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A vititlfitral.
From the Bellefonte Watchman, Sept. 17.
PEtiNSYLVAINTIA FARMERS' HIGH
SCHOOL.
annual Election of Trustees.
The routine of labor at the High School
Farm was interrupted last week by the eke
tion of Trustees, which, by the act of May
20, 1857, is appointed to be held on the Farm,
on the first Wednesday in September.
Delegations from Bucks, Delaware, Erie,
Perry, Northumberland, Schuylkill and Lan
caster, arrived early on Tuesday, under the
impression that Tuesday was the day of the
election. These gentlemen bad ample time
to inspect the farm, the buildings, and the
operations thoroughly; and to see much of
the vicinity.
Early on Wednesday a crowd of delegates,
trustees and visitors arrived on the ground,
and the lands of the Farmers' High School
bore the weight of a body of men combining
intellect, skill and active philanthropy such
as few other causes could collect together
from the far corners of our State.
Of the Board of Trustees there were pres
ent Frederick Watts, A. 0. Mester, John
Strohm, A. G. Curtin (ex-officio), Z 3. N. Mc-
Allister, J. M. Snodgrass and Jas. Miles.—
Absent, James Pollock (ex-officio,) A. S. El
wyn, A. S. Roberts, Wm. Jessup and David
Taggart (ex-officio.)
President Watts announced to the Board
that this day was that fixed by the Act of the
Legislature for the election of Trustees in the
place of those whose terms expire. Where
upon the Board appointed J. McK. Snodgrass
land H. N. McAlister as judges to receive and
count the votes. The Board then adjourned
until noon, when, after re-assembling; the
Judges made the following report :
" We, J. McK. Snodgrass and H. N. McAl
lister, appointed judges to hold the election
in pursuance of the Act of Assembly, incor
porating the Farmers' High School of Penn
sylvania, make the following report.
The following is the representation which
appears for the purpose of electing the mem
bers of the Board of Trustees, and duly ac
credited by their respective cotnty Agricul
tural Societies :
COUNTIES REPRESENTED
Allegheny—James Reed, Moses Chess.
Berks—Geo. M. Keim, Solomon Kirby, S
C. Aneone.;
Blair—A. McAllister,4. A. Cunningham.
Bucks—W. I. Rogers, John Blackfan.
Cambria—R. L. Johnston, Wm .11. Gard
ner.
Chester—J. K. Eshleman, Pierce Hoopes,
Isaac Hays.
Clinton—G. W. Haliubake, J. S. Furst, S.
R. Peal.
Cumber/and—Geo. W. Shaeffer.
Centre—John Baily, Jos. Shirk, Sam'l
Delaware—Abraham P. Morgan, Joshua
Eyre, jr.
Erie—Robert Evans, John Burton.
Huntingclon—Jonathan McWilliams, Geo.
'W. Speer.
Juniata—Jos. Pomeroy, Wilson Jameson,
Hugh Hamilton.
..Eancaster—J. H. Hershy, J. B. Garber, L.
S. Reist.
Harshberger, Rob't Campbell.
Northumberland—Jas. Cameron, John Mc-
Cormick-.
Perry—Jacob Billow, Jos. Daily.
.Schuylkzll—J. S. Keller.
Westmoreland—Fred'k J. Cope, David W.
Shryock, M. M. Dick.
Union—the credentials of F. Wilson, 0.
N. Worden, and G. R. Bliss were received,
with power of substitution, but no gentleman
appeared for Union.
Upon counting the ballot it appeared that
Fred'd Watts, of Cumberland, James Miles,
of Erie, and Joshua P. Eyre, of Delaware,
had each 44 votes.
And the Judges therefore report, and cer
tify that the said Frederick Watts, James
Miles, and Joshua P. Eyre have been duly
elected Trustees of the Farmers' High. School.
JAS. McK. SNODGRASS,
H. N. McALLisrEa.
Sept. 2, 1857.
