june th 16 {1849/06/16} [the year 1849 was determined using a perpetual calendar, working backward from the year 1852 which appears later in this volume] -- very cold with Snow in the morning spoke the Salina from England she came so near as to ??? alarm which only ended in a ??? fright occasioned by the mate Leding[?] me to repair  to the Cabin fearing as he said she was hoving in to us -- very dark and dreary not being able to read much which makes times[?] Tedious -- had a fair wind all night but owing to the high wind could not make any progress --we have had nothing but head winds for this last month -- 

Sunday th17 {1849/06/17} this morning a heavy gale of wind scarcely able to retain our Seats by having one to steady the dish another to hold the water i was able to make one pudding[?] but siss[?] in her zeal to help let the pan of dried apples go after being washed - a Sea just struck the Ship  which made her tremble and made me call out O dear we had a tremendious Sea runing at this time, we are nearing the Cape about ten degrees more and we should be steering north.  Latter Part a very heavy sea the highest I ever saw at 6 PM a breaze from the Eastward but owing to the sea could carry but little sail the Ship pitching very heavy 

Lat 57-53 S Long 71-10W  #s057 53S#e $s071 10W$e  



monday very rough the Bell at all in motion upsetting Mr Swain's Coffee into his Lap Turned Mr Starns[?] plate of dinner on the floor, Mr Coffins bottom upward on the Table Cloth



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 17th {1849/06/17} Wind SW a very heavy sea Ship Rolling very heavy the days are very dreary the Sun rises at quarter before 9 & sets at 1/2 past 3 PM End with Wind and Weather as yesterday

Latt 57-33 S 72-26W  #s057 33S#e $s072 26W$e



18 {1849/06/18} first part light winds and Pleasant Weather Stearing WSW wind from the S by E middle Part Pleasant with passing squalls of Snow



any thing but pleasant I should say cannot see in the Cabin to knit without holding a Lamp in your hand to take up stiches finished my Second pair of Stockings since I Left home - and made nine Shirts,



20 {1849/06/20}  this morning under Close reef Topsails and Close reef fore Sail -- Tremendious ??? made some bread with ??? difficulty  Stearing Close on the wind to the Southward Latt 57-31 -- Long 73-14 #s057 31S#e $s073 14W$e 



21 {1849/06/21}  very Squally, after going to Bed last night and sleeping for a short time I awoke Samuel to Tell him we had a fair wind he did not get much rest after that, but our South wind did



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not last long -- and today has been Squally -- made some bread and Puddings moped the floor washed out Table Linen in salt water heading west by north Latt 57-15 -- Long 75 -15 --  #s057 15S#e $s075 15W$e

22 {1849/06/22}  very squally employed in knitting heading north Latt 50-6 -- Long 77 --

#s050 06S#e $s077 00W$e  saw a Ship at a distance all day --



23 {1849/06/23}  this day we were doomed [?] to bitter dissapointment the wind having changed so that we now are heading south East, blowing strong, made bread and knit all day for it is so dark that Sewing is laid aside for the present  Latt 55 Long 79



24 {1849/06/24}  Sunday made our Puddings for dinner very squally but all In better Spirits finding by observation that we are in Latt 53 46[?] Long 80-40 -- #s053 46S#e $s080 40W$e  this last 24 hours we perceive the days to Lengthen which is very pleasant  -- saw a Ship homeward bound but so far off as to prevent us from holding any Communication



25 {1849/06/25}  very squally got no observation -- spent the day in knitting



26 {1849/06/26}  very pleasant only a few squalls a fair wind heading north -- Latt



27 {1849/06/27}  Squally with a fair wind all hands in good Spirits Latt



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28 {1849/06/28}  pleasant with squalls finished my Tenth Shirt  Latt



29  {1849/06/29}  Wind blowing strong from the North, all very Tired with the Rolling [?]  Latt no observation



30  {1849/06/30}  Strong wind from the North no observation could be taken, made bread and employed myself in Much[?] work



Sunday pleasant day but Cloudy got no observation made puddings and bread and attended on the sick 1 of July {1849/07/01}



July 2th {1849/07/02} monday -- employed all day in making Cake for the 4 pleasant untill noon wind ahead blowing Strong -- Land in sight -- Latt -- 39 -- 58 Long #s039 00S#e $s058 00W$e



3 {1849/07/03} a very delightfull day Mocha is Sight an Island I first discovered before any one on board Latt -- 38-48  all in high Spirits -- finished my Tenth Shirt



4 {1849/07/04}  awoke in the morning with the firing of guns and the Bell a ringing -- they give 3 cheers at the Cabin door for Capt Baring 3 for the mate 3 for the 2 3 for the Ladies and 3 for every body -- in the Course of the day an Oration was delivered by Mr Hall -- a Play[?] got up and the Evening ended in dinner all hands partook of Ham, Buiscquits Cheese & Cake  Land in sight Latt, 37-48



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5 {1849/07/05} Land in Sight but a very heavy swell employed in sewing 



6 {1850/07/06}  a very heavy swell with a head wind Whales in sight several times finished my 2 Chemise



7 {1849/07/07}  employed myself in knitting wind ahead with  a Tremendious swell



8 {1849/07/08}  a fair wind made puddings and bread later part on Sun night a heavy south west gale



9 {1849/07/09} made St Marys Island in Sight all the morning the place where Capt Hales was killed -- all in high spirits at the prospect of noon landing on Terra Firma  a Calm this afternoon Ship drifted so on the Land as to have 2 Whale Boats to tow us of, a slight Breeze sprang up which enabled us to get of but a head wind whales in sight



10  {1849/07/10}  a Calm all day very much discouraged about geting into Port sewed all day



11 {1849/07/11}  a Calm all day saw whales finished my 3 Chemise



12 {1849/07/12}  saw 4 Ships a fair wind saw an enormous sight of Porpoises Latt



13 {1849/07/13}  made Bread and finished my third pair of Stockings -- wind fair but very Cloudy no Latitude



14 {1849/07/14}  made bread & gingerbread finished my Eleventh Shirt very  pleasant day no Latitude



15 {1849/07/15} a delightful day Mr Godfrey delivered a Lecture in answer to Mr Thell[?] on nonresistance made bread Latt 30-51 -- Long 75-30 #s030 51S#e $s075 30W$e  saw a large shoal of porpoises



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16 {1849/07/16} very pleasant day Latt 23-58 made bread



17 {1849/07/17} finished my fourth pair of stockings  -- very pleasant Latt 26-58



18{1849/07/18} very pleasant day finished my Twelvth Shirt, Latt 25 30S



19 {1849/07/19} very pleasant employed myself in making a dress -- Latt 24-18 -- Long 75 #s024 18S#e $s075 00W$e  made bread & Puddings



20 {1849/07/20} this day employed myself in making my dress very pleasant but most of the time for the last few days a Calm --



21 {1849/07/21}  very pleasant but a Calm finished my dress, washed Table Linen -- Latt 22/26 saw whales --



22 {1849/07/22} a Calm Mr Godfrey lectures on non resistance -- made Puddings



23 {1849/07/23} a Calm employed myself in knitting Latt -- 31--30 a breeze sprang up in the night



24 {1849/07/24} all in fair spirits a good Breeze going along nicely Latt



25 {1849/07/25} a good wind see Whales and Porpoises



26 {1849/07/26} see Black Fish a good wind



27 {1849/07/27} saw the Land stood off at night



28 {1849/07/28} arrived at Calliawonchora[?] [Callao] just before dark saw a Ship on the breakers



29 {1850/07/29}  went on Shore dined at the marine Hotel took a walk and returned ??? at night



30 {1849/07/30} went on Shore dined at the Hotel took a walk among[?] the ruins of the old city of Callao destroyed by an Earthquake -- 



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31 {1849/07/31} on board all day not well took some Rhuebarb in the Evening

Capt Smith spent the Evening with us and his mate



1 of August {1849/08/01}  on board all day not very well 



2 {1849/08/02} went to Lima Capt Smith spent the Evening with us



3 {1849/08/03} Staid on board and washed



4 {1849/08/04}  Staid on board and washed



5 {1849/08/05} went on Shore and visited the Bannanoes Grove and went to the Catholic Church



6 {1849/08/06}  Sailed from Callaio Latt ???



7 {1849/08/07}  employed in ???



8 {1849/08/08}  do     a very fine journal &

9 {1849/08/09}  do     well kept John

10     TFT [?]



     Santa Barbara

Sunday th

At Home all day owing to the ground being very Wet, an Indian woman came here this morning who Lives at Mr Scotts kept by a young man named Charley he Charley had beat her so that her arm was bruised I went there soon after and he was beating her most Tremendiously with a Stick but on seeing me he left of,  the Cow run away so got no milk -- Doctor Shane Called Col jewett Mr Todd -- mail arrived last night no Letters which makes me feel quite Home Sick



April the 12 {1850/04/12} [the year 1850 was determined using a perpetual calendar, and working backward from the year 1852 which is found later in this volume]  had a present of a pot[?] of mutton, 6 Eggs, wrote home  the mail driver came in,



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16 {1850/04/16} Capt Bidnacy[?] gave us 3 very Large Lobsters sat Mr S??? ????



17 {1850/04/17} Candelaria gave us alot of matches  Mrs Sparks Child very Sick, Mr Callahan died att Bona



18 {1850/04/18}  ventura doctor Shaw spent the Evening with us



19 {1850/04/19} Mr Sparks gave us a Tin Cannister of Chocolate Called to see Mrs Denn after I returned home she sent us a beautifull large piece of fish, called on Mrs Sparks the Child a litle better Doctor Shaw spent the evening



20 {1850/04/20}  Capt Robbins called & Mr Keys, Received a letter from ??? and one from ??? wrote last February



21 {1850/04/21}  Mrs Sparks child died at nine[?] o clock at night, Called on Mrs ??? took a Walk Doctor Shaw spent the Evening with us had a Present of some letters from Mr Launtown[?], Took a Walk



22 {1850/04/22}  ??? sent for to Mrs Sparks at six In the morning, to assist In making Grave Clothes for the Babe, 4 monthe old,  the dress Consisted of a yellow Silk Shirt bound round the Top with Ribband and Tyed in a Bow



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round the waist, next over that was a Skirt of Blue & white Silk & worsted[?] with a waist of Rich Scarlet Velvett and the Sleeves of Rich Figured Blue Silk lace filled round the Stomache Sleeves and all round the Bottom and a Broad piece of lace quilled round the Top of the neck next was a rich white Crape skirt embossed with 2 rows of broad rich Lace put on very full that left only a small piece of the Crape from the waist to be seen, then a new pair of Silk open work stockings was Cut of, and a pair made to fit tight the Babe, then a pair of shoes made out of broad rich Satin Ribband fixed round the annckles with ribband Crossed and tied on the top in a beau, next was a head dress with a length of riband joined together and a piece of paste board between in the front was 3 bunches of beautiful ??? artificial flowers, then a bunch twisted round the arm so that a rose



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rested in the arm and the other part on the side then 2 bunches tucked through the bottom row of the flounce of lace resting on each side of the dress which was spread out so that you would have thought it had one of my nieces Coffee bags on, the Clothes was made rather short and spread so that you could just see the different dresses -- a Sash of blue and white ribband and a pair of mits[?] made out of ribband was all that composed this most extrordinary dress a table was set out in the middle of the room about the size of a dressing table, with a most Splendid India Crape Shawl which cost one hundred and fifty dollars spread and[?] point of festoon fastening a pillow made of rich red silk over that lace quilling with ??? between and lace pulled[?] round the ends nothing was laid over it untill we got to the grave at 4 Pm the Shawl was taken of the Table and 2 scarlet Crape kerchiefs laid over one not being large enough and after about a dozen females being served with a Saucer of India Preserved limes a shilling a piece we started for the Mission about a mile, 4 young girls taking hold of the table Changing alternately with the other ladies a boy followed the table with the babe on it with the coffin on his shoulders and twelve other Boys with flags and fire crackers in the way and the rest of the ladies followed sometimes ahead of the Corpse and at other times behind, the ladies Laughing all the way, with the exception of the Mother & self, the Mother kissing[?] the babe every time they stopped, the wind was rather high, and the dust rather troublesome, when we arrived at the Mission, 4 ladies carried it into the church and sat it down in the middle of the church, Immediately 3 men came in to the church and stood 2 candles lighted on the table at the head of the child



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and lighted other candles in the Church, then the Priest came in all went on their knees while the Priest had a few words to say he then went to the Church yard the Table went and a boy with the coffin all but the mother who we left in the Church on her knees a followed on, the Priest saying a very few words when the Boy set the coffin down by the grave the females took the Child and put it in the Coffin and as it was nails one Lady took up a Brick and pounded in the nails while one of the men for by the by there was 3 men that went from the Church who walked before the Priest to the grave, two of them carring Candles ??? on a long Pole and one bore a Cross, one of the men took a hoe which he had dug the grave with and knocked the other nails on the opposite side of the Lady who was hammering away with the Brick laughing all the time



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while all the time the Bells were ringing a merry Peal, so after a man got down into the Grave which was very Shallow he deposited the dear little Rosa which I thought a great deal of we then journied home and arrived just at Sun set walking all the way Capt Robbins sent us a Beautiful Fish ??? Baracooter, Capt R called



23 {1850/04/23}  washed to day had a Present of some very large muscles, and a Bunch of Flowers Capt Robbins Called and Romona and Flora Sisters to the Infant who died, Doctor Shaw spent the Evening with us -- Called on Candelaria she gave me a Cake of Bread



24 {1850/04/24} Capt Robbins called Doctor Shaw spent the Evening gave me a yard of Chinse Calico Ironed my clothes called on Mrs Sparks and Staid one hour eating Sugar Candy that she gave me -- 



25 {1850/04/25}  Capt Robins sent a piece of Beef Called at Mrs Sparks, Mr S gone to Bonaventure

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26 {1850/04/26} friday went to Mrs Sparks to Tea Doctor Shaw spent the Evening



27 {1850/04/27} wrote Letter home took Tea at Mrs Sparks she gave me a Cake of Chocolate, Mr S returned Doctor Shaw spent the Evening with us, Candelaria gave us some Milk,



28 {1850/04/28} Sunday walked out to Capt Robbins to dinner In Company with Doctor Shaw who returned and spent the Evening with us



29 {1850/04/29}  washed, Mrs Sparks & Romona called, Doctor Shaw called and gave me 3 pair of Socks Cotton, and also spent the Evening



30 {1850/04/30}  Capt Robbins sent In some Suet & a piece of Liver Candelaria sent us a piece of Beef, & Mr Todd sent us about 2 pounds of Fat, Lieu Carns[?] called, and General Smith arrived  Col Hooker Called twice, Doctor Shaw Mrs Sparks & daughter spent the Evening



May 1st {1850/05/01} Candelaria sent In some Tripe, Hull Corn, Samuel called on General Smith Liet Carns[?] called, Don Pedro[?]



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Samuel Visit was Returned by the General but we was not at home we had a call from Lieut Hooker Capt Robbins sent us a piece of Beef, we called at Mrs Sparks and she gave me a jar full of India Preserves, just got home when Mr Keys sent us a large piece of Beef, Doctor Shaw spent the Evening with us,



2 {1850/05/02}  General and his Lieut left St Barbara, he Left one Dollar to hire an Indian to clean the Yard, but the French[?] Doctor who had the care would not take it so that I shall keep it untill I see the General, Called at Mrs Sparks and had a cup of chocolate and Buiscuit, Called at Mr Keys and had Chocolate and Bread there  he gave me a nosegay, In the Evening we had Mrs Sparks Lieut Carns[?] and the doctor to spend the Evening,



3 {1850/05/03}  Took Supper at Mrs Sparks -- doctor spent the Evening with us



4 {1850/05/04}  Took a walk on the Beach Mr Hill sent us some Beans Onions & Water Cresses, Candelaria some corn, heard that Mr Scott[?] was very bad Doctor spent the Eve



5 {1850/05/05}  Capt Robbins Called, Mr



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Keys who told us he had an addition to his family of a Boy last night, Mr Todd called, Candelaria gave us some vinegar, Samuel and the 2 doctors went to the Mission at 3 to call on the Priests both of our Watches were found stopped this morning Samuel returned from the Mission and brought Specimens of the Fig & Lemon Tree -- Doctor S spent the Evening



6 {1850/05/06} Took a Walk on the Beach called at Mrs Sparks ?? Don ?? called, Doctor S spent the Evening



7 {1850/05/07}  washed Called on Mrs Keys Took Tea at Mrs Sparks, Capt Robbins sent us a piece of Fish, Doctor S spent the Evening with us 



8 {1850/05/08} Capt Tracy dined with us Mr Sparks sent me 2 bottles of ole and a Comb, Doctor Shaw spent the Eve --



9 {1850/05/09} Capt Robbins sent me a piece of Liver  -- the Priest called, Called at Mrs Sparks Mrs Sparks gave me a pair of India Sattin Slippers and a pair of fine Cotton Stockings and a paper of Sugar Candy -- attended a Fandango with Mr S, Doctor S spent



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the Eve had a Present of some Beans & a Cabbage



10 {1850/05/10} Called on Mrs Denn and had a cup of Tea Called at Mrs Sparks and had a Cup of Chocklate Doctor Shaw spent the Evening with us wrote a Letter to the Echoes



11 {1850/05/11} Called at Mrs Sparks three Pandras[?] called Candelaria sent us some Butter -- ??? ??? stockings



12 {1850/05/12} Called at Mrs Sparks she gave me some Cakes & Pies -- Ramona Is Sick and the Doctor, Mr Carns Called



13 {1850/05/13} Took supper at Mrs Sparks Candelaria sent us some Beef Doctor spent the Evening 



14 {1850/05/14}  Mr & Mrs Sparks and Ramona Called doctor spent the Evening



15 {1850/05/15} Mrs Sparks and daughter Called, Capt Lerner[?] arrived he & his wife called, heard that Mr Scott was Dead Doctor Shaw spent the Evening Capt Robbins sent us some Liver



16 {1850/05/16} Capt Robbins sent us some Beef Called at Mrs Sparks  Mrs S sent me some Stewed Black Berry doctor spent the Evening,



17 {1850/05/17} Mrs Sparks & daughter called Malah Ka del arrived, doctor spent the Evening



18 {1850/05/18} the [blank space] Arrived Capt Hall of Boston he and his Lady took Tea with us, we went as far as the Beach with them [?]



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In the Evening -- Called at Mrs Sparks, she gave us some Fish and some Olives Mr Hill called Doctor spent the Evening with us -- Mr Hill called Doctor spent the Evening with us --



19 {1850/05/19} -- Mrs Sparks sent us some Beans Mr Taft the district judge arrived Capt Hall and wife Took Tea with us Doctor spent the Evening



20 {1850/05/20} -- Capt Hall & wife took Tea with us they brought us some Candles Paper & Tea as a Present the Post Man brought some Letters Mrs Sparks sent us some Beef Mrs Hall & self Called on Mrs Keys had a cup of Coffee and Bread & Chockolate[?] Called at Mrs Sparks had some Bread some Preserves, Doctor spent the Evening also the district judge



21 {1850/05/21}  called at Mrs Sparks Capt Hall sailed Mr Taft & doctor spent the Evening, Mrs Sparks sent me some Black Berry stewed



22 {1850/05/22}  Called at Mrs Sparks The district judge Mr Tafft & the doctor spent the Eve



23 {1850/05/23}  called on Mrs Sparks had some Stewed Black berry, Mrs



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Sparks gave Samuel a Sash the Value then at Ten dollar Capt & Mrs Robbins called --



24 {1850/05/24}  Mrs Sparks & Flora dined with us Capt Robbins called & sent us some Beef, Judge Taft & the doctor spent the Evening an American[?] Family came by the name of Brier an Episcopal Methodist minister one of the Party who was lost in the desart, 5 of their number died for the want of Food and they nearly all met with the same fate I went to the Waggon[?]nd Mrs Sparks Invited them to Tea with myself



25 {:0000/05/25} Mr & Mrs Brier spent the day with us Mrs Sparks called Judge Taft dined with us, judge & doctor spent the Evening --



26 {1850/05/26}  went to hear Mr Brier [word illegible due to stain on paper] but no one went to hear him so after Prayer & Singing we returned home, Doctor spent Eve with us



27 {1850/05/27}  Mr Brier & family left St Barbara, Capt Robbins called & Mr Keys & Mr Todd Took Supper at Mrs Sparks had green Peas Doctor spent the Eve



28 {1850/05/28}  received a Letter from Eliza Ann, the Carl Freemont arrived Doctor spent the Eve



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29 {1850/05/29}  Mr Keys sent us some Beef , called at Mrs Sparks she gave me a Loaf of Cake & some ??? Doctor spent the Eve



May 30 {1850/05/30}  the Elizabeth Starbuck arrived Capt Parker went to the Mission Church being Corpus Christi to witness a Ceremony Performed in the Church on that day Doctor spent the Eve



June 1 {1850/06/01} Capt & Mrs Parker and a number of Ladies & Gentlemen Passengers and a man gave us a piece of Corn Beef, took supper at Mrs Sparks Doctor & Judge spent the Eve



2 {1850/06/02}  Capt & Mrs Parker called & the Ladies gave me 2 Oranges from the Society Islands & a Coaco Nut and Mrs Parker gave me a Loaf of Bread and some Butter & Potatoes from Hobart Town Doctor spent the Eve 



3 {1850/06/03}  Mrs Parker called and gave me a jar of Rasberry jam, Mrs Sparks sent me some Loungers Romona sent me some Spunge Cake Mrs Burton sent me some dried Peaches



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Doctor spent the Eve



4 {1850/06/04}  Capt Robbins sent us some Beef and one of the Passengers gave us some fish Doctor spent the Eve



5 {1850/06/05}  went to a Fandango given by Mrs Sparks all the Respectable Part of the Community attended, 



6 {1850/06/06}  the Elizabeth Starbuck sailed took Supper at Mrs Sparks Doctor spent the Eve, had some Fish given us 



7 {1850/06/07} Mrs Sparks gave us a Salmon Took a Walk on the Beach and returned and took Supper at Mrs Burtons Doctor spent the Eve



8 {1850/06/08}  judge Taft Left us, he gave Samuel a Rebozo, Took a Walk on the Beach and returned and took Supper at Mrs Sparks Doctor spent the Eve



9 {1850/06/09}  Doctor gave me some jam had Supper at Mrs Sparks Doctor spent the Eve



10 {1850/06/10}  Mrs Sparks sent us some Beef & Liver Capt Tompson[?] called[?] on his way to St Francisco, Mrs Denn called & Thomas, Doctor spent the Eve



11{1850/06/11} Mr Keys sent us some Beef called on Mrs Sparks Doctor spent the Eve



12 {1850/06/12}  Called at Mrs Sparks Doctor Denn called, Doctor spent the Eve



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13 {1850/06/13} Mrs Sparks called Doctor spent the Eve



14 {1850/06/14}  called at Mrs Sparks she sent us some Green Peas Doctor gave me a piece of Fine Linen over a yard he spent the Eve Capt Robbins called, Mr Jenkis[?] left the Monday[?]



15 {1850/06/15}  Took a Walk on the Beach returned and called at Mrs Sparks and had some Black Berries called at Mrs Keys, Doctor spent the Eve



16 {1850/06/16} called at Mrs Sparks had some nuts & Sweetmeats Mrs Keys sent me some Pairs Mrs Keys & Sister called Doctor spent the Eve



17 {1850/06/17} Capt Robbins called Doctor spent the Eve



18 {1850/06/18} Capt Robbins called and brought us some Lettice Mr Denn & Mr Todd called washed to day a fine day the Sun out Clear Doctor spent the Eve



19 {1850/06/19} Ironed this morning, then Amah[?] arrived, Mr Stone called and David Streeter called and Thomas the Doctor spent the Eve



20 {1850/06/20} I dined on board the Amah[?] the Capt gave us a Case of Buiscuits -- the Amah sailed -- the Emma Esradora[?]



