Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-05-10

To make Blacking.-Put gallon of vinegar
into q stone Jug; add one pound of ivory black, |
well pulverized; half pound Of loaf sugar, half
ounce of the oil of vitrio, and one ounce of
sweet oil; incorporate the whole by stirring. This
is a backing of very great repute.
Lavender Hater for immediate USe.-One gallon
of proof spirit and one gallon of true English oil
Of lavender, which is all that will properly combine
with the spirit without inuring the color by rem
dering it muddy When the spirits and the oil are
properly mixed, they to be put into glass bot
ties which to be well stopped, and ought to be
shaken before used.
Simple Recipe for Preserving Eggs.-Pack them
during the summer and fall for winter. Take a
stone crock or firkin, and put in layer OF salt,
half an inch deep-nsert your eggs on the small
end, and cover each layer of eggs with layer OF
salt. If the eggs are fresh when packed, and put
into cool, dry place, they will keep perfectly good
until the following summer.
Hair-culing Liquid for Ladies.-Take borax, 2
ounces; gum Senegal in powder, l drachm; add
hot water mot boiling) quart Stir, and as soon
as the ingredients dissolved, add two ounces of
spirits of wine strongly impregnated with camDhor
On retiring to rest, wet the locks with the above
liquid, and roll them on twists OF paper as usual
Leave them till morning, when they may be I'M
wrapt and formed into rnglets
To Preserve Fruit Trees from Nice or h1sects-
Apply, early in the fall, around the root a thick
the earth around the tree about six eight inches
throw in few shovels-fu of the lime and ashes,
and then cover up with earth, tramping it well
down.
Gapes in Chickens may be easily cured by Civ
ing them small crumbs of dough impregnated with
little soft soap; once or twice is sufficient
To improve the Hicks Of Candles--First steer
the wicks in a solution Of lime water, in which
saltpetre has been dissolved. To ! gallon Of wa
far add / lime
we'll the wicks before using. 1t improves the light
and prevents the tallow from running.
Queen and Porcelain Ware Manufacto,y.-W'
learn from the st Louis Republican, that there II
soon to be in operation, that city manufacto
ny of Queens and Porcelain Ware, on an EXTENSIVE
scale. Two gentlemen from England Messrs
Crockston and Oliphant, have already erected thel
shop for the manufacture ana their kilns for dryln
and burning, and when in complete operation, the
will be able to turn out kiln of ware per week.
Earth, for the vessels in which queens ware
made, abounds upon the farm Of CAPT. Shreve, abol
three miles from the factory. The earth for til
manufacture of queens ware, the porcelain clay,
found in Washington and 81. GeneyIye counties,
that State. This clay has been discovered at dl
ferent places and the qualities have been well te
ted by Messrs. Crockston and Oliphant, who, Il
Republican says practical workmen. The
pronounce it equal to the clay used in England.
Here we see the effect ofthe abominabe Tarl
"A pair of panis.-Oh! pant for glory, pant f
renown! said ragged son of genius to his iren
swell, if you've got pair OF pants you'd bett
put them on" was the cool and relentless reply
schooboy at recent examination at an Eng'
Academy, was asked by his instructor who disco
cred America? 81 wish may die" says a corr
spondent of the Banner of Truth, /" if he didn't
swer Yankee Doodle i-LowsH Herald
Some of our wise Legislators in Congress are
willing that government should assume the deb
of our own states, but are quite willing to assu1
the ten million debt of Texas
N. York paper says that several tons of bril-
stone have been ordered to Washington, to Gu
those loafers stationed there who have an tic
for o6ce.-Vt. Mercury
Knowiedge Is PotOer.-Two farmers from one
the remote parts of Georgia were passing near
Charleston and Augusta railroad when the LOGON
tive engine belonging to it came by. "Wha
that ?" says one Indeed hardly know mysel
said his friend, but I've heard that there has be
great deal said in Charleston about the tariff, a
expect that's it,"