Original in GOOD HOUSEKEEPING. HOUSEHOLD PESTS. BUFFALO BUGS, BED BUGS, MOTHS, FLIES AND FLEAS. HE responses to our offer of four prizes of $25 each for the extermination of the above named Household Pests from the households in the Homes of the World, have been numerous and widespread. Some come in the form of recipes, some by way of suggestion, and others are the relations of experience, with particulars of treatment and measure of success resulting therefrom. After publication the entire series will be submitted to competent and disinterested parties for careful examination and decision as to who are entitled to the respective prizes offered, which were as follows: Twenty-five dollars for the best Buffalo Bug Extinguisher. I would suggest as a remedy for Bed Bugs, naphtha. They will first appear in the corners of the mattress and of the bed-frames. If none are seen here it will be unnecessary to upset the whole bed. If but one is found, diligent search should be made and every nook and cranny explored with some sharp instrument, till reasonably sure that none remain. If practicable apply hot water and soap, but in any event drench all suspicious places with naphtha. Use freely as you would water. Examine again in a few days. A chance egg or bug may have escaped the naphtha and be ready to do the mischief all over again. The smell of the naphtha will disappear in a few days, and will leave no traces and will not injure carpets or bedding or the polished surface of wood-work. The only possible danger is that of the fumes of the naphtha coming in contact with a flame, but if the work is done by daylight that would not happen. In a very bad case the mattresses might be sent to the naphtha cleansing works and the bedding washed. If one moves into an old house where the bugs are in the walls and floor, it may be necessary to whiten the ceiling and paper the walls, first filling all cracks with plaster-of-Paris; and also to fill cracks in the floor and spaces between it and the base-board with all putty or with common yellow soap. It is best to wear a cotton dress as the pests can less readily cling to it than a woolen one and so be carried about. I have never had any experience with fleas, but have been told that pennyroyal will drive them away. If in a bed, tie little bunches of the herb in little bags and place at the corners, or sprinkle oil of pennyroyal about an apartment. MARTHA I. GERRY. JAMAICA PLAIN, MASS. Editor of GOOD HOUSEKEEPING : TO EXTERMINATE BED BUGS:-Varnish the bedstead all over inside and outside with coach varnish, once a year. Another excellent and effective remedy is to once every two weeks go over the beds with oil of cedar, applied with a stiff, small brush to every part likely to conceal a bug or its eggs. A few drops in hot water applied to the ends of mattresses, and strictly clean clothing, will, after three or four applications, permanently banish these pests. If they inhabit the house as well, then nothing is better than a generous scalding of all cracks with hot alum water, then repaint, paper, varnish or whitewash, and remember "eternal vigilance is the price of victory." No housekeeper should neglect to look into and dust her beds once in two weeks, for these things are very often carried upon clothing from one house to another. DAYTON, OHIO. Editor of GOOD HOUSEKEEPING: MRS. C. L. KILE. FOR BED BUGS AND BUFFALO BUGS:-Beat the whites of two eggs to a stiff froth; add quicksilver, a little at a time, beating it in with a stiff feather. Continue this until you can see the egg is well filled with fine particles of the quicksilver. Ten cents' worth will probably be sufficient. Apply with the feather to every crack and crevice where there is any place for the pest to be. If this is done thoroughly it will not have to be applied the second time. SPRINGFIELD, VT. MRS. M. L. LAWRENCE. Editor of GOOD HOUSEKEEPING : TO EXTERMINATE BED BUGS:-Examine the bed clothes and all other clothing. Then scald the slats of the bed and the cracks in the wall and around the base board, using plenty of boiling water. Now with a cloth saturated with coal oil rub the bedstead well, getting it well into the cracks. Keep a daily lookout for any which may have been hidden away in folds of clothing, and if thought necessary repeat the above application once a week or every few weeks. A. M. CAYLOR. COLUMBUS, OHIO. Editor of GOOD HOUSEKEEPING: The following recipe for a Buffalo Bug and