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arrived, very fine Clear Day Mr Streeter & Stone called they returned home -- Doctor spent the Eve



21 {1850/06/21} fine Clear day called at Mrs Sparks Doctor spent the Eve



22 {1850/06/22}  Emma Esradora sailed for Saint Francisco, Mr Sparks and Mr Keys went In her, called to see Capt Rodfish who Is sick called on Mr Burton doctor spent the Eve



23 {1850/06/23} very pleasant day the Unitted States Store Ship Capt Muncy[?] arrived took supper at Mrs Sparks doctor spent the Eve



24 {1850/06/24} took supper at Mrs Sparks a fine day, Capt Muncy give us some fish doctor spent the Eve a fine day



25{1850/06/25} Sick at home with a diarreha Mrs Sparks called and Remona doctor spent the Eve the John G Gardner[?] 



26 {1850/06/26} Capt Patterdson[?] arrived they called on us, still sick doctor spent the Eve



27 {1850/06/27} still sick Capt Patterdson[?] called with some Cake & jelly & Choclate dried Apples & Raisins, the doctor spent the Eve said that I must not eat any Cake but fell to Eating it himself, Mrs Sparks sent me some Chicken Broth Better to day --



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28 {1850/06/28} Better to day fine day Mrs Burton sent me some Peach Pudding, the john G Gardner[?] sailed, Mrs Sparks sent me a Pitcher of Tea ready made and some Salmon cooked with Olives, Mrs S called doctor spent the Eve



29 {1850/06/29} a fine day Mr Hill and Mr Denn called Mrs Burton sent me a ??? of jam & some Raisins and Thomas gave me some new Potatoes Romona called

Received 2 Letters from Eunice wrote in March & April and one from Mrs Henderson enclosed, the doctor spent the Eve

30 {1850/06/30}  a fine day took supper at Mrs Sparks doctor spent the Eve, Town Meeting called to nominate Officers for the County 



july 1 {1850/07/01} a fine day Mrs Carns called & Capt Robbins dined at Mrs Sparks Doctor spent the Eve



2 {1850/07/02} Eagle Capt Mallagh arrived he took supper with us doctor spent the Eve



3 {1850/07/03} Capt Mallagh gave us some Tea Mollasses



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dried apples & Sea Coot doctor & Capt M spent the Eve



4 {1850/07/04} Capt M gave us some Fish the Eagle sailed took Tea at Mrs Sparks S and the Doctor went out to Capt Robbins Doctor spent the Eve a fine day



5 {1850/07/05} Capt Robbins called a fine day Capt Robbins sent us som Beef called at Mrs Burtons & Mrs Sparks Doctor spent the Eve



6 {1850/07/06} Capt Rodfish gave us some Tea Mrs Sparks gave us some Pickled Salmon a fine day, Took Supper at Mrs Sparks Doctor spent the Eve, firing of Crackers in all directions



7 {1850/07/07} a Fast day took dinner at Mrs Sparks, Mr & Mrs Burton called a fine day Doctor spent the Eve



8 {1850/07/08}  washed a fine day Mr & Mrs Carns called & Capt Robbins  S dined at Mrs Burtons Doctor spent the Eve



9 {1850/07/09}  took a walk Called on Capt Rodfish & Mrs Sparks a fine day Doctor spent the Eve



10 {1850/07/11} Called on Mrs Keys & Sparks a fine day, Capt Robbins Called doctor spent the Eve



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11 {1850/07/11} a fine day called at Mrs Sparks had some Pears given me Samuel dined at Mr Burtons Docot spent the Eve



12 {1850/07/12}  a fine day took supper at Mrs Sparks Doctor spent the Eve



13 {1850/07/13} Mrs Keys gave us some Beef  a fine day the Burnham Capt Hall arrived and the Hortens in Capt Richardson, Capt Robbins called Doctor spent the Eve



14 {1850/07/14}  Capt R & Capt H called a fine day Doctor spent the Eve



15 {1850/07/15} Capt Richardson dined with us, Capt Hall called and gave me a Black Sattin Apron, a fine day doctor spent the Eve



16 {1850/07/16} Samuels Birth day a fine day 2 Ships came In and 6 out Richardson & Hall sailed  Took Supper at Mrs Sparks Mr S Brother came Doctor spent the Eve



17 {1850/07/17} a fine day Capt P??? sent us a piece of Beef & some Pairs, Capt R called -- and Mrs Denn & Mrs Burton & Thomas Doctor spent the Eve



18 {1850/07/18}  a fine day Captains[?]



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of the 2 Ships called took Supper at Mrs Sparks -- had a Head Acke all day doctor spent the Eve



19 {1850/07/19} Doctor Left for St Francisco with Capt Mallagh a fine day.



20 {1850/07/20} a fine day Capt Robbins called and sent us some Beef



21 {1850/07/21} a fine day had some Pears & Cake sent me



22 {1850/07/22} arrived the Brig Amah from St Francisco a fine day



23 {1850/07/23} Mrs Lack came on shore a fine day



24 {1850/07/24} the Amah sailed a fine day



25 {1850/07/25} a fine day, Capt Richardson called 



26 {1850/07/26} arrived the Brig Ann Capt Lewis In distress Ship Leaking a fine day



27 {1850/07/27} Capt Richardson sailed he gave us some Tea & Beans [next entry is written up-side-down] the Judge is coming in 20 minutes



28 {1850/07/28} arrived the Mativideo[?] from Valperaiso, a fine day took tea a Sparks



29 {1850/07/29} a fine day the Runhamy[?] arrived from St Francisco



31 {1850/07/31} a fine day, part of the Ann's Cargo sold, the Emma Isadora arrived Mrs Sparks came In her called to see them --



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Augt 1 {1850/08/01} Capt Hall sailed called at Sparks a fine day  had a present of Sugar 



2 {1850/08/02}  a fine day Capt Robbins Rodfish & Lewis called



3 {1850/08/03}  a Ship arrived from Panama 100 - 150 Passengers several called on us a fine day took Supper at Mrs Sparks had some Lobster given us a fine day



4 {1850/08/04} Emma Isadora sailed sent a Letter home with an ounce it it Mrs Sparks gave me a Botle[?] of Oysters, and S. a Beaver Hat from Mr S -- a fine day



5 {1850/08/05} a fine day several from the Ship Called had a Present of some Oyil[?] and Potatoes -- took Supper at Mrs Sparks Called on the Burtons the Sisters[?] arrived



6 {1850/08/06} S elected associate judge In the Court of Sessions, S Issued several Warrants Tried Ten Cases, a fine day several called from the Ship, gave us a Piece of Beef 



7 {1850/08/07} a fine day called at Mrs Sparks had a Present of



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a Pair of Shoes and a Botle of Lemon Syrup from Mrs Sparks --, Capt Robbins gave me some Apples and judge Taffts wife a Cabbage several Called on us, a Vessel arrived,



8 {1850/08/08} a fine day had a Cucumber & some Pears & Muskmelon given to me by judge Taffs wife, had several Calls the Ship from America Sailed --



9 {1850/08/09} a fine Day Took Supper at Mrs Sparks several called



10 {1850/08/10} a Vessel arrived from St Francisco the judge sent us a piece of Beef, called on Mrs More an English Woman Capt Wilson arrived and called on us,



11 {1850/08/11}  a fine day Capt Wilson called Took Supper with the judge



12 {1850/08/12}  a fine day, Mrs S sent me some Salmon several called



13 {1850/08/13}  a fine day the Prarie on fire which makes It very warm



14 {1850/08/14}  a fine day the fire still Burning, it was set on fire no doubt by harvesters smoking, a great deal of Vegetables and grass Burnt up, took Supper at Mrs Sparks



15 {1850/08/15}  a fine day fire still Burning very warm took Tea at the judges --



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16 {1850/08/16} a fine day the fire still Burning - Mr Scotts things sold



17 {1850/08/17} a fine day several called  had a Botle of Lemon Syrup given me by Mrs S



17 {1850/08/17} a fine day had 2 Lobsters given us and some watermelon  and Bought some Potatoes of Mrs Streeter, Mrs Burton gave us some Onions,



18 {1850/08/18} a fine day



Sept 15 {1850/09/15} Capt Lewis Paid 15 dollars for one months Rent,



[may be gap in time at this point]



sunday flora with a 25 dollar dress on and her arms up to her Elbows in Preserves



monday Remona sweeping the room with a sky Blue french merino Trimmed round the Bottom with Lace one of their Carriage cushions laying on the floor ??? she got to it with her Broom after she had swept half way across the floor with the dirt she took a hard Brush and dusted all their Chairs, then being done went to sweeping it ???



15 of November {1850/11/15}



Nov 25th 1852 {1852/11/25} doctor Wallace Left for the Sandwich Islands,



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Nover had the first  25 week In Ten Beef the second 10 Calls 1 50 

one yard and a half of Bed Tick

a cheese, 7 Pounds of Suit 3 



29 {1852/11/29} Beef of the Steward[?] 4 Pounds 



December 2 {1852/12/02} Steam Boat from St Deigo the Sea Bird Mr Rencord[?] Called and Capt Hilbe & Mr Wilson a Foggy day the surf ??? one Boat upset and another Stove all to Pieces



5 {1852/12/05} Liver of the Steward[?]

had a Present of some Pork a Present of a Duck



6 {1852/12/06} Mr & Mrs Frick[?] called Mrs Hearne also



7 {1852/12/07} a Present of Sousages Called on Mrs Foreman a very fine warm Day _the Padres Housekeeper Died



8 {1852/12/08} a very warm Day the Steamer Ohio arrived from St Francisco Brought news of Pierce & King being Elected - Mr Lewis[?] called & Mr Hearn[?]



9 {1852/12/09} the Steamer Sea Bird Arrived, brought us 2 Bags of Flour 50 dollars, Capt Halisend[?] Called on the Purser, Samuel went to the Village In the morning while there the ??? Hoisted the Flag, did not get it right and It was half mast which Alarmed the Good People in the Village a very fine day, Steward 1 Pound of Candles



10 {1852/12/10} a very fine Day, nothing Occurred had of the Steward 2 Pounds of Beef



11 {1852/12/11} a fine day, had half a Water Melon given to me  5 Loaded Waggons of Mormons Passed through 



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on their way to Salt Lake the mail Carrier delivered from St Deigo, Brief Letters from the Children Benjamin & Obed & Lavina, and Cards of Invitation to Attend the former Collector of San Pedro Mr Stephens Wedding our Letters dated Nov th 2 {1852/11/02} and 6th[?] {1852/11/06}

 



12 {1852/12/12} Sunday a fine day Mr Dennis dined with us, the Sea Bird Steamer & Ohio came In from St Deigo, and Left for St Francisco, Mr Forebush went in her.



13 {1852/12/13}  Monday -- a fine day I washed & Ironed my Clothes Samuel went to the City and Dined at Mrs Tices[?]



14 {1852/12/14}  Tuesday, the first Part of the day fine, but the Eve Rainy, Mrs Foreman Took Tea with me, the Steward Brought us one dollars worth of Beef, for Mince Pies





15 {1852/12/15}  wensday a fine day after the Rain, began to make my Pies but had to lay them aside Mr Tice & his Wife came to dinner It seems he was Intoxicated the night before and Gambled and was minus Three Hundred and Fifty dollars, she was afraid he would go and drink more so she told him I was very Sick and came to see me.  I gave him a Lecture on



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Intemperance and he has said he will not drink any more but Alas for the depravity of Man, how can he put those Resolutions into Practice, In his own Strength, without the aid of that Spirit who alone is able to keep us from Evil I fear that ??? Friend he will never ask Counsel of, May God keep us all from Known Sins,



16 {1852/12/16} Thirsday a fine day rather Windy Samuel went to the City Bought 4 Pounds of dried Apples Two Shillings Pr Pound, one Paper of Pins three Shillings I sent for some Suit to Fry out for Lard but it was four Shillings Pr Pound, Mrs Foreman gave me some hog Lard,



17 {1852/12/17} friday, very fine day finished my Pies, Mr Dennis Called The Fremont arrived from St Francisco



18 {1852/12/18}  saturday a very Wet day



19 {1852/12/19} Sunday Rained hard all day a Bad Surf on, the Fremont at Anchor, not able to get out a South East Storm



20 Monday a very fine day but the ??? was so Deep that it was almost Impossible for our ??? to get over it The Capt of the Fremont Called and sent us some Salt Pork the Fremont got under weigh at 7 In the Evening very little wind, I washed 7 Ironed saw from the Window while at Work a large School of Porpoises 



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21 {1852/12/218} Tusday a very rainy day Mr Flood[?] Mr Heinemun[?] and Mr Harper, met In the other Part of the House all day,



22 {1852/12/22}  Wensday a very Rainy Day, the Steamer Sea Bird came In, Mr Livingpat[?] came staid all night



23 {1852/12/23} fine day, had a Present of some Pork



24 {1852/12/24} fine day, Samuel went up to the City, brought a Salmon



25 {1852/12/25} Saturday went to Mrs Sparks to dinner, the Road was very bad and the Creek deep Returned a 4 o clock Raining and Blowing hard but did not get Wet Samuel all alone all day --



Sunday 26 {1852/12/26} fine after a ??? Storm at 2 O clock a Buggy came to Invite S and Self to a dinner Party at Mr Tice, It Being Sunday of Course we would not go all the Young men In the other Part of the House went and stayed untill 2 In the morning at a Fandango had a Present of a Piece of Pork from Mrs Foreman



Monday 27th {1852/12/27} This morning Samuel went to the City Intending to go to Capt Robbins hearing he was Sick did not go, but was Summoned to appear at Court -- got home about four in the afternoon  In the mean time the Sea Bird Steamer come in from below  It was Cloudy all the afternoon, about 6 PM, Mr Livingportt[?] left us to go up in the Steamer -- our Young Men In the other Part of the House went down to the Beach with him -- a little previous to this, Mrs Tice and her Adopted Sister Called and staid a little while after they had gone -- I took my Seet In the Kitchen -- I was buisy making a Shirt which I was In some haste to finish while at Work, I heard very strange noises all around me like the Creaking of a Ship during a Storm, although 



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Strange As was the noise I had not once thought of being alarmed about It  3 or four of these Creakings came one after the other, and then my Chair began to Rock  I sprang to my feet and run for the front door shouting for your father  I run out from under the Corridor and he came out of the House  Being in the next Room but one[?] to me buisy pulling down the Paper Blind, I told him what had happened and he never Perceived it, he told me I was Frightened, and seemed not disposed to think it was any thing, we bouth went into the Kitchen and cast our Eyes up on the Beam at the side of the Room where hung 2 Lanterns one a very large one on the full Swing, your Father said it Is an Earthquake, It seems Some of the Young Men on the Beach felt It and spoke of it others did not feel It -- Never shall I forget that awfull Moment when I sprang from my Chair  It was the Rocking of the whole House they tell me smart shocks are very often felt and In about every[?] 30 years and they say they would not Build any other than adobe Houses in Consequence  God Preserve us from any more such Shocks -- had a Present of a Pair of Wild ducks



Tusday th 28 {1852/12/28} Samuel this morning has gone to to the City to attend Court, after what Happened last night I feel bad his going but I said nothing but as soon as he was gone being a very dark morning with a little Rain I have Put on my Rubbers In Case of have to leave the House again. how much does a nervous Person have to suffer away from your own family and how little can any one Enter Into your Feelings on that Occassion of will Try to Sumbit [Submit], may God who alone Is able Support me keep me from Beging and hasten that happy Day when I shall once more return to a Peaceful Home and a Communtiy of Sympathizing People



Wensday 29 {1852/12/29} A Rainy day



30 {1852/12/30} thirsday a Rainy Day



31 {1852/12/31} friday a foggy Day, Samuel & self thought much of home



january 1 {1853/01/01} about 2 this morning was awakened by the discharge of fire works, S and self spent the day at home  It has been a Splendid day



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not a cloud to be seen In the afternoon took a Walk on the Beach and got some Kelp Coral - took it and washed it under the ??? It being very warm, our doors open all day and this Evening we are seated in our Parlour no fire and your Father no coat on how much do we owe to the good son of God In Preserving our unworthy Lives To the Present moment and Permitting us to see the Begining of another Year the Padre[?] Called to see us Mr Trist[?]  was married to day and a Supper & Fandango given at Mr Tice all our young me In the other Part of the house are gone -- to day the Mail from below came but no Letter from home as the Steamer did not stop at St Deigo -- Santa Clause put some things in the Stockings for the Grand Children



jan 2 {1853/01/02} Sunday a fine day I went on the Beach Picked some Coral Mr Dennis Called



3 {1853/01/03} Monday a fine day-- I washed Samuel went up to the City



4 {1853/01/04} Tusday, I went to Tea at Mrs Foremans, a fine day but I had to put on Samuels Boots to get across the Brook



5 {1853/01/05} wensday a fine day Samuel went to the City -- bought a Clam[?] -- the Sea Bird came from St Francisco -- sailed for St Pedro



6 {1853/01/06} thirsday the Ohio came from St P. and Left for St D. Mrs Ramond sent me a Christmas Present of a Box[?] of China Preserves, very happy



7 {1853/01/07} friday Raining



8 {1853/01/08} Saturday Raining all day Col Russels Son slept heare 



9 {1853/01/09} Sunday Mr Russell took 



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Breakfast with us a fine day, Mr Forebush was heare In the morning  In the Eve Mr Bunel & another young man Playing Cards in the next Room adjoining ours, In the Office Mr Hinchnun and others Waiting -- Often does a tear find its way coursing down my Cheeks when I Think how I am Situated, It is hard to say Thy will be done I long yes my Soul longing for the House of the Lord on the Sabbath & away from such desecrations of the Sabbath as I am obliged to witness --



10 {1853/01/10} monday a fine day the Sea Bird came In from St Deigo, Samuel went up to the City but soon returned home -- removed the Port Office heare as Mr Carnes has gone to St Francisco



11 {1853/01/11} Tusday a fine day the Ohio came In, Mr Russell left,



12 {1853/01/12} Wensday a fine day, a Man who came In the Ohio, was Killed by a Man heare by the name of Dunn, It began In Dunn wanting to buy a mall[?] ornament In the Mans Vest which he refused to Sell as he said his Wife put It their, and he would not part with it, he was Tried by a Spanish Justice and acquited, but the People are not at all satisfied with the decision



13 {1853/01/13} thirsday I went over to the City your Father carring me across this Rock over the Creek dined at Mrs Keys and took tea at Sparks -- called on Mrs Moor the Judges wife on Cameview[?] had some Soda Buscuits gave me



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14 {1853/01/14} friday Condrabuces[?] wife & wifes mother called a fine day



15 {1853/01/15} saturday a fine day S & self went over In Eve to Mrs Foremans



16 {1853/01/16} Sunday a fine day Mrs Packard 2 Children and one of Toma Mornias[?] came to Tea, Stephen Foreman and 3 of his Sisters called the young men in the other part of the House playing cards



17 {1853/01/17} monday I washed S went to the Village in the morning in the afternoon Mrs Robinsons Girl called and brought her Baby, and 2 Indians and a ??? Boy  Mr Neidine[?] gave us some Beef



18 {1853/01/18} Tusday a very fine day



19 {1853/01/19} Wensday a fine day



20 {1853/01/20} Thirsday a fine day judge Carns Wife Mother & Sister Babe & Indian came and took tea with me, Mrs Forebush came In the Eve and gave us a Botle of Pickles the Sea Bird arrived from St ???



21 {1853/01/21} friday S went to the Village In the afternoon after he returned we took a Walk on the Beach



Saturday 22 {1853/01/22} the Ohio came Mrs Sovain[?] came to see us -- in the afternoon judge Carns Wife & Sisters 2 children with another Senorita called, Mrs Forebush took dinner with us, Ohio Sailed a fine day



23 {1853/01/23} Sunday a mistake in writing this day the Ohio came a fine day


24 {1853/01/24} Monday a fine day 



a Present of some Bird[?] which I made a Pie of



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Febuary 1 {1853/02/01} Mrs L very sick in ??? 



2 {1853/02/02}  3 Ladies came to Tea a fine day



3 {1853/02/03} Mr Blake & Mr Hinchman came to dinner a fine day



8 {1853/02/08}  Went to the Mission with Mrs Inmand[?], Mr Tice took us In his Carriage we dined and took Tea their a fine day



9 {1853/02/09}  went to Sparks to Tea a fine day



10 {1853/02/10}  Mrs Inmand left us to go by the Ohio a fine day



11 {1853/02/11}  a fine day Capt Tompson took tea with us and Mr Hinchman



12 {1853/02/12}  a fine day



13 {1853/02/13}  Sunday a fine day took a long walk on the Hill and got some Wild Flowers  Three different Parties called one Party Consisting of 24 [?] Persons  Mrs Foreman and the Mail Carrier arrived Took Super with us, brought 1 Letter from Eunice 1 from EA, and 1 Obed -- had a Present of a Wild Duck & some Cake from Carmmenias[?] 



14 {1853/02/14}  Monday a fine day Washed Samuel went over to the City



15 {1853/02/15}  Tusday a fine day the Goliah came In Instead of the Sea Bird -- Capt Hilliard[?] Took dinner with us, Mr Blund[?] ??? a minister[?]



16 {1853/02/16} Wensday Samuel went to the City a fine day



17 {1853/02/17}  Thirsday a fine day



18 {1853/02/18}  a friday a fine day



19 {1853/02/19}  Saturday a fine day took Tea Mr Hinchmans Cousin



20 {1853/02/20}  Sunday a fine day but



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very windy, the Steamer Ohio came In and Parted her Cable and drifted some distance off, Mr Hinchman dined with us, Ohio left  Mrs Keyes called and Mrs Blake took Supper with us



21 {1853/02/21} Monday a fine day Mr Sparks & Loma Maria & Flora & Rona - & Alberto & the Indian girl Took dinner with us all but Mrs Sparks who returned home wrote Letters To Edna[?] & Eunice yesterday



22 {1853/02/22}  Tusday the anniversary of Washingtons Birth Day the Americans Celebrated It by having a dinner and other amusements a fine day



23 {1853/02/23} Wensday a fine day Don Pedro Gaurellins Mother died, last Febuary her Husband died, and the Febuary Prior Capt Tomsons Wife died -- a daughter of the above judge Tafft, Wife was a granddaughter of the above her Husband judge Tafft  was drowned in trying  to Land at St Louis Opisbo [St Louis Obispo] last january Twelve months his Wife being near her Confinement they was afraid to Tell her of the maner In which he died and they wrote to her Godfather to write a Letter to her and say he died In St Barbara he did so and shortly after he wrote the Letter, he was siting under his Corridor reading a Newspaper fell down from his Seat and

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expired --his Coffin was made In his Son In Laws House which House the Carpenters were to Work in -- and soon after, the House was burnt down while the Owner Capt Tomson was In St Francisco, no one can tell how the fire Originated  -- Soon after a Grandaughter of the Above Old  Gentleman Don Carlos Guerneces[?], was on the Eve of being married to an American, her Wedding dress all made she was Taken Sick and went Into a Rapid Consuption and died, she was Buried in her Wedding Dress, another of her Sisters died in a Consumption about a Year ago, leaving one Child and a Partner to mourn her Loss, the Mother of the Young Lady who died -- has a few weeks ago been called out of time Into Eternity and her Father and one Brother Is at this time very Sick Mr Forebush called x



24 {1853/02/24} Thirsday a fine day Don Carlos Widow was Buried -- the Ohio came in from St Deigo and sailed for St Francisco, Mrs Forebush Called to see us x 



25 {1853/02/25} friday It Rained all day --



26 {1853/02/26} Saturday a fine day



27 {1853/02/27} Sunday the Sea Bird arrived, Mr Forebush Called and Mr & Mrs Tice and Sister and Lanirsanos[?] Wife, A fine day had a Letter from EDOBO  ???



