The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-05-17

p'ii-'0'N was ticCtcu ny Tue uFc;I SOutll-
ern state Of Tennessee to represent it AS a
Senator i'll Congress before the war
Since the war, lie has been chosen bv Mr.
LINCOLN TO be the Military Governor Of
Tennessee. These are testimonials such
as are not given to habitual drunkar,i+.
or to men whom Nature has marked ont
for mechanical pursuits. Let us wait II
while, and see how Mr.. Johnson behaves
before we pass judgment on him. 1t is
our interest as well as our duty.
How PERFUMERY Is MADE FROM
FLowEHs. The odors of flowers do not,
as a general rule exist in them as a store
or III glaul, but they are developed as
an eXhalation. While the flower breatl,s
it yields fragrance, but kill the flower,
and fragrance ceases. 1t has not been a.
certained when the discovery was made
of condcn-ing, as it were. the breath Of
the flower during life; what we know
now Is, that If a living flower be pla eel
near TO butter, grease, animal fat, or oil.
those bodies absorb the odor given off by
the blossom, AMI in turn themselves ba.
come fragrant If we spread fresh un-
salted butter upon the inside Of two dcs-
sert plates an then fill one Of the plates
with gathered fragrant blossom OF clema-
It's, covering them over with the second
gaeased plate, we shall find that after
twenty-tour hours the grease has become
fragrant. The blossoms, though separ.
a y.
some time, but live aud exhale oIor
which is absorbed by the fat. TO re-
move the olor from the fat, the fat must
scraped of the plates and put into alco-
hol the odor then leaves the grease an |
enters into the spirit, which thus becomes
scent and the grease again becomes
odorless. The flower farmers of the. Var
follow precisely this method on very
large scale, with but little practical vari-
alton, with the following flowers: rose,
orange, acacia, violet, jasmine, tuberoso
and ionquiL The process is termed, as
said before, e0fcUcge, or in towering
In the valley of the river Var there are
acres of jasmine, of tuberose, of violets
&c. In due season the air is laden with
fragrance-tbe flower harvest is at hand.
Women and children gather the bios
SONS, which they place in panniers like
iishermen's baskets hung over the shoul-
derS. They are then carried TO the flow
er laboratory and weighed In the lab
oratory the harvest of flowers had beer.
anticipated. During the previous win
ter, great quantities Of geeasc, lard and
beef sue: have been collected, mcltel,
washed and clarified. The great success
of this process depends upon.the absolute
purity of the grease employed, and no
pains are spared TO this end. In each
laboratory there are several thousand
chassis (sashes), or framed glasses upon
which the grease to be scented is spread.
and upon this grease the blossoms are
sprinkled or laid. The chasse en- re,re is,
in fact, frame with a glass in il as near
as possible like a window shade, only that
the frame is two inches thicker, so that
when one chase is placed upon another,
there is space of four inches between
every two glasses, thus allowing Ioom for
blossoms. Every sash is about two feet
long by eighteen inches broad The
flower blossoms are changed every day,
or every other day, as is convenient
to the general work Of the labor
atory or Towering Of the plants. The
same grease, however, remains in tho
chase so lpns as the particular plant
being used yields blossoms. Each time
the flowers are put on the grease is work
ed'-that is, serratcd with knie-so as
to offer a fresh surface of grease to alb
sorb odor. The grease beng Uncovered
in this way for three weeks or moro
IN fact, so long as the plants produce
blossoms, is at last scraped off the 'chas-
Sc melted, strained and poured into tin
canisters,-Dr P'esSc's lectures
Josh Billings advice to young lady
as to how She should receive proposal:
You ought t. take it kind, looking down
lill with an eXpreshun about hall licked
and half scarf. After the pop il over il
yure luyver wants TO kiss you ! don't
think would say yes or no, but let the
thing take its own course. There is one
thing hav alwus stuck few, that IL giyo
me long kourlshlps and short eng Je-
ments"
"Doctor, | want you to prescribe for
me- The doctor feels her pulse There
Is nothing the matter, madame you only
need rest"
Snow, Doctor, just look at my tongue
just look at it . look at It Now, say
what does it need - II think that needs
rest too" ENit madame in a state Of
great exci!emeni.
A downcast Yankee has invented a