Moth exterminator has been thoroughly tested. It contains nothing poisonous and is not a powder that leaves a soil of dust on the finest fabric; neither is it affected by dampness like saltpetre or borax. It can be liberally applied to the finest of broadcloth, cashmeres, furs or flannels without any discoloration, and leaves a very agreeable odor. Shaking will disengage it from all material. The recipe is, equal parts of camphor gum, caraway seed and arborvitæ. For Bed Bugs, cleanliness is the first essential qualification. Bedsteads should be thoroughly washed in the month of May. Freely administer Rough-on-rats according to directions given for its use. A sheet of brown paper folded in sample form, one yard or more in length, tied underneath the spring bed at the head and foot will furnish safe shelter sought only by the unwelcome intruders. Remove every week during their season, consign to the fire, and replenish. A nice easy and effectual way of overcoming the pests. MRS. MARY A. FASSAUR. SPRINGFIELD, MASS. Editor of GOOD HOUSEKEEPING: After cleaning the bedstead take mercurial ointment (anguintum) and with the finger, smere the joints and the rests for the slats. If there are any cracks in the walls smear them slightly. With lounges and cushioned chairs with cushioned backs forming together, brush out the dust and lightly smear in these. It is not necessary to daub the ointment on thick, only just enough to cover. Mercury is their sure" finisher" and ten cents' worth will keep a house with four to five beds clear of them for a year. Never having been troubled with the buffalo bug or carpet moth I have not tried for them, but believe it will exterminate them also, by using a little in the floor joints. C. B. MAPES. SOUTH BEND, IND. Editor of GOOD HOUSEKEEPING: BED BUG EXTERMINATOR:-Mercury with the beaten white of an egg. Applied with a feather, using great diligence and care. ROACHES:-Phosphorus on bread and a coat of common paint on the cellar floor with a little mercury in it. MRS. W. MOORE. PORTSMOUTH, OHIO. Editor of GOOD HOUSEKEEPING: FOR BED BUGS:-Have the bedsteads taken down and washed, the inside with strong soapsuds. Then take a strong feather dipped in melted lard and go all over the cracks and every place they are apt to breed in. Then take the blower and insect powder and blow in to every crack and crevice, the powder must be strong enough to make you sneeze while using. I find it is a good thing | where there is paper on the walls to go all over it with the powder, for papered walls are a good place to breed in, also, before carpets are relaid I always use plenty of powder under it and along the edge of the walls. We find when we are using the powder that the flies do not take to it kindly so we dose them with it. For a bad case of bed bugs I bought five cents' worth of rock sulphur, took a bucket of ashes, laid some live coals on and sprinkled plenty of the sulphur on them to raise a good smoke, then shut everything air tight and left for a couple of hours. The smoke will kill the nits at once. My physician told me of this remedy and he said it was not only good for bugs, but it killed the germs of contagious diseases, and it does not disfigure or injure anything. DENVER, COL. Editor of GOOD HOUSEKEEPING : MRS. B. F. BUSH. Mix one-half of a pint of spirits of turpentine and one-half of a pint of the best rectified spirits of wine in a strong bottle, and add in small pieces one-half ounce of camphor. Shake well and with sponge or brush wet well the bed and furniture. This will destroy both bed bugs and nits, and there is no danger of soiling anything with this, so it can be applied to the bedding without injury. Never use by lamplight. MRS. F. N. SMITH. ELYRIA, OHIO. Editor of GOOD HOUSEKEEPING : Having purchased fifteen cent's worth of carbolic acid,ten cents' worth of Persian insect powder and a powder gun for fifteen cents, I spread a sheet on the floor, took my bedsteads apart, jarred and picked with a wire all the joints, being careful that none of the occupants escaped me; then, with a small flat varnish brush I thoroughly saturated the slats and every part of the bedstead, (except the finished surface) with the acid to which had been added a pint of water. Every rough defective place on the slats was filled with Babbitt's laundry soap and then the powder shot very freely into every crack, seam and ledge wherever it could find lodgment. I believe this treatment