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MOOHE'S KU&&L HEW-YO&&E&. 



A PLEA5ITKE TRIP. 



Ponafewdoysp** 1 lt,e Horticultural Editor has 

 been ruraNriDgamong the hills and vallejs, brooks 

 » nd |»t„orC»ynga»mlTompki n scou D iies. And 

 lie bas enjoyed himself immensely, acid seen US 

 ■>•■; wonderful and beautiful Unngs us though 

 be bad trawled through Italy, Wales, or Scotland, 

 oyaoy other favorite resort of lite tourist-at leut 

 be ia perfectly content, and returns to bis duties 

 with a feeling of thankfulness that Gon tut given 

 DS such a goodly heritage. 

 There may be Lake* more beautiful than Cayuga, 



bat 1 





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OTer its transparent surface, enraptured by the 

 beauty of Its fertile bonks, dotted with cottages 

 and farm hooaes, wilb occasionally a "clump" of 

 the old woods remaining, giving the scene the op- 

 pearuuee of a magnificent pork, we thought that 

 neither online or art could add another gra 

 Then, as we climbed the fertile hillaofTr 

 burgh and Eufield, it rejoiced our heart to 

 promise of goodly crops, the orchards luden wilb 

 fruit. Beautiful specimens of dwarf pears are k 

 be found in almost every village garden ; but out 

 frlenda musL learn to keep the grass away from 

 Ihoir trees, or they will not make a good growth. 

 A little circle a foot in diameter around a pear 

 Ircc, is of no nse. Cut away the turf for a large 

 apace, give plenty of maouie, and all will be well, 

 i took at the villages 



j the 



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fl.1u..f tt»^ l.H 



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rounded with well-kept lawns, and ornamented 

 with graceful trees and llowcring shrubs. At 

 ffiiionJSprtngiwe spent a few hours very agreeably 

 wilb our horticultural friend, Jem* J. Thomas, 

 and although we did not find the army of weeds 

 that so troubled the correspondent of a Yates 

 'County paper, we saw very much to interest us. 

 Mr. T. has been only two years on bis present 

 farm, and in that time has built a new and tasteful 

 bouse, removed old barns and fences and made 



made a lawn, gravel and Hag walks, planted trees, 

 ■taxied a nursery, and made many other improve- 

 ments, taking a large amount of time and money, 

 tbe benefit of which will be seen in a few years. Tbe 

 place ia new and incomplete, and to a casual obser- 

 ver il would contrast unfavorably with those older 

 and more finished. Those acquainted with horti- 

 cultural labor and its results, can see the work of 

 a master band, and with a little more time and 



In ail our travels we saw nothing a 

 fid than u natural garden of the ffibitn 

 two north of Union Bprings, on tho : 



DOWWING'S EVER-BEARING MTJLBEERY. 



yon aome time post we have designed to call the 

 attention of our readers to what we consider a very 

 valuable fruit, frowning.- Mulberry, and have only 

 b.-eu wailing fur an opportunity to taste it. With 

 the BngUth Wash Midbtrry we ore well acquaint- 

 .■d, having tuien of its fruit from our earliest rccol- 

 ■(■■'.'■ ■:/- ,'n ;/ we saw last .sea- 

 son in the grounds of Dr. Oram, of Iona, but too 

 late for the fruit. It is a beautiful tree, with its 

 broad, bright foliage, and its growth is almost mar- 

 vellous. If we recollect aright, we measured 

 branches of one year's growth over fifteen feet in 

 length. It makes a ttuly ornamentul tree, and we 

 see no objecliou to giving it even a BOUptououa 



The following note from Joseph Frost, Esq., of 

 nursery firm of A. Faow £ Co., 





;cled < 

 Mr. P.. 



i tbe i 



I il, i 



i, has tasted of tbe fruit 



ami stales tliat it is "g / and dJicious." Mr. 



GLEKJt.oftbefirmofH. E. Hooker & Co., hoe alsc 

 tasted the fruit an d also expresses a very favorabh 



i: 



Not long „„«, . g. u0mm „,,„ ,,„, „,„ „, ;, 



the case, the value of u tree that will - i 



bushels of such fruit, ripening ,„ mSmt 

 five or six weeks cannot be questioned it ** ° T 

 acquisition to our catalogue of small fruit* that 

 our people will not be slow to appreciate, 



DOWVXH gives the following interest- 

 ing account of tbe habits of the tree, quality of 

 fruit, Ac. 



