Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1909 — CLOSING THE HOUSE. [ARTICLE]

CLOSING THE HOUSE.

Hints as to How This Important Duty Should be Done. Cover the carpets with dust sheets or newspapers. Take down the curtains and put them away; remove chair covers and fold them. Take down pictures and lay? them carefully on sofas or beds. Put china in cupboards or drawers, and when this Is not possible cover them over with a light dust sheet or newspaper. Cover up every piece of furniture in dust sheets or newspapers. To avoid any risk of damage from damp take care that nothing is left near windows or fireplaces, and that the furniture is packed in the center of each room. Carefully close and fasten all windows except in rooms where there is a geyser or gas stove Take special notice of skylights, and leave nothing where any wet can penetrate. - • . - Wrap up steel fenders and fire irons, and do not leave them near the fireplaces. If afraid of moth, shake and fold blankets and woolen goods, sprinkle the edges with pepper, and put lumps of napthaline between them. Should there be any place where the rain comes in, leave cloths, or wedge with old rage. Empty the lamps and oil stoves, and if the house is damp, grease with mutton fat any metal article which might be liable to rust. Lastly, pull down blinds and fasten the shutters and leave the house under the charge of the police, asking them to give it particular notice. All valuables, such as silver, should be sent to the bank.