to be thoroughly effective as in my case they seemed to be entirely exterminated after a brief time. I continued daily inspection for some weeks that even one stray one might be disposed of. In a siege some years prior I tried insect powder (alone), oil of pennyroyal, kerosene, camphor, putty, salt solution, turpentine, etc., all with comparatively little effect. MRS. G. M. DUNHAM. KANSAS CITY, MO. Editor of GOOD HOUSEKEEPING: BED BUG FINISHER:-Ten cents' worth of quicksilver mixed with the white of egg. Apply with small brush or feather. Leaves no stain. JESSIE H. MERRILL. OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN. Editor of GOOD HOUSEKEEPING: I betook myself to the coal oil can-and conquered. I mounted to the ceiling and poured the oil down the walls, I put some into a machine oiler and blew it into the holes, and finally I dosed beds and mattresses with it. This treatment I repeated every few days at first, afterward at longer intervals, all through the summer, until I had succeeded in entirely ridding the house of bed bugs. The oil must be used in quantities, no mere touching with a feather dipped in it will avail. The stains will very soon disappear. It is longer in evaporating from the floor, but a little hot ashes will materially assist it. It leaves no permanent stain on anything and the greatest advantage it has is that it kills all the eggs as well as every bug it touches. MRS. J. F. BATTAILE. VICKSBURG, MISS. Editor of GOOD HOUSEKEEPING: I have had perfect success in ridding a bed of bugs by the free use of spirits of turpentine. I poured it into every crack and sprinkled the mattress thoroughly. A short time afterward I painted the ends of the slats, the spring bed, and every place that showed where the bugs had been. I use the same for moths every spring. Sprinkling it over the floors of closets, saturating paper with it and placing it in trunks or boxes that I pack articles away in. It will not only keep the FOR BED BUGS AND MOTHS:-Have ready five cents' worth of sulphur. Remove all covering from the beds, place them loosely on chairs, also the mattresses. Open all trunks and drawers that may be in the room; when all is ready put the sulphur in an old tin basin that is good for nothing else, place it near the bed and drop into it some live coals from the range. Be sure that the doors and windows are closed tightly before leaving the room that no smoke may escape. It will be necessary to look in once or twice to see that the sulphur is still burning. Keep the room closd for twelve hours. Bugs and nits will be entirely destroyed. If you have a fine brass lamp in the room take it out before the sulphur is burnt as it might turn the color a little. From rooms that have moths remove all worsted clothing from closets and drawers, wash them thoroughly with hot suds, and into an oil can that around the edge of carpet and wipe out the drawers and chairs has a spout put a quart of gasoline. Pour into all cracks and with a cloth that has been wet with the gasoline. Close the doors for several days to let the gasoline evaporate and be careful not to enter the room with a lamp during that time. Fleas will not come near your rooms if you sprinkle pennyroyal oil in the places they inhabit. MRS. R. A. MEEKER. PLAINFIELD, N. J. Editor of GOOD Housekeeping: I am convinced, after long experience as a housekeeper, that the secret of being free from bed bugs is not so much in the application of any one means for their destruction as in the proper time for its use, that is, before the period for depositing their eggs shall have arrived. This time is well marked, and whatever may be the temperature these eggs are always laid by the second or third week in March. All efforts for their prevention and extermination must be made during the first days of that month. Prepare a solution of alum in water in some cleanly vessel, as tasting it is the only guide to the great strength which it must possess. If your beds are not used, as they should be, with slip covers examine every fold, especially where they are tacked with the usual tufts of cotton or wool, and with a small brush drop into these places some of the alum solution. Take out the slats and before dusting plunge each one into a pail in which this alum solution has been mixed. Wash them well in it and allow them to dry by evaporation, that the particles of alum which adhere may be retained. Apply this to every corner and crevice