Judge Watts was then unanimously elect
ed President, and Gen. James Irvin Secreta
ry, after which the Treasurer presented his
account of receipts and expenditures. Hon.
John Strohm and Gen. Snodgrass were ap
pointed a committee to examine the account
of the Treasurer. Edward C. Humes was
elected Treasurer for the ensuing year.
After the transaction of other business the
Board adjourned, after which they sat down
with about two hundred visitors and friends,
to an excellent dinner prepared by the ladies
of the neighborhood, and laid out on a table
eighty-six feet long, arched over with foliage,
irsistefly decorated with flowers, fruits and
garlands, and ladened with the best of "sub
stantials"' and dessert, that the accomplished
and indefatigable troop of lady friends of the
Institution could possibly spread before their
guests.
Ample justice having been done to the
dinner, the table was cleared, after which a
meeting was organized, Judge Watts being
chosen President. The meeting was address
ad by.Bon. James T. Hale, as follows:
WILLIAH LEWIS,
VOL. XIII.
REMARKS OF JUDGE HALE
FELLOW CITIZENS tender the thanks of
this community to our distinguished and wel
come visitors, the delegates from many coun
ties of this Commonwealth, who, at great sac
rifice of time and conveniencC, have assem
bled here for active service in the promotion
of an institution which we all value so highly,
and in which we have so great and universal
an interest.. And I feel that the thanks of
all are especially due to the Board of Trus
tees, to their acting committee, and particu
larly to their accomplished President, who,
in the spirit of pure philanthropy, and at
great sacrifice of time and money, has devo
ted himself to the establishment of this grand
Institution. I tender the thanks of this con
vention, and of this community, to the Hon
orable Frederick Watts, and trust to hear a.
response.
SPEECH' OF JUDGE WATTS.
Judge Watts replied as follows:
I feel profoundly sensible of the honor ac
corded to me by such mention of my name,
before such an audience. I thank the Board
of Trustees for the honor of permitting me
to preside over their deliberations, and am
sensible how large a share of credit is due to
my associates therein, for what has been ac
complished.
I overheard this morning, a remark by a
friend whose remarks always make an im
pression upon me, that the amount of a man's
influence depends upon his education. By
the amount and quality of education men
are classified, and not by calling. Thus, in
the Eastern States, merchants and manufac
turers lead in influence, for they have, as a
class, the most cultivated intelligence. In
Pennsylvania, I may say, without disparage
ment to those in cities and some other por
tions who form exceptions—the learned pro
fessions lead in influence. In the South, it
may be said with equal truth, that the plan
ters have controlling influence, andin all
these cases the amount of influence is in
equal ratio with the amount and quality of
education.
There is stimulus in this idea. It shows
us how essentially important it is, in a state
where agricultural pursuits prevail, and con
stitute the broad basis of the wealth of that
State, that agriculturalists should have an
education suited for themselves, and equal in
power to their own want, and the nation's
want.
For they have an amount of solid virtue—
we can all acknowledge—which is stronger
than is possessed by other classes, and which
if rendered active and influential by the pow
er of an adequate education will ever prove
the safety and bulwark of all our institutions,
and of our and their posterity.
This is a meeting of all classes. The prac
tical farmer, the sagacious and intellectual
lawyer, the thoughtful and careful physician,
the generous patriot, the philanthropic divine,
all desire to combine their best characteris
tics in the institution we contemplate, for the
immediate benefit of the farmer and the
farmer's son, and the multitude who aspire
to become culturalists, hoping thus to work
out great ultimate good to all.
It is impossible that any selfish motive can
actuate any one who seeks this object, and
we ask that this may be looked at and be
lieved. No other motive has animated those
who have labored for the establishment of
this means of education than a desire that
this institution shall have a firm and wide
foundation. Let it begin in prosperity and
full efficiency, and its beneficial results, will
rapidly spread throughout all our counties.—
The institution is yours ; we ask your help
ing hands for its promotion.
