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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



We hope soon to see an article on the best mode 

 of ventihiting Ijuiklings published in theCultivatoi; 

 but meanwhile do not fail to open the windows each 

 morning- to secure a thoioufjh change of air, and as 

 soon as the increasing warmth of the atmosphere 

 will permit, keep open during the night some 

 means of ingress to your sleeping apartments, for 

 the external air. If the night air be injurious, 

 (which we do not believe is often tlie case, certainly 

 not at the height from the ground where it would 

 enter a chamber window,) it cannot well be so del- 

 eterious to health as the confined air in which most 

 persons so thoughtlessly sleep. In reference to 

 this point, the author of '• Uses and Abuses of Air" 

 says, "We may add that this peculiar hedroomy 

 odor is not peculiar to the domitories of servants, 

 for their is not a chamber, however costly its fur- 

 niture or ample its dimensions, though occupied by 

 the most cleanly and fastidious, that will not exhibit 

 it, if unrcntilated. 



The lassitude spoken of at the commencement of 

 this article, we believe to be a minor evil mainly 

 resulting from this prolific source of disease — im- 

 pure air; and think it might be at least partially 

 prevented by avoiding its cause, and beginning to 

 practice noiv, so as to forestall the approaching 

 warm weather. 



The elfects of bathing should be mentioned in 

 this connection, but must be deferred till another 

 time. — Ohio Culti valor. 



EDUCATE YOUR DAUGHTERS. 



A writer says: — When I lived among the Choc- 

 taw Indians, I held a consultation with one of their 

 chiefs respecting the successive stages of their pro- 

 gress in the arts of civilized life; and among other 

 things he informed me at their first start they fell 

 into a great mistake — they only sent their boys to 

 school. 



They became intelligent men, but they married 

 uneducated and uncivilized wives, and the uniform 

 result was, that the children were all like the mo- 

 ther; and soon tlie f itlier lost his interest in both 

 wife and children. "And now," says he, "if we 

 could educate only one class of our children, we 

 would choose the girls; for when they become mo- 

 thers, they would educate their sons." This is to 

 the point, and it is true. No nation can become 

 fully and permanently civilized and enlightened, 

 when the mothers are not, to a good degree, quali- 

 fied to discharge the duties of home education. 



Moths in Furniture. — Thoroughly saturate 

 the stufiing of sofas, chairs, &c., by pouring on and 

 in camphiue. This may be done without any dan- 

 ger of injury to carpets or clothing, as they are pre- 

 served by sprinkling with the same article. I have 

 tried this method of ridding a sofa, which had been 

 stuffed with vijlanous liair, from thousands of worms 

 and moths. They were instantly destroyed, with 

 out in tlie least affecting the hair sealing or varnish 

 of the wood. — A writer in the North American. 



An Antidotk foii Bed Bugs. — Take a quantity 

 of whale oil, and about the same quantity of lard or 

 tallow; simmer them a few minutes together, so 

 that they will mix. Apply the mixture with a 

 feather or fine brush, to the crevices and joints of 

 the bedsteads, and these vermin will not only desert 

 the bed, hut will leave the room. 



Sarsaparilla Syrup. — Purchase of a druggist 

 of known honesty, fifteen ounces of Para Sarsapa- 

 rilla; split all the stalks in two lengthwise, and cut 

 in short pieces. Soak it in a gallon of pure water 

 for twenty-four hours, then boil it down to two 

 quarts; strain and add, while boiling, fifteen ounces 

 white sugar; thicken all by a little additional boil- 

 ing, precisely as you make the syrup of preserves. 

 Here you have two quarts of pure syrup for eighty 

 cents. The dose is from a teaspoonful to a wine- 

 glassful, according to age, three times a day; but 

 it would do no harm if taken by the tumblerful; it 

 is not hurtful in any dose. If you make it, you are 

 certain that you get the genuine article — which is 

 very doubtful if you buy it. 



Disinfecting Agent. — Rooms in which, from 

 any cause, there arises an unpleasant odor, may be 

 freed of the. obnoxious effluvia, by placing a few 

 kernels of coffee on a hot shovel, and allowing the 

 aroma, or smoke, to be freely disseminated. It will 

 dispel effectually the most powerful odor arising 

 from putrid animal or vegetable matter. It has 

 been much used and with excellent success, in lo- 

 calities infected by cholera. 



d^" The reason why the world is not reformed 

 is because every man would have others make a 

 beginning-, and never thinks of himself. 



1^ A promise and its performance, should, like 

 the scales of a true balance, always present a mutual 

 adjustment. 



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