of the inner part of the bedstead; not dusting, as the dust may contain germs that will drop on the floor or furniture for future development. When dry by evaporation, take a small paint brush, securely fastened to a long handle and protecting the hands by a stout pair of leather or old kid gloves, proceed to apply to all the parts of the bedstead previously washed with alum water, the following mixture: One pint of common whiskey or alcohol, one-half ounce of corrosive sublimate, four ounces of camphor gum; dissolve and add one-half of an ounce of carbolic acid and one-half of a pint of spirits of turpentine. Perfectly to secure a house from the presence and ravages of the moth, early attention must be given to the articles that are their chosen food, and this preparation should begin before the middle of April, as just then the egg that is to bring forth the worm we so dread is laid. Nothing, so far, has been found to destroy the life of this little creature once secreted, but many things are so disagreeable in odor to the mother that she avoids them carefully. At least once a week a little spirits of turpentine should be put in a very small watering pot and, from the rose of this vessel, every clean, dark corner well sprinkled. This method does not injure the most delicate carpet and will be found perfectly effectual as a preventive. When carpets are removed from the floors, they should be well beaten until no dust is left. Refuse leaves and stems of tobacco should then be profusely scattered in and over the carpets. Carpets then folded and laid in and completely covered by a large sheet of coarse linen will be avoided by the moth fly. Search every fold and plait of wearing apparel that may hide an invader. Tie up in an old kid glove a bit of camphor, place in each article after neatly folding, cover with at least two folds of newspaper and if the edges of these are secured by a little mucilage the protection is perfect. A pound of genuine camphor will protect a large quantity of clothing, but each bit must be well wrapped in kid or many folds of paper to prevent too rapid CLARA HAXALL GRUNDY. evaporation. RICHMOND, VA. Editor of GOOD HOUSEKEEPING: HOW TO GET RID OF THE BUFFALO MOTH? This question came to the writer in his laboratory, and an answer was sought with care. A series of experiments served to show two wholly incontestable facts, viz.-(1.)-That of the preparations used in the warfare all were more or less faulty, and (2.) — That of these preparations that which was the most faultless was the vegetable line of articles. It was reasoned that the pest must find some matter or material that would effect its destruction; and that which came the nearest to such effect were the herbal decoctions and powders. It would be of interest if there were space to detail the several experiments that led up to this conclusion, but it will be sufficient to state that these ultimated in two deductions. These, in brief, were that there is no preparation equal, as first, a preventive, and second, an exterminant, to the sulphur in powder, which is known favorably as a preparation for the destruction of bed bugs, cockroaches, and the like. Where it is sprinkled, the beetle will not lay its eggs, and the larvæ will not eat. Pungent, and odoriferous, the festive beetle declines residence where it is freely dusted, and breaks up housekeeping at once. Westfield, N. J. Editor of GOOD HOUSEKEEPING: WILLARD H. MORSE, M. D. BED BUGS:-Each bed must be poisoned twice a year: in the early days of March when spring warmth begins to be felt, and again in August, the height of the heated term. If this poisoning is thoroughly done, no bugs will ever be seen, or felt. It must be done personally or supervised by the mistress of the house, being a matter servants can rarely be trusted to do well. To poison a bed properly, the mattresses, springs and slats must be taken out, the bedstead unhooked or unscrewed and all dust brushed out. Pour the poison into a cup, and apply with a small brush. An old soap cup and a shaving brush (used, of course, for no other purpose) are excellent weapons for this warfare. Brush well with the poison the wooden ledge that supports the slats, going carefully into corners, into the holes of the screws or hooks, and over the ends of each slat as you put it back. Drip the poison also into any hole or crack in the wood. Brush over the wood-work of the spring especially the joints, and