28 {1853/02/28} Monday had a Present of a Lot of 



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Beef Heart and Liver from Don Pedro a fine day Samuel went to the City



Tusday March 1 {1853/03/01} a fine day



2 {1853/03/02} Wensday a fine day the Sea Bird Arrived and sailed for St Francisco Mr Sparks Called and spent the Evening, and went up in the Steamer



3 {1853/03/03} Thirsday a fine day Mr Thirt[?] Called, made some Mince Pies



4 {1853/03/04} friday the Flag was Hoisted to day In honour of the President a very fine day



5 {1853/03/05} a Saturday a fine day



6 {1853/03/06} a fine day Camarieus[?] daughter & Husband and Sister Called & Mrs Forebush



7 {1853/03/07} Monday the Ohio came in from St Francisco the Purser dined with us, Samuel went to the City, a fine day, the Fremont came



8 {1853/03/08} Tusday  Mr Burton came to Breakfast with us had a Present of a Fish and some Muscles & Shark from Mr Nideres[?] went to the City and took Tea with Mrs Sparks, Mr Pacard[?] gave me a Gold Ring -- a fine Day



9 {1853/03/09} Wensday a rainy day



10 {1853/03/10} Thirsday Windy



11 {1853/03/11} friday the Ohio came from Below Mr [blank space] Called



12 {1853/03/12} Saturday had some New Potatoes given us very fine & large





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13 {1853/03/13} Sunday the Steamer Sea Bird came in -- Don Pedro and wife & Capt Tompsons family Mr Dennis & Forebush called the Steamer gone to look for the Steamer a fine day



14 {1853/03/14} Monday a fine day Washed and Samuel went to the City and dined at Sparks, donna Maria sent me some Oranges



15 {1853/03/15} Tusday a Rainy day not very well a Head Ache



16 {1853/03/16}  Wensday a fine day Samuel went to the City



17 {1853/03/17} a fine day Mr & Mrs Sparks & Rona called



18 {1853/03/18} friday a fine day



19 {1853/03/19} Saturday a fine day Mr Dennis & Forebush Called



20 {1853/03/20} Sunday a fine day S and self took a Walk on the Hill Mrs Forebush called



21 {1853/03/21} dreamed Sunday night that Jane Barnes had a Letter from Unchle Nick[?] a Gold Piece In It telling her how fat she was dreamed Eunice had one with a gold Peice for Mother Pined on with 2 Gold Pins and a Glass Smelling Bottle Pined on with the Top Broke off



22 {1853/03/22} Monday [day of week is one ahead of actual until corrected at 1853/03/27] Washed a fine day, Don Pedro and several Ladies called



23 {1853/03/23} Tusday about the 16 of this month dreamed that Aunt Sarah and self were Riding In a Buggy but taking[?] the ??? driving over very Bad Places with great Skill  a very foggy day had some Salary over 2 feet in Length growed near the House



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24 {1853/03/24} wensday a very fine day the Steamer came in from St Francisco, Left for St Deigo Samuel went In her I left and went to Mrs Sparks



25 {1853/03/25} Thirsday at Mrs S a very fine day



26 {1853/03/26} friday a fine day at Mrs S



27 {1853/03/27} Saturday a fine day at Mr S a spent time with the Catholicks, they drawed[?] an Image up to Represent Judas and Stood it In the Publick Square, the men Riding up to it and making Speeches and knocking it down, they went to different Houses Took away things such as Tables Barrells & Signs Placed them round judas and then made out a List of the things who judas stole them from and Pined it on his Back Men would ride up and take the Paper and Read it as If they were reading a Sermon -- in the afternoon they got to Racing on Horse Back about 30 of them Riding alongside of one another to try to throw each other of -- 



27 {1853/03/27} Sunday the Steamer came in Samuel came In her, a fine day Returned home



28 {1853/03/28} Monday a fine day the Steamer Independence Is suposed to be lost, the Mail came from St Deigo brought 2 Letters from EA one from Eunice and Obed S went to the City



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29 {1853/03/29} Tusday a foggy day Mrs Sparks & Donna Maria called staid and had a Lunch



30 {1853/03/30} Wensday a fine day



31 {1853/03/31} Thirsday the Goliah came In Capt Haley from St Francisco, sailed for St Deigo had just out of the Bay when they spoke the Sea Bird who had been to look for the Independence, Reported her a total Loss and a great Loss of Lives Poor Capt Haley wife and her Sister was In her those that were saved have gone in the Whale Ships and Cannot be known who are Saved  80 Bodies of Women and Children came on Shore and mass Buried on the Beach -- a fine day one Party called 18 in number



April 1 {1853/04/01} friday Mr Sparks called and the children a fine day



2 {1853/04/02} Saturday a fine day



3 {1853/04/03} Sunday Mrs mine and Mrs Robinsons Housekeeper took tea with me and a Lot of children a fine day



4 {1853/04/04} Monday S went to the City Candnabias[?]  Wifes Sister called, the Brig Hallowell was Run a Shore having been Condemned a Host of Ladies on the Beach to see her a fine day



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Capt Robbins Is a dying



5 {1853/04/05} Tusday a fine day Mr Forebush called



6 {1853/04/06} Wensday a Foggy morning but cleared off and come on at Night  -- Mr Forebush called and gave me a Wild Duck  Samuel went to the City dined at Mr Sparks, Remona Sick Capt Robbins a little Better Don Pedro called



7 {1853/04/07} Thirsday Mrs Dennis called S and self took a Walk on the Beach, a very foggy morning but fine this afternoon the Ohio came in



8 {1853/04/08} friday a fine day S and self took a Walk on the Beach



9 {1853/04/09} Saturday a fine day S went to the City  Don Pedro gave us a Piece of Beef, and Mr Neidener gave us a Piece



10 {1853/04/10} Sunday took a Walk on the Beach as far as Mr Neidener they gave us a Piece of Pork & some Sausuges a fine day Mr Dennis called 



11 {1853/04/11}  a fine day Monday



12 {1853/04/12} Tusday a fine day the Ohio came in from St Deigo and Sailed for St Francisco Mrs Keys and her Sisters called and took tea, Donna Maria & judge Carns Wife & mother and others



13 {1853/04/13} Wensday S went to the City the St Deigo mail came bringing Letters from EA Eunice David Benjamin Obed Mr Henderson,  Mrs Daniel jan, james Nathaniel Mrs More[?] sent me some Butter had some greens sent to us a fine morning but Comenced rain at Night



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14 {1853/04/14} Thirsday a fine day Mrs Forebush called



15 {1853/04/15} friday a Rainy day



16 {1853/04/16} Saturday a fine day



17 {1853/04/17} Sunday Mr & Mrs Tice and Sister came to tea a fine day Mr Dennis dined with us



18 {1853/04/18} Monday a fine day



19{1853/04/19} Tusday a Rainy day



20 {1853/04/20} Wensday Mrs Pacard and Son came to Tea S went to the City



21 {1853/04/21} Thirsday Samuel & self went to the City took tea at Mrs Sparks -- called on Carmina[?] and judge Carns Wife had some oranges, Butter given me a fine Day



22 {1853/04/22} friday the Sophie[?] came in from St Francisco, had some greens given us a fine day



23 {1853/04/23} Saturday a fine day



24 {1853/04/24} Sunday took a Walk on the Hill & beach a fine day



25 {1853/04/25} Monday a fine day



26 {1853/04/26} Tusday  a fine day several Ladies called & had a Present of Beans & Butter



27 {1853/04/27} Wensday a fine day



28 {1853/04/28} Thirsday a fine day the Ohio came from St Francisco



29 {1853/04/29} friday a Windy day Mr Forebush went away to the Islands



30 {1853/04/30} saturday a fine day the City full of Calafornians from all Parts of the County summoned by the Sheriff to Put a Squatter from Hills Ranch  a Quarrill Ensued before Starting which Resulted in Mr Fidell[?] being Shot and 



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one Calafornian, and the Sheriff and one man being Badly Wounded, we were very much alarmed feeling ther would be a general massacre, at Night dreamed a Ship came In being some Official Gentlemen from Washington, and City under Marshall Law



Sunday May 1st {1853/05/01} this morning before we had Breakfast a Man of War the United States came in, the Capt and Purser called and Samuel went with them to the City a fine day several Gentlemen called wrote a Letter to the Children



Monday 2 {1853/05/02} a fine day the Capt of the Ship  & Purser called S went to the City



Tusday 3 {1853/05/03}  a fine day the Ohio came In from St Pedro & left for SF the Fremont came In



wensday 4 {1853/05/04} a fine day the Sea Bird came In from St Francisco Doctor Shaw came in her



Thirsday 5 {1853/05/05} a fine day judge Carns & Doctor Shaw took tea with us



Friday 6 {1853/05/06} a fine day Mrs Tice & Larensanos[?] wife called



Saturday 7 {1853/05/07} a fine day but at Night a very Thick Fog Mrs Hearn Mrs Gannon & Mrs [blank space] Called & Mr Dennis   



8 {1853/05/08} Sunday  a fine day took a Walk called on Mrs Moore Doctor Shaw took tea with us Coradvalius[?] Wife & mother & Sister called & Mrs Dennis

 

9 {1853/05/09} Monday a fine day judge Carns Wife and Sister & a Lot of Children came to tea, S went to the City



10 {1853/05/10} Tusday a fine day



11 {1853/05/11} Wensday a Rainy day





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12 {1853/05/12} Thirsday a Rainy day



13 {1853/05/13} friday a fine day several Ladies called the Mail came in Letters from ??? 6 - E - 8 ???



14 {1853/05/14} Saturday S & self went to the City made several calls took tea at Mrs Keyes who gave me a Splendid flower Vase which cost one Hundred Dollars -- Mrs Keyes gave me 9 Eggs, the ??? of War Sailed 



15 {1853/05/15} Sunday  Mr Sparks sent the Buggy for me to dine at his House  a fine day



16 {1853/05/16} Monday  a fine day  S went to the Village, the Sea Bird came in



17 {1853/05/17} a fine day Tusday went to the Village of ??? Gatos with a Party had a good time



18 {1853/05/18} a Wensday a fine day the Ohio came In



19 {1853/05/19} Thirsday  a fine day Mr Livingport[?] dined heare gave S a China Coat 



20 {1853/05/20} friday a fine day Mr Hearns & wife & Sister & Child & Servant took tea with us



21 {1853/05/21} Saturday  a fine day a Host of Ladies Called, the Sea Bird Sailed Mr Livingport went In her S



22 {1853/05/22} Sunday a fine day S and Self went for a Walk took Tea at Mr Sparks



23 {1853/05/23} Monday a fine day Capt Tompson arrived, and Doctor Walace came In her called to see us



24 {1853/05/24} Tusday rained a little In the morning afternoon fine S went to the Village



25 {1853/05/25} Wensday



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Thirsday january 1 1857 {1857/01/01}  Mrs Wiliams called and and left a Missionary Pamphlet Samuel & self attended Prayer meeting a mild Day Thawing in the Sun S bought some Chickens three Paid for the same



friday 2 {1857/01/02} Mrs Sails & Mrs Brisbane called and Desdamonia, In the Evening Mr Whiting & Ann spent Evening Miss Ward a fine day snowed a little



Saturday 3 {1857/01/03} rather Stormy morning bought a Quarter of a yard of muslin



Sunday 4 {1857/01/04} went to meeting In the morning Mr Hosmer Preached In the morning In the Evening a Prayer meeting



Monday 5 {1857/01/05} Washed In the Evening Company Mrs Beach Son & Daughter Mr & Mrs Whitesides Mrs Beckman, Sin Whiting called 3 times fine day some snow



Tusday 6 {1857/01/06} Ironed my clothes Samuel dined at Mr Whitings a Cold day



Wensday 7 {1857/01/07} a Cold day S and self attended Mr Ladds donation Party 7



Thirsday 8 {1857/01/08} a Cold Day S went to Benjamins with Letters made a call on Mrs Beckman S & self had an Invitation to Tea at Mrs Corvills, did not go -- Mr Streeter spent the Evening with us



friday 9 {1857/01/09} a Cold Day



Saturday 10 {1857/01/10} a Cold Day



Sunday 11 {1857/01/11} went to meeting In the morning -- In the Evening Mr Whiting & Wife came spent the Evening



Monday 12 {1857/01/12} washed In the morning and In the Evening went to Mr Streeters a Cold Day some Snow



Tusday 13 {1857/01/13} Ironed spent the Evening at Mr Whitings a Cold day some snow



Wensday 14 {1857/01/14} Ann Whiting & Self made several calls a Cold day some snow



Thirsday 15 {1857/01/15} attended Prayer meeting very Cold



friday 16 {1857/01/16} Miles called very Cold

Saturday 17 {1857/01/17} Miles called a Cold day



Sunday 18 {1857/01/18} a very stormy day



monday a very stormy day, Ann Whiting daughter & Son called 19 {1857/01/19}



Tusday very cold the two Missis Stone and Brother called In the Evening Mr Roades came 20 {1857/01/20} 



Wensday 21 {1857/01/21} Mr Streeters Wife called took me to Aunt Sarahs To Tea rather stormy, Miles called



Thirsday 22 {1857/01/22} very Stormy the Wind very high 22





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friday 23 {1857/01/23} went to Mr Whitings to Tea



Saturday Stormy 24 {1857/01/24} 



Sunday th 25 {1857/01/25} went to Church



26 {1857/01/26} Monday washed Cold



27 {1857/01/27} Tusday Eunice & all the family came to dinner, a cold day



28 {1857/01/28} wensday went to Mrs Putmans to Tea with Mrs Streeter & Sarah



29 {1857/01/29} thirsday Mrs Clark & Sister & Mrs Remington called



30 {1857/01/30} friday Aunt Elizabeth came to Tea and Miss Stone



Saturday 31 {1857/01/31} Aunt E came to Tea



Sunday went to meeting 1 of Feby {1857/02/01}        



Monday th 2 {1857/02/02} Aunt E came to Tea



Tusday th 3 {1857/02/03} went over to see Mrs Young who was Sick took Tea with Mrs Putman & Sarah



wensday th 4 {1857/02/04} Miles came over and took us over to dinner to Cato[?] 



Thirsday 5 {1857/02/05} Raining



friday 6 {1857/02/06} went with Mrs Streeter & Mrs Putman & Sarah to Robert Putmans to tea a fine day



Saturday th 7{1857/02/07} a windy day got a Letter from Aunt Eunice



Sunday 8 {1857/02/08} very Stormy day



Monday 9 {1857/02/09} washed, a Cold day



Tusday 10 {1857/02/10} a Stormy day Sarah called



wensday th 11 {1857/02/11} very Cold day S and self Invited to Tea at Mr Baldwins did not go



Thirsday 12 {1857/02/12} very Cold Mr Streeter called heard of Unckle Obadiahs death received a Letter from Sarah Swain



friday 13 {1857/02/13} a little milder weather Mrs Wiliam Hederson called and Mrs Donnovan Miss Ward answered Sarahs Letter



Saturday 14 {1857/02/14} a fine day



Sunday th15 {1857/02/15} Mr Phelps Sick no Preaching



monday 16 {1857/02/16} washed a little rain in the morning



Tusday 17 {1857/02/17} Ironed went to Mrs Cramers To Tea



wensday th18 {1857/02/18} Mrs St john called



Thirsday 19 Mr & Mrs Streeter & Sis came to Tea





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 Febuary th20 {1857/02/20} Mrs Whiting came to dinner -- & Mr Whiting to tea



Saturday 21 {1857/02/21} a windy day 



Sunday 22 {1857/02/22} went to meeting twice a man from Van Buren preached 



monday 23 {1857/02/23} washed



Tusday 24 {1857/02/24} went to james Hendersons to Tea



wensday 25 {1857/02/25} Miles & Eunice & Susan & Elizabeth  and Aunt Sarah spent the day with me -- Mrs Putman to Tea a fine day



Thirsday 26 {1857/02/26} Stormy, some Snow, Mr Sheldon called and a gentleman & Lady from Red Creek -- and Miss Whiting, Miss Holstead, Susan



friday 27 {1857/02/27} Eunice Birth day went to Mrs Streeters to Tea a fine day



Saturday 28 {1857/02/28} a windy Cold day some Snow last night



Sunday 1 {1857/03/01} a Cold day went to meeting in the morning



monday 2 {1857/03/02} washed Mr & Mrs Whiting spent the evening



Tusday 3 {1857/03/03} Invited to Mrs St Johns did not go -- Mrs Ward took Tea with me



wensday 4 {1857/03/04} attended the Donation Party for the Benefit of Mr Phelps



Thirsday 5 {1857/03/05} Miles took Tea with us attended a Lecture



friday 6 {1857/03/06} attended a Lecture on Phrenoligy & Sycholigy



saturday 7 {1857/03/07} attended the Lecture



Sunday 8 {1857/03/08} attended meeting twice at the Methodist - & once at the Baptist House -- went over to Cato with Moses Gilbert and took dinner at Miles with Elder Medds rather poor Sleighing



monday 9 {1857/03/09} a very Cold windy day washed



Tusday Iroined Mrs Ward called a Cold day



wensday 11 {1857/03/11} the missionary meeting at the Methodist --



Thirsday 12 {1857/03/12} went over to Miles



friday 13 {1857/03/13} baked





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Saturday 14 {1857/03/14} Miles & family came over



Sunday 15 {1857/03/15} went to the Methodist & Baptist meeting



Monday 16 {1857/03/16} Washed - Elder Ladd and wife & daughter & Mrs Robert Putman came to Tea



Tusday 17 {1857/03/17} Iroined spent the Evening at Mrs Streeters



wensday 18 {1857/03/18} Stormy



Thirsday 19 {1857/03/19} Mrs Ward called



friday 20 {1857/03/20} went In to see Mrs Ward



Saturday 21 {1857/03/21}



Sunday 22 {1857/03/22} went to the Methodist and Baptist meeting



Monday 23 {1857/03/23} George Abbotts Birth day a very windy day



Tusday 24 {1857/03/24} had the Carpenter to alter the kitchen, Miles brought some man, staid to dinner with us, a wet day



wensday 25 {1857/03/25} Mrs Robert Putman died this morning, only a few days since she took Tea with me



Thirsday 26 {1857/03/26} went with Mrs Streeter To see Mrs R Putman



friday 27 {1857/03/27} Mrs Putman was Buried Mrs Ladd preached the Funeral Sermon Mrs Phelps & Warner arrived



Saturday 28 {1857/03/28} Miles & Eunice & Neela & Frederick Abbott, Mr & Mrs Whiting came to Tea



Sunday 29 {1857/03/29} went to the Methodist & Baptist & Catholic Church, Aunt Sarah took Supper with us



monday 30 {1857/03/30} Washed Miles took dinner with us



Tusday 31 {1857/03/31} went to Tea at Mrs Streeters Aunt Sarah Mrs Mills Mrs Putman & daughter



wensday the first day of April {1857/04/01} spent the Evening at Mrs Roades



Thirsday 2 {1857/04/02} attended Prayer Meeting at the Methodist House



friday 3 {1857/04/03} Miss Bryant died Suddenly while geting something out of a draw fell down and Expired no one being in the room



Saturday 4 {1857/04/04} attended the Methidist Church Twice Mrs Phelps preached Miss Bridsets funeral Sermon Unckle Benjamin & Aunt Sarah



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spent the day with us -- Miles called said Eunice was not well a rainy day



Monday 6 {1857/04/06} Washed raining & Snowing all day Uncle Benjamin called freezing fast



Tusday 7 {1857/04/07} Iroined -- wrote a Letter to Huntingdon, Unckle Benjamin Called, a Cold day not thawing much Ann Whiting took Tea with us - S went to the Prayer meeting Miss Ward called



wensday 8 {1857/04/08} Eunice & her Babe spent the day with us weather more moderate Thawing -- Mr Ane[?] called



Thirsday 9 {1857/04/09} attended a Lecture at the Presbyterian House, took Tea at Mr Whitings



friday 10 {1857/04/10} Miss Ward took Tea with us



saturday 11 {1857/04/11} a Rainy day, Mrs Phelps called



Sunday 12 {1857/04/12} went to the Methodist House Twice -- wrote a Letter to Aunt Eunice -- a Rainy day 



Monday 13 {1857/04/13} Benjamin called -- washed, Irioned, Mr Phelps & Wife spent the Evening with us a fine day



Tusday 14 {1857/04/14} The Mason came to Plaster the Kitchen, snowing some



wensday 15 {1857/04/15} attended the funeral of Mr Mack Aunt Sarah took Tea with us



Thirsday 16 {1857/04/16} Mr Phelps called attended the Prayer Meeting



friday 17 {1857/04/17} Miles called -- spent the Evening at Mr Streeters 



saturday 18 {1857/04/18} a fine day rather Cold



Sunday 19 {1857/04/19} attended meeting twice at the Methodist, Miles called



monday 20 {1857/04/20} washed a very Cold day Snowed all day & night



Tusday 21 {1857/04/21} Papered our Room Mr Phelps called



wensday 22 {1857/04/22} Mrs Roades & Mrs Bailis called



23 {1857/04/23} Thirsday Miles & Eunice & Harriett came to dinner



24 {1857/04/24}  friday went up to Sarahs with Mrs Streeter & Mrs Whiting to Tea



25 {1857/04/25} saturday cleaned House a fine day but Cold & Windy



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Sunday 26 {1857/04/26} attended meeting at the Methodist & Baptist



monday 27 {1857/04/27} washed a rainy day



Tusday 28 {1857/04/28} a fine day



wensday 29 {1857/04/29} a fine day spent the Evening at Mr Whitings



Thirsday 30 {1857/04/30} Lin Streeter came to Tea Mr Whiting & Ann called went to meeting



friday 1 of May {1857/05/01} a fine morning had our Garden Ploughed -- rainy afternoon spent the Eve at Mr Baldwins



saturday 2 {1857/05/02} a rainy day



Sunday 3 {1857/05/03} attended meeting at the Methodist twice Benjamin Miles & Eunice & Samuel called



monday 4 {1857/05/04} washed hard Rain all day -- Bought a Pound of Tea at Two P Sixpence bought 4 Pounds of Butter



Tusday 5 {1857/05/05} Rainy in the morning



wensday  6 {1857/05/06} Ann came to Tea and her husband spent the Eve



Thirsday 7 {1857/05/07} spent the afternoon at Ann she being Sick -- attended Prayer meeting in the Evening



friday 8 {1857/05/08} wrote 2 Letters one to Sarah and one to EA -- Mr & Mrs Whiteside spent the evening with us -- Mrs Streeter called, began to Clean House -- a fine day & warm



saturday 9 {1857/05/09} cleaning House a windy day but warm, S planted Beans bought some Cheese



Sunday 10 {1857/05/10} went to the Methodist twice and to the Baptist Miles & Eunice & Samuel called cold night with frost



monday 11 {1857/05/11} Mr & Mrs Whiting called and Miles, bought a piece of veal and some brown sugar cold with frost



Tusday 12 {1857/05/12} a litle warmer to day Ann sent us some milk[?]



