Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-06-26

quarts boil down to one quart; strain
and sweeten to taste.
Isingtass Blanc Mange.-Isinglass.
a quarter of a pound ; rose-water, half
a pint; milk, two quarts milk OF al
monds, half a pint; boil to a proper
consistence and cool.
Preservation Of iSoups.-Beef soup,
broths, or iellies may be preserved
from turning sour in the sick-room,
or elsewhere, by stirring in a few
drops Of the solution of bi-sulphite of
lime. This will not impair the taste !
in the least.
Lemon Peel Wdter.-Pare the rind |
of one lemon which has been previ-
ously rubbed with half an ounce Of re-
fined loaf sugar; put the peeIing and
sugar into jar, and pour over them a
quart of boiling hot water When
cold, pour off the fluid and add ia
blesuoonful of lemon juice.
Muited Wine.-Take a quarter of |
an ounce of bruised cinnamon, halt a
nutmeg, grated, and ten bruised cloves
steep them in half a pint of boiling |
water for 40 hour, strain, and add |
half an ounce of white sugar; put the |
whole into a pint of hot port or sher
ry wine 1t is a good cordial and re-
storative in the low stages Of fever,
or in the debility of convaleseenoo
from fevers.
Chicken Panada.-Take the white
meat of a boiled or roasted chicken,
free it from the skin, and cut it into
small pieces, pound these in a mortar
with an equal quantity of stale bread,
and a little salt, adding gradually
some of the water in which the chicken
has been boiled, or some beef tea I'M
til the whole forms a thin Auid paste.
Put this into a pan and boil for ten
minutes, continually stirring.
TOILET RECEIPTs.-Rose Lip Salue.
White wax, one ounce; oil Of al
mOnds, two ounces alkanet root, one
drachm. Melt and mix until well col
ored, strain and add six drops of otto
| of roses.
Lavender Ointment-MiX thorough
ly equal parts of oil Of lavender, oil
.of nutmeg and butter of cocoa. Thi:
is an excellent preparation to increase
the growth of the hair.
Lorender Water-To one gallon
OF alcohol, add four ounces of oil of
lavender, one ounce of oil of bergamot
and one-eighth of an ounce Of essence
/ of ambergris; mix thoroughly.
/ C0logne Water.-Take of oil ner
: oil, oil of lemon, oil of bergamot, OF
) of orange, and oil of rosemary. each
4 twelve drops, of cardamon,one drachm
/ and Of alcohol, one pint. This is sale
t to be the formula used at Cologne.
q Now lawns very early the first NOW
inc, or at every subsequent moving
the lawn will look brown; a thin
sprinkIing Of salt is good for the lawl
/ just enough salt to see the grains Of
y the surface about a quarter of an incl
+ apart. An overdose will destroy TIN
! grass. Frequent rOIlings is one OF til,
= best ways to get good close sod
Mb6n HS 9Sa8f Tsg s5 s& s in f9 TBS Jaw
= FLEAs.-BoiI a small quantity o
y NORWOOD in water, and wash tn
+ floors and walls Of your rooms, ais
: your chairs and bedsteads, with tn
., bitter decoction, and the flea will file
= when no man pursueth. A sma
m quantity of NORWOOD placed wit
Y wooden and furS will efectually pr
% vent all depredations from heas an
Il other vermin.-EGchaage.
~ YINEs.-After trying various met
= DDS lor protecting melons and C
~ cumbcrs from The striped bug al
other Insects, We lad the fOiIowu
y. superior To any other:
!, Two small twiLs o! 0sier or OF
= er slender woods, about a foot ana
=. hail or Two lcet iong, are bent Oy
- the hill Of young plant, and The en-
- thrust into the ground. y newspap
e is then placed upon these curv
49, sticks covering the whole, and t
= edges are fastened down all arou
:, By covering Of earth. This &C
49, ,ututcs the whole coutrivance, a
b, affords complete protection from
-. insects; the paper being thin a
. porous. admits -utfi lent supply
~, ar aud light, Il, the same time SHIT
criug from cold winds. Plants I'll
.oa protected have grown twice as ii
I'll as those fully exposed. Another ;
49, vantage OF this mode is the prot
-; ton it affords from night tro8tS, rel
10 ering it admirably adapted to plaI
tan which have been early removed fir
~ the hot bed. Lastly and not least
Nm it's cheapness. A gardener will
.ad ply it to a dozen hills in as many N
md utes 10y the watch, the material &C
ont ing nothing to any one who take
ND newspaper. Unless the paper is V,
to. thin and fragile, heavy rains will
,co break it. Strong plants 8ometin
hnt break through, but better way, wi
ia the 4 become large, is to tear a h
etv in the top, the remaining paper
=" the sides still afording some prot
ton, although plants Of this size
liza usually sale from injury. We obt;
ow- ed the suggestion from some pap
ute but improved upon it as above
scribed.
' g. Hollow HORN.-A remedy for