I dare say you have all observed the mighty
movement of agricultural progress resulting
from the general establishment, within a few
years, of agricultural societies. The United
States Agricultural society exhibits in one
view the growth, the production, the stock,
the men, with all their industrial achieve
ments, from all quarters of our immense na
tional territory. At its head is a man of the
rarest judgment, industry, skill, science, edu
cation, and lofty virtue, devoting the most
valuable time freely to the great good of a
nation. The influence of that society , is felt
everywhere throughout the United States ;
everywhere powerfully stimulating the ablest
inventors and most accomplished' mechanics
to enter the great arena opened for them, in
competition for the supply of every imple
ment and machine most perfectly adapted to
the wants of the farmer, either on the grassy
plains of the distant west, or the heavy soils
and rocky hills of the east, and for all objects
of culture and cure.
To come to our. own State Agricultural So
ciety, which especially for our own State
does like great service beyond what the Na
tional Society can reach to do. Let no jeal
ousy, no offence, either imaginary or real, no
objections against any individuals,--for the
term of any one man's influence is but tem
porary—bar us from looking kindly upon it,
or estrange us for one moment from a sense
of its great capacities for good. Let us join
in its promotion with all our united influence
for our common good as an agricultural peo
ple.
And let the same enlarged feeling animate
us towards our auxiliary county societies.—
There the farmers who assemble are almost
all personally known to.eaeh other; let them
carefully avoid any course that can discour
age their officers, or check the prosperity of
their common society.
Then, as the grand basis of improvement
and focus of educational power, we have here
our Farmers' High School, founded for the
education of farmers' sons to a full knowl
edge and love and pride of their noble occu
pation. This is our greatest want; the edu
cation of the hands, and the disposition, as
well as the intellect with especial reference
to the calling to be entered upon.
We do not find fault with literary educa
tion as bestowed in our colleges, but there
are few farmers in comparison, who can af
ford to pay at the rate of 300 dollars a year
for the college education of a son, and it
cannot be attained for less.
But the cost is by no means the greatest
objection, for the effect of this education is
in almost every case that of utterly estrang
ing from, and unfitting for the safe, health
ful and normal pursuit of the father, that of
cultivating the earth, and conducting the op
eration of the farm. The youth who returns
to his farm home after a three or four years
study of books at college desks, and in pure
ly literary society, finds utter uucongemality
in the company of his own father and broth
ers. His mind has been trained. in paths
leading quite away from rural pursuits; and
his bands are untaught and unfitted to assist
in or direct the labors of the farm. The
moral effect of this common but sad result is
equally disastrous and pitiable to both father
and son. It is a state of things which must
be cured; if not it will act like a corrosive
ulcer. We must combine the cultivated in
tellect and social amenities of mental refine
ment with the strong practical usefulness and
sound virtues of the agriculturalist, who,
giving the sweat of his brow, receives from
.Providence such bounties as are now stored
around us in this building (barn) and spread
upon these tables, the daily support of all
human life, and who dispenses them to all
other classes.
If these be not thus wedded, this great
agricultural State of Pennsylvania must re
main as now, with the balance of influence
and power in the bands of comparatively
few, for I may be allowed to repeat—feeling
no desire but to contribute to the security of
the future prosperity of our glorious com
monwealth—that the great body of citizens
—the great agricultural body—have not the
power and influence which they ought to
have, for the proper balance and benefit of
society.
Something must he done. How shall we
increase their power? The remark of my
friend answers the question. " Education
will impart influence." But it must be such
education as will lead to the desired end.—
It is self-evident that it is no education, un
less it is a fit one. Science, art, and labor
must be combined. Here is our want. At
present we have no college in existence.—
Whatever may have been done in Europe
under the greater pressure of necessity, we
have no such institution as yet to which we
can have any access.