13 {1857/05/13} wensday  Miles called



14 {1857/05/14} Thirsday -- attended Prayer meeting at the Methodist



15 {1857/05/15} friday very Cold



16 {1857/05/16} saturday Cold day



17 {1857/05/17} Sunday attended the Methodist meeting twice -- and the Baptist Miles & Eunice & Samuel & Meriat[?] called a Cold day some rain Mr Streeter called



18 {1857/05/18} monday -- washed a fine day but Cold -- a frosty night some Ice



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19 {1857/05/19} Tusday --  Iroined -- spent the evening at Mr Streeters



20 {1857/05/20} wensday, Miles called



21 {1857/05/21} Thirsday Miss Ward called bought 2 Pair of Stockings 21 -- attended Prayer meeting -- a fine day and warmer



22 {1857/05/22} friday Mrs Henderson called



23 {1857/05/23} saturday Mrs Kinnie called



24 {1857/05/24} sunday attended the Methodist twice Sarah dined with us a fine day



25 {1857/05/25} monday washed -- Miles called



26 {1857/05/26} Tusday went over to Miles with Mr & Mrs Whiting and spent the day very warm & pleasant



27 {1857/05/27} wensday a very Windy day rather Cool



28 {1857/05/28} Thirsday Sarah Took Tea with us quite showery attended the Prayer meeting at the Baptist Methodist quite Cold In the Evening



29 {1857/05/29} friday very Cold



30 {1857/05/30} saturday Mrs W Putman Miss Ward called In the morning -- afternoon Mrs Ward Eunice Miles & baby, very Cool a Letter from Obed --


31 {1857/05/31} Sunday attended meeting twice at the Methodist -- very warm & after several showers this morning



june 1 {1857/06/01} monday washed



2 {1857/06/02} Tusday Iroined and cleaned Dining Room



3 {1857/06/03} wensday Took Tea at Mr Whitings In company with Mrs Streeter  & Sarah a fine day but a Rainy Evening Father Niffer called -- very warm



Thirsday 4 {1857/06/04} attended the Methodist Prayer meeting very cool weather



friday 5 {1857/06/05} Miss Stone & Desdamonia took Tea with me called on Mrs Roades -- very cool weather



saturday 6 {1857/06/06} a fine day but very Cool



Sunday 7 {1857/06/07} attended the Methodist meeting Twice  -- had no Preaching, but a Prayer meeting very cool weather & raining





Monday 8 {1857/06/08} washed a fine morning



9 {1857/06/09} Tusday Irioned spent the day at Mr Whitings rainy night



10 {1857/06/10} wensday a Rainy day



11 {1857/06/11} Thirsday attended Prayer meeting



12 {1857/06/12} friday



13 {1857/06/13} saturday called at Mrs Streeters



14 {1857/06/14} Sunday went to the Presbyterian



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meeting with Miles & Eunice, In the Evening went to the Methodist Prayer meeting



15 {1857/06/15} monday washed, Miles & Eunice & Samuel came to tea



16 {1857/06/16} Tusday Iroined -- Mrs Deere & Mrs Williams called, a wet day



17 {1857/06/17} wensday a heavy Thunder Shower wrote to Unckle Obed -- had Two Umbrellas mended 4 o/



18 {1857/06/18} Thirsday attended Prayer Meeting Mr & Mrs Streeter & Sin came to tea



19 {1857/06/19} friday not very Well -- Mrs Pope[?] called



[from this point until July 1st the date was incorrect due to dating two entries both as June 19th; the bracketed dates are correct]



19 {1857/06/20} saturday Miles called -- called on Mrs Streeter



20 {1857/06/21} Sunday attended the Methodist Church twice



21 {1857/06/22} monday -- washed



22 {1857/06/23} tusday rained Sarah called



23 {1857/06/24} wensday a fine day



24  {1857/06/25} Thirsday Mr Jerad & Wife came to dinner a fine day



25 {1857/06/26} friday S & self Took Tea at Mrs Streeters a fine day



26 {1857/06/27} saturday a fine day -- Miles & Eunice made a Call



27 {1857/06/28} sunday attended the Methodist Church Twice



28 {1857/06/29} monday washed 



29 {1857/06/30} Tuesday Iroined -- not very well 



30  wensday Mr & Mrs Whiting called first of 1 July {1857/07/01}



31  2 {1857/07/02} Thirsday attended Prayer meeting my Birth day



3 {1857/07/03} friday Miss Ward called



4 {1857/07/04} saturday S & self & Miles & family went to Mr Stones to dinner



5 {1857/07/05} sunday attended the Methodist Twice



6 {1857/07/06} Monday washed Miles called



7 {1857/07/07} Tusday Iroined Mr Whiteside called



8 {1857/07/08} wensday Father Niffer came to Tea & staid all Night took Breakfast and left for Abourn[?] Miles & Eunice took Tea with us & Miles cut the Grass



9 {1857/07/09} Thirsday a very fine day attended Prayer meeting



10 {1857/07/10} friday -- Miles came to Tea



11 {1857/07/11} Saturday Eunice & self went to spend the day with Ann



12 {1857/07/12} sunday attended the methodist & Baptist meeting



13 {1857/07/13} monday a warm day



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washed -- Father Niffer came and staid all night



14 {1857/07/14} Tusday went to Miles with Father Niffer,



15 {1857/07/15} wensday Mr & Mrs Stone & Mr & Mrs Whiting & Augustus came to dinner, after which all went to Aunt Sarahs to Tea



16 {1857/07/16} Thirsday Iroined, S went to Prayer meeting



17 {1857/07/17} friday Cleaned House



18 {1857/07/18} saturday Miles & Eunice came to tea Mr Yonger called



19 {1857/07/19} Sunday attended the Methodist meeting In the morning, Aunt Sarah spent the day with us



20 {1857/07/20} monday washed



21 {1857/07/21} Tusday Iroined, Picked Currants



22 {1857/07/22} wensday made jelly & Jam received a letter from Eliza Ann saying David had cut his Thumb of at the first joint with a Circular Saw



23 {1857/07/23} Thirsday Mr Whiteside called very warm



24 {1857/07/24} friday Miles called



25 {1857/07/25} saturday Mr Baldwin took Tea with us -- Miles & Eunice called 



26 {1857/07/26} Sunday attended the Methodist Church on In the morning very warm



27 {1857/07/27} monday washed a very hot day wrote to EA



28 {1857/07/28} Tusday Iroined went to Benjamins to Tea with Mrs Swain Mr & Mrs Whiting



29 {1857/07/29} wensday a fine day



30 {1857/07/30} Thirsday went over to Eunice spent the day



31 {1857/07/31} friday Miles called



August 1 {1857/08/01} saturday cleaned House



2 {1857/08/02} sunday attended  the Methodist Twice Sarah spent the day with us



3 {1857/08/03} Monday washed



4 {1857/08/04} Tusday Iroined called at Mrs Streeters



5 {1857/08/05} wensday



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6 {1857/08/06} Thirsday attended meeting



7 {1857/08/07} friday called at Mr Whitings



8 {1857/08/08} saturday Mrs Swain & Streeter called 



9 {1857/08/09} Sunday attended the Methodist twice



10 {1857/08/10} Monday washed, Mother Sick



11 {1857/08/11} Tusday Iroined Benjamin called



12 {1857/08/12} wensday Mother Sheldon dined with us, Mr & Mrs Whitesides spent the Evening with us



13 {1857/08/13} Thirsday Samuel had a Turn of Diziness In the head Mr Whiteside & Miles called



14 {1857/08/14} friday Mrs Whiting took Tea with us



15 {1857/08/15} saturday , Susan Abbott came and staid all night



16 {1857/08/16} sunday attended the Methodist meeting Twice, Mr Abbott fell and broke his Leg Benjamin & sarah called 



17 {1857/08/17} Monday washed a rainy day quite Cool



18 {1857/08/18} Tusday, Iroined Miss Ward called



19 {1857/08/19} wensday Samuel went out[?] to Cato



20 {1857/08/20} Thirsday attended Prayer meeting



21 {1857/08/21} friday Mr Fowler called



22 {1857/08/22} saturday Mrs Streeter called



23 {1857/08/23} Sunday Mrs Streeter & Mr Whiteside called attended the Methodist meeting once



24 {1857/08/24} monday washed in the morning, in the afternoon went to Cato to see Mr Abbott



25 {1857/08/25} Tusday Iroined



26 {1857/08/26} wensday Mr jared called and Mrs Whiting spent the afternoon





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27 {1857/08/27} Thirsday George Preston called Mrs Whitesides sent me some Blackberries



28 {1857/08/28} friday Miles & Eunice Took Tea with us



29 {1857/08/29} saturday Mr jeslet & Wife called



30 {1857/08/30} Sunday attended the Baptist meeting once -- wrote Letters to Obed - Sarah & Mrs Marble[?]  Mr & Mrs Whiting called 



31 {1857/08/31} monday washed



Sept 1 {1857/09/01} Tusday Iroined went to Tea at Mr Youngs[?] Mrs Putman & Sarah



2 {1857/09/02} wensday Miles & Eunice & Susan called Seneca Philips Child died in consequence of giving it gunpowder for a rash a warning to Mothers



3 {1857/09/03} Thirsday a very warm day



4 {1857/09/04} friday  a warm day Mr Whiteside spent  Eve



5 {1857/09/05} saturday a warm day Thunder shower in the Evening



6 {1857/09/06} Sunday attended the Baptist meeting in the morning



7 {1857/09/07} monday washed, a fine day & Iroined



8 {1857/09/08} Tusday went to Cato & spent the day -- Samuel took Tea at Mrs Whitings a fine day



9 {1857/09/09} wesday made several calls with Mrs Mrs Streeter Mrs S & sister returning and took Tea with us a very warm day



10 {1857/09/10} Thirsday a very warm day  Benjamin called & Miss Ward



11 {1857/09/11} friday Elizabeth Abbott came over a fine day



12 {1857/09/12} saturday a fine day





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13 {1857/09/13} Sunday Elizabeth went home Miles & Eunice & Neela & George called went to the Baptist Church in the morning



14 {1857/09/14} Monday washed & Iroined a fine day



15 {1857/09/15} Tusday Sarah took Tea with us



16 {1857/09/16} wensday Miles & Eunice dined with us



17 {1857/09/17} Thirsday a fine day



18 {1857/09/18} friday a very rainy & squally day 



19 {1857/09/19} saturday a dry day but rather Cold Samuel came over to dinner the Steamer George Lane lost 



20 {1857/09/20} Sunday attended the Baptist Church in the Morning In the Eve at the Methodist



21 {1857/09/21} Monday washed, Iroined a fine day



22 {1857/09/22}  Tusday a Rainy day Mona[?] called



23 {1857/09/23} some Rain



24 {1857/09/24} Thirsday went to Mrs Streeters to dinner & to Benjamins to Tea



25 {1857/09/25} friday Ann Whiting & Miles & Eunice came to Tea



26 {1857/09/26} saturday Cornelia came & staid all night 



27 {1857/09/27} Sunday Miles & Eunice called Cornelia went home Aunt Sarah took a lunch with us



28 {1857/09/28} a very squally day washed



29 {1857/09/29} Tusday Iroined went over to Cato



30 {1857/09/30} wensday Ann Whiting came to Tea



October 1 {1857/10/01} Thirsday went to Mrs Putmans to tea in Company with Aunt Sarah Mrs St john Mrs Streeter Mrs Havens & Mrs Harvey Putman



friday 2 {1857/10/02} Mr Whiteside called 



saturday 3 {1857/10/03} Miles & Eunice came to Tea





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Sunday 4 {1857/10/04} attended the Baptist in the morning & in the Eve at the Meth



Monday 5 {1857/10/05} Washed



Tusday 6 {1857/10/06} Mr & Mrs Olmstead came to dinner, we went to Tea with Mrs Remmington In company with Mrs Beach & Streeter

 

wensday 7 {1857/10/07} Mona Whiting called



Thirsday 8 {1857/10/08} EA Rameys[?] Birth day she being 40 Years to day Took tea with Mrs Whiting & Aunt Sarah



friday 9 {1857/10/09} a fine day



saturday 10 {1857/10/10} a fine day Miles came to dinner



Sunday 11 {1857/10/11} Miles & Eunice & Aunt Sarah took Supper with us, attended the Methodist in the morning -- afternoon the Baptist Eve Methodist



monday 12 {1857/10/12} a very fine day washed, Mr Whaten[?] called, and Miss Ward



Tusday 13 {1857/10/13} Iroined -- took Tea at Mrs Beach In Company with Aunt Sarah -- In the Eve attended the Presbyterian, Synod a Rainy day



14 {1857/10/14} wensday a fine day with a few showers at night -- Miles & Eunice dined and took Tea with us 



15 {1857/10/15} Thirsday a very rainy day S and self dined at Mr Baldwins with Mr Beckman[?] & Mr Hamilton, john  ??? called ???



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some cough medicine



16 {1857/10/16} friday Miles & Samuel got a Lunch with us very showery all day



17 {1857/10/17} saturday went to Tea at Sarahs In Company with Mrss Putman Young Mrs St john Mrs Suits[?] Catolin



18 {1857/10/18} Sunday attended the Methodist and Baptist Church Miles & Eunice came to dinner



19 {1857/10/19} monday washed Mr & Mrs Streeter & Sin[?] spent the Evening with us



20 {1857/10/20} Iroined Miles came to dinner

21 {1857/10/21}  wensday Miles & Eunice came to dinner



22 {1857/10/22} Thirsday attended meeting



23 {1857/10/23} friday spent the Eve at the Baptist ministers with Mr & Mrs Streeter & Sin[?]



24 {1857/10/24} saturday Mona called



25 {1857/10/25} Sunday attended the Methodist & Baptist Church[?]



26 {1857/10/26} Monday a Stormy Rainy day Washed Miles and ??? man came to dinner



27 {1857/10/27} Tusday Iroined spent the Eve at Mr Streeters



28 {1857/10/28}  wensday Miss Ward called and Mona Whiting



29 {1857/10/29} Thirsday attended Prayer meeting at the Methodist



30 {1857/10/30} friday spent the Eve at Mr Whitesides



31 {1857/10/31} saturday spent the Eve at Mr Whitings



1 of November {1857/11/01} attended the Methodist Twice Samuel attended a Catholic Wedding at Benjamins



2 {1857/11/02} monday washed Susan Abbott came to stay a week



3 {1857/11/03} Tusday Mrs Burns & Streeter came to spend the Evening



4 {1857/11/04} wensday went to Tea at Mrs St Johns Is a ???





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5 {1857/11/05} a Thirsday went to Miles & spent the day 



6 {1857/11/06} friday Mrs Ward called



7 {1857/11/07} saturday called at Mrs Streeter and took Mrs Slicks some broth & litle Freddy some being Sick



8 {1857/11/08} Sunday attended the Methodist & Baptist meeting



9 {1857/11/09} monday washed & Iroined a rainy night



10 {1857/11/10}Tusday Susan went home -- called to see Freddy



11 {1857/11/11} wensday Mrs Catolin Invited me to Tea did not go Ann Whiting spent the day with me Mrs Streeter called



12 {1857/11/12} Thirsday Mrs Lawrence jans[?] called  -- went into Mr Baldwins to see his Sister attended the methodist Prayer meeting





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   Calfs foot jelly

Boil 2 feet in 2 quarts of water untill reduced to 1 quart strain it and let it stand till it is quite cool then skim off the fat, add to the jelly a litle wine a pint -- half a pound of sugar the whites of 6 Eggs and the juice of 9 Lemons Boil all those together 8 or 10 minutes -- then strain it very Good



Egg Gruel -- good for dysentery

Boil a pint of new milk, beat 4 fresh Eggs to a froth, and pour in while the milk boils, Stir them thouroughly, but not Boil sweeten with Loaf Sugar & a whole nutmeg add a litle salt, drink half of it -- and the rest in 2 hours



Tortoise Combs better for a litle Oil rubbed in



Lime sifted throug muslin stewied[?] thick with the white of an egg good to mend with

when Tortoise Combs are defaced rub with oil & rotton stone sifted polish with mognisa



nothing so good to take the swelling down as a Poultice of stewed white beans renewed every 2 hours

Boil Castor Oil with an equal quanity of milk sweeten with sugar when Cold give it to Children they will not suspect it is medicine



Toe Nails scrape it then put a litle tuft of Lint on the edge

Boiled Vegatables Corn from 20 to 40 minuetes dandelions from One hour or more



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Beet tops 20 minuetes 



Tomatoe Catsup squeez with the hand soft put to them Salt stand 24 hours then put in a Seive  Boiled down one-third Spice Mace



hoar hound Tea good for Consumption



Burdock leaves dry warm them in Vinegar put on the feet will promote Perspiration



Cupe Cake 2 Cups of sugar 4 of flour 3 Eggs & Cup of milk 1 Cup of Butter a little Pearlash & nutmeg Aunt Lavinias receept



Sponge cake

1 cup flour 

1   "    sugar

1   "   ???

???





??? at one ??? hand if ???



rasain ??? mix ??? salt, and ??? melted butter ??? 3 pints of flour ??? half a Teacup of Yeast ??? Water to make ???



to Brown Boiled ham put plenty of Bread Crumbs on and stand in the Oven



Sausages cook moderately



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to boil chickens put them in Cold Water





wild ducks make an Onion stuffing it will not then be fishy[?]



Oyster Soup to every quart of Liquor add a pint of Milk or Water mix a large spoonful of flour and Stir in as soon as it boils - season with butter a little Vinegar pepper & salt Boil up again have it over toast



frosting for Cake nine Teaspoonfuls of Sugar 1 of Starch.  beat the Eggs very Stiff Stir the Sugar in Gradualy - then beat 15 minuetes - before Icing dredge the Cake with flour wiping it of again - set it in a Cool place to dry - to be nice let it dry next day Eat the Icing first by itself



To ornament Custard 2 spoonfulls of Currant jelly the whites of 2 Eggs whisk them together 1 hour lay[?] the mass in any form



dried to Boil Peas & Beans use no salt in boiling



??? Pudding ??? Teaspoons ??? Quart of milk 5 Eggs 3 Table spoonfuls of flour do of brown sugar ??? a ??? Salt Bake 3 hours 



for a Party pass the Plates on your Right, and then left



Pass every thing at the Left hand of the Guest



to Boiled Ham put Plenty of Bread Crumbs on and stand in the Oven to Brown



Cook Sausages Moderately





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[Illegible Recipes]



Sponge Gingerbread mix with a pint of Molasses 2 large spoonfuls of Butter melted 1 spoonful of ginger ??? Stir it ??? cup of sour milk  Place in ??? to Roll easy



Mrs Mitchels Recept

Drop Cakes

 1 Cup of  Butter 2 Cups of sugar ??? to a Cream with the sugar

1 Cup of Milk  1 Nutmeg 1 Teaspoonful of Saleratus dissolved n the Milk 

5 full Cups of flour Sifted

??? dropped on his ???



To mend Glass or China

with a Small Camels hair Brush, Rub the Broken Edges of Glass or China with a litle Carriage Oil Varnish & if neatly put together the fracture will hardly be Perceptable & when throughly dry will stand bath fine & water



Foulton[?] Gingerbread 1 Egg 1 Cup of molasses 1 of water half a Teacup of Butter 1 Teaspoonful of Saleratus a litle ginger





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Ginger Beer Put a gallon of Cold Water into the Pot upon the Fire add one ounce of good ginger and One Pound of Sugar Boil it half an Hour, then Skim it Pour it into a jar with with a Sliced Lemon and a Quarter of an ounce of Cream of tartar when nearly Cold add half a Tea cup of Yeast -- after it has worked 2 days Strain and bottle it -- leave it Bottled for a Week or so --



Cookies

1 Egg, 1 Cup of Sugar, 1/2 of Butter 1/2 Cream, a litle nutmeg, Roll out as thin as you can and as soft



Calves Feet 

To clean them Put them in Boiling Water, let them Boil 3 minuetes loose the Hoof at the Boot carving the knife upward, Boil in Plenty of Water



Baked Apples should have a litle Water in the Pan



Eliza Anns Gingerbread

One Cup of Sugar and 1 of Butter to mixed together first, One Cup of molasses in which a spoonful of Saleratus is dissolved, 3 Eggs beaten, 1 Cup of milk, 4 Teaspoonsful of Ginger, 3 Cups of Flour, Bake quick -- half an hour



for Preserving Eggs, they must all be good for one which is ??? that is bad, will spoil them all. a Pint of Port, a Pint of Lime to a Pailful of Water, they will keep Tried Eliza Ann 3 Years



Incumbustable White wash

Pour fine freshly slacked Lime through a fine Seive, in to Six Quarts of the Lime thus obtained, add one Quart of the purest Salt and One gallon of Water, Boil the mixture and Skim it clean, then, to every 5 gallons of this mixture, add One Pound of Alum, half a Pound of Copperas[?], and put in Nearly[?] three fourths of a pound of ??? and 2[?] Quarts of fine Sand, it ???



Cement for fruit jars melt together 1 ounce of Tallow and 8 ounces of Rosin some think a small piece of Beeswax an Improvement



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Devonshire Squab[?]

??? Inside of your dish with a thin ??? and lay on bottom Veal steaks or mutton or Pork Season with Pepper, Salt and a litle Ground Cloves Put a layer of ??? Onions, Alternately untill untill you have filled your dish, Pour on some water and let it Bake 2 Hours



Cole Slaw yolks of 2 Eggs, a Table spoonful of Cream, a small Teaspoonful of Mustard, a litle Salt, 2 Tablespoonfuls of Vinegar if Cream is not used, put in a small Lump of Butter rubbed in a bit flour, cut your Cabbage very fine, heat the mixture and pour it on hot 



Rag Mats take any kind of Wollen or delaine rags, of bright Colours, cut them bias about 1 inch in width, gather them through the Centre with strong thread, then take a piece of Canvass or Ragging the size you want for the mat, and mark with a piece of Chalk the form of the Stems.  make the Basket, or whatever it is, first, then make the Stems of some Drab Colour, then the Flowers, with Green leaves mixed around pretty well, then fill out with Black.  great care must be taken not to get the Rags gathered too Close, tis very Pretty when done



Winter Wheat of Spring Wheat

Ground into unbattered[?] flour, take Sweet Milk and Stir into the flour without Sifting, to about the Stiffness of drop Cake, drop the Batter into patty Tins & Bake in a quick Oven Eat them Warm, they Eclipse Buck wheat Cakes, no Saleratus used



Good Gingerbread without Eggs

Take Flour sufficient, Rub 2 Teaspoonfuls of Cream of Tartar in it -- then a piece of Butter the size of 2 Walnuts, 1 Tea Cup of Syrup of Mollases, 1 of Water a litle Ginger, - 1 Tea spoonful of Soda dissolved in a litle hot water make it rather Stiff, Tried good E Baring



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Glue for Ready Use.

   To any quantity of glue use common whiskey, instead of water.  Put both together in a bottle, cork it tight, and set it away for three or four days, when it will be fit for use without the application of heat.  Glue thus prepared will keep for years, and is at all times fit for use, except in very cold weather, when it should be set in warm water before using.  To obviate the difficulty of the stopper getting tight by the glue drying in the mouth of the vessel, use a tin vessel with the cover fitting tight on the outside, to prevent the escape of the spirit by evaporation.  A strong solution of isinglass, made in the same manner, is an excellent cement for leather.



BROWN BREAD, -- One quart corn meal; 1 quart wheat flour; 1 quart sour milk; 1 teacupful molasses; one even tablespoon saleratus.  Bake two hours, or two and a half.  LOUISE



--Tan can be removed from the face by dissolving magnesia in soft water -- beat it to a thick mass -- spread on the face, and let remain a minute or two; then wash off with castile soap-suds, and rinse with soft water.



