The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-09-02
THINGS WORTH KNOWING.


Keep bread and cake in Q tin box or
stone jar
Cranberries will keep all winter in a
firkin of water in cellar.
September and October butter is the
best for winter use.
Oranges and lemons keep best wrap
ped IN soft paper, and if possible laid in
drawer.
To find the contents of q cylindrical
measure multiply the square by the
diameter by 795,39S and then by the
asNth Example 193x1sa- 20;
So. So 25x. 7s5, ,3as-26S, ,so3 268, ,SO3x92,
$50 42-100.
The standard adopted by the United
States Is the Winchester bushel, 49, in
ches in diameter inside, 12 inches deep,
and contains 2, 2,160 41-100 cubic inches.
1t IS the legal bushel of each state, hay
ing no special statute bushel of its own.
A half bushel measure should contain.
1,675 21-100 cubic inches.
The United States standard gallon
measures 231 cubic inches.
A barrel contains 40 gallons OF 9,24O
cubic inches.
yards wide by 96S long contains 1
acre.
10 yards wide by 4S4 long contains 1
acre.
20 yards wide by 242 long contains 1
acre.
80 yards wide by 121 long contains l
acre.
60 feet wide by 726 long contains 1
acre.
110 feet wide by 396 long contains 1
acre.
No. l mackerel should not be less than
13 inches in length from the extremity
of the head to the fork of the tail, fat,
free from rust, taint or drainage.
No. 2 Mackeral should not be less
than II inches in length, fat, and free
from rust, &C., sc.
No. mackeral should not be less
than 13 inches in length and in quality
are those that remain after the selections
of No. 1.
No. mackeral comprise all not in the
above, and should be free from taint OF
damage.
The above is the standard established
by law in Massachusetts,, and is general
ly accepted by the trade elsewhere.
Mackerel should be kept covered with
brine and not exposed to air, as it be-
comes rancid or "rusty'' in few days.
Mess mackerel-The finest fish with
head and tail removed.
Extra number ones are selected fish.
Large number twos-Fish over thir-
teen inches in length, and not good
enough in quality for number ones.
Scaled herrings should be fat fish,
free from scale, and when smoked be Of
a bright golden color.
No. herring are generally small and
poor fish.
The best way to cook codfish.-Strip
IL VI lUS Shll fi1li Cub LII pICSCo tsOObo b11O
size of ones hand place it in water and
allow it to simmer on the stove until it
becomes tender. Tt should never be
allowed to boil. Boiling hardens and
darkens the fish, and deprivesit of much
of it's flavor,
Welsh frkins are so called from the
fact of their being introduced by q
Welsh settlement in the northern part
of New York State. A Welsh frkin
contains 100 lbs, and half-firkin OF
tub so lbs., on an average. A common
returnable contains from 80 to 20 lbs of
butter, and common frkin 80 to 100
lbs.
Mackerel comes in barrels, half-bar-
rels, quarter barrels and kits, containing
full weight, respectively, 200, 100, 80
and 90 lbs.
Pork, full weight, should contain 200
lbs., but the standard has been reduced
to 100 lbs. /; picked beef hams in bar
rels 306 and 22O lbs. clear sides in bulk,
in boxes 500 lbs, and in hhds. from 800
to- 900 lbs.
Salt-Ashton's Marshall's and other
Liverpool brands-come in bags, 224
lbs. New York state in barrels and
bags, 240 and $50 lbs each. Salt also
comes in small packets, 40, 3 lbs.
Oolong teas are very highly dried, Of
wiry, brittle leaf, and valued according
to degree of strength and pungency, and
freedom from dust.
Souchongs are the strongest black teas.
The leaves are large, thin and often
broken. The infusion is clear, golden
and aromatic.
Congou teas have small, short grayish
black leaves.
Gunpowder is heavy tea, of dark
green hue, and the leaves rolled in hard
balls.
Imperials are in larger grains than
gunpowder, and in color silver green.
Twankays are known by the large,
yellowish, badly rolled leaves and strong
odor. The infusion is deep yellow,
and of clear, sharp taste.
THE English Channel tunnel is in a
fair way of taking definite shape. The
British House of Commons has already
passed the bill with reference to this
great undertaking, and cable dispatch
announces that the measure has passed