Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1860-08-02
Usesifi Receipts.

| RECEIPT roK BLACKBERRY WfH8.-Ast this
is the blackberry season, we publish this re-
cept for the manufacture of this vine:
| There is no wine equal to the blackberry
| wine, properly made, either in flavor or for
medical purposes, and all persons who can
| conveniently do SO should manufacture some
| for their own Use every year, as it is invalu-
able in sickness as tonic, and nothing is 8
better remedy for bowel disease. We there
fore give the recipe for making it, and, hav-
| ing tined It ourselves, we speak advisedy on
| the subject: Measure your berries and bruse
them, to every gallon adding on a quart of
| boiling water Let the mixture stand twen-
ty-four hours, stirring occasionally; then,
strain off the liquid into a cask to every gal
Ion adding two pounds of sugar; cork tights
and let stand till the following October, and
you will have wine ready for use without
further straining or boiling, that will make
| lips smack that never smacked under similar
influences before. II may be improved, and
perhaps, will keep better by adding small
quantity of pure French brandy.
Baked Beaus-Ecw people know tho lux
ury of baked beans, simply because few cooks
properly prepare them. Beans, generally are
not cooked alflong enough. This is our
method: Two quarts of middling sized white
beans, two pounds OF salt pork, and one
spoonful of molasscs Pick the beans over
carefully, wash and add gallon Of boiling
hot soft water: let them soak in it over night;
in the morning put them in fresh water aud
boil gently till the skin is very tender and
about to break, adding teaspoonful of SAB.
eraus. Take them up dry. and put them iii
your dish, stir in the molasses, cash the pork,
and put it down in the dish, so as to have
the beans cover all but the upper surface,
turn in boiling water till the top is just COW
cred; bake with steady fire four or fve hours
| Watch them and add more water frot, t:rae
to time as 1t dries away.
Liquid Gtue.--The following recipe, the
discovery ofa French chemist is selling about
| the country as a secret, for various prices,
| from one to five dollars. 1t is handy and
| valuable composition, as it does not gelatin
| ize nor undergo putrefacton and tcrmenta-
| tion and become offensive, and can be vsed
| for all the ordinary purposes Of gtss in max.
| ing or mending furniture or broken vessels
that are not exposed to water &c.
In wide mouthcd bottle dissolve eight
ounces of best glue in half pint of water, by
| setting it in a vessel of water, and heating it
till dissolved. Then add slowly, constantly
stirring, two aud halt ounces of strong,
aqu,fortis tnitrc acid.) Keep it we'll cooked;
and it will DO ready for uso. THIS is tho
Celebrated Prepared Glue" of which we
hear so much.
Lemon Syrup for CergH 70 a,aint and
a half of water, add two large poppy heads,
and two large lemons. Boil them till they
arc soft, press the lemons into the water,
strain the liquor aud add half drachm of
| of saffron, aud half a pound of brown sugar.
candy, pounded. Boil altogether till the su-
gar-candy is Dissolved; stir the whole till you
perceive it will jelly; strain it a second time,
| and take the seeds from the poppies.
70 Render Light Goods Fire Proec.-A-
mong the many articles suggested. the most
successful yet used is the phosphate OF am
mona. 1t leaves the fabric soft and plable
acting but slightly on the fibre, and may be
| mixed with the starch. One ounce of the salt
I is dissolved in one quart of water, aud appli-
ed either by itself or in the starch, and dried
as usual. The only objection is the expense
Of the salt.
| HorM T'y,ag.-Coal oil is said to be sure
destroyer of bed bugs. Apply plentifully
with small brush or feather to the places
where they most do consregate. The cure 10
encctua. and permanent. Gilt frame, chan
dalier, &c, rubbed lightly over with coal Oil
will not be disturbed by flies