Year: 1859

"Gather them dry, prick them through
with large pin two or three times, put
them into salt and water shift them
every three days for a fortnight, put
them into a sieve, and let them stand a
day in the air, and then put them into
an earthen lar. Boil as much vinegar
as will cover them well, pour it boiling
hot over them, let them stand three
days, then put them into a sieve, and
let them stand in the air another day;
then take to every quart of fresh vine
gar that may be wanted, half an ounce
of black mustard seed, half an ounce
of horseradish cut into Slices a quarter
of an ounce of long pepper, three cloves
of garlic, a dozen cloves, four or five
pieces of raw ginger, and q few escha-
lots; boil these ten minutes, and pour it
boiling hot over your Walnuts let it
stand a fortnight, then put them into
bottles corked close, and cover the corks
with resin, They will keep for years"


Drying PUMPK1Ns.-Pumpkius may
be kept in the old-fashioned mode of
cutting into rings, pairing and drying
on poles, or they may be cut into small
slices and dried on plates in the sun
and oven A better plan, however, is
to pare, stew and strain them, just as
if for pies; then spread the pulp thinly
upon earthen dishes, and dry quickly
in a hot sun or a partially heated oven.
If dried slowly there is danger of sour
ing. Store in dry room. Kept in
this manner they retain much of the
freshness and flavor of newly gathered
fruit The dried pulp should be soaked
in milk for q few hours before using
In making pies they are greatly im-
proved by stirring the pumpkins in
scalding milk, especially if eggs be not
used


To DRY Conn FOR SUCCoTAsH.--Se-
lect sweet corn when in its best state
for eating green. Scald sufficiently to
"set the milk" IF a small quantity at
time is put in boiling water, it should
not remain over five minutes, Cut from
the cob; spread on cloths, or frame
covered with net, and expose to the sun.
When well cured, put in bags and hang
in a dry place,


ELDERBEBRY PE.-Put the under
crust on the platter, and pour on elder
berries till half an inch deep; then
sprinkle two tablespoonfuls of -four and
two of sugar over them, and pour on
them a teacupful of sour cream Put
on the upper crust, and bake thoroughly.
Dried elderberries will make as good
pies as though fresh, if they are soaked
few minutes in hot water before using


CUCUMBER KETcuuP.-Take three
dozen of full grown cucumbers and
eight white onions. Peel tho onions
and cucumbers, and then chop them as
fine as possible. Sprinkle on three
quarters Of pint of fine table salt; put
the whole in a sieve and let it drain
twelve hours. Then take teacupfulfI
of mustard seed, half teaspoonful of
ground black pepper, and mix them
well with the cuCumbers and onions
Put the whole into a stone jar, with the
strongest vinegar; close it up tightly for
three days, and it is ft for use. 1t will
keep for years. Harrisburg Union.


RECEIPT FOR DIARRHGA.-Put into a
bottle three ounces pimento (allspice,) } !
upon which pour one pint best French
brandy--sweeten with white sugar
Dose.-A wine-glass full every hour for
three hours for an adult For children
dilute, and give a tablespoon full each
hour. This remedy has been known to
.Cure in violent cases Of diarrh@a.


CURE FOR THE NEURALGIA. -- The
Alta California gives the following re-
Cipe for the cure Of neuralgia: Half
drachm of sal ammoniac i'm an ounce of
oamphor water; to be taken q teaspoon
full at a dose, and the dose repeated at
intervals of five minutes, if the pain be
not relieved at once This is believed
TO be the most efiectual remedy ever
discovered for this most painful malady.


MICE AND RATS. - Somebody says
Mice and rats are very easily destroyed,
If we set about it in earnest. Get live
plaster Of Paris and -four, mix them dry
in equal quantities, lay it in dry places,
and sprinkle little sugar amongst it,
Both rats and mice eat ravenously; the
plaster set firm directly after it is mois-
tened, becomes a lump inside OF them,
and kills to a certainty.


PRESERVING BUTTER.-A oorrespon-
dent Of the Scientific American relates
that a crock of butter was recently re-
covered from the wreck Of a steamboat,
which had been sunk in sand under
water for seventeen years, and was found
to be as sound and sweet as on the day
it was made He therefore suggests
sinking butter in well or cistern for
preservation.


We find the followin g in the Chicago