Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-12-07

pass it through n jelly-bag, or through twice.
folded muslin /; weigh, and then boil it rapidly
for twenty minutes; draw it from the fire
stir in 1t tail dissolved fourteen ounces of good
sugar, roughly powdered, to each pound of
juice, aud boil the Jelly quickly for ftaecn
minutes longer, keeping II constantly stirred
and perfectly well skinned, Ii vii be very
{ IPestert R.raL
= Joseph Harris gives the following
remedy Tor weedy lsnd, having especial refeF>,
ence Ia high priced land, and where fall sow
small grain IS raised: Fall following q
spring crops, to be seeded down with Glow
tall-plowing followed by summer, fallowiua
wheat, also 20 be seeded with clover; planting
two hoed crops, such as corn and potatoes, Ia
succession, aud the constant use of the O
va;or between the rows and plowing
cultivating in the fall, after the crop IA
moved passing the moving machine or.
wheat stubbles seeded with clovet,
weeds appear, and keeping down ihetw
along the fence, and in waste places aud road.
sides
: For the benefit of those who, like mySN
self, are in a new country where apples are
scarce. and beef much moro so. send you n
recipe for mock mince pies Ono teacup Of
bread; one OF vinegar; one of water one of
raisins one of sugar one of molasses one
half of butter one teaspoon OF cloves one Of
! cinnamon The quantity is sufficient for three
pies. They are equally as good as those made
in the usual way have never yet seen n
person that could tell the difference. Try
them. all ye lovers of mince pies, and, my
word for it, you will pronounce them excel ;,
lent.-E'rch0Rge.
To CANDY FRUIT.-Take one pound Of
the best white sugar, loaf; dip each lump ia
n bowl of water then place the sugar in q
kettlo and boil down to rich syrup; skin of
any sediment that may gather on tho top,
take your solid fruit carefully from the jars,
and dip in the hot syrup, and lay them care
fully away to harden BY repeating this
several times, your fruit will not only be beau.
tiiuI to the eye, but delightful to the taste.-
Large white grapes, or oranges separated into
slices, and prepared in the same way, are
delicious, as we'll as the preserved fruit.
Good Sponge Cake.-A lady contributes
the following recipe to the Western Rural:
Break four eggs in pan then add two cups
of pulveriZed sugar. aud beat thom well to-
rether. Dissolve an even teaspoon Of soda
in teacuP of buttcrmilk, aud stir in with the
other; then add flour enough to make u stiff, ,
batter. together with tea spoon of salt and
spices to taste. Put it into two pans it will {
bake in half an hour. Have. the oven US hot
as you would for baking bread.
- To wash hoop skirts, mako strong, hot
suds, and then rinse the skirt in this, rubbing
it around the bottom with soft brush. Re
neat this process with fresh suds, and then
rinse thoroughly in clear water afterwards
have some moderately thick starch made ,Iand
dip the skirt in as far up you wish, rub
biny the starch in with the hand. TheH-pin
the skirt on n line by the binding, and LET it
dry. Select clear day, but not too windya
one.
A RIcu DEsERT.-Boil one pound Of rico
to thick pulp; add little salt TO pint of
sweet milk. Take ripe peaches, pare, halve,
and sugar well, spread the rice on white muslin,
size Of common dumping, place in each a
peach. wrap and secure each dumping by
few stitches place in pot of hot water, boil
from three quarters 10 an hour. then remove
the cloths and cat while hot, with sweet cream
and sugar.
Tomato FrGs-Scald and remove skins
from. sixteen pounds of sound, solid tomatoes;
add six pounds Of sugar; simmer slowly un-
iii the sugar penctrntes the tomatoes. and they
ore clcrifed ;icn place them singly, upon
plates, and dry in the sun reserve the syrup,
and frequently sprinkle n little over them
while they urc drying; when thoroughly dry,
pack in boxes, scattering white sugar between
each layer.
JEIIfEs Never let your jcllies g,t cold
in the ket,le if boiled too long it loses it5
favor and becomes Of dark color. S'Toiu
the iuice Of the fruit through n thin b2eS to
each mint of the juice add one pound o. Fhito j.
sugar boil Is minutes, skimning it all ~
time pour while hot into your glasseS sc
in the sun for several hours, then<feal
ly so as to keep all air out.
APPLE JELLY.-Take of sweet
apples. half bushel each; boil unt1
tender; press out the juice and STRAND
boiI it down; when two-thirds boiiei
add three pounds of sugar, then boil ff
thickness Of current jelly; put few droPs
lemon oil in each glass, % mould, pour in tho
hot ielly. and prepare as above. If rightly
done, no jelly is superior.
When taking up trees for transplantipg,
great care should be taken not to inJure the
roots. The failure among trees newly set out
arises frequently from damage done in dig
| eing up the trees in the nursery .iore
/ planting, all bruised and wounded rootsshould
| be cut off at the wounded part, making clean
cut with a sharp knife.
"A correspondent of the .JotrIdf ~
JJ,r,;c,,l,ure saws that everybody will be dis-
arroin,ed who thinks that rich. plump. juicy
rears can be obtained by digging hole In
~, eo;l that comes handy. jamming 10 tree
any ;m:, so ,oTen from rich nursery, and hastily
crowding back the earth:
correspondent of4he New York Far
,,or., Club having asked how to clean cucum-
beI and tomato seeds, was told to spread on
niece of paper in the sun to dry. Tiey will
bn cIeau enough for home use, for commercial
purposes, it is necessary to wash out the pulp
and dry them.
In Purdy L Johnston's Small. Fruit
Recorder the following directions "re given
for nronaoatipg blackberries: "Cut the roots
M in the fall; pack away in sand and sow in
shallow drills in the spring. like Peas-scat-
tering over the surface little coarse manure.