Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-05-12

Pigeons eggs stewed with mushrooms: (2I
sliced >e:l sluy> in chicken broth with ham
III. Wild duck and Shlntung cabbage;
Gi) flied fish; tl) Jumps of p,Ik fat. fiji. 4
in rice Il 'ur- Ill Stewri lily roots; (5)
chicken mashed TO palp with ham; (6I
strwcl hamb''o shoots. ~. Siewrd shell
fish: G) fried slices of pheasant: (s)
mushroom broth Hem0rc Two dishes
Of fried pudding. one sweet and the o:her
salt. WI II twn dishes of >t'.tmel puddinos,
also one sweet and one salt. le>e four
are put on the table together and with
them i served :, cup of almond tea V.
Swcctcrcl duck VI. Siiip> of bonei
chicken fried N OIL. VII Boiled fi-h of
any kind with soV- VII. Lamps of par
boiled mutton. fricl in pork fat These
ltst four luge courses alc pat on the Ia
bic onr bv one, amI aie not taken away
Subsequently a fifth. :, howl of -oup. is
aided. AMI small basins of rice are served
round. over which some of the soup is
poured. he meal l. then AT an end
rtn"c-ho1tche is handed to each guest.
AMI a towel. dipped in boiling water. but
well wruug ont. With the l;.~t he mops
his face all over. and The cf,,-t i much
The sIme as half noggin of Ex>haw,
qualified with a bottle of Schwrppe
Pip-s anl tea are now handed round
though this ! not the fist appc.trcn- e Of
tobacco on the scene VI ,nv Chmanl1n
take :. w:Iitl or two a. their hnbbl.-huhhles
between almost every 90 lrse. Opium j.
provided when dinner is over when for
such As are al li,'i,d t. the f.lt..l Injury;
'tnd Ail"rt few minutes. >p n perh 'lI> IN
arranging III. p'-.lin'nlri-> of some fu-
iure ban .uet Ia" patty. which has prob
ably lasted from three. la folr huurs i no
longer of tn present. bat in the past
How NrrMEG> GIspw.-An oh whalcr
tells. in the io.rtcn Groce-. all about
nutmrgS. This spice. 50 much u~el in
every family. i indigenous t. the Moluc-
ca>, reaching lis greatest perfection in
Ambovln. l'hi, islinl helonr~ To the
Dutch. who do no, permit the cultiva'i N
oi the nutmeg in other islands under their
control. The nutmeg trc" is twenty five
o. thirty feet Oh when ful ' gown. with
foliage Of a rich dark green, and very
plentiful. Ii reaches maturity or fu pro-
ductiveness Al The fifteenth Year ON
planting. From the blossom 10 The ri en-
in@ OF tn frGii takes about seven mcnihs.
hui a the tree l. a perennial he,I e. + ers
are always blossoms. green fruit and ip.
on the tree HE yielr is Mere pl ntiful
he l.t>t four munth, of thr y"tr. L .ic av-
erage yie.d PER :,nnum of !. healthy tree is
five p,un l. "t nutm~--, AMI one and on
fourth p"ln'!s of mace. A plantation of
one tho .sini tres requires the Labor of
~'-vrn coolies. fifty oNrn ani two plouchs
for cultivation AMI harvesting Th,. irliit
is g.,thcre hv means of a hook attach.
I" a pole l. j shaped Ike prar. about
HE >lZr OF a peach. ana has delicate
bloom The nat his three coverings;
the outside one i th, fl,~hv hu-k hnr-
ing u Strong Il vor of nutmeg This hl>k.
preserved III syrup when voanr. is 4 fiv-
orite >Wcl;m,-.It in The East Indies Cnder
t.ii- hu~N i tn nri-lt rel mace. which
: carefully til;lcr,l bv hand and did
On mats III the IN. Il io-cs il rich scar
h, ami becomes 4 dull orlnE,- 20 or. and
rellfcs To nc kept perfectly dry 70 pre-
serve il ii tvor. After The mace i remny-
"a from the fl,!i,. the nuts in their brown
shells are placed on hurdles over The slow
ilse. which l. kept constantly burning un-
der them for two months. The nut tfeu
rattle in The shells. which art. cracked with
4 wooden mll!ct. the >oun nuts selected
and packed in wooden c:i>es and = rinhled
over with dry. sified lime. ana are then
ready for market. The best nutmrg> are
,I,-n>r. emi, all when pricktd with a pin.
an! can always be known br Their heavy
weight. Poor ones are Light and easily
known.