 

 415.00 loracluho'r five $1 ^lullvciious an extra ■■■lollur i:i.lk-<'tion' FKKK! 

 SlihI PoMtal Note or Stanips with (he ordr-r, ami n^V. for mv CutuloiEue 

 of KOHI:h, ORAPE VINE8 and IIAKDV WllRlTB^. Ailireris 



W IVI • Da Kb bU OHAMBEUSULTiG. PKNNA. 



Few fully appreciate the elegance 

 and cheanties3 of my EV ER- 

 BLOOHl.NG ROSES, nor the 



ea.-e wilh which they ean Ije urown. 

 I want every one lo enjoy them. I 



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For 25 Centn I win 



Q'l a (kamplc- rone— 



1 only, —Marie (^uM- 



lott,(purf whit*-, jirniiLT 

 L^rower; cw: heaiitifnl bmlM. it 



1 Perlen I>e« Jardinn. 

 )rii-h Kol'leu yellow; new; . a^ily 

 k-rown), or 



1 Compteiw RIe Du Pare, 

 (liiiht Crimson; very vii^oroui? 

 Kfowth; free blooaur). new. 