--The valuable properties of borax are not generally known.  It is the very best roach exterminator yet discovered -- one half pound, costing but fifty cents, will clear, effectually, a large house swarming with them.  There is no danger from poisoning.  It is also valuable for laundry purposes.  Used as a washing-powder, in lieu of soda, it effects a saving in soap nearly half, and makes the clothes beautifully white.  For cleansing the hair, nothing equals a solution of borax.  Dissolved in water, it forms one of the very best of toothwashes.



PRESERVING CUT FLOWERS. -- When cut flowers are faded after having been placed in a bouquet, or perhaps worn for a whole evening in a head-dress, they may be revived in the morning by cutting half an inch from the lower end of the stem, and putting this end instantly into boiling water.  The thickest textured flowers amend most readily.  Flowers that have lain a whole night on a table, after having been worn for hours, have been renovated next morning in this way by a cupful of hot water.  Carnations, azaleas, roses, and geraniums may be thus treated, and have been known to keep fresh afterward almost as long as if they had been newly gathered.  For keeping flowers in water, finely-powdered charcoal in which the stems can be stuck, placed at the bottom of the vase, is a wonderful preservative, rendering the water free from obnoxious impurities.



GOOD CORN BREAD. -- One quart of corn meal, one pint of wheat flour, two eggs and a little salt, with sour buttermilk sufficient to make a very stiff batter.  Mix thouroughly and then add one teaspoonful of  of soda dissolved in a very little hot water.  Stir this in and pour into well greased pans, sufficient to be one half or two inches thick when cooked.  Place in a hot oven and bake till done, say half an hour and carry to table hot.



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Symptoms of Hydrophobia

Is the dog ??? sullen,

Does he when he is in man's expose[?] ???? affection, Is he affected with hallucinations, does he exhibit ardent Thirst, does he scratch his ears ardently[?], does he paw the corners of his mouth, and not keep the mouth permanently open while doing so, does he misconduct himself in the Room, and pertinaciously lick at the corner where he has done it, does he refuse his natural food and exhibit a depraved appetite, Is he insensible to pain, is his voice strangely altered, any one of these symptoms should awaken suspicion and a close observation ??? then quickly discover the true state of the case, we advise and to of our readers we rais the Tribune[?]  to commit these symptoms to memory, to learn them as a lesson is learnt, which in after life may be of paramount importance



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[inside back cover -- largely illegible]

???

Cairo[?] - Paco - Litle

???

I want go ???

do you want ???

he wants

all my things were Injure with the wet as they had to be on deck

Fathers all ???

D. Appleton & co

New York

"The ??? Co"

37 Park Boro NS.

???

It rains



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Asparagus -- SPRING DRESSING. -- Fork in the dung placed on the beds in the fall, using the ordinary asparagus fork, and loosening the earth to four inches depth, using great care not to wound the plants or their crowns.  Water occasionally, in the absence of rains, giving the beds a top dressing of salt, and occasionally wet the surface with liquid manure.  Those who have no cisterns for collecting liquid manures may prepare it by mixing manures with water, stirring occasionally until slightly fermented, when the fluid portion may be used, and more water added to the mass.

 The tenderness and high flavor of asparagus depends much on the richness of the ground, and the warmth of the spring.

 SUMMER TREATMENT -- Continue watering in dry weather, and removing weeds, should any appear.  Salt should only be applied when the plants are growing, and then the quantity seems to be unlimited, which may be used with advantage.

 A friend on Staten Island covered his asparagus beds two inches deep with salt, and the plants continued to thrive.

 FALL AND WINTER TREATMENT -- As soon as the stalks fairly change color, they have ceased to grow.  Cut down the stalks close to the ground, and remove them and the weeds from the beds; cover the surface of the beds with four inches of manure from the stables, and if the beds be not more than two years old, cover the alleys also.  If three or more years old, the alleys cannot safely be dug at any time, as they contain too large a portion of the roots, the injuring of which would disease the whole of the plants to which they belong. -- [Working Farmer



TO KEEP BUTTER COOL -- Put the butter into a plate; set it into a cool place; turn over it an earthenware vessel, not glazed.  A flower pot with a hole in it is the best.  Pour water on the top of the vessel until it is thouroughly wet.  It is better if the butter is put into a small plate, or saucer, and this is set in a small plate, which should be full of water.

 If thus prepared at night, the butter will be cool and hard in the morning; and by repeating the wettings of the crock or flower pot three times a day, hard, nice butter may be had every meal.  A similar plan will keep milk sweet all day in the hottest weather.



HOW TO PACK EGGS -- Always use clean oats.  First put them one inch deep in the bottom of the barrel; then a pretty firm sheet of paper; then a half inch of oats again, well pressed; then eggs, end up, followed by oats and eggs as before, but working each layer of oats with the hand snugly down around the eggs next the barrel, as well as rubbing them effectually in between each of the eggs in the layer.  I use a board some six or eight inched square, with a loop, or staple in the center, for pressing each layer of oats firmly down.  There will be something gained by lifting and dropping the barrel square on the end, but not by shaking as it disturbs the layers. -- When it gets too heavy to lift, use a board three fourths as large as the head, and get on it, increasing your weight with a spring.  End as you began, with paper and oats, getting on the head and driving it in.  The secret all lies in packing the oats.  Oats are better worth sending to market than hay, and just as safe.  I have sent ten barrels at a time without losing a single egg.  You must pack tight.  Remember that.



Requisites for Making Good Butter

[left side of clipping is damaged, so that some words are illegible]

A perfectly clean cellar, not only clean from ??? but from the very bad odor -- pure, sweet fresh.

Perfectly clean, well aired vessels.  Not an infitessimal speck of any foreign or sour substance adheres to any them.

Churning before the cream becomes old.

Securing[?] such a temperature that it will require about half an hour for churning -- if performed much faster[?], loss of butter must occur, which [?] is never[?] good.

Working all the buttermilk out, which is rarely ??? no longer, which is still more ??? out sometimes, done.

Use the purest salt, and add an ounce to the pound.

??? the butter in jars or firkins solid -- put ??? as ??? small space as possible.



KEEP PRESERVES. -- Apply the white of an egg, with a suitable brush, to a single thickness of white tissue paper, with which cover the jars, overlapping the edges an inch or two.  When dry, the whole will become as tight as a drum.  To prevent jelly[?], preserves, etc., from graining, a teaspoonful of cream of tartar must be added to every gallon of the jam or preserves. -- 



BOILED PUDDING. -- One pint good buttermilk, 1 pint sweet milk, 1 egg, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 cup fruit, 1 teaspoon soda.-- Thicken to a stiff batter, boil 4 hours, serve with butter and maple honey.



USEFUL RECIPES

VEGETABLE OYSTERS. -- Put one quart of sliced oysters in two quarts of water, cook till very tender, then add salt, pepper, and butter, and a half pint of sweet cream.  Serve with crackers.



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A life on the ocean wave - a home on the rolling deep, where the scattered[?] waters wave, and the wind, their vessels keep -- once more on the Deck I stand of my own, swift gliding craft set sail ??? to the Land -- the gale follows fair abaft.  The land is no longer in view the clouds have begun to frown but with a stout vessel and crew we'll let the storm come down -- like an eagle caged I ??? on this dull un-changing shore O give me the flashing brine the spray and the tempest near; we shoot through the sparkling foam like an ocean bird set free, like an ocean bird our home we'll find fair, out on the sea, and the song of our hearts shall be, while the winds and the waters rave, a Life on the heavy sea, a home on the bounding wave, a home on the ocean wave, a home on the rolling deep, where the scattered waters wave, and the winds their vessels keep



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Chick-Weed is an excellent out of door Barometer, when the flower expands boldly & fully no rain will happen for four hours or upwards if it continues in that open state no rain will disturb the Summers day, when it half conceals its minature flower the day is generaly showery, but if it entirely shuts up or veils the white flower with its green mantle, let the Traveller put on his Great Coat and look to his Umbrella

Croup give Hive   Syrup



Cramp in the Stomach

Friction if this Fail give half a Teaspoon full of red pepper in half a Tea Cup of Tea, bathe the feet in warm water, apply a heated Brick covered with a Cloth & wet with Vinegar to the Breast as hot as can be borne



for Bronchitis a small Lump of Salt peter put in the mouth





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15 of April 1852 {1852/04/15} St Barbara

Samuel & self attended a Wedding Don Valentine Ueam[?] married, had a good dinner -- and was Invited to a Fandango In the Evening but Declined going -- 



May ??? {1852/05/00} Burtons Housekeeper died of a Sore throat, Great Excitement at Bonaventura caused by the Indians coming In, 2 Indians Hung by the Americans



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RECIPES FOR LEMON PIES. -- One large, fresh lemon, grated fine -- the pulp rinced in half a tumbler of water -- yolks of 4 eggs, beaten thoroughly -- 6 tablespoons of sugar -- 1 tablespoon of flour, stirred with the eggs -- 2 tablespoonfuls melted butter, all well beaten together -- one crust.  Bake until done.  Then take the whites of 4 eggs, with 3 tablespoonfuls of sugar, well beaten -- spread smoothly on pie -- returned to the oven until slightly browned.  Or, one lemon, one teacup of sugar, one teacup of sweet cream well stirred.  Bake with two crusts.  Please try them. -- Country Gent.



Composition Cake

12/3 lbs flour 13/4 lbs of sugar 4/4 of butter 1 pint of milk 4 eggs one teaspoonful of salaratus one lb of raisins or currants grate one lemon or use essence of lemon



This will make a large quantity



APPLE DUMPLING. -- Use buttermilk and sour cream as for biscuits, with a small quantity of butter or nice lard; salt, of course, and enough saleratus to correct acidity.  Knead, roll to a little less than half an inch in thickness, do up into any size preferred, with sliced apples in the centre.  Bake, boil, or steam, until the fruit is cooked tender.  Serve with sweetened cream, or butter and sugar, if cream cannot be had.  This, if rightly prepared, will make a dish at which Sylvanus will tarry until he forgets to "walk down with cap in hand."



MEAL DUMPLINGS. -- Take a quantity of meal, according to the number to be served, a little salt, scald with boiling water, allow to cool a little, then stir in enough flour to make it ball nicely, with floured hands.  Drop into boiling water, and boil one-half hour.  Nice with baked fresh meat gravies.



AN INQUIRY -- FRIED CAKES. -- Will you permit me to ask some of your lady correspondents (through the Rural) how to print flannel for embroidery.  I have tried every way I can think of -- all to no purpose.  If any one can inform me, I will try and help them make a pan of Fried Cakes after mother's rule, which is:  One egg; 1 cup sugar; 1 cup buttermilk; 3 tablespoons lard; 1 teaspoon saleratus -- season to your taste and mix quite hard. -- T.B., Fox Lake, Wis., 1858 {1858/00/00}



A REMEDY FOR BRONCHITIS. -- Having seen it stated that dried mullen leaves, smoked in a common pipe, would cure bronchitis, my wife concluded to test the matter, and after a few months' use, she thinks she is cured.  A. S. COOKS



A POULTICE FOR FELONS, &C. -- Take Castile soap, and scrape a large or small quantity, according to the amount wanted, and simmer in new milk till it forms a paste as thick as cream; cool and apply.  You will find this one of the best poultices for felons, or any kind of swelling that needs poulticing, and far superior to bread and milk.  Try it, ye



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CAKES, PIES AND PUDDINGS.

  

FREMONT GINGERBREAD. -- 1 teacup of molasses, 1-2 teacup of butter or lard, 1 egg, a handful of sugar, 1 teaspoon of soda, 3-4 cup of boiling water, 1 teaspoon of ginger.  Make as soft as spong cake.

PUFF CAKE. -- 1 cup of butter, 1 do. of milk, 2 of sugar, 2 eggs, or the whites of 4, 1 small teaspoon of soda, 2. do. cream tartar.

SOFT CAKE. -- 1 cup of butter, 1 of cream, 3 cups of sugar, 5 eggs, 1 teaspoon of saleratus, 5 cups of flour, and raisins.  Season with lemon.

TOMATOE PIE. -- Take nice, ripe tomatoes; remove the skin by pouring on boiling water.  Line your plates with paste, then lay in the tomatoe in slices, sprinkle them with sugar, and add the juice and grated peel of a lemon.  Cover, and bake about three-quarters of an hour - for a deep pie.

COTTAGE PUDDING. -- Two cups of flour, 1 cup of sugar, 1 cup of milk, 2 tablespoons of butter, 1 teaspoon of cream tartar, 1 egg; beat all together, then add 1 teaspoon of sub-carbonate of soda.  Flavor with lemon.  Bake half an hour in a moderate oven, and serve with the following sauce:

SAUCE FOR PUDDING. -- White of one egg, thicken with sugar, a little butter; beat it to a froth, then add a cup of boiling water, stirring it all the time.  Wine and nutmeg to your taste.

DANDY PUDDING. -- 1 quart of milk, 2 tablespoons of flour, yolks of four eggs; beat well and mix with the milk.  Beat seperately with 4 teaspoons of sugar, the remaining white of the eggs, and drop it on top of the pudding and put it in the oven.  Rural New Yorker. 

THANKSGIVING PLUM PUDDING. -- Fifteen Boston crackers, large size; nine eggs; one pint of milk; one of cream; one fourth pound of suet; half a tea cup of butter; very little mace, cinnamon and salt; two pounds of raisins; one-half pound of currants; Scald the milk and cream, pour over the pounded crackers the night before; one teacup of molasses will add to the lightness.  When boiled, stick it with citron all over cut in stripes.  Boil from four to five hours, the longer it boils the better; serve with rich sauce.

RHUBARB, OR PLANT PIE. -- As the season is approaching when the luxury of a nice rhubarb or pie-plant pie may be enjoyed by those who know how to make it, I will send you my recipe, which is the best I have ever known.  If any of the many contributors to the "Domestic" corner of your excellent paper have a better one, will they send it and oblige!

Peel, slice and stew, in a very little water, the fresh gathered stalks.  Then take 1 teacupful of the stewed rhubarb; 1 cup of sugar; 1 egg; 1 tablespoonful of flour; or, if very juicy,) a little lemon peel, chopped or grated.  This is sufficient for one pie.  Bake between two crusts.  The above is at your service. -- MRS. H.E.T. STILSON, Nunda, N.Y., 1859 {1859/00/00}



Wonders 4 Eggs

- 4 Tablespoonfuls of Butter

14 Tablespoonfuls of Sugar

half a Cup of Milk or ???

half a Teaspoonful of Saler???

 

TO STOP BLEEDING. -- C.C. Lyon, a dentist of Maspeth, L.I., writes to the Scientific American, as follows:  "Observing recently a case of death caused by hemorrhage from the extraction of a tooth, the following should be universally known as an infallible remedy:  Make plaster of Paris into the consistence of soft putty, and fill the cavity.  It will soon become a solid plug."



TO DESTROY ANTS. -- It is said that these troublesome pests may be destroyed as follows:  Take a large, coarse sponge, and dip it in sweetened water; place it where the ants "most do congregate," and, as they are passionately fond of sweets, they will soon gather in the sponge in quest of it.  Have a dish of boiling water handy, and plunge them in.  Repeat the process until they are "used up."



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 MESSRS. EDS.: -- E.Y.E. inquires for a good recipe to make Ice Cream.  I send one, with a few others, that I know to be good:

ICE CREAM. -- Half a pound of loaf sugar to each court of rich cream.  Flavor with manilla or the peel of one lemon soaked in the juice of the lemon.  Grate the peel, then strain all through a piece of muslin into the cream.



FROSTED FRUIT. -- Beat the whites of eggs and dip the fruit in them.  Then lay it in finely powdered sugar, put on a tin with white paper under, and set them in a oven nearly cool to dry.  When the icing is firm, pile them on a dish and set in a cool place.  A very pretty dish for evening parties.



COLOGNE WATER. -- 1 pint of brandy; 30 drops oil of lemon; 30 of bergamot, and half a gill of water.



CURING HAMS. -- Please say to R.G.B., that if he wishes to cure hams, so that they will be tender and sweet, he must not put any brine on them, for brine has a tendency to make lean meat, hard.  The following recipe I have found the best of any I have seen.  To a common sized ham, take one ounce of saltpetre, and mix with it enough fine salt to rub the ham twice; after rubbing the hams, you can lay  them in a heap, or in a cask, putting some sticks in the bottom so that the brine may run off, or a hole in the bottom of the cask that it may run out.  After they have lain one week, take them up and rub on the remainder of the salt and saltpetre, let them lay as before for another week, and they are ready to smoke. -- P.F. ??, Chatham Four Corners, N.Y., Jan., 1850. {1850/00/00} 



APPLE DUMPLINGS. -- One-third pint of thick cream; two thirds butter milk; one teaspoon soda; one half teaspoon of salt; use flour enough to make a good dough.  Dress a large sized apple, very sour, for each dumpling, and cover with a crust.  Steam, from three-fourths to an hour, and serve with butter and sugar.  Good enough for an epicure. -- JANE E. H., Piffard, N.Y., 1859. {1859/00/00}



FATTENING BEEF ON POTATOES. -- a correspondent of the New England Farmer writes:  "About twelve years ago I fattened a heifer for beef, wholly on potatoes.  My plan was to feed small potatoes whole, without cooking, with as much hay as was wanted, and but little water, and I had as food beef as those fattened on corn meal."



TO SETTLE COFFEE. -- When eggs are non-come-at-able, pour boiling water upon the coffee, set it a short time where it will keep warm, and when wishing to use, fill it up with hot water, and it is ready for use. -- S.D. TOOKER, Toledo, O., 1859 {1859/00/00}



CUP PUDDING. -- Three-fourths pound of flour; 1 pt. sweet milk; 4 eggs; 2 ounces butter.  This pudding is to be baked in small cups; make any sauce you fancy.



KENTUCKY CAKE. -- One-half pound butter; 1 of sugar; one and a half pounds of flour; half pint sour milk; five eggs; one teaspoonful of soda; spice with nutmeg.



SPONGE GINGER CAKE.-- One tea-cup molasses; 4 table-spoons of butter or lard; 1 tea-spoon of ginger.  Stir this with flour until it will receive no more, then add 1 tea-cup hot water; 1 tea-spoon saleratus.  Stir and bake.



GREEN CORN OYSTERS. -- Take young green corn, and grate it in a dish.  To one pint of this ass one egg well beaten, a small tea cup of flour, half a cup of butter, some salt and pepper, and beat well together.  A tablespoonful of the batter will make a cake the size of an oyster.  Fry them a light brown, and when done, butter them.  If cream is at hand it is better.



APPLE JELLY. -- Take pippins of Spitszenburgh apples, and stew them until they are soft, in as little water as possible; strain it through a flannel, and to each pint of syrup add one pound sugar.  After boiling fifteen [remainder of clipping is cut off]



Tomatoes Preserve 2 Lemons to 3 Pounds of tomatoes pare the rind



Cracks in Stoves, are easily and effectually stopped by a paste, made of ashes and salt with water.  A harder and more durable cement for the same purpose is made by mixing iron filings, sal. amonia and water.



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A SUBSTITUTE FOR PRESERVES.  -- A lady writer in an exchange, communicates the following bit of information, obtained "where she took a last:"  A dish of what I took for preserves was passed to me, which upon tasting, I was surprised to learn contained no fruit.  The ease with which it is prepared, and the trifling costs of its materials, are not its chief recommendations, for unless my tasting apparatus deceived me, as it is not usually wont to do, it is emphatically a tip-top substitute for apple sauce, apple butter, tomato preserves, and all that sort of thing.  Its preparation is as follows:  Moderately boil a pint of molasses, from five to twenty minutes, according to its consistency, when add three eggs, thoroughly beaten, hastily stirring them in, and continue to boil a few minutes longer, when, season with lemon or a nutmeg."



by Mrs M S Coffin Of Nantucket



My earthly joy & hope is dead

and I am Old & feeble now

Undying grief has bowed my head

and left its mark upon my brow.



like the scathed tree that left alone

upon some drear and desert shore

where all is darkness void and gloom

and bud and leaf can bloom no more



where blight has cast its withering shade

where the sirocco onward swept

where life and light and joy are dead

where spirit[?] of hope has mourned and wept



[written upside down on bottom of page:]

january 24  {0000/01/24}   Tea 2

Butter 4 Pounds



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so take the blasted[?] tree to stand

alone upon my darkened path

for all have passed to that bright land

whose voices cheered a mother's heart



my Son has gone and left me heare

alone amidst the bussy crowd

with Soul in doubt[?] to hope and fear

oh What a lesson to the proud



I know he loved me best of all

In him was centered all my love

he too obeyed the last dread call

and joined his kindred saints above



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he was so kind so brave so good

those virtues in his aspect shone

none ere that gentle voice withstood

that listned[?] to its magic tone



for long long years I lived and moved

and Took my being in that Son

the strength and depth of all my love

to my creator God is known



I have dear Friend my grief to share

Indulgent patient sweetly[?] mild

Oh they have watched with Seraphs ???

the Stricken crushed[?] and  ??? child 



Father [rest of line is lost to ripped page]

In asking soon to follow him

unto that land where Grief nor fear

can ever rise rise my Soul to dim 



his Spirit rests in that safe bourne

where all my thoughts are tending now

alone, bereaved, thy power ???

and humbly at thy footstool bow



on these few Stanzas will you cast

Dear reader an Indulgent Eye

I feel that they will be my last

to Posey[?] a kind Good Bye



August 1857 {1857/08/00}



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HOW TO MAKE TEA PROPERLY. -- The proper way to make a cup of good tea is a matter of some importance.  The plan which I have practiced for these twelve months is this:-- The tea pot is at once filled up with boiling water; then the tea is put into the pot, and is allowed to stand for five minutes before it is used; the leaves gradually absorb the water, and as gradually sink to the bottom.  The result is, that the tea leaves are not scalded, as they are when boiling water is poured over them, and you get all the true flavor of the tea.  In truth, much less tea is required in this way than under the old and common practice.

-- James Cuthill, London.



  HOW TO SLEEP WARM

       

A correspondent of the New York Evening Post, writing from Washington, gives some directions about how to sleep warm.  The plan, if successful, will be a God-send to many a poor family this hard winter.  It will cost nothing to try it, and if it succeeds, must come into general use.  He says:  "I allude to making comforters out of the newspapers.  Soon after the advent of chilly nights, finding the extra covers to heavy, and remembering the suggestion of a year ago, I took off a weighty coverlid and substituted a half dozen copies of a popular weekly.  I never slept more pleasantly.  I mentioned it to several of my acquaintances, who, on trial of the past two weeks pronounced it effectual.  I use it on three beds in my house, and as nothing can be cheaper, I feel authorized to recommend it for general use.  I had the curiosity to weigh the newspapers in use on my three beds, and the amount of all was three pounds only.  The papers can be spread loosely, over-lapping one another, though for convenience I have pasted the edges together.  How trifling is the cost, and how easily obtained!  A pound or two of old newspapers can be procured for four cents a pound, and if spread between two light covers to retain them in their place, will keep a person comfortable whether he be rich or poor.  The experiment can easily be tried." --



   LETTUCE.

   

The season for lettuce is a very short one in the spring, mostly because the proper way of using it is not generally known.  Many new vegetables are introduced, puffed and sold at high prices, not half so good as this invaluable old customer in every garden.  The lettuce, when cooked, is, in my opinion, one of the finest "greens" in the spring, and I am confident that no person, who tries it once, will ever give it up again.  During the hot season, when the whole cabbage tribe is infested with myriads of insects, the lettuce is never liable to similar attacks.  It is true, the lettuce will soon run into seed during the summer, but even the flower-stem when nearly a foot high, and before the top is spreading, is in flavor, so much like an asparagus that it hardly can be distinguished.  In short, the lettuce is an excellent, palatable and wholesome vegetable, which ought to be grown extensively for cooking.  In fact it spreads so much and sows itself so readily, that it is almost equal to weeds, and can be had nearly all the year round. -- Chronicle and Sentinel



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   BROWN BREAD.

