Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1845-04-26

| ceeulhgIy good Tor the hands.
Perfume for GloreS-Take Of damask
or rose scent, half an ounce. the spirit of
cloves and mace, each drachm; franklin
| cense, a quarter Of an ounce. Mix them
together, and lay them in papers. and when
hard. press the gloves; they will take the
scent in twenty-four hours, and hardly ever
lose it,
Toperfumc Clothes-Take Of ovcn-dricd
best Cloves cedar and rhubarb wood each
one ounce, beat them to powder and
sprinkle them in box or chest, where they
will create a most beautiful scent, and pre-.
serve the apparel against moths.
almond PdSte.--Take of blanched sweet
almonds one pound, blanchcd bitter ditto,
half pound, sugar half a pound Beat up
with orange flower water.
For The Kjtchen.-We append a few re-
ceipts for the kitchen.
Method of PRESCRIBING GyupeS-Take a
cask or barrel. inaccessible to the external
air, and put into it a layer of bran. dried in
an oven. or of ashes well dried and sifted.
Upon this, place a layer of grapes well
cleaned, and gathered in the afternoon of
a dry day, before they are perfectly ripe.
Proceed thus with alternate layers of bran
and grapes, till the barrel is full taking
care that the grapes do not touch each
other and to let the last layer be Of bran;
then close the barrel. SO that the air may
not be able to penetrate, which is an essen
tail point. Grapes thus packed, will keep
nine or even twelve months. To restore
them to their freshness, cut the end Of the
stalk of each bunch of grapes, and put that
Of white grapes into red wine, as you would
put flowers into water, to revive or keep
them fresh.
To Restore Bad YeaSt-Mix with it
little flower, sugar, salt, brandy, and beer,
and these will confer on it the qualities Of
good yeast Good yeast may also be made
by adding the same mixture to grounds Of
ale.
Preserving Vinegar for Domestic Pur-
poSeS.-Cork it up in glass bottles, set them
on the fire with cold water, and as much
hay or straw as will prevent them from
knocking together; when the water nearly
bois, take off the pan, and let the bottles
remain in the ley a quarter of an hour.
Vinegar thus prepared never loses its vir-
tue though kept many years, or occasion
ally left uncovered, and is peculiarly suiia-
bic for pickles. *.
To Join Glass T6gether.-1NIet little
isin- glass in spirits of wine, adding thereto
about a sixth part of water, and using
gentle heat:' whef' perfectly .Jaclted and
mixed,!t will form d transparent glue, which
will INIT, nit glass so that 'hsA fracture will
For the Garaen.-As appropriate 10 the
month we give the following:
Alpine Sr0ubc7y.--The process con-
sistS of sowing the seed on moderate hot
bed in the beginning Of April, and remov-
ing the plants as soon as they have ocqui-
red sufficient strength, to beds in the open
ground. They will begin to blossom after
midsummer, and afford an abundant late
autumnal crop. This strawberry ought al
ways to be treated as annual plants.
To Restore F0werS.--Most flowers begin
to droop and fade after being kept during
twenty-four hours in water. Place the
flowers in scading water. deep enough to
cover about one.third Of the length Of the
stem: by the time the water has become
cold, the flowers will have become erect
and fresh-cut off the ends, and put them
into cold water.
To DeStr0v Insects on PlQnt.-Tie up
some flowers of sui phur in piece of mus
lin or fine linen, and with this the leaves Of
young shoots of plants should be dusled;
or it may be thrown on them by means of
common swans-down puff, OF even by a
dredgng-box.
SrNsIBLr.-The New York True Sun. in
an article on Texas annexation has the fol-
lowing refections:-One Of the great apos-
ties of abolition, is rich enough to make
Delaware free State at once. The slaves
there are few in nnmber, and the people
would gladly get rid of them. That per-
son might free them all by giving a small
portion of his fortune for that purpose
But we imagine he would see every slave
perish, before he would do any thing of the
kind, and we have pretty much the same
opinion of his associates. We know these
leaders somewhat and we believe we prop
erly estimate their characters and designs
The Almighty has permitted slavery as
he has war, and pestilence and famine
and in his own good time, he will
alter the dispensations of his Providence il
he thinks best. Certain it is, that a wei
fed, well clothed, and religiously taught