Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1865-07-21
CHEpDER CHEESE.

T. w. Collins, Of Morris, Otsego County,
N. Y, makes the " Chedder Cheese and
gives the following statement Of the process
Of manufacture:
"Warm all the milk at all seasons to about
80 degrees before introducing the rennet. A
curd is thus produced Of the proper consis-
tency to make one cheese at that heat. Use
calves rennet, soaked in cold water, with
plenty Of sale TO preserve it. When the curd
becomes solid, and the whey commences TO
separate, cut the card each way with long
knife, leaving il in blocks Of an inch square !;
then leave it half an bour for the whey to
separate and the cdtd to toughen; then
break the curd carefully with the hand, so as
to help the separation Of the eurd from the
whey, gently moving it for twenty minutes,
and gradually increasing the heat to SO de-
grees. The process of drawing off the whey
now begins. The milk is heated BY steam
AID the came degree OF heat through the
season. Keep the curd gently moving in or
der to retain all the cream or richness in the
curd In from one to two hours the curd
will be sufIi ,iently dry to receive the salt,
which is an ounce to every five pounds Of
cu1d 1t is mixed in the vat, and " hen sutii
eien,ly cool hft it into large hoops and put
moved and gtound-in a mill for that pur-
pose--into particles as fne as Indian corn !;
1t is then put into small hoops and pressed
for two days, turning them once in the time
When taken from the hoops they are inserted
into scalding brine to form rind, which is
impetvfous to flies If the curd is sufficient
ly cool 1t obviates the difficulty OF the stick
ing to the stringer. The weight to be appli-
A a. III. Of eurd
Annotto is used 70, cooring inside and out,
and is mixed with butter for the outside.-
Thus cheese is sold in market at wholesale
for forty cents per 10; size of the dairy thir-
ty cows, and will produce about two hundred
and fifty os each
The Charleston correspondent Of the New
York Post says that one by one the features
of the good old Union are feappearing In the
Southern States and Independence Day has
this year been celebrated as joyfully in South
Carolina as it was In years past. No one
would be denied the holiday. Speeches and
fireworks we're not so Numerous as formerly,
but good feeling towards the government,
towards Providence and towards each other
/ pre- vaded the people. The polite reception
given by President Johnson to the delegation
was a source of great pleasure to citizens /;
and the return of several of the delegation in
fine spirits was appropriate. The writer also
remarks:
The praises Of President Lincoln sound
more aud more grateful TO the people of this
State as his character becomes known, and
they cannot be repeated too often. Said a
late rebel officer: The North did not know
him, and the South knew still less of the best
friend she had in the United Stales. On the
other hand the name of jeff Davis is received
indiHTerently at best An eminent lawer ex'
presses his opinion that South Carolina hat
ed JEFF. Davis as much as she hated Mr.. Lin
coin during the rebellion and il he is proved
guilty of countenancing the ASSASSINATION the
people Of this State will want him exetuted.
The rebel General Wise has made appli'
cation through military channels for the pos
. sion Of his plantation situated at Rolhston
a few miles from Norfolk. In his applica'
ton Wise sets forth that he is a paroed pris'
oner of war, belonging to the army OF North
etn Virginia, and that he received in due
form paper at the hands Of Maj Genera
. John Gibbon, on the occasion Of the 6nal anc
total surrender Of Lees army, granting hin
the privilege of going about undisturoet
, and unmolested." Wise further alleges thai
his old home which he seeks has been takei
a possession of by negroes, +" or 80 called freed
men," and for this reason he cannot regaii
it TO himself and family. He therefore ask
that he may be put in " undisturbed and un
molested" possession of the plantation In &C
, cordance with the alleged supulations OF hl
parole, whose spirit, he thinks, includes thi
feature