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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Jan. 



necessity of a patch. Very frequently a piece 

 may be set in, instead of covering tlic outside. 



Dam cracks and bracks with very fine thread ; 

 and be sure that you don't draw, and pucker 

 them. Take sliort, even stitclies; be as particular 

 about tlicm as if you were doing embroidery : in- 

 deed a dam may be made to look as handsome, 

 and will be certainly more to your credit than the 

 nicest embroidery. 



When the plaits of the bosom crack, sew the raw 

 edges very closely together with the finest thread, 

 — taking the very least of seams. If the linen 

 breaks away at the side of the bosom set in a 

 piece neatly. When the button-holes of the 

 bosom-front are badly worn, cut off the hem ; and 

 put in its place a binding of the same width, 

 stitching it as if it were the original hem, and 

 make therein new button-holes. If buttons get 

 strained and loose cut them off and sew them on 

 again ; and always be quick to supply the missing 

 buttons. When the edges of collars and wrist- 

 bands are worn through sew them over, very 

 evenly, in button-hole stitch, — it gives a hand- 

 some finish to the edge, and they will then last 

 nearly as long as new. 



As soon as shirts and other under-clothing are 

 actually past mending, cut out whatever portions 

 are not entirely gone, and assort tnem in bundles. 

 Keep the best for mending with, — half-worn cloth 

 is better than new for this pui-pose. Prepare the 

 remainder for bandages, to be used in case of ac- 

 cident, or m sickness ; and handkerchiefs, for 

 the same occasions. Good wiping cloths — for 

 tumblers and other glass ware — and dusters, and 

 holders may be made from the more inferior 

 parts, before the rag-bag gets its share. 



This suliject will be continued in the next chap- 

 ter. 



IT'S ONLY A LITTLE GLOVE. 



— A case has been recently recorded of the death 

 by drowning, of a young child who fell into a 

 wash tul>, and of the death of another who fell 

 into newly made soap. 



BY MATTHIAS BARR. 



It's only a tiny glove, 



80 nigged, -and old, and worn — 

 You scarce would stoop in your daily path 



To look at the thins; forlorn ; 

 You never would think by those fingers email, 



A heart could be rent and torn. 



It's only a little thing, 



This treasure I hoard and keep; 

 But many a vision of joy it brings, 



And pomctimps it makes me weep. 

 Anil I dream a dream of a fair-hair'd boy 



Under the flowers asleep. 



It's only a little glove. 



Yet dearer it is to me. 

 For the restless feet that pattered and beat 



Their mu^ic upon my knee — 

 Dearer for sorrow, and care and pain 



Than the riches of land or sea. 



It's only a tiny thing; 



But 1 love it with deepest love — 

 A golden link in the chain thai binds 



My soul to the world above ; 

 And I know I am nearer to Heaven each time 



I bow o'er that tiny glove. 



Flowers in Winter. — The best gerani- 

 ums for winter blooming in the house are the 

 different varieties of the Zonale or Horse- 

 shoe family. These are free growers, adapt 

 themselves well to the atmosphere of the pai> 

 lor, and are seMom out of bloom. To Hower 

 well, they should be potted on through the 

 summer, and well pinched to make them of 

 good shape. The colors are white, pink, or- 

 ange, red, scarlet and crimson, in many ditfer- 

 eut shades. If bedded out in the summer, 

 they will grow very strong and may be potted 

 before the frost, and will soon bloom. The 

 varieties with gold and silver foliage are not 

 as well adapted for parlor culture as the plain- 

 leafed kinds, but do well in a green-house. 

 All the varieties are good ; but, for the parlor, 

 those of dwarf habit are preferable. The 

 rose, nutmeg, ivy, apple and oak geraniums 

 also do well in the parlor, but are desirable 

 rather for foliage than dower. — American 

 Journal of Horticulture. 