your work is finished. Unless a bed is dirty it is not necessary to unhook the bedstead. If a bed is infested by bugs they will be found in the notches that hold the slats, in any hole or crack, and round the edges, and under the tufts of the mattress. Such a bed must be examined daily till the bugs are exterminated. The poison can be applied to the mattress without soiling by holding the tufts up with one hand and passing the poisoned brush round under them. Sofas and chairs occupied by invalids should be poisoned wherever possible, the wood-work underneath, and the crease between the seat and back. This crease can be poisoned without soiling the upholstering if one person holds it open while another drips the poison. Each piece can be poisoned separately, and aired till the odor has disappeared. Such furniture should be kept in linen covers. Servants' beds should be often examined in hot weather and poisoned as occasion demands. The prescription given here, kills the bugs almost instantly and destroys the eggs. The odor is very strong and permeating, but is not disagreeable to all persons, and passes off in a day. Taken internally it is a poison to human beings, and probably would be injurious to a cut or sore upon the hand. There is no PERFECT CURE for BED BUGS:-Clean thoroughly every bit of wood-work in the room, being careful to scrub well all joints and crevices in the bedstead. When dry, varnish carefully, leaving no place, however small, that is not completely filled in and covered. Remove old wall paper, repair broken places in the walls with new mortar, re-paper the walls, calcimine or paper the ceiling. Soap and water will remove them from the bedding. If this is thoroughly done they are exterminated. BUFFALO BUGS:-Give them just what they want, some old, soiled, wornout clothing. Deposit pieces in the corners and on the floors of closets. The bugs will soon find them, then gather and burn all together. In this way I cleared a house that was infested. MOTHS:-Be sure there is no deposit of larva in the fur or clothing you wish to be preserved. Thorough brushing and airing will accomplish this. Place furs in paste-board boxes and paste a strip of paper tightly around the crevice between the cover and the box. Make large sacks of unbleached muslin, hang the overcoat on the wire frame, slip it into the sack, allowing the string to remain through the mouth of the sack, then tie a string very tightly around the top of the sack, and hang it up in your closet. No moth can possibly find its way in. FLY AND FLEA:-A good wire screen in each outer door and window will effectually exclude flies, fleas, spiders, moth millers, caterpillars, bats and mosquitoes. RED ANTS:-Dip a sponge in sweetened water and place it where the ants "do congregate." When it is filled, scald and thoroughly rinse. Repeat until they are gone. ROACHES :-Clean thoroughly, then sprinkle powdered borax freely over all shelves, around the edges of the floor, under carpets, in all dresses, drawers and any other place where it will lie. Cover your shelves and drawers with clean paper. Repeat until the roaches are gone. MRS. LEWIS HAVENS. DANSVILLE SANITARIUM, N. Y. Editor of GOOD HOUSEKEEPING: Take one pound of common salt to one gallon of water and bring to the boil so as to make a strong brine. Wash all wood-work, bedslats, surbase in rooms, or floors, with the solution, and bed bugs will disappear. I have known it used in back country towns where nearly all buildings were of wood, and in consequence much troubled with the pests. An excellent cure for moths, and one I had from a furrier, is to take of liquid ammonia two tablespoonfuls to one gallon of water and sprinkle furs with it, or they can even be thoroughly wet with the liquid, then shaken occasionally till dry. For carpets, dip the broom in the solution and brush well once a week for a week or two and then occasionally. I also brush my clothes and best furniture with it and am never troubled with the pests. TORONTO, ONT. EMILY V. CAMPBELL. Editor of GOOD HOUSEKEEPING: Eternal vigilance will drive Buffalo Bugs from any house. Have your carpets, if possible, put down with short tacks, not driven in far. You can then raise the edges easily to apply remedies. After having turned back the carpet, in part or entirely as examination proves necessary, lay on the edges strips of cotton cloth dipped in hot water and press them with a hot flat-iron. The steam generated