"TUe mulberry which is called, but not very 

 felicitously, 'Ere'r-bearing,' has a fruiting season 

 or about ten weeks, beginning to ripen its fruit 

 just as the Strawberry season is drawing to a 

 J. "' ■■* b X 'ts excellence seems fitly to follow 



" "Q'versaliy esteemed fruit It had but just 

 been lho rouB bly proyed as the lime arrived for 



carrying out my plan of d 

 aod propagation of trees for i-omooercmJ purpoufj 

 to enable me in other ways more completely to de- 

 Tole the remainder of my life to the advancement 

 of Pomolegy uudUtracted bjr tbe interests and 

 cares of business. Therefore I propagated only u 

 few.-whicb I presented to aome of my friend*, a 

 p*rtof whom did not appear to thiok a mutterry 

 oojutd be of any value, and never gave them any 

 Mention, but by oil who cared for them, I have 

 bad tbe pleasure of seeing them prized and fully 

 appreciated. I also tried to prevail upon a neigh- 

 bor to undertake its propagation for general dis- 

 semination, being well assured he would be doing 

 tbe country a great favor. It was soon after un- 

 dertaken by my friend, Dr. C. W. C ■ ■ ■ 

 efforts, in consequence uf its peculiarities, were at 

 flrat unsuccessful, but I am now happy at know- 

 ing that he bus n small stock of very tine trees. 



Of its excellent flavor und productiveness, I need 

 not apeak — its character, so far should at least be 

 now well established. As a tree for tbe lawn, I 

 tbink it deserves attention for its great beauty of 

 foliage and habit, and also for its hardiness, and 

 uuequaled rapidity of growth uudcr generous 

 treatment. When growo in a border deep, rich, 

 and broad, and not interfered witb by other trees, 

 its leaves, which are borne in profusion, acquire a 

 very large size, and in on incredibly short time it be- 

 comes a large tree, witb a deep, cool, and impenetra- 

 ble shade. For the first three years no grass-roots 

 should be suffered to abstract nourishment from its 

 roots. Afterwards, grass closely shaven may be suf- 

 fered to grow nround and beneath, on which tbe 

 fruit may be suffered to fall. Every morning it may 

 be gathered from tbe tree by picking, to which it 

 then adheres with considerable tenacity. At mid- 

 day a pretty severe jar will dislodge the fruit, but 

 if left till towards evening, it begins to fall ofl 

 itself, to make way for tbe next day's fruitage. 

 Thot gathered in tbe morning has a large share of 

 sub-acid briskness, and may be kept for several 

 days. As the day advances, the fruit becomes 

 softer, but it never loses its full, rich, vinous, 

 aromatic flavor, and always leaves the mouth cool 

 aod healthy. I think it a fruit which every ooe 

 will enjoy." 

 Mr. Berckuans, the well known Belgian Pomo- 



Thistruty most distinguished fruit, so different 

 n the other American mulberries, by its rich 

 [ sub-acid taste, was obtained from the seed of 

 the MuliicauliB by our worthy ond distinguished 

 Pomologist, Chas. Downing, aome twelve years 

 ago, in his experimental grounds near Newburgh, 

 The tree is very vigorous, hardy and productive. 

 Its foliage is large and fine, making it altogether 



mdinon. Tbe fruit ripens in succession from be- 

 fore the first of July to tbe beginning of Septem- 

 ber, producing a never-foiling crop of the most 

 luscious fruit, highly valued by all who have hud 

 M opportunity to taste it, and making a fine des- 

 *ert, nod a most delicious pie or pudding fruit 

 From over one inch to one inch ond a half in leoglb, 



rich cultivation, Color purplish-black with 

 small fine grains, and is almost entirely without 

 seeds, ond of a delightful, rich, sub-acid taste." 



