Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-01-17


1lWr, which is, IL nine c4ses out Of ton, Il
iault OF the coffee We n.eJ with Then it
ground, and placed ia con.e-pot with d hlte
.hrough which ID percoate, in clear drops I'll
eOHae-pJt Standing 0u a heated stove to MAR
ialn The temperature. The nCs3 O. the coheO
pot Is stopped up to prevent the escape Of th
aroma darng this process. Tie extract thu
OBTAINED IS perfectly clear, dark Ald known
as caje ~0lr, or blaGk coffee. IL ID black oni
oSeausa y! It's strength, bslng in face almos
The very essential OIL Of coffee i tablespoon
tul ol THIS 10 bol.cd milk would make what
ordinarily called strong cup Of coffee Th
bob-d mix Is prepared with 40 less care.
A1s. Ds l.ca4 .u1 ngN, uJl merely warned o.
Drought p tl. boiling point, bat slowly sin.
mered TIL Il a,tainsa thick creamy richness
lde coffee mixed with this, Gnd s@eetsned will
that sparkling Doe. root sugar which ornament
french table, Is Tie C.lebralo4 CQiIc Gu-iQu
the name OF which has gouc around the world
As we look to France ior the be.t coffee e.
we mus. look to England iyf tho perfection OIL
'ea' lhe toa kettle IS as much an English ia,
SdtusIon aS arstocragy OF the PrayoT.BJok
sR5 R0uS S9en g @ 9a9 gi9if 4o p 5q5 % AK ho& Va fas
Old English housewife makes IL
The first article Of her iai.a ia ttat the wa.
tes mus. not merely 5c hot, merely lave bJled
few minutes since, but 5o actually boiling the
momen. II touches tue tea. llence, though
servants in EnglAnd arc vastly better trained
Ihan with ~, this delicate 10 s.ery is seldom
lelt 70 their hands. Toa.maeiug belongs to the
drawing groom ,iand high-5Jru ladies' preside at
'' The bub9ilng and lJu4-hissing url, and see
that all 1ue fites and s9iemuil.a arc performed,
that the cups are hot aud lhe lnldsod tea
waits tie tx4c. tim9 before tho ! ..ions com
nenc,. o., 20 d54r old English ..a-tables (,
resort OF tho kinlest hospitality IN the world !
w sIlI cherish your memory, though you do
no. say pleasant things u US there. One Of
these days you viii think b3tcr 0t ~. OF late,
The introduction OF English breakfast to- las
raised new sect among the teA-drinkers, re-
Yofslng s)ne Of the Old canOHs. Breakfast to4
mus. be boiled Unlike tho delicate article Of
olien time which required Only m0mentsry
infusion TO develop its richness, this requires a
longer and soverer treatment 10 bring out its
strsngtA-thus confusing all the established
usages, aaI throwing the work into the hands
ol t4o cook IN the kitchen.
The faults of tea as t50 commonly found at
cur hotels and boarding houses, ara that it is
insda II every way the reverse o. what 1t should
Dc. Inc water 10 bot, perhaps, but not boiling F.;
lae 1o4 has general h4t, stale, smoky, taste,
devoid OF life or spirit; and it is served usually
with thin milk iastead Of cream Craam is az
essential TO the richness oil .eG as coffee We
could wsh that the English fashion nigh gsa
orally prevail, Of giyins tho traveller bis own
kettle of boiling water and his own tea-chest,
au ut bs L-,s O.. Ill
events, be would thea DO sure OF one merit 10
his teA-it would BE- hot, q very simple and
OBVIOUS virtue, but ore very seldom obtained
Chocolate is a French aud Spanish article,
and one seldom served on American tables.
We, IN Amerlca, however, make an article
winch can be imported from Paris, and he who
buys Bakers best vanilla. chocolate NAV rest
assured that no foreign land can furnish any
thing better. A very rich and delicious bsVer-
age may ho made by dssolying this IN milk,
slowly boiled down at'er the French fashion.
a.'AAEsPEAEg's Ss.,.,urs. Boston. Ticknor
and Fields.
This ia neat and nviting edition Of these
SonnH., printed oa vile and fair pages With
generous marg.a, each sonnet occupying page,
aad with an index Of da. Hae,. Tas them. Of
these hundred aaI ht.y-bar soane.s s love, frat,
s,l aud all !hs lime. Taers IS little Of Shskspeare's
genius exhibited 10 them. An eminent critic,
who wrote Rearly century age, says Of them,
" Had Shakespeare produced no other works than
these, hia name woald nave reached u, with as
little celebrity as time hss conferred on that Of
Thsmls Watson, an older sud much more elegant
ssnns,eer.' Bl, the drsrloha Of a great genius
csnao, isi 10 give occasional evidences Of the "Iac.
ulIy divine jus. as The pay OF giaat does not
fall ,om,,im" to discover his strength. And in
ia, sonosis al times spp'ars the exquisite fancy
Of this great dfamitlsi and bard Of all time though
the qusintness, almost sGsotaton Of many Of
the c)nc.it', aud tbs attentive and patient reading
required 10 understand them, make thess cluti-
Gle, more study than an entertainment aud
the critic whose judgment We have quoted, was
undoubtedly Tight 10 reckoning Shakespeare as
not the best sonnelosr Of hi, time. Ys. every
reader Of Shakespeare would consider his library
incomplete unless it contained all Of Snakspearss
works, aud will bs obliged to Msssrs. Tiekuor and
Fields for this handsome edition Of the sonnets.
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