Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-04-06

to be observed in sugar manufacture ;
absolute cleanliness and rapidity OF
work. Strict adherence to these will
take the place of all old fashioned
nonsense and receipt book" FORMS
The most delicious syrup we have
ever tasted, is that made without the
addition of any substance whatever,
by the simple process OF rapidly and
clean!y evaporation. The improve
ments in utensils for sugaring have
kept pace with the progress of other
branches of agriculture. The old
potash kettles" suspended by chains
over a green wood fire--6rst gave
way for the long shallow cast iron
pans set on an arch of brick. When
the heater" a tin reservoir with
number of pipes through its base for
the passage OF the fire, was introduced
it was hailed as a valuable improve
ment and so it was in the saving of
time and fuel. There were objections
to it however-the liability to destruc-
ton from the accidental obstruction
of the flow OF sap for moment, and
the greater one, that the violent boil
ing before skimming seemed to boil in
impurities. We have recently pur-
chased for our own use an improved
evaporator, which is believed to be
the best thing in use, description Of
which may be interesting. 1t is 90
rey's evaporation, combining the i'm
Iprovements Of Corey, Cook and Harris.
The material is galvanized iron, or
copper, the former being preferable
for sap. The pan is made with Sc
ries OF hedges in the bottom open
10 Tue ire on the under side, giving
great heating surface, and guiding the
sap III d transverse current from side
TO side, until it passes out at tie tau-
Get al the other end in the form Of
syrup. The sides OF the pan project
some six inches over the brick work,
cooling the liquid slightly and gath
eriug impurities as they rise, Conven-
lent TO be raised by the skinner. A
gate midway, may be closed to stop
the current while the syrup is being
2 drawn of. The evapOratOr Is turn
. lShed with monitor regulator, an
ingenious little affair, which controls
= the flow from the holder, and governs
: the depth OF sap III the eyaporatOr, so
= that II Is impossible for the sap to
boil down and burn or overflow the
5 sides. This regulator may be set at
4 any length desired, ana The moment
, the sap rises to that poiut Tue pipe is
; closed and opened again as it reeedeS
e 10y evaporation. We have never used
this eyaporatOr, but upon careful ex.
a animation and inquiry OF those who
t have, leei so we'll assured Of its great
; value that we have ordered one. al
i before stated.
; Gentlemen OF our acquaintance, of
; large experience in sugar manufacture
i and whose credibility Is undOubted
5 do not hesitate to say that pan I l.:
5 by 4 feet will reduce 40 gallons of
/ sap an hour, and can be attended t
e by boy dozen years old-tha. tn,
saving OF fuel Is at least One-third owe
a common pan, and the quality OF tn,
d product is improved 10y the rapidit,
d OF the process. The use OF the heate
e in connection with this pan is unnec
:, eSSary, as the sap Dolls before it ha
8 crossed the evapurator the Se3on'
4 time.
o One of our friends who uses thi
evaporator and who taps $50 trees
e states that Doy took care Of the boil
:, ing last year. and did not work Ou
<, one evening and then not after min
/ O'Clock. Think Of that you who sa
&c up night alter night boiling sap, an,
); wasted barrels of it because ther
C was no time to take care of it!
Various improvements of more 0
u less value, III the sap spout or Spite
3 and method of suspending the bucke
. have been made. A simple wOode
: spout, entering the tree just enoug
. to remain lii position, is as good u
IL anything we have yet seen. The oil
IL way Of driving a nail for suspendin
ID the bucket, to be left or broken off,
81 Objectionable. Attaching the buckle
to Spite by any device, requires tn
+ latter to be driven too hard and /
/; enter the tree too far. The mo.
a. perfect device to our knowledge is
ID clasp or stiff wire reaching somewha
e more than half around the trunk, ber
TX to sharp claw or dog at each en-,
which is driven into the bark by
ID light blow of the hammer, and a hoo
IN midway for the bucket. 1t is readiI
X adjusted and removed, is secure, an
g does no harm to the tree. Thick fe
r 8trainers are necessity. - Reco,
lg and Farmer.
#. HOBBY HORsICAL PARENTS. = "
to knew mother whose fanaticiSm in tt
I'd virtues of cold water were such, Tia
she gave her first born a drenchir
- every morning, until it was fair
: thrown into commissions at the vel
- sight of the preparations finally d
I'd ing CT epilepsy, after years Of sufe
do ing.
Nv Fred oriI.a Rronae.-saua that b,
49, father nearly starved his Children
49, death under The influence of vagari
~ in reference to keeping down the al
M NAL, and elevaJing the spiritual n
as ture. by means of a spare diet.
H. Under the influence of the halluC
~ nation that the very first inclinatiC
- of slubbornnesS on the part of ii
IL child should be subdued by all meal
IL man Of education, in the year
grace 1866, beat his son, of two yea
old, to death because the child wou
ne not sag its prayers.
on A parent discovered that. a lit
IT. child of five years of age was ARA
X to sleep in a room alone; and thin
'h' ing it mere notion, put the littlei
IN nOcent to bed, put out the light locke