The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1848-12-06


A SFW AaTihLs ~ faae "a In sanHiries Whaft
food IL esA abundant than IN ons o,vn fsv..sa ands
II u nh ohIcct win EG!elue "a Improve snGh vbgala-
bic productions innutrcious unfit for H. an d
suslenance so that they may become articles G. fooc-
French savaiit has been lndustriouay employed i'll
this object, he has discovered n principle, which,
though applied only a particular article, is eq-lly
applicable to other vegetable productions He has
published report to the Academy Of Science IN
Paris, giving elaborate account of the uses which
the fruit OF the Aesculus or horse-chesnnt may be
made Of as food The receipt, winch 10 as follows,
commences something like Nrs Glass famous receipt
Tor cooking certain kind of fish, by first catching
II. Nj. Flanlin says "Collect some horse hesnnts,
and CRATE them after having taken of the SKIN; throw
on tins pulp little carbonate OF pnvefized SODA
(Ihe carbonate of soda s found at any grocery IL
COSTS three cents the pound, and tor every hundred
weight OF pulp two pounds necessary. MIX these
materials We II, kneadng the pulp with your hands,
then you Wii expose 1t in n sieve to current
OF water Ike that which issues from the spout OF
your fountain. Stirring the matter thus molstened,
1t VIII pass entirely through the meshes of the sieve
and fall with the waters Of washing into trough
placed beneath. Let these waters Bubside for some
minutes then pour them out by gently incning
the vat. They take with them the bitter oil which
has colored them green In dlssolvlng itself, and at
the bottom of the vessel IS found the line paste OF
br liant whiiencss and very agreeable taste This
is the purified pulp. The operation is flushed, and
there remains but to cook this flour i'll the
manner which will please best" The theory of the
operation he describes ls that the better principle
contained in the pulp of the horse chestnut combines
itself immediately with the carbonate of soda intro
dnced into the paste forming with it alka soluble
salt, and the meay substance purified by a simple
washing is deposited at the bottom of the vat whence
you have gathered it.-Philadelphia Ledger.
GREEN TEA AND BLACK TEA.-There are two
three OPT uions the United States about green tea
which are great mistakes. One is, that the Chinese
themselves do not use the green tea; this is mistake
But they do not use such green tea used in Eng
land and America. They commonly pick out the fine
and dried parts and separate them, calling gum
powder, and another hyson and another Tyson SKIN
by roasting copper plates which turns it green
and gives it its sharp and ostringent qualities All
the tea made about Xeetung IA good many thousand
puunds) is dried in iron pans.
But if the Chinese do not make green tea on cop
per pans, they do what is great deal worse. They
PruBsinn blue with what il sold to foreigners,
which gives 1t the greenis blue color it often has,
and something of its astringent qualities Prussian
blue is poison; and the only reason why green tea
does those who it at home little harm is that
it requires but small quantity to color large
amount of tea. But STILL small as the quantity IS, it
does harm and the people not accustomed to the use
OF green tea can hardly sleep after drinking it. You
may always tell whether there Is Prussian blue i'll
the tea, by drawing of the infusion and placing it
within white cup. If the infusion is perfectly clear,
and of slightly saffron green color, it is all right;
but If 1t has DIRTY appearance as II there color
ing matter suspended i'll it, then there is some Of the
Prussian blue or something else there.
The Chinese put the Prussan blue and such stufs
III the ten, foreigners have taken notion that
green ten is not green tea unless it is very green.
People III England and America don't like green tea,
such the Chinese use, and won't buy IT, Well,
the Chinese very accommodating people, and they
taught their big sleeves, and say, ''Snce foreigners
very green tea we'll give it to them, but they
must give more for making it so green" Little
green goes to the United States that has not
or less Prussan blue other drug, to give it II
high color. "ChrStton inhltissncer.
A MOVING MACHINE We find III the Buffalo Ad-
vertser, the following notice of an invention of par
ticular interest to Farmers, and we hope, sincerely,
that it will out to he all that it is here represent
ted; and not. like most similar Inventions, never be
heard of after the first blast its wonderful gualite
has been blown. A Moving Machine, possessing the
qualities Of that which Is given bclow-wOud be All
Invaluable acquisition to the Farmer, inasmuch
there work to perform on the farm, or when
'landsn are scarcer, than in haymuking. The Ad-
vertiser snys--
AT the recent exhibition of the New York State
Fair machine for moving attracted great at
tentiOn, particularly among the farmers Mechanical
Ingenuity has for been put to test
to produce machine that wOuld tighten that most
severe l9hOr OF the armer-inoWlng; many Tachinea
have been Invented but, after short trial have been
found worthless, nearly 80. Mr.. VIM. F.. Kech-
INN, of this city, has at length produced machine,
that Ill the opinion of those capable Of Judging,
every purpose on either rough or smooth ground
cutting the grass much closer, and laying it moro
even than can be done by the ordinary method One
man and span of horses cam is said, from II
to Is acres a day with perfect ease The capacity of
the machine to perform what is claimed for it, has
been thoroughly tested IN the presence of numerous
ri the most experienced farmers of this section, and
we pleased to learn that the ingenious inventor
is likely to reap fair reward for his perseverance
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