Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1880 — Answers to Correspondents. [ARTICLE]

Answers to Correspondents.

The Burlington Hawkeye set apart a column in wnich to impart general information on domestic subjects to its readers, in imitation of the “Cookery” departments of some of its contemporaries. It was called the “Mushery,” and the applications for information have been very numerous. One young lady asks, “how can I make a rag carpet out of two pairs of old pantaloons, one linen vest, and an old nightgown, so it will cover a room 14 by 16 feet? And how can I make a rag carpet so that.it cannot be detected from body Brussels.” *An Illinois man has a jack-knife and a large meat hound widen he wants to exchange for property in Nebraska. A lady say s her baby has a sore mouth, and the .editor tolls her to take equal parts of burnt alum, burnt borax, nutmeg, loaf sugur. burnt leather oil of cloves, powdered clialk, gingeY, burnt flannel gooae grease, wine vinegar, and a pinch of snuff, ana fob it on with a stiff tooth brash. A yonng man says : “I tenderly love a beautiful girl who livee in the house with a new porch, just painted. Can you tell me what will take fresh paint out of the foundation of a new pair of broadcloth pants. An honest young clerk wants to knew “what will take ink stains out of postage stamps F* Another asks: “Who is the author of Milton’s Paradise LoetF’ And finally, a.young lady asks; “how do you dye a pair of black kids white when you want to wear them to a wedding two days after you have worn them to a funeral.” It is better that joy should be spread over all the day in the form of strength, than that it should be ooncentratedmte ecstacies, fall of danger, and foliowad by mast to ns ; - • - 5 <1