Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-09
Things worth KnowinE.

Keep tea in a close chest or capnister.
Keep coffee by itself, as its odof affects
other articles.
Keep bread and cake in tin box or
stone jar.
Cranberries will keep all winter in a
firkin of water in a cellar.
September and October butter is the
best for winter use.
Oranges and lemons keep best wrapped
in soft paper, and, if possible, laid in a
drawer. l..--
The standard adopted by the United
States is the Winchester bushel, 1Sls
inches in diameter inside, 8 inches deep,
and contains also 42-l00 cubic inches.
1t is the legal bushel of each State hav-
ing no special statute bushel of its own.
A half-bushel measure should contain
1,075 2l-100 cubic inches.
To find the contents OF cylindrical
measure multiply the square of the
diameter by .7S5, ,39s and then by the
depth. Example: 1SleX1S1s=3i2.25; % ;
81, ,25x. 49,, ,39S=26s, sos; 26S, ,SO3xS=2,-
$50 42-I00.
The United States standard gallon
measures 23l cubic inches.
A barrel contains 10 gallons or ., 240
cubic inches.
Five yards wide by 96S long contains
acre; 10 yards wide by ASA long con-
tains acre; 20 yards wide by 242 long
contains l acre; 40 yards wide by l2l
long contains l acre; go feet wide by
726 long contains l acre; ITO feet wide
by 1896 long contains acre; 220 feet
wide by 19S long contains acre.
l. lo- tl,o,
Ii inches in length from the extremity of
the head to the fork of the tail, fat, free
from rust, taint or drainage.
No. mackerel should be not less than
III inches in length. fat and free from &c.
No. 3 mackerel should be not less
than 10 inches in length.
No. 3 large should not be less than Is
inches in length and in quality are those
that remain after the selections of No. L.
No. mackerel comprise all not in the
above. and should be free from taint or
damage. -.-...
The above is the standard established
by law i'm Massachusetts,, and is generally
accepted by the trade elsewhere.
Mackerel should be kept covered with
brine and not exposed TO the air, as il
becomes rancid or ''rusty" in a 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 scales and when smoked be of
a bright golden color.
No. herring are generally small and
poor fish.
The best way TO cook cod fish-Strip
il of its skin and cut in pieces about the
size of ones hand; place it in water and
allow il to simmer on the stove until it
becomes tender. 1t should never be al
lowed 10 boil. Boiling hardens and
darkens the fish, and deprIves it of much
of its flavor.
Welsh firkins ars so called from the
fact of their being introduced by Welsh
settlement in the northern part of New
York State. \ Welsh firkin contains
about 100 pounds, and a half-firkin or
tub 80 pounds ON an average. A COM
mon returnable firkin contains from 30
to 30 pounds of butter, and common
firkin 30 to 100 pounds.
Mackerel comes in barrels, half
barrels, quarter barrels and kits, con-
tanning full weight, respectively 200,
100, 80 and 90 pounds.
Pork, full weight, should contain 200
pounds, but the standard has been re-
duced to 100 pounds; picked beef hams
in barrels BOG and 220 pounds; clear
sides in bulk, in boxes, 500 pounds, and
in hogsheads from 500 to 1000 pounds.
Salt-Ashton's, Marshall's and other
Liverpool brands-comes in bags, 22l
pounds: New York State in barrels and
bags, 240 and 2s0 pounds; cases table
salt contain co boxes, about pounds
each. Salt also comes in small packets,
put up in sacks, three sizes; %, 10
pound packets; 40, pounds; and so, }
pounds.
Oolong teas are very highly dried, of
wiry, brittle leaf, and valued according
to degree of strength and pungency,
and freedom from dust.
SouchoDgs 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, gray
ish black leaves.
Gunpowder is a heavy tea, of dark
green hue, and the leaves rolled in hard
balls.
Imperials are in larger grains than
gunpowders, and in color silvery
green.
Hysons have long, straight, fleshy,
grayish green leaves, rolled lengthwise
on themselves, with sweet aromatic
flavor.
Twankays, are known by the larg
yellowish, badly-rolled leaves and strong
odor. The infusion is deep yellow,
and of clear, sharp taste.-Americdn
Grocer.