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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



HOW WILD GEESE ARE TAKEN. 

 « The way they cateli geese," says the 

 Buffalo Republican, " on the western waters, 

 Is sufficiently wonderful, without at all taxing 

 the incredulity of any one. They are very 

 fond of a small and very active eel, armed 

 with sharp head and teeth, whose habits insist 

 upon its swimming yery near the surface 

 of the water. ' It is very seldom the geese can 

 o-et hold of this choice morsel, arid when thev 

 do, they do they have a grand jollification 

 over it. This eel the hunters use as a 

 bait for their geeseships. A short time 

 since, two hunters went out to catch wild 

 geese. One hunter laid down in his canoe 

 with a trout line attached to his wrist, and on 

 the othe£ end, in the water, was tied the nim- 

 ble, sharp-headed eel before spoken of. The 

 canoe floated slowly through the marshes, and 

 came gradually among a large flock of geese, 

 and the eel swimming along close to the sur- 

 face. One venerable hon mvant of a goose 

 o-obbled up the eel, like a flash ; also the eel 

 had made its way through the body of 

 the epicure, and lo ! the goose was ' on strong.' 

 Another goose, afflicted with a luxurious pal- 

 ate, swallowed the eel, but without any par- 

 ticular satisfaction, as the eel, hardly noticing 

 an obstruction, travelled through the ' goose 

 o-rease ' with scarcely an effort. And so this 

 identical eel travelled and travelled, until 

 seventeen geese were on the string, and our 

 scientific friend, thinking he had been for- 

 tunate enough, commenced hauling them into 

 the boat. But, wonder of wonders, the seven- 

 teen geese rose upon their wings as one goose, 

 and before our friend of the canoe could make 

 a will or say a prayer, he was lifted bodily 

 from the canoe, through the combined efforts 

 of the seventeen geese attached to his wrist, 

 and ere he was aware of it, was thirty feet 

 above the water. A friend of his on shore, 

 who saw the difficulty, and his riffle being for- 

 tunately loaded, shot off the string and 

 rescued his friend. So, instead of wild goose 

 our hunter got cold duck; and, although 

 he fishes no more for wild geese with eels, he 

 is prepared to affirm, asseverate or swear to the 

 truth of the foregoing." 



WASH YOUIt OWN LACE'S. 



The difficulty of getting Slices washed right , 

 especially out of a great city, is very great. 

 Every lady, therefore, should know how to 

 wash her own thread lace. If any fair lady \?< 

 ignorant of this art, we can teach her in a 

 very few words. Let her first rip off the lace, 

 carefully pick out the loose bits of thread, and 

 roll the lace very smoothly and securely round' 

 a clean black bottle previously covered with 

 old white linen, sewed tightly on. Tack 

 each end of the lace with a needle and thread, 

 to keep it smooth,, and be careful in wrapping 

 not to crumble or fold in any of the scollops 

 or pearlings. After it is on the bottle, take 

 some of the best sweet oil, and with a clean 

 sponge wet the lace thoroughly to the inmost 

 folds. Have ready, in a wash-kettle, a strong 

 lather of clear water and white Castile soap. 

 Fill the bottle with cold water to prevent it* 

 bursting; cork it well and stand it upright in 

 the suds, with a string round the neck secured 

 to the ears or handle of the kettle, to prevent 

 its knocking about and breaking while over 

 the fire. Let it boil in the suds for an hour 

 or more, till the lace is clean and white all 

 through. Drain on the suds, and dry it on 

 the bottle in the sun. When dry, remove the 

 lace from the bottle, and roll it round a wide 

 ribbon block, or lay it in long folds, place it 

 within a sheet of smooth white paper, and 

 press it in a large book for a few days. 



Remedy for Gapes in Chickens. — A 

 correspondent says, " Tell those of your read- 

 ers who are interested in raising chickens, 

 that a small pinch of gunpowder given to a 

 chicken with the gapes will effect a sure and 

 complete cure in from one to three hours 



time, and leave poor chick healthy anclhearty. 



I speak from what I know, having tried the 



remedy with perfect satisfaction." 



WHITEWASH FOR OUTHOUSES AND FENCES. 



Take a clean barrel that will hold water. 

 Put into it half a bushel of quicklime, and 

 slack it by pouring over it boiling water suffi- 

 cient to cover it four or five inches deep, and 

 stirring it until slaked. When quite slaked, 

 dissolve it in water, and add two pounds of 

 sulphate of zinc, which may be had at any of 

 the druggists, and one of common salt, and 

 which in a few days will cause the whitewash 

 to harden on the wood-work. Add sufficient 

 water to bring it to the consistency of thick 

 whitewash. 



To make the above wash of a pleasant 

 cream color, add 3 lbs. yellow ochre. 



For fawn color, and 4 lbs. umber, 1 lb. In- 

 dian red, and 1 lb. lampblack. 



For grey or stone color, add 4 lbs. raw um- 

 ber, and 2 lbs. lampblack. 



The color may be put on with a common 

 whitewash brush, and will be found much 

 more durable than common whitewash. — Scien- 

 tific Amcricam 



