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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
SEPT 43 
for tljc l)ounn;. 
ECONOMY FOR THE GIRLS. 
MBNDING. 
KNnmo i«t one of the servants 
of the wise magician, Econo¬ 
my. He does wonders where- 
ever he goes; he enters t he 
fingers of boys and girls 
whom he knows are friends 
of his master. Economy, nod 
rents disappear, broken fur¬ 
niture becomes whole, and 
wonderful work is done 
wherever those fingers go Rut I will only 
speak to-day of the help he offers the girls. 
If you want to make friends with this kindly 
sprite, 1 will tell you of a trap to set, that 
will possibly catch him. The trap may lie 
made of different materials, but oftonesfc it is 
made of a smull basket or box. It may vary 
a great deal in some respects, as it is not im¬ 
portant whether it is covered inside with 
cloth or left bare; though sometimes a soft, 
bright lining will aid in the capture. The es- 
seutiul parts of this trap are a pair of scis¬ 
sors, spools of good, strung thread, both 
coarse and fine, blackaud white; shindig need¬ 
les, slender and fine, thick and strong, larger 
needles with long eyes; a thimble to tit the 
longest finger of the little girl who owns the 
trap, and a little bag full of large and small 
buttons. Now with this Irup don’t you think 
you ought to catch Economy's useful little 
sprite? Make a neat, pile of the garments to 
be mended, get a comfortable chair, draw it 
near the box, put ou the thimble, choose a 
needle that will thread easily, and thread 
that is not too fine or too coarse for the work 
to be done, aud I think you will find that 
Mending has lieen caught and is ready for 
work. To sew on large buttons, use No. 40 or 60 
thread, doubled, and sew through the buttons 
until the thread has filled up the space and 
the needle will not go through again; for 
this, a nlimber seven npedle is goisi. as it is 
slender and will go through the button often- 
er t.huu a thicker needle. 
In sewing rips, sew just where the stitches 
were before, and take short stitches so that 
the seam will look neat again, when done; 
torn clothes can sometimes be mended in a 
seam and look well; but dresses and aprons 
have a sad fashion of getting three cornered 
“snags,” and these will show ugly puckers 
when mended if a seam is taken up. When 
you have learned to darn very nicely, such 
tears can often be darned and made to look 
almost as good as new; but if you cannot 
darn well enough, a patch under the rent is 
next best. Turning the torn edges under aud 
hemming them to the patch will do aw ay with 
the puckers; if trimming is ripped off in pla¬ 
ces. sew it on with short, strong stitches; look 
at t he rest of the trimming, and if the stitches 
look weak anywhere, put in some strong ones 
to help them. Then the next wash-day they 
will not let go their hold and let the trim¬ 
ming loose from the clothes; and you will 
make the good sprite. Mending, laugh to find 
you are so quick to learn his ways; for, being 
Economy's servant, he does not mend more 
than is necessary, but saves stitches and time 
whenever he can. 
You would never realize how much is saved 
in this way, unless you watched the wear uud 
tear of clothes that Mending never works on: 
a new dress gets a rip, a tear, and a button 
falls off: in a little while the rip and tear are 
larger, and another button disappears, and 
the little girl who owns the dress says, with a 
frown, “1 don’t want to wear that horrid old 
dress auy more,” aud she hangs if. away, hop¬ 
ing, perhaps, tbut. Mending will find it and 
make it as good as now: nut he does not work 
w ithout the help of needle, thread and fingers. 
The girl comes iu a great hurry for the dress 
another day and puts it on, piuuiug up the 
holes, and before night she has made them ull 
worse, and the dress is a “horrid old rag” the 
rest of its days, and Economy's wise servant 
looks sad when he sees such wasteful ways. 
Oh! bo has both laughed aud cried over my 
ways, aud I know just how be feels; and I felt 
happy when he laughed and uncomfortable 
when he was sad. 
He is a queer little sprite, and his laughs aud 
frowns are contagious. When everything iu 
the house is mended lie is quite beside himself 
with joy, aud capers about uutil every cue 
feels pleased, although they eunnot see him; 
aud when he curls up iu the basket among the 
spools and needles and goes to sleep, the mother 
and her daughters say, “Well, isn't it a com¬ 
fort to have everything nicely wended?” and 
they sit in the easy chairs and fold their hands 
contentedly'. Now, girls, make friends with 
Meudiug; you will never regret it, and you 
can lighten the work for your mothers, while 
you are learning one of Economy’s secrets; he 
has other servants who teach him wise ways, 
aud 1 will try to tell you of some of them if 
you would like to know them. Yours, with 
love, AUNT BETH. 
♦ ♦ ♦ 
LETTERS FROM_THE COUSINS. 
