Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1862-04-25
Domestic Receipts.

meg, and mace. Wet the mixture with
two well-beaten eggs; the juice Of large
lemon or orange, and sufficient rose-watsr
to make it into a dough just stiff enough
to roll out easily. Sprinkle little flour
on the paste-board, lay the lump Of dough
upon it, roll it out rather thin, and cut it
into round cakes, with the edge of tum-
bier, dipped every time in -four to prevent
sickness. Lay the cakes in buttered
square pans. Set them in rather brisk
oven, and bake them brown.
INTERVIEWED BREAD.-Take fine flour,
six pounds; bicarbonate of soda one and
one-eighth of an ounce pure muriatio
acid, one ounce and quarter; water,
three pints and salt, three-quarters Of
an ounce mix the bicarbonate Of soda
and the salt intimately with the -four, and
put the muriatic acid into the water, and
then blend the whole in the usual way Of
making dough. As soon as it is thorough.
ly kneaded, bake it either in tins or not.
Bread thus made has an agreeable natur.
al taste keeps much longer than fermen-
ted or common bread, and is said to be
more digestible, and much less liable to
turn sour or mouldy. We may observe
that the chemical action Of the acid on
the soda disengages gas, which, though it
makes the bread eight" disappears 10
the oven, and that the result Of this action
is to produce nothing but common table,
salt, which can be easily proved by mix-
ing similar proportion of the acid and
the soda in an appropriate vessel, when
the well-known taste of common table-salt
will be recognized. ..-Septimus Piesss.
To Cure DIpruERIA.-A gentleman
who has administered the following renee
dy for dipthera informs us that it has al.
ways proved effectual in affording speedy
relief. Take common tobacco pipe,
place live coal within the bowl, drop q
little tar upon the coal, and let the patient
draw smoke into the mouth and discharge
it through the nostrils. The remedy is
safe and simple, and should be tried when.
ever occasion may require. Many valua.
bic lives may be saved, our informant
confidently believes, by prompt treatment
as aboYe.-HalloueH Gazette.
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CuaE FOR THE PILEs.-Take one pound
of figs, and one ounce of SIENNA. Chop
them together, until they are 6ne and
we'll mixed. Eat little of the mixture
three times day, before you partake of
food aud in a short time, if you follow
the directions, you will be free from this
distressing disease.
GLASS CHIMNEYs.-- One who has thor
oughly tried the experiment OF prevent
ing glass chimneys from cracking with
the heat of the flame, says, Put the
glass chimney in luke-warm water, heat
to the boiling point, and boil one hour;
after which leave it in the water till it
cools.'
Room OR PARIoR PLASTs.-Eastern win.
dows should now be preferred to southern
ones the sun is now too powerful, and
the morning sun being more congenial
than that of the after part of the day,
even west or north windows are now pre-.
ferabe to those opening toward the south.
Plants that become dusty, should occas-
ionally be put out to advantage during
light showers, taking care not to permit
them to be drenched.
Give air by opening windows as often
as practicable, and ut all times during the
DAY raise the sashes little. Roses and
geraniums should be kept very near the
light, or they will lose color and become
pale. Plants that have been in the Gel
l,o abo,ll En avnn,nI
by the end of the month, unless the sea-
son should be unusually late. Re-pot or
plant out such as require root-room.
Keep hydrangeas in shady situations.
Cleanse wood and foliage as ear y as prac-
ticable. A little pulvcriaed wood-char-
coal on the surface of the earth in tho
pots containing parlor plants, is always
advisable, and by changing it two or three
times during the season, it will be found
to obvatc bad odors, and to increase tho
thrftincss of the plants.
When potted plants are placed in tho
ground some earth should he drawn up
about the stems, so as to form a cone to
lead off the excess Of moisture, and very
few plants that have been housed during
the winter will stand the full sun in early
spring and summer, therefore the warmest
exposures should not be selected for them.
Hor HousE.-Provided the heat has
been properly regulated during the early
part OF April, aud cir admitted by top
sashes only, the plants will be in healthy
condition
The Cactea tribe should be re.pottcd
in the latter part of April, and the bot
tom of each pot so arranged that it will
drain itself perfectly; recollect that the
Cactca, flourish in countries where they
are half the year without rain. Tho
sashes both on top and in front should be
opened at every favorable opportunity, SO
as to harden the plants on mild nights
leave some of the top sashes open, and
when very mild, those in front may al o
be opened. Baist recommends May and
June as the best time for shifting and re-
pctting most hot-house plants, and We re-
fer our readers to his rationale on the
subject.
BLEEDING.-A correspondent of tho
American Agriculturist writes that bleed
ing from a wound in man or beast NAV
be stopped by a mixture of wheat -four
and common salt in two parts, bound on
with cloth. If the bleeding be profase,