Rev. Henry W ah l . Beecher who had such a dis- 

 like to the common mulberry that he could hardly 

 be prevailed upon to taste this, expressed the 

 greatest surprise and gratification at the excellent 

 flavor of the new fruit, and wrote as follows, to the 

 gentleman who bad presented him with the speei- 



Just as soon as I con find a spot where it can 

 have rest, and root-room, I shall wont a mulberry 

 which I hope you will not fail to reserve for 

 I regard it as un indispensable addition to 

 every fruit-garden, and speak what I think, when 

 I say I bad rather have one tree of Downing's 

 'Es'tr-b: .iring' Mulberry than a bed of strawber- 

 ries. And I tbink all lovers of fine fruit, who like 

 me can be prevaihd upon to taste it, will be ready 

 at once to award to Mr. Cuahi.es Downing a high 

 rank among public benefactors, bad he done noth- 

 ing more than give us thia most estimable of all 

 small fruits, which the tree furnishes abundantly, 

 for more tbun two months of the season, when 

 such are most conducive to health and enjoyment. 

 " If any word of mine spoken through you or 

 otherwise will tend to induce amateurs and others 

 re enriching their gardens and grounds with 

 choice fruits, to become possessed of this new kind, 

 that word shall be most heartily spoken, for I 

 regard it as a rery great acquisition," 



"erable to the wood, i 

 mywayi please; tu i 

 ximsnd of stretching 



being bent to any shape, whereas 

 oould with great inconvenience odIj- be used for 

 pot plants. Aoolber advantage gamed bj, that for 

 the price of '.'d. I procured sullicient wire to make 

 40, and the time (an object with me) occupied in 

 moking them waa ODly 20 minutes. It is, there- 

 fore, I tbink, an improvement on the wooden peg; 

 should, however, a doubt arise that the wire would 

 slip from the mould, this may be remedied by 

 nmilnfl the induce witi tin' finger where the 

 wire enters, thus giving a compact body to resist 

 any attempt at rising. But before concluding I 

 must odd ■ word of caution to amateurs kke my- 

 self, namely, that should tbe branch intended to 

 be bent down be too stroDg and too full grown, it 

 will be found necessary to have a crutch or prop 

 (similar in shape only to those used by laundresses 

 in supporting their clothes-lines) formed out of a 

 piece of wood, or tbe joints at a a in the wood cut 

 may snap and produce disappointment. A piece 

 Of bast lied round the branch bent and again to the 

 parent stem will answ> 



ments tbal may have beeo made will be 

 a boom Tbe Tulip, the Dahlia, and se 





WTfiE PEGS FOR POT PLANTS. 



- ..;oing I needed something to keep the branches 

 of my Chrysanthemums down, I referred *- 



iflasty 



r, and found there the represen 

 ted by Mr. Broome 



tation of 



, however, I have ___ . 

 sowing and cutting of wood, I bethought my- 



? of something more easily attainable, and I 

 think at the same time more serviceable. It is as 

 follows:— I procured a small quantity of copper 



and cuttiug this up into pieces about six 



s in length, the end is readily bent with the 



lingers into the shape of the peg just adverted to as 



"»" , » by Mr. Broome. But a difficulty arose. My 



e» were overhanging the pots the? were in, 



eon* onenq, pegging t he ,n down to the pots was 



very little use. I therefore found that tbe cop- 



,,„ fi«, 



s with t 



and as the Chrysanthemum now i 



estimation all that can be gleaned fi 



io regord to tbe manogement of thai plant will be 



highly acceptable— G. Aucorr, in Gard. Chron. 



THE NEW GBAPES. 



A ooitREsroKDSKT and nurseryman of Pennsyl- 

 vania writes us as follows : — •• I have felt in duty 

 bound to take a position on tbo grape question 

 which 1 feared would offend some enthusiasts, but 

 ambappy to see by a former number of the Bubal 

 that your views are like mine, and of course, I think 

 correct. It was a great satisfaction to find that I 

 was backed by so good authority. As to enthusi- 

 asm, I have no stones to throw>t others, for I sup- 

 pose I have spent as much/for new grapes, and 

 have, perhaps, nearly as nsany, us any other per- 

 son ; but I have always felt adispoaition to put my 

 foot on all humbugs, while, at the same time, I 

 have patronized humbugs in every form and oo 

 every occasion for twel vey ears, alwuy s beingomong 

 the first to be caught. I do not, however, look 

 upon tbe present grope mania as a humbug, for I 

 truly believe it will be tbe cause of great and good 

 remits. Yet, in imprudeot or dishonest bunds, the 

 cause may receive a check, and great injury, before) 

 tbe good is fully gained. 