   



EDS. RURAL NEW YORKER: -- Wishing to contribute my mite in sustaining the Culinary Department, I send you a recipe for making brown bread.  Those who have a good appetite will be likely to relish it, -- those who have not, will probably acquire one by eating it.  Take 2 1-2 pints warm water, (a teacup of sugar will improve the quality,) stir in unbolted flour without sifting, then add your emptyings, and stir as thick as you can consistently, but not too thick if you like moist bread, -- then pour into a five-quart pan, and when light, place in a quick oven.  Look well to your oven for about twenty minutes, then bake moderately until done.  Bake 1 3-4 hours, then remove and cover with a thick cloth.  If part Indian is preferable, scald your meal, and mix as before.  

Will some of my seniors please give [remainder of clipping is cut off]



   POTATO STARCH

    

There are five starch manufactories in the town of Stowe, Vt., each of which consumes from 17,000 to 20,000 bushels of potatoes yearly, yielding about eight pounds of starch to a bushel.  The cost of the potatoes delivered at the manufactory is only one shilling per bushel.  These Vermont hills seem to take to potatoes as naturally as an Irishman, and 500 bushels to the acre is reported as a common yield there this year.   The kind chiefly cultivated for starch is the California potato, large and coarse.  The process of starch making is very simple.  The tubers, after being washed, are grated fine by machinery, and the pulp diluted with water, is pumped into a large vat and allowed to remain for 24 hours, or until the starch has settled to the bottom; a part of the water is then drawn off, and the starch stirred with the remainder, which is then pumped into smaller vats, when having again settled, the water is drawn away entirely, leaving the clean, white starch in a solid mass at the bottom, covered with a residuum of dirt; this scraped off, is ready for the drying house.  The large, fine-grained lumps are placed on a platform of slats in a room where the atmosphere is kept at a very high temperature until the lumps become dry and separate into cylindrical crystals, small enough to press through the interstices to a second platform below, whence, after cooling, it is ready to be transferred to barrels and a market. -- Springfield ??? [clipping cut off]



SANDWICHES FOR EVENING PARTIES. --

Chop fine some cold dressed ham, say about a quarter of a pound; put it in a basin with a tablespoonful of chopped pickles, and a teaspoonful of mustard, a little pepper or Cayenne; put about six ounces of butter in a basin, and with a spoon stir quickly till it forms a kind of cream; and add the ham and seasoning, mix all well, have the sandwich bread cut into thin slices; have already cut, thinly intermixed with fat, either cold roast beef, veal, lamb, mutton, poultry, fowl, pheasant, partridge, &c., either of which lay evenly, and not too thick, on your bread; season with a little salt and pepper; cover over with another piece of bread; when your sandwich is ready, cut them in any shape you like, but rather small and tastily, and serve.  You may keep them in a cold place, if not wanted, as they will keep good under cover for twelve hours. -- Lady's Book.



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TO GROW CUCUMBERS. -- Having seen in your valuable paper, different ways of planting cucumbers, and also different methods for keeping them from bugs, I here send you my way.  Although late in the season, should you deem it worthy of publication, it might yet be of service to those who have late vines.  When I plant my seeds, I sprinkle a little plaster on them before covering.  Having covered them lightly with loose dirt, I cover each hill with a large burdock leaf, and let it remain until the seeds are sprouted, and are nicely out of the ground; then, if the bugs trouble them, I water with liquid manure, several times a day, which at once makes them hardy, and soon places them beyond the reach of all bugs.  The liquid I obtain, by making a hole of considerable size, in a suitable place in the barnyard where enough will soon collect for use.  I have in this way from a spot of ground twenty-five feet square, raised eight barrels of pickels. -- A FARMER'S WIFE, Canoga, Seneca Co., N. Y.



TO MAKE WATER COLD WITHOUT ICE. -- The following is a simple method of rendering water almost as cold as ice: -- Let the jar, pitcher or vessel used for water be surrounded with one or more folds of coarse cotton, to be constantly wet.  The evaporation of the water will carry off the heat from the inside and reduce it to a freezing point.  In India, and other tropical climes, where ice cannot be procured, this is common.  Let every mechanic and laborer have at his place of employment have two pitchers thus provided, and with lids or covers, one to contain fresh water for drinking, the other for evaporation, and he can always have a supply of cold water in warm weather.  Any person can test this by dipping a finger in water, and holding it in the air on a warm day; after doing this  three or four times he will find his finger uncomfortably cold.



HARD SOAP. -- Noticing an inquiry in your last paper how to make hard soap, I send you a recipe.  Take a pail full of good soft soap, let it boil, add 1 pint salt, stir it till well mixed, and set away till cold. -- Then drain out the lye, which will be at the bottom, boil the soap again, and half as much salt, let it cool, drain off the lye as before, repeat the process a third time with a handful of salt.  When cooled, take off the soap, melt it, perfume with what you choose; run in moulds, set away in a cool, dry place, and in a few days it will be fit for use.



A HANDY COVER FOR THE FLOUR BARREL. --

Housekeepers generally cover their barrel of flour with a cloth loosely thrown over the top for protection from dust, &c., consequently it is always coming off, and mice are not kept out of the barrel.  To prevent this annoyance, take the top hoop, after the head of the barrel is removed, and sew in white cloth; it makes a nice, convenient and firm cover, thus protecting the flour from dirt and vermin.  A SUBSCRIBER



CHICKEN PIE. -- In answer to request in a January number for chicken pie, I send the following: -- Make the crust of sour cream, saleratus, salt, and roll about one-fourth of an inch thick -- line the pan, have the chicken boiled tender, lay it in the pan, and between each layer sprinkle flour, pepper, salt, and plenty of butter -- add a part of the water the chicken was boiled in, so as to nearly cover -- then lay over the crust, and bake half an hour in a slow oven.  Take the rest of the water the chicken was boiled in, and make a gravy with flour and butter.    A FARMER'S WIFE



Vinegar. -- It is an easy matter to be at all times ??? [right edge of clipping is torn]

 with good vinegar, and that too without much ???  

The juice of one bushel of sugar beets, worth twenty[?] 

cents, and which any farmer can raise without cost, ???

make from five to six gallons of vinegar, equal to the ??? 

made of cider or wine.  Grate the beets, having first washed

 them, and express the juice in a cheese press, or in any

other way which a little ingenuity can suggest, and put the 

liquor into an empty barrel; cover the bung with gauze,

 and set it in the sun, and in twelve or fifteen days it will be

 fit for use.

To drive Cut Nails into hard, dry wood, without bending, 

dip the points into oil or grease.



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CHICKEN PIE-- RUSK -- Messrs. Eds.:-- Having noticed in a late No. of the RURAL an inquiry how to make a good chicken pie, I send the following, which we consider very good:-- Dress and cut up your chickens as for frying down, have your water hot, put them in and boil until quite tender, then set away to cool. -- When sufficiently cool, make a crust the same as for good, short biscuit, season the chickens with plenty of butter, salt and pepper to taste, let the pan be about half filled with the gravy, (the remainder to be thickened and served when eaten,) place in a moderate oven and bake one hour.



GOOD RUSK. -- To one quart water, two or three tablespoons good yeast, sponge over night, --when light, add one cup sugar; one shortening; one dried cherries,-- mix and let it stand to rise, then mould in balls the size preferred, when light, bake in a moderate oven. -- A SUBSCRIBER, Union District, Wash. Co., Mich., 1859. {1859/00/00}



COOKIES.-- Take one cup of butter; 2 of sugar; 1 egg; 1 tablespoonful of sour cream; 1 tablespoonful of good buttermilk; 1 teaspoonful of saleratus; 1 tablespoonful of ginger.  Will some of the many contributors to this department give a good recipe for making Crullers? -- A HOUSEKEEPER, OUT WEST, 1858. {1858/00/00}



SPRING WORK.-- But little time remains for performing the rough work of spring, such as draining, trenching, making walks, planting, &c.  Much of the success of the whole season, depends upon commencing early and right.  Make the soil deep and rich, secure the best plants and seeds, plant carefully, and then cultivate well, and success is certain.  Do everything in the best manner.



LOAF CAKE.-- Having thoroughly tested, I can recommend the following recipe: -- Six lbs of flour; 3 of sugar; 3 of butter; 3 of raisins; 3 pints milk; 3 gills of yeast; 1 1/2 ounce of spice; 6 eggs.  Roll sugar and mix with butter -- add half at the time of making the cake, and the remainder when it has risin, and the raisins and spices.  Put it into pans, let it stand about an hour to rise, then bake.  One-third of this is sufficient for three loaves.  CORDIE,  Hudson, O., 1859. {1859/00/00}



BREAD FROM GROWN WHEAT. --Having noticed in the RURAL for December 18th, {0000/12/18} an inquiry for the best process of making bread from the flour of grown wheat, my "better two-thirds" says send the following:  Scald flour before putting it to sponge; let it cool a little, and then stir in the yeast; knead the dough a little stiffer than usual.  It can hardly be told from good flour.

 Toledo, O., 1859. {1859/00/00}   T.D. TOOKER.



APPLE CUSTARD PIES.-- Grate 4 sweet apples, add a pint and a half of milk, 2 eggs, sugar, a little salt, season with lemon or nutmeg.  Bake as a custard.



New Years Cake --

31/2 lbs Flour

11/2  " Sugar

10 oz Butter

1    "  Carroway Seeds

3 Gills of Water

1/2 oz Amonia

To be rolled out thin & baked in smal cakes (good for children



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for a Cough

1 oz Senna, 1 oz Blk Liquorice & 1 oz anise[?] seeds put in a quart of water & boiled down to a pint, strain & add 1 pint good Jamaica Rum & a pint molasses - take a wine glass full 3 times a day --

the above first rate for a Cough



BLACKBERRY WINE.-- As this is the season for blackberries, we publish this recipe, for the manufacture of this wine:  

 There is no wine equal to the blackberry wine, when properly made, either in flavor or for medicinal purposes, and all persons who can conveniently do so, should manufacture enough for their own use every year, as it is invaluable in sickness, as nothing is a better remedy for bowel disease.  We therefore give the recipe for making it, and having tried it ourselves, we speak advisedly on the subject.  Measure your berries and bruise them ; to every gallon adding a quart of boiling water.  Let the mixture stand twenty-four hours, stirring occasionally, then strain of the liquid into a cask; to every gallon adding two pounds of sugar; cork tight and let it stand till the following October, and you will have wine ready for use without further straining or boiling.



MUTTON AS AN ARTICLE OF FOOD.-- a pound of tender, juicy mutton, can be produced for half the cost of the same quantity of pork; that it is infinitely healthier food, especially in the summer season, and those who eat become more muscular, and can do more work with greater ease to themselves than those who eat fat pork.  We know of nothing more delicious than smoked mutton hams, of the Southdown breeds of sheep.  Venison itself is not superior.



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Rusk, 1 cup sugar, 1/3 cup butter 1 egg 1 tspoonful cream tartar worked together 1 cup milk 1/2 spoonful soda 2 + tea cups flour  Aunt Lavinias receipt *



CHICKEN PIE.-- Boil the chicken in water sufficient to make a good dressing, till the meat will easily slip from the bones -- the latter to be all removed.  Mix the meat well together, season with salt, butter and a little flour.  Make a crust in the usual manner, line dishes two or three inches in depth with crust, put in the meat with plenty of gravy, paste over top, and bake an hour.  This is a great improvement upon putting in the bones, as it does away with a choice in the parts.



No. 2. -- Take ripe currants, clear them from the stems, strain through a cloth.  To every quart of juice add three quarts of water and four pounds of sugar.  When the sugar is dissolved, put the wine in a cask not stopped - the third day, (after filling it up with some of the wine reserved for the purpose,) bung it up tightly and let it stand twelve months unmoved, when it will be fit for use.



HOW TO KEEP MILK.-- I never argue this question with man or woman, if they do not know that milk can be kept with all the cream in it, as it is when first drawn from the cows; but I will tell you how it is done.  You all know that if you can prevent the cream from rising, the milk will be more palatable and healthy, with the particles of cream mixed through it, than skim milk, or than milk fresh from the cow, with the fresh taste and odor.  To prepare milk in this way, take it while warm from the cow, set it in a cool place, and stir it continually until all the animal heat is out, and no cream will rise after that operation.  Try it, and see how much it will be improved for family use.-- A.B. Dickinson, in Country Gentleman.



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BREAD WITHOUT YEAST, SALERATUS, &c. -- A writer in the Mass. Ploughman tells how to make healthy bread of flour and water and a little salt, and no yeast, saleratus, cream of tartar, or any such vile soap making stuff.  She says:  "Take as much milk-warm water as you will want to make your batch of bread, and salt it about twice as salt as you would if you were going to mix the same quantity into saleratus bread.  Stir in flour enough to make a paste about as thick as griddle-cake dough.  Put this paste into a tin pail and set the pail into a pot of warm water on the stone hearth where the water in the pot will keep about milk-warm all the time.  This will give the paste an even temperature.

"In four or five hours the paste will rise and foam like yeast.  Then turn it into your mixing pan and mix in flour enough to make your dough for bread, and mould it into your pans for baking.  Set the pans in a warm place, under or about the stove, and cover them over with a clean cloth or paper and let it rise, which will take about two hours, and as soon as it is fairly raised put it into a hot oven and bake it quickly and thoroughly.

"You will have the lightest, whitest, and sweetest bread that can be made, and bread that is healthy and will retain the natural taste of a handful of wheat when chewed in your mouth and is not spoiled by saleratus, cream of tartar, yeast powder, and such like drugs. 

"If you do not put the salt into the water you will fail to get a good rise about nine times out of ten, but follow the directions and you will seldom fail.

"If people would eat this kind of bread, we should not hear so much complaint of sour stomach, headache and ???.



  MEDICINAL USE OF SALT.

    

In many cases of disordered stomach, a tea-spoonful of salt is a certain cure.  In the violent internal aching, termed colic, add a tea-spoonful of salt to a pint of cold water -- drink it and go to bed; it is one of the speediest remedies known.  The same will revive one who seems almost dead from a heavy fall.

In an apoplectic fit, no time should be lost in pouring down salt and water, if sufficient sensibility remain to allow the swallowing; if not, the head must be sponged with cold water until the senses return, when the salt will immediately restore the patient from the lethargy.

In a fit, the feet should be placed in warm water, with mustard added, and the legs briskly rubbed, all bandages removed from the neck, and a cool apartment procured if possible. 

In many cases of severe bleeding at the lungs, and when other remedies failed, Dr. Rush found two spoonfuls of salt completely stayed the blood.

In case of a bite from a mad dog, wash the part with strong brine for an hour; then bind on salt with a rag.

In toothache, salt and warm water held to the part, and renewed two or three times, will relieve in most cases.  If the gums be affected, wash the mouth with brine; if the teeth be tartared, wash them twice a day with salt water.

In swelled neck, wash the part with brine twice a day until cured.



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upon the consolation  that she was `under the doctor's care,' but immediately sent the little girl with a halfpenny to procure the articles.

"I saw her again on Wednesday morning, when she told me in her natural voice, and with raptures of joy, that she was cured!  On the same day I sent a recommendation of the same remedy to another lady, who, with her daughter, were then laid up, and had lost a relative only a fortnight before with the same complaint.  I had the pleasure to hear the next morning that they both had slept, which they had not done before for several nights.

"I never knew this remedy to fail with young or old; but as it is so very cheap and innocent, I think it superfluous to refer to more cases, and will, therefore, only name the article, which is the common saltpetre, and one halfpenny worth of which is sufficient to cure any individual.  The way to take it is to suck it -- a small piece at a time--and swallow it as it dissolves."



CURE FOR PUTRID SORE THROAT.--Gargle the throat often with a mixture of vinegar, salt and black pepper, and apply to the neck thin slices of fat pork soaked in strong vinegar, sprinkling the pork with black pepper and change often.

About the year 1836 {1836/00/00} this disease prevailed in the Northern part of New York, and under this treatment no one was ever known to die.



    SCARLET FEVER.

     

Dr. Charles Rowland has written a long and very interesting letter to the Brooklyn Star upon the efficacy of figs in cases of scarlet fever.  We give the closing paragraph in answer to the inquiry "what shall then be done?"  The Doctor says:

"I answer, that in the treatment of scarlet fever, as I understand its pathology, its origin, its nature, of cause and effect, there are four things of vital importance, and worthy of serious consideration, in order to warrant the anticipation of a happy result.  It is in the following treatment, a treatment that has invariably governed my action for the last 13 years, without a solitary demise by scarlet fever, up to the present moment of 1860. {1860/00/00}When called to a patient, well defined by the concomitant symptoms of the eruptive fire, I always recommend the following remedy:

"Take half a pound of fresh Turkey figs, quarter them, and then boil them 40 minutes in one quart of water.  Then fill an ordinary half pint tumbler with this tea; add one large tablespoonful of fresh brewer's yeast; keep the tumbler in a moderate lukewarm position, that it does not foment too fast; sweeten if necessary.  Give this simple preparation to your child freely, for drink, for food, for physic, and as alterative.  It is a palatable drink to quench the thirst.  The saccharine, gummy, mucillage portion of the fruit is sufficient liquid nutriment for the enervated powers of digestion.  The yeast, in consequence of its stomachic fermentation, will be mildly cathartic.  The carbonic acid, so deadly to human life in one form, and vitally essential in another, is obtained from the saccharine fermentation of the yeast.  Therefore you will see the propriety of this simple remedy.  In the first place the thirst is quenched; in the second place the physical system is replenished, which is of the most vital importance; in the third place the bowels are gently moved; and in the fourth place the recuperative forces are put in motion, and with good nursing you may anticipate a happy result."



HOW TO GET RID OF BLACK ANTS.-- We take sage, and strew small quantities where they frequent, and have never yet failed in getting rid of them, not for a day or two only, but for the entire summer.  Try it, you that are plagued with them, and we warrant you success.  We hear much about camphor, but that with us never yet proved successful.--MRS. H.E. EVANS, Irving, N.Y.



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 HOW TO PUT UP HAMS AND LARD.

    

MESSRS. EDITORS:-- Noticing an inquiry in the Rural "how to put up hams," I send you a recipe that I will warrant to keep them any reasonable length of time, perfectly sweet--as follows:

When the hams are sufficiently dried (say two and a half months after killing,) wrap them well in newspapers -- (the Rural would give them a splendid flavor, as it contains so many nice things, though I would prefer to keep my old ones to read again; but a truce to the digression,)-- and pack them in good, strong ashes.  You can keep them sweet and nice as long as you please.

While I am in the way of it, I will send you a receipt for making lard "as white as snow"-- Now, don't be incredulous, but try, and then you will know `tis so!  Take about the proportion of one gallon lye and two tablespoonfuls of soda to thirty gallons water, and boil the fat in it the usual way, and my word for it, your lard will rival snow.

Fosterville, Tenn.



 SORE THROAT, CURE FOR CROUP &c

    

EDS. RURAL NEW YORKER:-- As I have a few recipes which have been tried and pronounced good, I send them to you for publication.

REMEDY FOR SORE THROAT.-- Take butter that is very salt and rub on the throat and chest thoroughly, before going to bed.  Two or three applications will effect a cure.  We have had the throat distemper about here pretty extensively this fall, and this has been the principal medicine.



TO CURE CROUP.-- The best way is to take a flannel cloth, dip it in water and put it on the chest as hot as can be borne, then take salt butter, spread on brown paper, and apply immediately. -- It is a very simple but invaluable remedy.



APPLE PUDDING.-- Line a basin with a crust prepared as for biscuit; pare, core and quarter as many sour apples as will fill the basin; sprinkle some alspice over them, a little sugar, and add a half cup of water.  Cover with a crust and steam one and a half hours.  Serve with cream and sugar.



EXCELLENT COOKIES. -- One cup of cream; two of sugar; two eggs; half cup of butter; two teaspoonfuls cream tartar; one of soda; nutmeg for seasoning. -- Flour sufficient to roll out.  ANNE BROWN. 

Rawsonville, N.Y., 1861 {1861/00/00} 



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Cottage Pudding Stir well together 1 pint of flour & one teaspoonful of Nutmeg , 2 eggs, 2 teaspoonful of Soda and 2 of cream of tartar; one cup of sweet milk; Put it in a deep pan[?] Bake half an hour sauce to taste



good pudding Bake 2 sponge cakes when cold Cut them in slices ??? thin & butter them Put it in dish, make a custard with one quart of milk, 4 Eggs, 4 Table spoonfuls of Sugar, Pour over the cake Bake for half an hour 



Silver Cake mix together 2 Tea Cups of white sugar 2 of ??? add the whites of 9 eggs beaten to a stiff peak, add to this one cup of cold water, when well combined ??? 3 cups of sifted flour ??? 1 teaspoon of soda, 2 of cream of tartar bake quick



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Baked Apples Pare and quarter them placing them with ??? of dried apples ???



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CURE FOR NEURALGIA.-- Some time since we published, at the request of a friend, a recipe to cure neuralgia.  Half a drachm of sal ammonia in an ounce of camphor water, to be taken a teaspoonful at a dose, and the dose repeated several times, at intervals of five minutes, if the pain be not relieved at once.  Half a dozen different persons have since tried the recipe, and in every case an immediate cure was effected.  In one, the sufferer, a lady, had been subjected to acute pains for more than a week, and her physician was unable to alleviate her sufferings, when a solution of sal ammonia in camphor water relieved her in a few minutes. -- Alat California



    SALT FOR THE THROAT

                 

 

 In these days when diseases of the throat are so universally prevalent, and so many cases fatal, the use of common salt is recommended as an effectual remedy.  A sufferer says:--We commenced by using it three times a day--morning, noon and night.  We dissolved a large table-spoonful of pure table salt in about half a small tumbler full of cold water.  With this we gargled the throat most thoroughly just before meal time.  The result has been that during the entire winter we were not only free from the usual coughs and colds to which, so far as our memory extends, we have always been subject, but the dry, hacking cough has entirely disappeared.  We attribute the satisfactorily results entirely to the salt gargle.



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    PRESERVING FRUITS 

     

The following directions for preserving to hermetically sealed jars, will be interesting to housekeepers at the present time:

"Select only good fresh fruits or vegetables.  Stale and fermented articles can never be preserved nor the decay already commenced arrested.  Be particular and know to a certainty that your articles are fresh.  No vegetables except Tomatoes can be procured in the markets of large cities fresh enough for preserving.

Blackberries, Raspberries, and Strawberries.  Use from a quarter to a half pound of sugar to a pound of fruit.  Sugar the strawberries and let them stand for half an hour, then put the syrup (which will be formed by the juice and sugar,) into a preserving kettle, and boil it as long as any scum arises, and then put in the strawberries, and boil until they are thoroughly heated through.

Fill the jars after first warming them in some way, and close immediately while the contents are hot.

Cherries and Blackberries. Stew with or without sugar ten minutes, and seal up boiling hot.

Gooseberries.  These can be kept by putting them into jars as they come from the bushes and sealing up.  Wash and pick them when wanted for use.

Currants.  Heat to boiling point, with sugar, and seal up boiling hot.

Plums.  Make a syrup, using about half a pound of sugar for a pound of fruit.  Boil the plums in this syrup until the fruit is tender; then fill the jars and close up while hot.

Peaches.  Pare and cut the peaches.  Make a syrup, using from a quarter to a half pound of sugar to a pound of fruit.  Boil the syrup five or ten minutes, then put in the peaches and boil until they are thoroughly heated through; be sure that the fruit is all well heated, and then fill the jars and close up immediately.

Melons.  Place pieces of board under those ripening--they lose flavor on the side in contact with the ground.  Pick as fast as they ripen, otherwise the best aroma will be lost.  Save seeds of the earliest and best.