DeabUnclk Mark:— My little bov is too 
small to write to you, but he wants me to ask 
you what is the matter with his pony. It has 
been rick for about a month, has a yellowish 
discharge from one of its nostrils, and a swell¬ 
ing the size of a hen’s egg under the jaw on 
the same side. It wheezes or rattles when 
it breathes, and if exercised n little it has 
great difficulty in breathing. Its eye ou that 
side seems slightly affected too, but it sees 
well, eats well, and appears as lively as usual. 
I have treated it as recommended in a similar 
case described recently in the Rural, viz , 1 
oz. hydrate of soda dissolved and given in a 
bran mash daily; also a small quantity of 
equal parts of carbonate of potash, bismuth, 
and gutn arabic powder blown in the nostril, 
but it does not get better. My boy thinks you 
can tell him the trouble and what to do for it. 
Respectfully your nephew, 
Neb. FRED. T. 8. 
[The trouble is that known as distemper, 
which is a specific fever common to horses, 
especially young ones. The disease runs its 
course in aliout three weeks, and with the pre¬ 
cautions taken, will probably subside in due 
time withoutany serious results. If, however, 
the swelling becomes hal'd and larger, it 
should be well rubbed twice a day with iodine 
oiutment. During the progress of the disease 
the animal should be protected from sudden 
chauges of weather, uncle mark.] 
Dear Uncle Mark:— Many thanks for the 
flower seeds which you so kindly sent me. I 
sowed them in well prepared ground and got 
77 plants, 21 of which were poppies. 1 trans¬ 
planted all of the poppies under very favorable 
circumstances, but only eight survived. 
There were 14 species of plants in the number. 
Last Spring I set out 50 wild strawberry plants, 
and the only effect upon the fruit was that 
t.he berries wore of Vietter form aud very 
little larger; they certainly did not taste any 
better. 
I taught a term of school last Spring, and 
can say that however nice ft may be to plant 
flowers in the school grounds, or however 
much the scholars might delight iu it, it iH al¬ 
most impracticable in our common country 
schools. The great State of Ohio, with her 
boasted school system, doesn't keep the school 
grounds fenced, and cattle, hogs and sheep 
have access to them. It would not be condu¬ 
cive to pleasant thoughts or kind words to see 
a neighbor’s stock destroying the flower-beds 
which theseholare hud made, and to which they 
bad given good care. 
Cousin Blanche gave quite a masterly an¬ 
swer to the questions in my last letter, and I 
wisli to ask the historians of the Club a question 
which was given at a teachers’ examination 
not long ago, viz.: Who was called the Great 
Pacificator? I have not found it in the history 
which 1 have, so I ask the historians of Y. II. C. 
One of the greatest, pests which the gardener 
has to contend with, is the catibage worm, 
and probably the best method of clearing the 
plants is to pick the worms off by hand. To 
do this: most effectually, we should know in 
how many forms the worm appears. It ap 
peare iu four different forms. The first is 
the butterfly, from the eggs of which the cab¬ 
bage worm is hatched. Rev. W Bingley, in 
his Animal Kingdom, calls it the Large White 
Butterfly. Its color is nearly white, very 
frequently light yellow, having two dark 
spots on each wing. The easiest way to catch 
it is with a net made for that purpose. The 
second form is the egg. The eggs are gener¬ 
ally deposited singly ou the under surface of 
the leaf, although I have seen them ou the 
upper surface. The third is the caterpillar or 
worm, uud the fourth the chrysalis. During 
the summer months the chrysalids are found 
attached to the cubbage leaves, but those of 
the Inst, brood, that remain through the Win¬ 
ter, may be found hanging to the garden 
fence or other places where they ean find 
shelter from the bad weather, ursa major. 
Ohio. 
[Many thanks for the drawings. We think 
the worm iu the different forms will be readily 
recognized without the illustrations, therefore 
we publish your description without further 
delay. I know the difficulty attending flor¬ 
iculture in school yards: but 1 would suggest 
planting hardy vines against the bouse as a 
tieginning, aud success with these may awaken 
some enthusiasm and enable you to secure a 
fence some day, or the pupils will fence off a 
corner specially for flowers. I f they could only 
be interested aud the ball once set rolling, it 
ought to prove as fascinating on amusement 
as "blackman,” “prisoner’s base,” etc. It is al¬ 
most impossible to transplant floppies because 
of their tap root; they should be sown where 
they are to grow. uncle mark.] 
Dear Uncle Mark:—I have thought for a 
long time I would like to be a member of your 
Club, so now if you will yon may enroll my 
name as sueb. Iam a farmer’s boy. And live 
on a Jarge farm in southern New York. I 
have a garden of my own, and this year I 
am raising potatoes, cabbages, and onions, 
with a few beans, beets, turnips and squashes. 