Well may a person feel timid when entering on 

 a subject which has so absorbed the attention of 

 the great mass of pomologists nnd fruit-growers, 

 as to result in an almost perfect mania, under 

 whose influence each ooe -eems to run as though 

 • be f*r«r wen d^riined t» tf-atom* hitfl, and fljmiy 

 convinced that the sooner he is consumed, the less 

 he will suffer. This may al! be true, in a pecuniary 

 point of view, with those who are propagating for 

 Bale,— but whose feelings will be most comfortable, 

 when the fever has subsided, can better be told 

 then, than imagined now ; as wo all seem to be 

 alike laboring under the popular hallucination. 

 We aro collecting from all quarters, new, and mid 

 to be, superior sorts. Some may be so, and no 

 doubt the result will lead to a great deal of good, 

 both individually and nalionully, by producing 

 more abundance of the wholesome fruit of the vine, 

 which, to some extent, may do away with some of 

 ly termed beverages. 



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race too hurriedly, too in considerately, but fear 

 lest we fini.sh our course ere the best results are 

 achieved ; causing a re-action, and turning the 

 mass against the cause from the dixtt ruination <if 

 inferior varied** to tuch an extent ax to destroy all 

 the good done by fading out tin few >tal nt/iiable 

 Dtirittit-i, ere it has resulted in the nmount of good 

 il is destined to accomplish, if guided cautiously. 

 Viewing the case in this light, I would not excite 

 the feelings by glowing descriptions ; for tfao pub- 

 lic prints nbouud in this too plentifully. Many of 

 the varieties have never yet been fairly tested oul 

 of their native locality, while others have be'en s< 

 hurried on by hot-bid culture— fo supply demand— 

 as to require years to do even tbem or their colli 



Wi: like to have young pear trees make a tine 

 growth of wood. The first object to be gained is 

 u good, substantial, well-formed, bcollhy tree, and 

 not trait We know of no evil likely to result 

 from a " large growth of new wood," as described 

 by our correspondent, and would take no means 

 to check it until tbe tree got to be quite lurge. 

 A fuw small crops of fruit will not repay the 

 damage done to a young tree by rashly checking 

 naturally vigorous growth. When the tree, 

 however, becomes older, and seems disposed to 

 oo much to wood, pruning the latter part of 

 will check it, and generally cause the forma- 

 of fruit buds, AH that is uecessury is to 

 pinch off tho tops of the most vigorous branches. 

 New aud tender shoots may be in some cases 

 forced out when the autumn is warm ami growing, 

 but no injury would result should these be winter- 

 killed, as they would he mostly removed in spring 

 pruning. Boot-pruning is the best way to check 

 '" growth of a tree. Dig around it and cut off 

 i a sharp spade a portion of tbe roots. To 

 mplish much in this way with large trees, it is 

 necessary to dig a trench around them. 



Meiui.toMh. Foim,-N«.— The Paris Society d'Ac- 



— '-n has awarded to Mr. Fortune on.- of tli,.-ir 



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LAWTON BLACXBEBBY CROP *«. 



Eos Kr i, ■ i :— Having noticed a new featu: 

 me at least,) in the growiDg of the Lawton or 

 Bochelle Blackberry, I write tlris to trj 

 tain if it is a common occurrence. After tbe first 

 crop of fruit was get on my busbes and nearly ripe, 



>n anything of 

 the kind noticed before, I conclude that it is peculiar 



The " Lawton " thrives well here, and is destined 

 to become a popular fruit iu Western Iowa and 

 Nebraska, Our bard wiutera generally kill (he 

 ends of the twigs aud lute growth, but not enough 

 to injure the plants in the least. I have grown 

 some very fine fruit thia season, aome of the ber- 

 ries measuring-.}', inches »n circumference. Should 

 they.'prove a perpetual they will be all the more 



As a general thing, crops of all kinds are good 

 with us. Spring wheat is light straw, but well 

 filled. Oats are a very fair crop. Corn bids to be 

 very heavy, although owing to bad seed and bad 

 weather and replanting, a portion of it is late— 

 but if frost holds off as late as usual it will all 

 mature. Early potatoes will be poor, owing to the 

 dry weather a few weeks past, but tbe late rains 

 will moke the late crop good. Grass i* not quite 

 as heavy as usuol on account of the dry weather. 



into short pieces at any 

 covered with earth. If put in in the autumn tbey 

 will push in the spring ; any time diiriog summer 

 they ore up in n few weeks.— W. W., in Gardener's 



CAroniih. 



