Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-08-02
aorteuitnral.
From the Pennsylvania Telegraph.
Useful RECIPES ANB SUGGESTIONS
BY II. D. WHITE.

allowance of salt, Is indispensable 10 health
Boxes containing it, should be kept con-
stantly where they can have free access to
them, and partake of the sanitive luxury
whenever they are disposed to do SO.
A late French author recommends Po-
tatoes, three-fourths boiled, as a substitute
for soap in washing hands. The use oi
this prevents chapping in cold weather.
and retains the skin soft and heaithy' ,
If YOU manufacture your own caiiIi'S'
immerse the wicks in lime water' IN WHICH
> little pitre, (saHpetre,) has been dissolved
and dry them before dipping. The iight
from snch is much clearer, and the talio"
will not run. =,
In furnishing Britannia ware, rub The
surface gently in the first place with
woolen cloth, dipped in sweet oil !; then
wash in tepid suds, rub with soft Learner
and whiting. Articles FURNISHED in this
wav, retain their lustre till the last, if care
fully used. -,
Brass kettles, before using, should be
carefully cleansed with salt and vinegar.
Wooden goods should be washed in
verv hot suds, but never" rinsed. " Iepld
water causes them TO shrink.
II is a bad plan to put new earthen ware
into boiling hot water; IL should first be
Dmnged into cold water, and placed over
fire where it will heat moderately to the
boiling point, and then be permitted to cool
again. This process greatly promotes the
toughness and durability of common earth
enware, which is generally Objectionable
for domestic uses on accountot It's iraglllty.
The glazing on this kind Of ware will re-
main uniniured by the boiling if handful
of rye or wheat bran be added TO the wa
ter, and prepare it to withstand successful
ly, and for long time, the action Of the
acid or salt.
Suet will be kept perfectly sweet and
good the year round, if finely chopped
and packed closely in 3 jar, with the top
covered with molasses.
Beds should be filled with barley straw
in preference TO rye, oat, or wheat straw,
when obtainable. The husks of Indian
corn, carefully selected, and slis into shreds,
make an excellent article for beds. They
are durable, clean, not very likely TO ab-
sorb moisture, and are not Objectionable on
account of making dirt.
Never permit your domestics to take up
ashes in wooden vessels, or TO deposite
them when removed from the hearths, in
places where they viii come in contact
with combustible matters.
A few ounces Of soda will soften hun
dfed gallons of the hardest water. For
washing it possesses marked superiority
over pot or pearl ash, giving a delicate
-,,hstz1aas to tho linar r4-tthNls tho siIUhf .
est injury.
Gather up all the premature droppings
from your apple, pear, peach and plum
trees, and either burn or feed them 10
swine, or other domestic animals. The
immature fruit beneath your apple tree:
contains the cause of the injury you sus
tain in your crops, in the form of small
E0rn, and should therefore be destroyed
al once. By fencing fruit orchards, anC
depasturing them with swine during TIT
months of June and July or even till tn
close of August, if the fruits are of late va
rieties, the future health and productive
ness of your fruit orchards will be pro
tected and increased.
Horse radish may be had all winter b,
taking the roots from the soil when at per
fection, grating them and placing the artl
Gle in Jars or bottles filed with vinegar
The air should be thoroughly excluded by
corking, and covering the nozzles will
melted sealing wax. It's superb article
Green peas may be had from one year.
end to another, by gathering them wher
full, shelling and drying them thorough
ty in the shade, but where there is
fair circulation of air. When dried, plac,
them in air tight vessels, closely securec
by corking, and put them away for use
Beans, green corn, and other vegetable
may be preserved in the same way. Cur
rants and gooscberries, picked when green
carefully divested Of their stems and bios
som ends, and packed in tight bottles, sc
curely protected from the AIR, will retain
their soundness and flavor unmpaired 70
years.
Boil and skim your molasses before us
ing it. When applied for culinary pur
poses, this is a prodiglous improvement
Boiling tends 10 divest it of its unpleasant
strong flavor, and render ii almost equa
TO honey. When large quantities are mad
use Of, 1t is convenient to prepare seVera
gallons al time.
Use hard soap to wash your clothes,
YOU can obtain that of good quality, an
soft soap in cleaning wood. In the wash
room, soft soap wastes good deal, an
for this reason is LEGS economical than hare
If you keep hens, and desire to rendC
them source of profit, as well as luxury
see that they are literally supplied wit
flesh. The fish taken in ordinary stream!
afford an excellent and most grateful sui
stitute for the flesh of animals, and ca
generally be obtained in almost any desll
able quantity, and at comparatively sma
expense. When at large, the hen is Cal
nivcrons, and procures much Of her dali
food from the resources Of the inset