1 am trying an experiment with potatoes to 
see if I can tell which is the better way—to hill 
them up or not. As to the growth of vines, 
I do not. see that there is auy difference. W hen 
I dig them, I will let you know which yields 
the best. I think you have a good subject for 
the next discussion. I am going to try and 
take a part in it. There are so many things 
that I know how to make, that I have not 
yet decided which to write about. I hope all 
the Cousins will tell us how to make some 
things. My! if they do, what an interesting 
time we will have! And, Uncle Mark, why 
don’t you give us a description of something 
you have made?—something yon made when 
you were a boy, would be nice. 
Hoping yon will accept me as a member of 
the Club, I will close. H. H. f. 
Broome Co., N. Y. 
[I hope the Cousins will describe so many 
things that there will be nothing left for me 
to say. uncle mark. J 
Dear Uncle Mark:— I guess you think I 
am one of the silent cousins, if I may be count¬ 
ed as a cousin at all; but I have been very 
busy since school closed. Before setting out 
my celery, I pinched off all the leaves so as to 
give it a tietter chance to root, and I now have 
nice, hardy plant*. Will Uncle Murk please 
tell uic when to hill it up, also the best way to 
keep it in Winter ? I have a small package of 
the Cross-bred L>iehl Mediterranean Wheat, 
which 1 shall plant in hills, one kernel iu a 
hill. Do you think I will succeed in getting a 
crop ? Papa has half an acre of strawberries 
and six acres of Cuthbert Raspberries, so we 
do not want for fruit during their season. 
With us, in Michigan, the Warren is the best 
for table use; the Munches ter, James Vick, 
and Woodruff for marketing. The only fault 
of the Sharpless is t hey do not ri[>en to the ends 
of the berries. We have had letters on fruit, 
insects, and every thing else, why not have a 
talk on poultry keeping ? 1, for one, would be 
greatly interested in such a discussion, as I ex¬ 
pect to make a start, in that business next 
Spring. I would like to tell you of the speci¬ 
mens of birds' nests I have found, and of 
many other things; but fearing my letter will 
be tedious, 1 close. Your loving niece, 
NETTIE J. STORMS. 
Washtenaw Co., Mich. 
[When the celery is a foot or eighteen inches 
high, hill it up; loosen the soil on each side of 
the plants, and draw It about them with your 
hands; then with a hoe hill up almost to the 
top of the plants. Before the ground freezes— 
about the last of October—take up the plants 
and put them in a trench as deep as they are 
long; put them in as closely as they can be 
packed in an upright position; as the weather 
gets cold, draw the earth around them, and 
finally cover the tops with straw or coarse 
manure. Or, to have the celery convenient to 
get when wanted, it is packed in boxes or bar¬ 
rels, with some earth in the bottom, covered 
and set iu the cellar until wanted. When 
packed away, either in trenches or boxes, the 
tops must be dry—neither wet with rain nor 
dew. I hope you will have an abundance of 
good celery to eat with your Chris, mas tur¬ 
key. UNCLE MARK ] 
Dear Uncle Mark:—I would like to join 
the Youths’ Horticultural Club. I am 14 
years old, and live ou a farm. Papa has taken 
the Rural since last December, and likes it 
very much. 1 have read nearly all the letters 
from the Cousins since then, and find them 
very interesting. Last year L raised potatoes, 
onions, tomatoes, squash aud pumpkins I 
had three bushels of eoeoauut squash frorn- 
eight hills: the bugs did not trouble them 
until they were nearly ripe, when they came 
very thick. I put saltpeter water on them, 
but it did not kill them. I have a little garden 
11x62 feet. I built a lath fence around it to 
keep the chickens out. I am very fond of 
flowers, aud in one-half of this garden I have 
a flower-bed, and in the other half pop-corn 
and cucumbers. My other vegetables I raise 
in tbc field, with my father’s. Papa’s Rural 
Union Corn was planted late, but is looking 
nice. The peas are ripe, aud we have saved 
them all for seed. Papa gave me the Garden 
Treasures, which l sowed in my garden. Near¬ 
ly all of them came up. There were two sun¬ 
flowers among them; one is seven and the 
other three feet, high; both of them are bud¬ 
ded. There are also zinnias, asters, balsams, 
marigolds, coxcombs, hollyhocks, and a num¬ 
ber of other kinds that I have never seen be¬ 
fore. I hope this letter is not too long, and as 
it is my first one, I think I had better close, 
with the hope that I may write a better one 
next time. Yoar nephew, 
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