BUDDING VINES. 



Having lately seen several articles in your col- 

 umns relative to the propagation of tbe vine, and 

 conclusions drawn tbal the time will arrive when 

 "grafted plants will be more common," I am in- 

 duced to lay before your readers a system I have 

 ii'Juji'ed.iiinJ ivl.i.-h 1 hare not 



ntbe 



WLthtl 



experienced grape growers bave 1 found they have 

 practised it. It is certainly far preferable to graft- 

 ing, as a season for fruiting is gained, and a more 

 perfect union effected— I allude to budding in tbe 

 months of July and August. On August Uth, ls58, 

 I received from a nurseryman a small one guinea 

 plant of the Black Muscat vinery, a plant of the 

 Golden Hamburgh and one nl Hie Bowood Muscat, 

 I was desirous tbol Ibe llluck Muscat Hamburgh 

 should be next to them, thot I may fairly test the 

 relative merits of these three tine grapes; but as 

 there was u Black Hamburgh of two years planting 

 next to the Golden Hamburgh, 1 did not like 

 removing it to plant tbe Black Muscat Hamburgh, 

 but resolved on trying the effect of budding ibe 

 Black Muscat Hamburgh on the stock of tbe Black 

 Hamburgh. On tbe loth of August I inserted 

 three buds, and ut tbe lime of winter pruning cut 

 the Black Hamburgh down to the top bud inserted. 

 Each bud has broken quite as strong as a natural 

 eye, and on each shoot there were three as strong 

 ond fine bunches of grapes as could be desired. 

 Since then the fruit from the leader has been 

 removed, ond also two bunches from each s 

 shoot, leaving one to each bearer. This operati 

 has been performed io u young vinery, where there 

 are about forty vines, und the bunches on t 

 shoots of the inserted buds are just beginning 

 color. I shall, therefore, fruit this season, side 1 

 side, from established plants in the border, the 

 Black Muscat Hamburgh, the Golden Hamburgh, 

 and the Bowood Muscat. From what information 

 I have been able to collect, I believe this 

 advance in tbe propagation of the vine n< 

 practised. If it has heen, I should ft 

 your numerous readers like to know, 

 gives me gratification to lay belon 

 growing world the result o'f my t 



AM. ABOUT BEANS, 

 i"— Hoil the beans for 



oup ; 



isual way, bul ..,,i v u , 



m,.| pepper to taste, and berb8 if ||U , 



^ lotn ^«P..«ut4 B oupl ( ., la«e sl 

 igbt, stale bread into pier,, ,. 

 idd a lump of good sweet In,;. 

 [jrg, (or mom, if jo- *— 



-Soak a pint f 



and crisp, put it ia the '.oup tureen, pour the 

 soup over it and siTK, 



Minnssota Bum 

 beana, and then boil 

 When tht skins commence to loosen, place a cov- 

 ered steamer close over Ibe pot of beans, and in a 

 few moments take it off briskly, aod as quickly 

 skim off tbe skins whit li bare ris>eu mi the surface. 

 Replace the steamer, and repeat the same until 

 you hove as much of the skins as you can skim, 

 then let the beans boil to a mash. Takeoff; lot 

 tbem cool to blood heat, then add sufficient yeast 



can get in no more. Be sure to bave sufficient salt. 

 Let it rise, and when very light (not sour,) drop 

 the mixture by spoonfuls into hot lard — as much 

 or a* little fat as you pteue. Serve up hot. 



Beans may be prepared more delicatelj for these 

 fritters by soakiug bean meal iu water over night, 

 then cither baking in the oveu wilb plenty of wa- 

 ter for four hours, or boiling in a pudding bag for 

 ft to 6 In. in- Or, allow it to get peifecilj com, 

 und cut in dices, and fry like cold mush. 



A New Suusciuum. 



Oak UIIU. Minnesota, July, IW, 



CAKES, CEACKEE8, Ac. 



