Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-07-18

ment meets and refuses the ungracIons
charge. And to write this history is my
present task.
For the Ladies'
Hero is some interesting intelligence for
the ladies, vouched by good authority
SELF SEALING CANs.-Take a common
fruit jar, with tie cover made like shoe
black box, the jar and the cover will prob
ably cost twelve cents and hold quart
Any of the cements that are used for seal,
ing can or jars, will do for this. Heatyour
fruit either in the jars or in a preserving
kettle would be preferable and pour in tho
jars, previously warming them. Now pour
enough Of cement in the cover to give the
bottom and side thin coat. When the
cement becomes slightly stiff, apply the
cover over the jar, the jar having been we'll
filed, and turn the jar upside down, and
hero is the invention AS fruit jars have
lip, you have little trough to fill with
cement and the work is done. Let your
jars get cold, stand on the covers, and put
them away in the same position.
1t is the steam escaping in the common
way ofsealing or soldering cans that leaves
so many of them imperfect. The plan re-
commended above, entirely obyiates this
difficulty, as the steam or vapor is always
on top Of the fruit. This arrangement, you
perceive, is merely chemist pneumatic
trough, and there is no danger when your
fruit has been cooled down and created a
vacuum, that the external atmospheric pres
sure will force the cork out. -
As some persons may not understand tho
nature of the cement that is used add q
rcci ipc for preparingit:
To every ounce of Shell-lacl, Tor Seed
lack being cheaper is COMMONLY used) add
one and a half Dances of Rosin, which can
be procured at any timers shop, reduce
all to q fine powder. Melt over moderate
fire and apply as wanted.
Ii two ounces OF rosin is added, and q
little becswax melted with the cement it is
an improvement.
RECIPE FOR BLACKBERRY WINE-Take
blackberres and press them let the juice
stand SO hours to ferment, skim off what
ever rises to the tops to every gallon Of
juice add quart Of water and 8 lbs. of su.
gar; let this stand in an open vessel for 24
hours; then skim aid strain it; then bar
rel it until March, when it should be care
| fully racked OF and bottled. Is,
Blackberry Cordial is made by adding
] ID. of white sugar to lbs. OF ripe berries.
Let them stand 4 hours then press out the
! juice, strain it and add ono-thrd Of spirits;
put a atea-spoonful of finely powdered all
spice into every quart Of cordial.
THE SELFIsn MAN.--A few days since
we read an account of a man who, having
accumulated large property, said to hhn.
self, "souI, thou hast much goods laid up
for many years-takcthi ease-cat, dunk
and be merry" tits added, that notwith-
standing his great wealth and fancied Sc
curity, he was cut oAthat very night B.
This little story made us very sad anG
! yet the originals of the picture vividly
drawn may be found in every walk of life
Thousands upon thousands, like this poor
poor fellow, centre all their hopes on the
accumulation ofwcalth turn deaf
ear to the piteous tale Of honest poverty
/ they think Of nothing but self, SELF self;
andwben they have amassed great prop
erty, death stares them out of countepance
their souls are required Of them, and they
die mourning ap iil-spent life.
a, W. are very far from sneering at those
who desire to layups something Tor the sup
| port Of declining years, but we wonld have
every one remember his accountability tc
his Maker and charity to his fellow man
rs life is short and.uncertain,s ,slet us do goo,
while we may; and let lis at leastdrye sci
fshness from our hearts. = Ciy lem
TmE Judge of Western court recently
decided point adverse to a certain law
yer. Lawyer was stabborn, and insisted
that the Conrt was wrong. ~ tell yol
that j am rightw yelled the Court, will
flashing eyes "I tell you you arc not 7
,retorted the counsel. '1 am right y rcit
Grated the Court. ri say you ain't?" per
sisted the COUNSEL "Crieg' yelled tn,
Judge, al adjourn the court for ten min
4 Putesl" And jumping from The beneh,f III,
pitched into the counsel, and after liyelt
little fight, placed him 6oSs c1,t combat
after which business was again resumed; ;ba
! il was not long before another mis0naey
Standing arose. "Grierp said the Court
i will adjourn this time for twenty min
tstpsW and he vas about taking off hi
coat, when the counsel said tfNeyo
mind, Judge, keep on your coat-r-the pin
is yiclded>-my thumbs out o jin't AM
I've sprained my shoulder"