The North-Carolinian., 1855-09-22
}VOLUME XVI-No. s64.

VOLUME AVl-NC. S64.
4 good savory potage {the French pot-au-feu.
for which Soyer,) is one of the most nutri-
tive and wholesome dishes, particularly Dr q
weas stomach.
IL ar Raspail on pickles. sauces and cond-
mens. If yon afford it. have always on
yonr table, by way of sde-dishes, hams, sausa-
ges, anchoyes, capers, green or black olives,
inarinates (pickled fish, toma o Jelly radishes,
spiced mustard: in short, the best condiments
you can afford; SO that there may be a choice
for various appetites. DO not listen to Trades
of rartisans of physiological doctrines, who,
from an idle fear of increasing the gastric atfec
tons under which they labor dread and eschew
the very things that world cure them. Sea-
your stews and ragouts with bay leaves,
thyme. tarragon, garlic, pepper, rimento or
cloves, according to circumstances. Drink water
when yon can procure it good, but take also
little wine for your stomach's sake. The adj
diton Of a reasonable 1tantity Of alcoholic
liquor tends to accelerate a sluggish DIGESTION
by supplying the excess of gluten with an
amount of alcohol that the natural process
couldn't prodnee Iln,ier the circumstances.
Hence the necessity for good wine, beer and
other alcoholic beverages for northern constitu-
tions. Flavor yonr cream milk dishes with
vanilla, orange flowers cinnamon. Roast
your joints always before an open fire, never
have them baked. Legs and shoulders OF NUT
ton shculd be stuffed with garlic. A good
salad is the most agreea bic condiment, and the
best promoter cf a digestion fatisred by long
dinner. Wild and bitter endive make an eX-
ceFent and Wholesome salid. Put in plenty Of
oil, and (if yst,r senses can bear it, rub the
bowl esifh garlic
Mr. Raspai as I have before limited, escllews
tcetotalism; but he ircuIcates and strongly
recommends, temperance-as what sane mam
does metz lie advises those who are blessed
with the goods of this world to prefer the light
French times (the so-caIled qans ordinnares) to
tue fine Sorts and either to the Spanish and
Portuguese wines-many of which (particuiar-
1y the abomination compounded of bad brandy,
geropigo and the refuse of grape skins, and
sold dirt cheap under the names of port and
sherry arc downright poisons, and will ruin
the strongest constitutions. If you can't get
good and pure wine, abstain from it altogether:
SO With beer. AS to the more potent alcohols,
brandy, rum gin, whiskey, arrack, their COM
parativc purity may be tested simply enough
pour few drops your l,nnds and rub them
together brsk!y. Apply your nose to the
Inns, and the smell will at once tell you
whether you have pure article or Fonsei
OIL counterfeit: the Fousel Oil, which immedi-
atey bctrays its presence by its repnlsive smell
is poison that y,.l cannot toe carefully avoid.
Enjos all the Creators gifts cheerfnlly, but in
moderation; and he not deceived when you see
a gray-haired glutton or a crnnkard OF four
-,
caro1tse wthon: s.ht: Here is hog that has
gruntcd in Epicurus's style for eighty years"
Remember, that drunkard who hath taken no
hurt by his drink is no more proof of the in
nervousness ofdrnnkenness, than soldier who
hath beer to the wars and hath never been
wounded is Of absence of danger in battle.
Housekeepcrs. have all your copper vessels
timed on the inside Make all your pickles
and preserves at home. Never boil hafpence
With your Brussels sprouts to green them. 1t
is destruction. Let your spoons and forks bc
of silver; Of tn of timed iron, but on no ac-
ceunt of German silver or of any other of the
mutinamcd compositions pretending to initiate,
Sr to he substitutes for gold and silver. The
art Of preparing substance that shall in every
was replace gold and silver, remains yet
to be discovered. Keep your kitchen and din
ing rooms scrupuc:tslY c!ean. A clean kitchen
is, III nine and three quarter cases out OF ten
the criterion ct clean housewife and happy
houschofd. Governors, prohibit the sale of
arsenic absolutely; the prohibition ought to
extend to rHts.,sss: Subject physicians pres
crIptions Of dangerous nature to the control
of Il sanitary board; and make the apothecary
who shall dispence dangerous preparation,
| equa lfr responsible for the consequences with
the physician WHO has prescribed it. For, NJ.
Raspail maintains that the matera medica of
the old school contains not one agent of a dele
tcrOus dangerous nature, OF which the ttlera-
pcutic cffects may not be as fally and eflectu-
| ally produced by innOcnOuS substance.
Tramps, sipsies, you that sleep in the open air,
Oh the ground in trees, or haystacks, stuff your
ears with cotton or tie bsndage round your
heads Otherwise you will have ear-ache and
affections caused by the Introduction Of seeds,
boards of grass, &c. into the auditory tube, the
nasal chamber or windpipe< Mothers, feed
not vour children upon sweets, biscuits, or
| nucilages. They feed not them, Ent ascarides,
parasites instead. Give them rather, sound
condiments and wholesome pickles.
Wise men and women all look early upon life
as dt,tv upon death rs accident or necessity
Guard against ff,e suggestions of hatred and
the alterations of love. Avoid enervating
pursuits and expensive pleasures. Rise in the
morning as soon you wake; go to bed at
| night as soon you feel that it requires strong
effort of voliton to keep your eyes open. BE
angry as seldom as ever you can. Never go to-
law BE economical, never avaricous. Work,
wash and pray. So shall You live to good old
age and your death, at last be but an extinction
| of vitality, without pain or suffering Nay, the
I length of human Fife might equal the fabulous
! longevity of the inhabitants of the sea, IT we
had in every season a constant and invarlable
| temperature around us, Bat we have not.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
FOREIGN WINES AND BesSDrEs.-The New
! York Times says:
! THE fact is, nneteen-twentieths of all the
| wines and brandies drank in this country, and
| ninety-nine thonsandths Of all the rare and