HUM, Eos -Iu the Rural of June Ifllb is an 

 inquiry for a good recipe for moking Crackers— I 

 Bend one, together wiih others that I tbink are 



Plain Cake— Two eggs; '_; cup cream; 1 of 

 sugar; 1 of flour; 1 teuspoooful ofsaleratus; 1 

 tablespoonful of rose water. , 



HiKoGiNr.KKBRKAn— Three cups of sugar; IV 

 of butter; 1 of sweet milk; 1 egg; 1 teaspoon 

 ginger; 2 of salerams. Mix hard, roU out thin, 

 cut in cokes, ond bake quick. 



Cookies.— Two cups of sugar; 1 of butter; 2 

 eggs; ', cup sour milk; 1 teaspoon soda. 



QiHORfl S^ifs.— One cap molasses; 1 of sugar; 

 1 'oup warm water ; 1 cup butter ; 1 teaspoon *odd, 

 dissolved in tbe water; 2tabh.'?piioiifnlM uf i-innei, 

 and a little salt. 



-Wii: 



the lady readers inform 

 me through the columns of the Ri'ral bow to cook 

 Lima Beans. Li\a. 



Nunda l N.Y„18», 



; On 



Bom i 



cider be kept fresh and sweet? I wielLio bare a 

 barrel or two for fall and winter use. Can some 

 of your correspondents furnish a recipe that will 

 prove certain in keeping the cider good 1 ' Is bull- 

 ing oid« down agood plau? Does such boiled-down 

 cider, when you add water to it, make as pleasant 

 a beverage as the unboiled?— E. H., Cincinnati, 

 Ohio, 1853. 



A Cure for Rukcwcnsu. — In the Ito halo short 

 time since, I saw an inquiry foratCOlpe for the 

 relief of rheumatism, and 1 will send mine, which 

 is called No. 1. Half pint brandy ; 1 ox. of beur'a 

 oil; 1 oz. origanum oil ; }-j or., of cayenm- ptpper. 

 Mix, and bathe the part affected.— L, T. I)., Ath- 

 land, Dodgi Co., Mian., 185,8. 



Cueai- Yixegau.— Take one quart ripe red cur- 

 rants, crush, mix with one quart soft water, one 

 cup sugar or molasses. Put all in a stone jar, stir 

 well, cover well with a thin cloth, place it in the 

 sun, shake occasionally, and in one week you will 

 have excellent vinegar. Try it. — A RcnALlsr, 

 I | . 186&, 



Ibvikq Park.— A novel end very admirable idea 

 io in process of being earned out ■'*■ Tarryiowo.oa 

 the Hudson. About one hundred acres of ground, 

 adjoining Sleepy Hollow — made memorable by 

 Irving'* pen — iimu been ,. . .:.'. ,.-ri- J io-..j * \'-^k, 



uf iei -.Tui mile*, in < •■ 

 promenaders, and spue 

 a where children ci 



■ und will be for the use 



,,,,! under the control of the 



A Goon, Healthy Desseut I'f ddi.no.— The fol- 

 lowing recipe is given ua by Isaac Colvjn, of llcn- 

 tetta, who has found the article very palatable and 



healthy :— Take equal parts of Indian meal mid 

 rye flour, and make same as busty pudding. Eat 

 with either milk or molasses, according to taste. 



—In the recipe, 



Better Crackers - Otrrtt 

 eut you for "Butter Crackc; 

 n print. It should be a cuj 



motet instead of 

 __ _ material differ- 

 the quality of the crackers.— N. C M., 



1, „ B | , —From my mother's manuscript Cook 

 Book, commenced prior to her marriage in 17V.'.- 

 Throe pounds of flour; two do. of sugar; one do. 



of butler; six eggs, and some caraway seed. 



iot shovel held over varnished furniture will 

 )Ut while spots, it is said. 

 it of gloe dissolved in skim-milk and water 

 estore old crape. 



rons of any kind should be washed in cold 

 soap suds, aud not rinsed. 

 Ip you are buying a carpel for durability, choose 

 mall figures. 



A bit of soap rubbed on tho hinges of doors will 

 prevent their creaking. 

 Scotch bxoff put on the holes where crickete 

 >me out will destroy them. 

 Wood ashes and common salt wet with water, 

 will stop tbe cracks of a stove, and prevent the 

 Smoke from escaping. 



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