will kill not only any bugs that may be in the carpet but also all the eggs. Then from some vessel with a long spout pour boiling hot water into the cracks around the walls of the room, thus killing any that have taken refuge out of sight. This hot bath cannot of course be used in the upper stories of a house, but it will do no injury on the ground floor. Lay your carpet back in place without tacking it down and the next day make another examination. If any bugs are seen apply the hot bath again, not only around the edges of the room but on the edges of the carpet if any bugs seem to have returned there. Keep your carpet untacked until the room needs sweeping and examine it every day, using the hot water if necessary, but, at all events, always squirting Persian insect powder around the edges. In the upper stories, use insect powder alone. Such thorough treatment as this may not be necessary except in the worst cases. The number of bugs found and one's own judgment must decide where one may stop, but it is always best to be on the safe side. After the carpet is down occasionally take up the parts of it where the bugs have been most troublesome and search for them. It may not be necessary to do anything more than kill such as you see, for buffalo bugs will not remain where they are frequently molested. The chief thing to bear in mind is to keep fighting them until there are none left. CAMBRIDGE, MASS. L. M. SWEET. Editor of GOOD HOUSEKEEPING: The best "Bed Bug Finisher," the least harmful-if at all soand quickest, is oil of sassafras. Cut with a little alcohol to thin it and apply with a feather or cloth to all parts of beds and furniture, cracks, corners of floors and walls, everywhere where the pest hides or can hide. You will find them dead and gone very soon if used thoroughly. MRS. MYRA W. CLAPP. Kewanee, Ill. Editor of GOOD HOUSEKEEPING : I waged warfare on bed bugs without avail until I tried plain furniture varnish, and, presto, they were vanquished. The Persian insect powder I purchased by the pound, but it seemed to fatten the creatures. Corrosive sublimate gave but temporary relief. Then followed carbolic acid, kerosene oil, turpentine, Lyon's powder, the Electric powder and three other kinds, all of which were given a fair trial, and while the various friends who were tormented with the plagues found one or the other effectual with me they were separately and collectively of no avail. Wash in cold water the slats and parts of the bedstead they rest on, take the bedstead down and varnish well the sockets where it joins together, varnish the slats on the ends and on all sides about six inches from the ends, then varnish all along the boards the slats rest on on the sides. If there are wire springs on the beds, varnish the ends well and all the wood-work that is on them. Let all dry thoroughly, then put together again, and you can then rest, feeling that the battle is ended and peace declared. If any relics in the form of eggs have been left, the varnish effectually coats them over and destroys the germ. It instantly destroys every bug it touches. My children had a siege of scarlet fever one season, and after all was over we disinfected with sulphur by burning it in all the rooms. We had lots of moths flying around before, but after that we didn't see another one the entire season. We next season burned a pound of sulphur in each room and left it all closed up tight several hours, and again we had immunity from moths. BROOKLYN, N. Y. MRS. GEORGE W. Keeler. Editor of GOOD HOUSEKEEPING : 66 'Dalmatian insect powder," inexpensive and easily obtainable, will drive bed bugs from the fullest house. It is the only clean remedy for these bugs (unlike red precipitate and lard or other things) and will not soil or injure any article. Dust the powder thoroughly into all cracks, using a little gun made for the purpose. If once is not enough, twice is sufficient. This powder might be good for carpet bugs, moths, etc., and I know it will drive fleas from the shaggiest dog, if dusted well in. MRS. M. A. GRANT. FITCHBURG, MASS. FOR BED BUGS:-One pint of alcohol and one ounce of corrosive sublimate. Apply with a feather to all holes and cracks where infested, and I warrant any one not to be troubled with bed bugs. Cedar oil is another good thing, but I prefer the corrosive sublimate. If your advertisement is a fraud, you have the recipes all the same, for I would let any one have them that was