The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1859-08-25

DRAuGHr LENoxADY.-Four lemons sliced, Tour
ounces Of loaf sugsr. one quart OF boiling water.
Very fine. A cheap drink may be made mus
One ounce Of cream Of tartar, one ounce OF tar
tsric ctric acid, the Juice arc Peei OF Two IN
ops and half pound or more OF ioai sugar. Inc
syee,ening must be regulated according to taste.
Raspberyy, Strawberry Cnrr0nt, or Orange
Eferre.eing DraugM Take one quart OF the
Juice Of either of the above fruits, bitter IL ana
boil il into O syrup with one pound Of powdered
tartaric acid When cold. put it into bottle,
ard keen il we'll corked When required for use,
an haif pint bottle three parts full Of water,
ard add two spoonfuls of the syrup. Inen sur
in briskly email teaspoonful Of carbonate OF So
ds. and very delicious drink will be formed
The color may be improved by adding small
piece of cochineal to the syrup at the time of
boiling.
LEMONADE PowpERs--One pound Of finely
POWERED Loaf Sugar. one ounce Of Tartaric
or Citrc Acid. and twenty drops Of Essence
of Lemon. Mix and keep very dry. Two
or three teaspoonfuls of this stirred briskly
in tumbler of water will make very pleas
ant glass of lemonade. If effervescent lem
onade be desired, one ounce OF Carbonate Of
Soda mus. be added to the above.
IMPERIAL DRINK FOR FAMILIES Two ounce
of Cream of Tartar the juice and peel Of two or
three Lemons and half pound Of coarse Sugar.
Put these into gallon pitcher. ard pour On boil
ing water. When cool it will be fit for USE
NEcrAk.- One drachm of Citric Acid. one
ecruple of Bicarbonate Of Potash, ounce Of
white Sugar powdered Fill soda water bottle
nearly full Of water, drop in the Potash and ou-
gar, and lastly the Citric Acted Cork the bot
tie up Immediately and shake. As soon as the
CRYSTALS are dissolved the tar is fit for use. II
may be colored with a small portion OF cochineal
Strawberry Beds.-AccordiDg to our agricul
tural exchanges, the present month IS good time
to make new beds OF strawberries. Tie ground
should be rich, finely pulverized, and the plants
set out before after q shower, or in the even
ing, if in that case waeIed. Rows four feet
apart and one feet in the row. where a cutivator
can be used most of the in their culture;
next year they will produce fair crop.
- Tom Corwin said in his Fourth of Ju'y
speech. at the Tippecanoe Battle Ground:
If were Emperor the tongue of the Disun
list should be torn out, and his dry bones made to
rattle in the wind
"A drunken man fell on the track of the Indi-
annapolis & Cincinnati railroad on Wednesday, q
few miles from Cincinnati, just in advance Of
Running train and was crushed to death
"A North Carolina editor acknowledges the
receipt of bottle of brandy forty-three years
old, and says: This brandy is very old that
we very much fear ihat it cannot last much Ion
ger"
- Greenwood Cemetry near New York City
founded in lS4O and from that month to the
23d ultimo 1000 bodies took up their residence
in that silent city. Greenwood will, in the end.
outstrip New York, and ere many years. will count
its dead by millions.
Information has been received at the State
Department that proper steps have been taken by
the Chinese Government, to carry into effect the
arrangements made by ex minister Reed for the
payment of the various claims of American citi-
zens amounting TO about 100000.