Quinces.  Peel and quarter them, and boil in water until tender, then do them in the same way as peaches.  They will require rather more sugar than peaches.

Pears.  Same as quinces, except that they will require less sugar.

Apples.  Pare, quarter and boil, but not long enough to break in pieces; then add as much sugar as will sweeten to the taste, and let the whole boil two or three minutes.  While hot pour into the jars and close up.

Tomatoes.  Take off the skin and boil them one hour, or enough to cook them sufficiently for the table.  Season to the taste, and fill the jars and close up boiling hot.  These being a very juicy article, require much longer boiling than most other things, to boil the water away.

If the above proportion of sugar makes the fruit sweeter than is desirable, it can be kept with rather less, but green fruit requires more than ripe.



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To Make Maderia[?] Cake

whisk four fresh Eggs untill very light, continue to whisk them, throw in by degrees slowly the following ingredients in the order in which they are written Ten ounces of dry pounded & sifted sugar, do of flour, dried & sifted four ounces of Butter, just dissolved but not heated, the Rind of a fresh lemon, and the instant before the cake is moulded, beat in a third of a teaspoonful of soda, bake it in an hour in a moderate oven



RECIPE FOR PRESERVING CIDER.-- The following, which is just now in season, is the excellent receipt of Prof. Horford for preserving cider:

 When the cider in the barrel is undergoing a lively fermentation, add as much white sugar as will be equal to half or three-quarters of a pound to each gallon of cider, and let the fermentation proceed until the liquid attains the right taste to suit; then add from an eighth to a quarter of an ounce of sulphite, (not sulphate,) of lime to each gallon of cider in the cask; first mixing the powder in about a quart of the cider, and then pouring it back into the cask, and giving it a thorough shaking or rolling.  After standing bunged up a few days, for the matter added to become incorporated with the cider, it may be bottled or used from the cask.



RECEIPT FOR MAKING NOURISHMENT FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNABLE TO EAT.

-- Here is something which was used by a most excellent physician in our family in France, with the happiest effects, many years since.  And for all those who lie almost at death's door, from lack of proper nourishment, it is both simple and potent.  Take of soft-shelled almonds, (the kernals) 2 oz.; soften them in warm water till the yellow skin can be easily removed; which done, bruise them finely in a mortar; then add the same weight of pure loaf or crushed sugar, which should be well mixed in with the almond kernals in the mortar, then add two ounces of sweet milk, boiled.  After the whole is thoroughly compounded, it should be strained through a cloth; then it is ready for use. -- HOW TO USE: give in tea-spoonfulls, as often as required.-- Try it! --

L.L. Stillwater, Minn., 1862. {1862/00/00}



HOW TO COOK EGGS IN THE SHELL.--

A correspondent of the Agriculturist writes; "One way to cook eggs is to drop them into boiling water, and let them remain there three minutes--the water all the time boiling.  This hardens the white next the shell to almost leathery toughness, while within it is not cooked.  Another and preferable mode is to pour boiling water upon the eggs; let them stand in this five minutes; pour off this, and  add more boiling water, and immediately bring them to the table in the water.  Those taken out at once will be somewhat cooked through; and those left in five minutes will be hard boiled, or nearly so, and thus the taste of every one may be suited, and no toughness of the whites be observed."



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WATERMELON PICKLES.-- The ladies will discover something new in the following recipe:-- Ten pounds of watermelon rinds boiled in pure water until they are tender; drain the water off; then make a syrup of two pounds of sugar, one quart of vinegar, half an ounce of cloves, and one ounce of cinnamom.  The syrup to be boiled and poured over the melon rind boiling not.  Drain the syrup off, and let it come to a boil, and pour it over the melons three days in succession.  The rinds prepared in this way far surpass any pickle we ever tasted.  It will keep from one year to another.

[Buffalo Com. Adv.

  

SMOKING SEED CORN. -- At a late discussion of a farmers' club in Illinois, reported in the Chicago Farmers' Advocate, Mr. Ide said that he selects his seed ears in the field before frost; hangs them in a smoke house--the more smoke the better.  The pyroligneous acid imbibed by the corn, will bring it up in hot, dry weather, and at the end of four weeks the growth will be twice that of corn planted at the same time without smoking , and will be left entirely alone by the mice, squirrels, or worms.

   

TOMATO SWEET PICKLES.-- Take 9 lbs. of ripe tomatoes, (scalded and skinned,) 3 lbs. of brown sugar, and 3 pints of good vinegar-- put the whole into a kettle, with the addition of 2 ounces of cinnamon and  2 of cloves, tied up in a bag, set them upon a moderate fire, stirring them frequently, to prevent them from sticking to the kettle, until they are sufficiently cooked to keep well.  A very nice, sweet pickle may be made of ripe, soft peaches, or plums, prepared in the same way.

   

NICE WAY OF COOKING EGGS.-- To the whites of six eggs, add one half spoonful of white sugar, frisk till the plate may be turned upside down and not spill; beat the yolks with a table spoonful of white sugar; boil one quart of milk; lay the whites on the milk with a table spoon, turn in a moment or so; cook all the whites this way, then add the yolks to the milk, and boil a moment; flavor with lemon when cold; keep them separate till wanted for the table, then lay the white balls on the custard, which, if made right, will be the thickness of a rich sweet cream.

   

CHICKEN SALAD.-- Some one has requested a receipt for making chicken salad.  I send the best one I have ever used.  This receipt makes enough for twenty persons.  Two heads of celery, two chickens, ten eggs, six small cucumber pickles, one tablespoonful of mustard, a little Cayene pepper and half a cup of butter.  Wash the yolks of the eggs, put in the seasoning, with a little vinegar, chop the whites of the eggs, chicken and celery and then mix.  Eat it and say it is the best you have ever tasted.



PICKLED PEACHES.-- Take a gallon of good vinegar, add to it four pounds of sugar, boil it for a few minutes, and remove any scum that may rise; then take clingstone peaches that are fully ripe, rub them with a flannel cloth, to get off the down upon them, and stick three or four cloves in each; put them into a glass or earthen vessel, and pour the liquor upon them boiling hot; cover them up and let them stand in a cool place for a week or ten days, then pour off the liquor, and boil it as before, after which return it boiling to the peaches, which should be carefully covered and stored away for future use.



GRAPE JELLY.-- Nothing makes a more refreshing and palatable drink for the sick than grape jelly and water.  At this season, when grapes are so abundant and so cheap, would it not be well for those who wish to add to the little comforts of our military hospitals to make a supply?  The following is the recipe:  Wash the grapes thoroughly in cold water, separate them from the stems, and mash them in a earthen vessel with a potato masher.-- Then put them over the fire and boil them twenty minutes.  Strain them through a bag made of white muslin; to every pint of the juice add one and a quarter pounds sugar, and boil twenty minutes.  Put away in jars, cups ??? [end of clipping is cut off]



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CORN BREAD.-- The recipe for making corn bread which took the first premium offered at the office of the American Agriculturist is as follows:-- To two quarts of meal, add one pint of bread sponge; water sufficient to wet the whole; add one half pint of flour, and a tablespoonful of salt; let it rise; then knead well for the second time, and place the dough in the oven, and allow it to bake an hour and a half.



POTATO CAKES.-- The following is both economical and good:-- Take of cold mashed potatoes, (which would be otherwise thrown away,) say one pint, to which add three eggs, well beat up; one cup of flour.  Seasoning is generally added on first cooking, (salt, pepper, butter and cream.)  Make into cakes and fry in butter.  To be eaten warm. --W.P.B., Concordia, Drake Co., Ohio, 1862. {1862/00/00}  



INDIAN MEAL GRUEL.-- Sift the indian meal through a fine sieve, wet 2 spoonfuls of this meal with cold water, and beat it till there are no lumps; then stir it into a pint and a half of water, and let it boil half an hour, stirring it all the time.  Season it as liked best.



BARLEY GRUEL.-- Wash four ounces of pearl barley, boil it in two quarts of water with a stick of cinnamon till reduced to a quart; strain and return it into the saucepan with sugar, and three-fourths of a pint of port wine, or the same quantity of milk.  Heat up, and use as wanted.



HARDENING TALLOW OR LARD FOR CANDLES.-- To eight pounds of lard add one ounce of nitric acid.  Heat the lard hot, but not so as to scorch it (in iron,) set the vessel out of doors, add the acid and stir until it stops spattering.  The candles must be run in moulds.  E.R., Metomen, Wis., 1861. {1861/00/00}



TO GLAZE OR VARNISH DRAWINGS.-- One ounce of Canada balsam, two ounces of oil of turpentine, well dissolved.  The drawing should be previously washed over with a solution of Isinglass.



TO CURE A SORE THROAT.-- Drop a pinch of fine salt as low on the roots of the tongue as possible, and let it dissolve there, --relief instantaneous.-- X.Y.Z., Monroe Co, N.Y., 1862 {1862/00/00}.



PUSTULES IN SMALL POX.-- If you are ever afflicted with small pox, reader, and the pustules begin to appear, anoint them with sweet oil and lime water, as these are prepared for burns and water scalds, and the initiation will be allayed, and the discoloration of the skin and the pitting of the flesh be greatly lessened.  If you have no present need of this receipt, cut it out and paste it in your scrapbook.  It is valuable, and although you may never need it yourself, some of your neighbors may.

   

TO CLEAN GLOVES.-- Lay them on a clean board, and first rub the surface gently with a clean sponge and some camphene, or a mixture of camphene and alcohol.  Then dip each glove into a cup containing the camphene, lift it out, and squeeze it in the hand, and again rub it gently with the sponge, to take out all the wrinkles.  After this, gather up the cuff in the hand and blow into it to puff out the fingers, when it may be hung up by a thread to dry.



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    CAKES AND CRACKERS.

       

EDS. RURAL NEW-YORKER.-- Thinking a few more recipes would be acceptable, I send you some which I think are very good.



 BELL CAKE.-- Two cups of sugar; one cup of butter; one cup of cream; six eggs; one teaspoonful of saleratus; raisins.  Flavor with lemon.



 CREAM CAKE.-- Four cups of flour; two cups of cream; two cups of sugar; four eggs; one teaspoonful of saleratus; salt.



 TUMBLER CAKE.-- Four tumblers of flour; two do. of sugar; one do. of milk; three-fourths do. of butter; one teaspoonful of soda; two teaspoonfuls cream tartar; two eggs; raisins.

 I would like to inquire of the readers of the RURAL how to make good baker's soda crackers, that will be brittle.  Also, how to make sweet crackers.

 West Cheshire, Conn., 1861 {1861/00/00} ELIZABETH.



APPLE JELLY.-- In answer to the inquiry of "Housewife," in the RURAL of Dec. 22d, {0000/12/22} "whether any one has made apple jelly to compare with that in a tin, left when sweet apples have been baked," I would say I have, and for the benefit of housewives, I will state my method.  Wash, and cut in quarters, (to be sure of no impurities,) any quantity of apples you choose, boil them in a porcelain kettle one hour with just enough water to cover them; place them in a colander, or sieve, but do not wash them, and let them drain over night; to every pound of juice, after straining it through a cotton jelly-bag, add one pound of refined sugar; boil briskly about ten minutes, flavor according to taste, (quince is my choice,) and turn into molds. -- A. SUBSCRIBER, Hayesville, Ohio, 1861. {1861/00/00}



BUCKWHEAT CAKES.-- Seeing an inquiry in the RURAL NEW-YORKER as to the manner of making buckwheat cakes without soda, I send mine, which we think very good.  One pint corn meal to four pints buckwheat flour; one tablespoonful salt, enough warm water to make thick batter, -- add nearly a teacup of hop yeast, and let rise.  I think our friends will like this.-- A SUBSCRIBER, New Garder, Ind., 1861. {1861/00/00}



FRIED CAKES.-- Take 4 tablespoons of sugar; 2 eggs; 3 tablespoons of butter; 1 teacup of sweet milk; 2 teaspoonfuls of cream tartar; 1 teaspoon of soda. -- MAGGIE, Nunda, N.Y., 1861 {1861/00/00}



   PRESERVING GREEN CORN

     

A subscriber who requests some one to furnish directions for preserving green corn in cans, can accomplish his object with less labor, and less expense, without employing cans.  The modus operandi is as follows: -- Boil the corn (on the cob) until it is thoroughly scalded; then cut from the cobs and dry, either in the baker of your stove, or by laying in the sun.  It is a very easy matter to dry scalded corn in the sun, one or two sunshiny days generally being sufficient. -- If well dried and kept in a dry place, corn prepared in this way will keep till "this time next year," and perhaps a day or two longer.

Beans and peas may be preserved in the same manner.  Care should be taken however, not to boil them too tenderly; in that case you would not be likely to succeed very well in drying. -- INTRAM, ??? [end of clipping is cut off]



EGG PLANTS.-- Peel the fruit, and cut them into thin slices, boil in salt and water, and add sweet milk, crumb in toasted bread, and whilst simmering gently, add butter, pepper, &c., and break in three or four fresh eggs; take up before the eggs cook hard, and you will have a dish almost equal to stewed oysters.  To fry egg plants, they should be peeled, cut into thin slices, parboiled, then dipped in batter, which has been highly seasoned and fried in butter or lard; either way they are delicious.



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    TOMATO CATSUP.

     

MY DEAR RURAL:-- I was in Baltimore the other day, stopping with a friend, and partook very freely of the catsup mentioned below.  I liked it so well that I thought it should be upon every body's table, and Mrs. R. very kindly furnished me the following recipe, which I hope you will publish in the RURAL.-- P.

 MRS. RHODE'S GREEN TOMATO CATSUP.-- Take one peck of green tomatoes, and one dozen large white onions, slice them thin, and to a layer of them sprinkle a small quantity of salt, until all used up; weigh  them and let them remain twenty-four hours, then drain them well from the brine.  Weigh a quarter of a pound of mustard seed, an ounce of allspice, an ounce of cloves, an ounce ground mustard, an ounce of ground ginger, two tablespoonfuls of black pepper, two teaspoonfuls of celery seed, and a quarter of a pound of brown sugar, and mix the spices all well together.  Take your preserving kettle, and to a layer of the tomatoes and onions sprinkle a layer of your spices, adding to each layer one dessert spoonful of sweet oil.  Cover them with vinegar, and let them boil slowly until they are done.  For the above quantity two hours will be sufficiently long to cook them.



EXTRA LEMON PIE.-- Three eggs, one good sized cup of water, one a half cups of sugar, (cups common size,) ten small crackers, rolled fine, one lemon, the yellow peel grated off.  The peel underneath this is not to be used, but use the yellow, also the juice and inside, the latter cut fine.  Separate the yolks from the whites, and give the former a thorough beating, to which add the water.  Mix the above ingredients together, and bake about an hour, the same as custard or pumpkin.  Beat the whites to a light froth, and add eight teaspoonfuls of white sugar, giving it another beating, to get the sugar well mixed.  When the pie is done, take it from the oven, and spread the preparation over it, then put it in the oven again, and let it brown a little.  Be sure and have the pie done before you add the preparation.  If you go according to this recipe, you will have an excellent pie.-- CHARLES E. AUSTIN, Norway, N.Y., 1861. {1861/00/00}



DESTROYING CRICKETS AND BEETLES.-- I will tell you how I got rid of hundreds, by means of a common white glazed jar, about nine or ten inches high, put in the place they infest, with a slice or two of cucumber in it, and one live cricket as a decoy.  They will hop in, and strange to say, have not the power to hop out.  When the jar is one-third full of insects, have it filled with boiling water.  I got rid of them by this simple method.

Black beetles may be destroyed in the same way;  but the jar should be rough outside, so that the insects can creep up.  With a jar of this kind, glazed with white inside, we have seen a great quantity destroyed, without any bait or decoy; the beetles, from curiosity, or some other motive, creep in, but cannot creep out again.



BOILED INDIAN PUDDING.-- Take sweet milk of sufficient quantity for the pudding desired, salt to the taste, and stir in Indian meal till a little milk will rise on the top by standing.  If too thick it will be hard.  Fill a pudding crock and tie a cloth tightly over it.  Put into boiling water sufficient to keep it covered and boil steadily three hours.  Fruit may be added if desired.  Serve with sweetened cream.  This is an old-fashioned Connecticut pudding, such as my mother always used, and it dispenses with that unhealthy article, saleratus.  It is excellent -- MRS. L.H. HIGBY, Piffard, N.Y., 1861 {1861/00/00}



SNOW RICE CREAM.-- Put in a stew-pan four ounces of ground rice, two ounces of sugar, a few drops of the essence of almonds, or any other essence you choose, with two ounces of fresh butter; add a quart of milk, boil from fifteen to twenty minutes, till it forms a smooth substance, though not too thick; then pour into a mold, previously oiled, and serve when cold.  It will turn out like jelly.  If no mold, put either in cups or a pie-dish.  The rice had better be done a little too much than not enough.-- Ohio Farmer.



GOOD BLACKING.-- Boil three pints of beer with 2 oz. ivory black.  As it boils, put in a dessert spoonful of sweet oil, 2 oz. brown sugar, and boil quietly till reduced to a quart.





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TO PREVENT A COW SUCKING HERSELF.-- Having observed several inquiries on this topic, I send you the following:  Lately, in the rural districts, I saw a queer contrivance on a cow.  Curiosity, as usual, led me to inquire its use, and not wishing to be selfish with the explanation obtained, I gave it to the Rural.  It was a common poke with two of the spears reversed, one on either side of the cow, running back to prevent her from turning her head far around.  They, the spears, were inclined with the cow's back at an angle of about 45 degrees, to prevent her from getting them under her body.  This her owner said, effectually prevented her sucking herself.  He had tried all other modes in vain.  [C.C.B. Watertown.



PUMPKIN PRESERVES.-- An excellent and economical sweetmeat is thus prepared.  To 7 lbs. of pumpkin, take 5 lbs. of sugar, 1 lemons, and 2 ozs. of green ginger root, to be obtained in most grocers' stores.  Cut the pumpkin in slices, half an inch in thickness, and in size and form to suit the fancy.  Boil the pumpkin in the sirup until tender; then remove it and add the lemons and ginger root.  These should be sliced thinly and scalded before being put into the sirup.  Boil it down until it is rich enough to keep without fermenting, and then pour it over the pumpkin.  If the ginger root cannot be obtained lemons alone impart to it an agreeable flavor.

     [Valley Farmer.



COMMON CRULLERS OR TWIST CAKES.-- 

Mix well together half a pint of sour milk, or buttermilk, two teacupfuls of sugar,one teacupful of butter, and three eggs well beaten; add to this a teaspoonful of saleratus disolved in hot water, a teaspoonful of salt, half a nutmeg, grated, and a teaspoonful of powered cinnamon; sift in flour enough to make a smooth dough, roll it out not quite a quarter of an inch thick, cut in small oblong pieces, divide one end in three or four parts like fingers, and twist or plait them over each other.  Fry them in boiling lard.



AN ILLINOIS FARM.-- The largest farm in Illinois is that of Isaac Funk, who resides near Bloomington, M'Lean county.  The total number of acres occupied and owned by him is 39,000 -- one farm of 27,000 acres, said to be worth $30 per acre, and three pasture fields containing, respectively 8,000, 3,000 and 1,000 acres.  His great crop in corn, all of which he consumes at home, and is thus able to market about $70,000 worth of cattle per year at New York.  His stock on hand of horses, mules, hogs and fat cattle is said to be worth $1,000,000.



CUP GINGERBREAD.-- Mix together six cups of flour, one cup of butter, one cup of sugar, one cup of molasses, one cup of milk, four eggs well beaten, one nutmeg, grated, three tablespoonfuls of ginger, some grated orange-peel, one desert-spoonful of pearlash.  Bake it quickly.



PRIME BEEF SAUSAGES.-- Take a pound of lean beef, and half a pound of suet, clean from the skin,-- chop it fine as for mince collop, then beat it well with a roller, or in a marble mortar, till it is well mixed and will stick together-- season highly with zest, if you have it, and salt, or any mixed spices you please,-- make it into flat round cakes, about an inch thick, and shaped with a cup or saucer, and fry them a light brown.  They should be served up on boiled rice, as for curry; if for company you may do them with eggs and bread crumbs; but they are quite as good without.  Or they may be rolled in puff or pie paste, and baked.



MAKING CAKE WITHOUT BUTTER.-- A New England lady, who is quite a famous housekeeper, recommends an economical plan for making cake without butter, which may be useful to our readers.  Take a piece of soft pork fat, melt it down and strain it through a piece of thin muslin.  Set it aside until cool.  It is then white and firm and may be used like butter in any kind of cake.  In pound cake she assures us it is delicious.  She says that after one trial she never used butter again.



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   Useful Receipts.

    

PRESERVES.-- Preserves keep with less cooking, if after being boiled a while, they are taken out of their syrup and dried in the sun; the juice being put in glass jars, and standing also in the sun.  Quinces and peaches are better and far less troublesome, preventing burning, by chipping an hour after the fruit is taken out; when done in this way they will be whole and clear.  You can make a jam by boiling them slowly for two hours; or a jelly, as currants.



FROSTED FRUIT.-- Take large, ripe cherries, apricots, plums or grapes; if cherries, cut off half of the stem; have in one dish some white of an egg beated, and in another some powdered loaf sugar; take the fruit, one at a time, and roll them first in the egg, and then in the sugar; lay them on a sheet of white paper in a sieve, and set it on the top of a stove, or near a fire, til the icing is hard.



CRYSTALIZED PLUMS.-- Stone them and put 1 pound plumes to 1-2 pounds sugar; cook them to a pulp; then spread on broad dishes to dry; pack them away in glass jars .-- When wanted to serve, take a little and roll in powdered sugar the shape of plums.



PEACH LEATHER.-- Stew peaches as if for pies; taking out the stones and making into a pulp, put this on planed boards on a roof in the sun; in a few days it will be dry enough to peel off the boards.  Roll it and put it away to dry.



TO CLEAN THE BACK OF THE GRATE, THE INNER HEARTH, AND THE FRONTS OF CAST-IRON STOVES.-- Boil about a quarter pound of the best black lead with a pint of small-beer and a bit of soap the size of a walnut.  When this is melted, dip a painter's brush, and wet the grate, having first brushed off all the soot and dust; then take a hard brush and rub it till of a beautiful brightness.  



INK SPOTS -- HOW TO TAKE OUT OF LINEN OR CALICO.-- Cut a lemon in half, and press the stained part quite close over one half of the lemon, until it is wet with the juice.  Then place on it a hot iron, and the spots will soon disappear.



INDIAN BATTER CAKES. -- One bowl of wheat meal, two full bowls of Indian meal, three eggs, teaspoon and a half of saleratus, tablespoon of salt.  The batter must not be too thin.  These cakes are very nice and can be made up an hour before tea.



COTTAGE PUDDING.-- Two teacups of sugar, four teacups of flour, two cups of milk, four tablespoons of butter, four eggs, two teaspoons of cream of tartar, and two teaspoons of soda.  It takes about half an hour to bake.



CUSTARD RICE-PUDDING.-- Take a large teacup of rice to two quarts of milk, boil slowly an hour and thirty minutes, add the yolks of four eggs with the milk; when sufficiently cool, beat the whites to a froth and mix with a large teacup of sugar, and flavor it to your taste.  Half an hour will bake the pudding.



TO FRINGE CELERY FOR GARNISHING.-- Take the outer thick white and green stalks, cut them about a finger's length; then select a cork, stick it full of coarse needles, and carefully draw each piece of celery over the cork, leaving at the end about an inch of the celery stick to remain unfringed; when all the fibrous parts are separated, lay the celery for 2 hours in cold water to curl and crisp.  Lay it thickly on salads.



