Rensselaer Union and Jasper Republican, Volume 8, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1876 — Household Words. [ARTICLE]

Household Words.

Along about bed-time the Detroit wife says she’ll go to bed, and her husband yawns and goes down the hall. After half an hour he joins her up stairs, and she sleepily inquires: “ Did you bolt that side door?" “ Yes.” “ And the back door?” “Yes.” “ And you fastened that cellar door?” “Yes.” “ And did you ptlt a br&e under the knob of the hall door?" “ Yes.” “ Sure that all the windows are nailed down?” “Yes." “I’ll bet the window in the spare bedrooin is up.” “ No, it isn’t.” « 4 “ Did you sec if the'blinds totlie pantrywindow were fastened?” “Yes.” “ Well, put your revolver on the chair, leave a bright light, and if you hear a burglar in the room, for heaven's sake don’t wake me up, for I know I should scream right out.—Detroit Free Frets. - —ls you are troubled with rats get at the drug store some crude potash, and put it in their runways and holes. The pot-_ ash will stick to their feet, and disliking this, they try to lick it off, and get their tongues burnt by the operation, and they will soon leave the premfoes-in disgust. A frAPEB lining for flour barrels has been Invented by a Minnesota dealer. It is adapted to flour, meal, buckwheat, hominy, etc., and is intended to exclude dampness, heepout insects, insure cleanliness and prevent loss in case the barrel becomes impaired.