troubled with bed bugs if they hated them as I do. SUSAN R. MILLER. SOUTH ROYALTON, VT. Editor of GOOD HOUSEKEEPING : For bed bugs use powdered aloes in alcohol, about the consistency of thin paint. Paint the bed with this and in a day or two do it again with satisfactory results. I paint my beds once a month with this, and have no bugs. MRS. A. V. FAULKNER. NEWARK, N. J. Recipe for Destroying BeD BUGS:-Beat quicksilver with the white of an egg, and apply with a feather or fine brush to every place where they can lurk. Examine carefully the corners of the mattresses and treat them with boiling water; also the ends of the slats and where they rest and the castors with the quicksilver and egg. Be thorough. MRS. S. N. Abell. AGAWAM, MASS. Editor of GOOD HOUSEKEEPING: This recipe to exterminate bed bugs I have used with great success: Spirits of turpentine, one-half pint; add two or three ounces of arsenic. Shake well before using. Apply with a small brush to everp part of the bedstead and springs; also to the cracks in wall and floor. Seven years ago we moved into a mining town, where the houses are built of unseasoned hemlock. It is said that bed bugs are found in the bark, which accounts for so many in newly built houses. The first year I used this remedy and have not seen one since in my house. Where they are not plenty, usually one or two applications is sufficient. MRS. HORATIO BOARDMAN, ARNOT, PA. Editor of GOOD HOUSEKEEPING: As an exterminator of bed bugs, I think there is nothing any better than common kerosene oil. I got into a pair of old pants belonging to my husband, tied up my curls in a good sized napkin and stripped the paper from the walls, which was carried a good distance from the house. The walls were all thoroughly swept down and the floor swept up; then I took an old quart bowl about two-thirds full of kerosene oil, and a strong goose quill feather, and applied the oil to every nail hole, crack and crevice and across the floor in every seam of the boards. After twenty-four hours I went over them again with the kerosene just as thoroughly as before. After letting it stand another night, I took three pounds of glue and dissolved in boiling water a common wooden pail about twothirds full, which was applied hot to the walls before papering. For carpet moths, I lay tar paper under my carpets with a layer of newspapers to come next the carpet. I also put little pieces of linen wet with juniper tar in all the corners, and in boxes and closets wherever I put furs or heavy woolen raps or bedding. Juniper tar you can buy at any pharmacy. I also put the screens in my windows as soon as the sun begins to thaw the ground, and by so doing keep rid of the white miller. MT. LEBANON, N. Y. MRS. HARRY H. DON. [The following lines appeared originally in the Detroit Tribune. Our readers will excuse the absence of correct orthography and the imperfect poetic measure, in view of the earnestness of the writer in a humane cause. We hope that all concerned in church erection will read and profit.] A Appeel for Are to the Sextant of the Old Brick Meetinouse. O sextant of the meetinouse, which sweeps And lites the gass and sometimes leaves a screw loose, And for the servases gits $100 per annum, As zero, and like as not grean wood for kindlins; I wouldn't be hired to do it for no some- But o sextant, there are 1 kormoddity But o sextant in our church its scarce as piety, Scarce as bank bills wen agints beg for mischuns, u shet 500 men, women and children Some is fevery, some is scrofilus, some has bad teeth, But every 1 on em brethes in & out and out and in, I ask you, say 15 minits, and then wats to be did? of brethen his own are, and no ones else; Or boys to gurls. Are is for us to brethe, 2 let a little are into our church. (It loves to cum in whare it can git warm ;) As wind on the dry Boans the Proffit tells of. Editor of GOOD HOUSEKEEPING: BEAUTIFUL THINGS. Beautiful eyes are those that show, Like crystal panes where hearth-fires glow, Beautiful lips are those whose words Beautiful hands are those that do Beautiful feet are those that go Beautiful lives are those that bless, Silent rivers of happiness Whose hidden fountains but few can guess. Beautiful twilight, at set of sun, Beautiful goal with race well won, Beautiful rest, with work well done. Beautiful graves, where grasses creep, Where brown leaves fall, where drifts lie deep Over worn-out hands,-oh, beautiful sleep. LAWRENCE, MASS. |