BURNS OR SCALDS.-- I send you a simple receipt for burns or scalds.  Take spearmint or horsemint, pound to a pulp, and bind it on.  If the mint is dry, soak it in a little warm water, then pound it.

PUTRID SORE THROAT.-- Also a recipe for putrid sore throat. Take half a pint of good old rye whiskey, pulverize one or two large spoonfuls of common salt, put it in the whiskey, shake it well, and then gargle the throat.

I have used both of the above recipes, and know them to be good.

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THREE RECIPES FOR THE CURE OF MUTTON HAMS.-- The London Field gives the following recipes in answer to some inquiries as to the best method of curing mutton hams.

 If C.B. will procure a plump leg of mutton, wipe it dry, and then put it into the following pickle, he will have, in two or three months' time, a delicious ham, which he may either bake or boil; a slice cut out and broiled is very excellent.  It may be smoked, but here we like it better without that process:-- Three gallons of soft water, one pound coarse sugar, two ounces saltpetre, three pounds common salt.  Boil the above together, remove the scum as it rises, and when cold, immerse the meat.

        ]De Cestria.



 Cut a hind quarter of mutton in the shape of a ham, and let it hang two or three days.  Mix half a pound of bay salt, two ounces saltpetre, half a pound of common salt, half a pound of coarse brown sugar, all well pounded together; make them quite hot over the fire, then rub the compound well into the meat; turn it every day, and after four days add two ounces common salt.  Let it lie in the brine twelve days, turning and basting it every day; then take it out, dry it, and hang it in wood smoke for one week.

        E. W.



 One-quarter of a pound of saltpetre, to half a pound of raw brown sugar; make them very hot, and rub into the legs of mutton over night.  Next morning salt them with common salt.  Let the mutton lie about a week, move it over and rub in fresh salt, and let it remain in another week in pickle.  Then hang it up to dry.  When dry, keep it in canvas bags to prevent being fly-eaten.  N.B.--Do not let the mutton lie in the wet brine, but place something under, to raise them from the wet or dropping that will fall from them.

        [Eboracum.



   Grapes--How to Keep Them.

 We find the following directions in Field Notes, and as they come from a grape grower where the first vineyards in the Atlantic States were planted, we presume they are worth following:--

 "Cut the bunches carefully off the vines, dip the stem where cut into melted wax, then wrap with paper or cloth.  Put a layer of cotton on the bottom of your box, then a layer grapes, and a layer of cotton, and so on.  Set the box where the grapes will not freeze, and they will keep good till Spring."

 The paper should be soft tissue, and the wax, such as is used to seal bottles, should be applied hot.  Handle the bunches only just as much as will answer the purpose.



SALT FOR THE THROAT.--In these days when diseases of the throat are so universally prevalent and so many cases fatal we feel it our duty to say a word in behalf of a simple, and what has been to us a most effectual preventive, if not a positive cure, of sore throat.  For many years past, indeed we may say during the whole of a life of more than forty years we have been subject to sore throat and more particularly to a dry hacking cough, which was not only distressing to ourselves but to our friends and to those with whom we were brought into business contact.

 Last Fall we were induced to try what virtue there is in common salt.  We commenced by using it three times a day, at morning, noon and night.  We dissolve a large tablespoonful of pure table salt in about half a tumbler full of cold water.  With this we gurgled the throat most thoroughly just before meal time.  The result has been that during the entire winter we were not only free from the usual coughs and colds, to which as far as our memory extends, we have always been subject, but the hacking cough has entirely disappeared.  We attribute these satisfactory results solely to the use of salt gargle and do most cordially recommend a trial of it to those of our readers who are subject to diseases of the throat.-- [Farmer and Gardener.



--An English physician recommends an abundant use of of horse-radish as a cure for early dyspepsia.



INFORMATION FOR HOUSEKEEPERS. --A quart of flour weighs just one pound, a quart of corn meal one pound two ounces, a quart of butter one pound one ounce, a quart of loaf sugar one pound, a quart of white sugar, powdered, one pound one ounce, a quart of best brown sugar one pound two ounces, ten eggs, weigh one pound, this depends we think somewhat on the size; sixteen large tablespoonfuls make a half-pint, eight make a gill, four half a gill, &c.



TOMATO.--There are as many ways of cooking this vegetable as there are tastes.--We find the following answer to our purpose:  Drop the fruit into scalding water, which will cause the skins to come off easily; place them in a brass or porcelain vessel with a tablespoonful of sugar to every quart of skinned tomatoes, and stew; when the tomato is well done, take up, add some crumbs of light bread with a lump of butter; place in shallow vessels and bake, they are very nice when ???, but when baked ???[bottom edge of clipping is cut off]



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dried peaches, take the stone out fill the hollow with Sugar dry in the Oven, when use soak them not Boil, they must be ripe



take mould out of Linen that is Iron mould, wet the place with cold water then hold it over the water[?] of Brimstone   



to clean & polish Shells, wash them with Soap, & hot water scour them with sand wet if rough, then smear them with XXXX acid, muriatic acid,



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HEALTHFULNESS OF APPLES -- There is scarcely an article of food, says Hall's Journal of Health, more widely useful and more universally loved, than the apple.  Why every farmer in the nation has not an apple orchard, where the trees will grow at all, is one of the mysteries.  Let every family lay in from two to ten or more barrels, and it will be to them the most economical investment in the whole range of culinaries.  A raw mellow apple is digested in an hour and a half, while boiled cabbage requires five hours.  The most healthy dessert which can be placed on a table, is a baked apple.  If taken freely at breakfast, with coarse bread and butter, without meat or flesh of any kind, it has an admirable effect on the general system, often removes consumption, correcting acidities, and cooling off febrile conditions more effectually than the most approved medicines.  If families could be induced to substitute the apple--sound, ripe and luscious--for the pies, cakes, candies, sweetmeats with which their children are too often indiscreetly stuffed, there would be a diminution in the sum total doctor s bill's in a single year, sufficient to lay in a stock of this delicious fruit for a whole season's use.



A CURE FOR DIARRHEA -- The Philadelphia Inquirer says:--"Numerous requests having been made to re-publish the recipe for diarrhea and cholera symptoms, which was used by the troops during the Mexican War with great success, we give it below, with a very important correction of an error made in the first formula as to the size of the dose to be given:



 Laudnum, ounces...............................................2

 Spirits of camphor, ounces...............................2

 Essence of peppermint, ounces......................2

 Hoffman's Anodyne, ounces.............................2

 Tincture of Cayenne pepper, drachms............2

 Tincture of ginger, ounces.................................1



Mix all together.  Dose: a teaspoonful in a little water, or a half teaspoonful repeated in an hour afterward in a tablespoonful of brandy.  This preparation will check diarrhea in ten minutes and abate other premonitory symptoms of cholera immediately.  In cases of cholera, it has been used with great success to restore reaction by outward application."



TAKE ENOUGH SLEEP.-- "Shorten the sleep and lengthen thy knowledge," says an Arabic proverb; but if shortening one's sleep should happen to shorten his life as well, what becomes of his knowledge then?  It is the opinion of a distinguished physician, that half the insanity in this world could be prevented by sufficient sleep.  Early rising is a good thing for people who go to bed betimes, and a bad thing for those who don't.  Lengthen your night, or shorten your days--take your choice.



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Greening Pickles with Grape Leaves.

It is considered very desirable by housekeepers that pickled cucumbers, mangoes &c., should be of a deep green color.  They taste no better, but they look nicer.  To produce this greenness, it has been customary to place the pickles in a brass or copper vessel, pour hot alum water over them, and let them remain until the desired color; that is until the salt of copper, verdigris, has acted upon them sufficiently.  A better way of doing it without the aid of poisons, is recommended by Mrs. Haskell's Encyclopedia, which is as follows:--"When packing the cucumbers in salt, line the barrel, bottom and sides, with grape leaves, and pack between the layers of cucumbers a quantity of the fresh leaves, until the barrel is full.  When salted through, remove them from the brine, and pour boiling water upon the pickles, several times.  If not the desired color, line a tub in the same manner, that the barrel was prepared, and pack the pickles with a large quantity of the leaves.  Heat vinegar boiling hot, pour it over the pickles, and cover them tightly.  If, the next morning , they are not sufficiently greened, drain off the vinegar, reheat it, and pour it again over them; repeat the process until of the color desired.  When they are sufficiently greened, pour over them hot vinegar; if they taste of the leaves, change the vinegar after a week.



   The Curative Effects of Grapes.

     

Dr, Herpin, of Mentz, has published a very interesting account of the curative effects of grapes, in various disorders of the body.  They act, firstly, by introducing large quantities of fluids into the system, which, passing through the blood, carry by perspiration and other excretions, the effete and injurious materials of the body; secondly, as a vegetable nutritive agent through the albumeroid of nitogenous and respiratory substance which the juice of the grape contains; thirdly, as a medicine, at the same time soothing, laxative, alterative and defarative; fourthly, by the alkalies, which diminish the plasticity of the blood, and render all more fluid; fifthly, by the various mineral elements, such as sulphates, chlorides, phosphates, &c., which are an analogous and valuable substitute for many mineral waters.

Employed rationally and methodically, aided by suitable diet and regimen, the grape produces most important changes in the system, in favoring organic transmutations, in contributing healthy materials to the repair and reconstruction of the various tissues, and in determining the removal of vitiated matters which have become useless and injurious to the system.  Directed by a skillful physician, this valuable agent can be made to produce the most varied effects on our constitution.  It also possesses the advantage of being acceptable to most invalids.  The treatment lasts from three to six weeks.  The quantity of grapes that may be consumed varies from one to four pounds a day, commencing with small quantities, which are gradually increased.  The skins and seeds must not be swallowed.  In the absence of grapes, the most beneficial effects may be obtained from dried raisins, provided a quantity of water, sufficient to satisfy the thirst they excite, be taken at the same time, or they may be swallowed in the same manner as prunes.



CURE FOR CROUP.--When the symptoms appear, immediately fold a towel, dip it in cold water, and apply it to the child's breast and throat; then wrap a blanket closely around him.  Or, bathe the feet well in warm water, at the same time rubbing the throat and breast with mutton tallow or goose grease, then envelope in a warm blanket.  Either of these modes will check the disease till the arrival of a physician, and in many cases will themselves effect a cure.



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     Tomatoes.

       

The tomatoe season ends with the first of Autumn.  If the plants are pulled up before the frost comes, and hung up in a well ventilated cellar with the tomatoes on them, the fruit continues ripening until Christmas.  The cellar should not be too dry nor too warm.  As this is the proper season for putting up this excellent vegetable for winter use the following recipe which may be relied on, is offered:  Gather a peck of ripe tomatoes, scald them and take off the skin.  Cut them up and put them in a bell metal kettle, and stew them until they boil; let them boil about five minutes.  Have ready jars that have just been immersed in boiling water put in the tomatoes and cook immediately.  Have ready a small pan of melted rosin and pour over the cork carefully until it is covered.  The rosin should have in it lard to the proportion of a tablespoonful to a half a pound; set the fruit in a dark, cool place.  They are much better than cans on account of the poisonous properties of the tin.



    A CHAPTER ON WINE-MAKING.

        

EDS. RURAL NEW YORKER:-- On reading your valuable paper a few days ago, I noticed an inquiry for a receipt to make Blackberry Wine.  Having successfully made blackberry wine for the past three years, I am willing to give to your readers the benefit of my experience.

To each quart of juice, take three quarts of water and three pounds of sugar -- brown will do.  If you have plenty of juice, you can use less water, and it will improve the quality.  One bushel of berries, if good, will make ten gallons.  Mix thoroughly, strain, and put into a strong cask, which should be well cleansed and fumigated.  The cask must be full, to allow the refuse to work out during the process of fermentation.  You must fill up the cask thrice a day with fresh water, so that the refuse will all run out.  Put  a spigot into the cask before putting in the wine, and slant it enough to prevent the dregs from running out when you are racking off.  Cork the cask tightly after it has fermented, unless you should choose to fill it into champaigne bottles; cork and wire them, and then seal.  This will give you a sparkling wine vastly superior to any Catawba, and much cheaper.  My brother and self have made eighty gallons this year.-- A. ORTH BEHM, Lafayette, Ind., 1861. {1861/00/00}



CURRANT WINE.--To one gallon juice, add two gallons of water; then add 3 1-2 pounds of sugar to each gallon of the mixture.  Put in the sugar and stir till all is dissolved; then cork it up, leaving the cork loose, and as it foments and runs over, fill it with liquid of the same, kept for that purpose.-- B.A.S., Avoca, Steuben Co., N.Y., 1861 {1861/00/00}



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??? PRESERVE CRAB APPLES.-- Take ??? and core them with a pen-??? cutting the ??? .  Weigh ??? white sugar for each pound ??? put a teacupful of ??? each pound of ??? put it ??? moderate fire, when ??? is ??? and hot put the apples in; let them boil gently until they are clear; then skim them out and place them on flat dishes, boil the syrup until it is thick; put the fruit in whatever it is kept, and when the syrup is cooled and settles, pour it carefully over the fruit.  Slices of lemon, boiled with the fruit, may be considered an improvement; one lemon is sufficient for several pounds of fruit.  

Crab apples may be preserved whole, with only half an inch of the stem on; three quaters of a pound of sugar for each pound of fruit.



PARLOR EVERGREENS.-- If branches from the geranium, taken from luxuriant and healthy trees, be cut as for slips, and immersed in soap water, they will, after drooping for a few days, shed their leaves, put forth fresh ones, and continue in the finest vigor for weeks.  By placing a number of bottles, thus filled in a flower basket, with moss to conceal the bottles, a show of evergreens is easily insured for the whole season.  They require no fresh water.



HOW TO PICKLE BLACKBERRIES.--Take 12 lbs. of berries, 3 lbs. of sugar, 2 qts. of vinegar, and 2 ozs. of cloves.  Put all together in a porcelain kettle and scald, but do not boil; let them stand 24 hours; then pour off the vinegar from the berries and scald; pour on the berries and let them stand 24 hours. -- Then scald all together and they are done.  They do not keep very well, because they are so good.



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    The Secret Out.

             

A very imprudent physician has done his brethren a great injury by thoughtlessly divulging one of the most valuable secrets of the profession, while riding up to Union Square in the Fourth Avenue cars yesterday.  "How is practice now? you must be making a great deal of money, for every third person seems to be ailing?" "True, there is much serious sickness, but I get no practice.  Secession has made the times so hard, that people cure themselves by eating nothing."

There are a few bodily ailments which are aggravated, and in some cases rendered incurable by insufficient diet; but with the exception of diptheria and a few others, nine out of ten of all ordinary ailments are controlled, are arrested, are permanently cured by a wise diminution of the amount of food eaten.  This is particularly the case when there is no decided ailment, but a general feeling of discomfort or of unwellness.  In all actively inflammatory maladies, where there is acute pain any where, total abstinence from all substantial food, from every thing liquid or solid, except hot teas, is the sheet-anchor of safety, when not extended beyond thirty-six hours.  No one should venture on a longer abstinence on any occasion, without the advice of a physician.

Hence the more a man exercises short of actual fatigue, the better he will feel, the sooner and more effectually will he be relieved.-- Many a time a man has felt uncomfortable, sometimes very decidedly so, but upon taking a walk or ride, or engaging in some interesting work, he expresses himself as having been greatly relieved.  Let, then, this thought impress itself on the mind, that in the common every-day ailments of life, we must look for the cause in an excess of blood and other fluids in the body, and that whatever diminishes that excess is curative.  The methods of this diminution are worth remembering.  1.  Abstinence from food, 2.  Perspiration, whether induced by covering up in bed and drinking hot teas, or by muscular exercise. 3.  Vomiting.  4. Bleeding.  5.  Counter-irritation, as by frictions with the hand or a mustard-plaster.  Of these we recommend only abstinence, perspiration, exercise, friction.  But let it be remembered that when exercise evidently increases the discomfort or the pain, or when it induces a positive feeling of weariness, it is contra-indicated, and quiet of mind and repose of body should be sedulously cultivated.  And under all circumstances let it be remembered, that however beneficial exercise may be in any given case, the very moment it becomes a felt fatigue, that moment it becomes a positive injury, if persisted in.-- Hall's Journal of Health.



TO STOP BLEEDING.-- Aas Kemper, Ross Co., Ohio, writes to the American Agriculturist, that bleeding from a wound on man or beast, may be stopped by a mixture of wheat flour and common salt, in equal parts, bound on with a cloth.  If the bleeding be profuse, use a large quantity, say from one to three pints.  It may be left on for hours or even days, if necessary.  In this manner he saved the life of a horse which was bleeding from a wounded artery; the bleeding ceased in five minutes after the application.  It was left on three days when it worked loose, was easily removed, and the wound soon healed.



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STONE CREAM.-- This can be made to perfection in the following simple manner:-- Put a thick layer of greengage, apricot, or any other jam, at the bottom of a glass dish, boil an ounce of isinglass in a pint of cream, or milk; if for home use, sweeten to your taste, pour it over the jam, and when cold it will become quite solid, and a deliciously sweet dish.



    Keeping Grapes.

EDS. RURAL NEW-YORKER:-- Last fall, I instituted a series of experiments to ascertain the best method of keeping ISABELLA grapes through the winter; the result of which, no doubt, would be of interest to that portion of your readers who are lovers of this delicious fruit.--

They were all packed in boxes one foot square and six inches deep, admitting three layers of clusters, and kept in a cool, dry cellar; in fact, so cool during the winter, that water standing in a pail would freeze one half an inch thick.  I am satisfied that the nearer the freezing point grapes, and in fact all other fruits can be kept without actually freezing, the longer and better they will keep.

Box No. 1 was packed with alternate layers of grapes and fresh grape leaves.

Box No. 2 with alternate layers and colored sheet wadding.  Box No. 3 with alternate layers of newspapers and grapes.

Now for results, No. 1 kept fresh and nice until about the last of December, the fruit seemingly improving in flavor, and greenish clusters ripening up; when the leaves and stems of the fruit began to mould quite badly.

No. 2 kept tolerably well until about the middle of December, when I found the cotton sticking to the grapes where they came in contact and the berries rotting and the stems mouldy.

No. 3 kept the best of the three by all odds.  By changing the papers and repacking, I kept grapes until the 15th of March {0000/03/15}, perfectly plump and fresh and most of the stems fresh and green.  I know not how much longer they would have kept had I not used up the last of them at that time.



COMPOSITION TO STOP LEAKAGE.--A correspondent of the Lynn, (Mass.) News, gives a recipe for a cheap composition with which leaks in roofs may be effectually stopped.  Having a leaky `L' he says, `I made a composition of 4 pounds of rosin, 1 pint of linseed oil, and one ounce of red lead; applied it hot with a brush to the part where the `L' was joined to the main house.  It has never leaked since.  I then recommended the composition to my neighbor, who had a dormer window which leaked badly.-- He applied it and the leak stopped.  I made my water-cask tight by this composition, and have recommended it for chimneys, windows, etc., and it has always proved a cure for a leak.'



New Use for Coal Oil.-- Coal oil is said to be a sure destroyer of bed bugs.  Apply plentifully with a small brush or feather; to the places where they most do congregate.  The cure is effectual and permanent.  Gilt frames, Chandeliers, &c., rubbed slightly over with coal oil, will not be disturbed[?] by flies.



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   POISONOUS PROPERTIES OF BRINE.

     

The Valley Farmer says of the poisonous effect of brine:  "It may not be known to all that brine in which meat or fish has been salted, is poisonous to domestic animals.  If left in their way, they will partake as freely of it as they will of pure salt, when it very often proves fatal.  The L'Union Medicale, a French publication, gives an account of the researches of M. Reynal in regard to the poisonous properties of brine.  From a series of experiments detailed, he draws the following conclusions:

 "1.  That three or four months after its preparation it acquires poisonous properties.

 "2.  That the mean poisonous dose for a horse is about four pints; for a hog, one pint; and for a dog, four to five gallons.

 "3.   That in less doses it produces vomiting in the dog and hog.

 "4.  That the employment of this substance mixed with the food, continued for a certain time, even in small qualities, may be fatal.

 "We know from experience that brine, if swallowed by hogs and other animals, will prove fatal; yet, we doubt if the subject is susceptible of the definite results as stated by M. Reynal, for the degree of the poisonous properties of the brine depends on various circumstances.  We have known a much less quantity to prove fatal that that stated above."



TOMATO JAM.-- Four lbs. tomatoes. peeled and sliced; 2 lbs. sugar; salt, cinnamon, and cloves, to the taste; stew three or four hours.



HIGDUM.-- A peck of tomatoes and 1 pint of salt; cover with water, and let it stand 24 hours; then drain; add 12 green peppers and a small head of cabbage, and chop the whole; scald in weak vinegar, and drain that off; add a pint of molasses, ground cloves and allspice, and grate in horse-radish; mix, place in a jar, cover with vinegar, and put a pound of sugar on the top.



GREEN TOMATO PICKLES.-- Slice and scald the tomatoes in salt and water (with a little alum) until they are tender; skin and put into jar; add to every quart of vinegar 1 lb. of sugar; spice with cinnamon and cloves, and pour scalding hot on the tomatoes.



   Meat Cake, Balls, Pie, &c.



VEAL OR POULTRY CAKE.-- Take cold boiled veal, or fresh meat of any kind; chop it fine, with one-third the quantity of cold ham; soak a cup of bread crumbs in milk, mix with the meat, season with grated lemon peel or powdered thyme, or if these cannot be had, pepper and nutmeg will do.  Beat up an egg with half a cup of cream, and put in.  Bake in a dish and eat cold, cut in slices like cheese.



FORCE MEAT BALLS.-- Take any cold bits of meat; chop fine with crumbs of bread and a teaspoonful of chopped onion.  Add a little salt, pepper and parsley.  Beat up an egg, and put in, and rub all together.  Make into balls the size of an egg, and dip into a beaten egg, and then into flour or bread crumbs, and then fry in lard.  These balls are nice put into soup after frying.



SQUAB PIE.-- Pare and cut apples as for pies; lay  them in rows with mutton chops and sliced onions.  Sprinkle with pepper and salt and sugar.  Put in a deep dish with a top crust, and bake two hours or more.  It can be made with any fresh meat.  Eat hot.



RIPE TOMATO PICKLES.-- Place one bushel of tomatoes in weak brine, two days; add 4 lbs. sugar, with spices, to sufficient vinegar to cover; scald, and pour on tomatoes when cold.



GRAPE PICKLES.-- A peck of grapes the pulp scalded, the seeds skimmed out; add the skins to 3 lbs. sugar and 1 pint vinegar, and scald all together.



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DRYING PUMPKINS.-- We love pumpkin pies, more especially when there is not an abundance of tree fruit.  We have tried all modes of drying, but no plan is equal, we think to the one we recommended a year ago, and which we tried on a larger scale than hitherto.  It is this:  take the ripe pumpkins, pare, cut into small pieces, stew soft, mash and strain through a cullander, as if for making pies.  Spread this pulp on plates in layers not quite half an inch thick; dry it down in the stove oven, keep it so low a temperature as not to scorch it.  In about a day, it will become dry and crisp.  The sheets thus made can be stowed away in a dry place, and they are always ready for use for pies or sauce.  Soak the pieces over night in a little milk, and they will return to a nice pulp, as delicious as the fresh, pumpkin--we think much more so.  The quick drying after cooking prevents any portion from slightly souring, as is always the case when the uncooked pieces are dried; the flavor is much better preserved, and the after cooking is saved.  This plan is quite as little trouble as the old mode, to say nothing of the superiority in the quality of the material obtained.  Try it and you will not return to the old method, we are sure, and you will also become a great lover of pumpkin pie "the year round," and feel less the loss of the fruit crop.--



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