Now, the institution we are strivinc , . to es
tablish at the earliest possible period, is in
tended to supply this great social, political,
moral, and economic want. And while it
improves the agricultural mind, and trains
the hands, it will do both at less expense
than the purely literary training can be ob
tained for. Thus, while reducing cost very
greatly, it will educate better, and fit for
every business or relation of practical life.
We estimate that one hundred dollars per
annum will fully cover all expenses for board
and tuition, as we are instituting upon- the
farm different branches of culture adapted
to exercise, and illustrate fully the entire
theory and practice of cultivation, and at
the same time such as Will afford pleasant
and profitable, moderate, regular and varied
labor to the students.
Provisions will be made for ample and ex
tensive mathematical training, and engineer
ing practice. All the branches of natural
science will be fully illustrated and taught.
Moral and civil science, and all the arts of
practical life, excluding nothing but what is
exclusively literary—the acquisition of the
dead and foreign languages.
We have started—there must now be for
us no such word as "fail!" Our Legisla
ture has done much to aid us—we have much
to do ourselves. Let us ask ourselves, each
one of us, how much do we owe to society,
and especially to the great class that forms
its basis.
Probably - no assemblage of men of various
pursuits, combining so much acute intelli
gence as the one hear met, could be convened
for any other object. And I believe myself
justified in saying that our object meets the
unanimous and warm approval of every one
present. If then it meets our views, if our
motives are right, how much ought we to do?
Let every man seriously consider how much
he owes the world, his fellow-men, and pos
terity, and answer by the exertion of his in
fluence, taking care to do what he finds to
do, with all his might. Let men dampen
with faint praise, or make no exertion with
pen, or tongue or purse, or speak evil of the
cause or of its advocates, and with the down
ward grade in their favor, they may counter
balance the efforts of those who strive to
push upward and onward this car.
Let there be no adverse feeling founded on
local preferences. What motive could there
be to induce those who examined, and deter
mined the locality for this school to do else
than right? With the approval of my asso
ciates I could gladly have taken it into my
own dear valley of Cumberland, but in the
exercise of a sound and clear judgment, (I
speak for all as an inconsiderable one only)
the board, having looked over all proposed
lands, and considered all circumstances, be
lieved the one chosen to be the best. It is
possible that we were in fault; yet I have
ever believed the selection made combined
more advantages than any other offered, and
I ask for myself and associates, the credit at
least of honest motives ; and, of all, to .con
sider how many of the most essential advan
tages of soil, surface, exposure, healthful
ness, and centrality, are combined in the
ground we have now met upon.
For a great common good, and in a spirit
of mutual confidence, let personal feelings
not enter into our considerations, let us all
agree to the conclusion, that what is done is
best. I must only detain you with a brief
detail of our financial strength. We have
received from our State Society, $10,000;
from citizens of Centre county, $lO,OOO ;
from the State $25,000; from the estate of
the late Elliot Cresson, $5,000 ; making in
all $50,000. To complete the buildings, and
open the institution, we must have $50,000
more, and this is provided for, if one half of
the amount be raised by individuals. We
shall then have $lOO,OOO, with which we can
start this institution into active and useful
operation, at a rate of charge to each stu
dent of not over $lOO per annum. All the
influence and. industry we can exercise will
go into the: account, and if our judgment
HUNTINGDON, PA., SEPTEMBER 30, 1857.
-PERSEVERE.-
and management are approved, we shall not
be allowed, in this great Commonwealth, to
fail of such an object. The community, un
derstanding our aims, will not let us fail.—
We must obtain the $25,000 by individual
contribution, and I say for myself, only be
cause I am urged to say it now, that I will
be one of ten, to give $lOOO each, towards
making up that amount.
Judge Watts sat down amid enthusiastic
applause from the audience. Responses to
the Judge's liberal offer, and general re
marks were then made by different delegates
and visitors, as follows :
GENERAL DiscussroN.
Gen. James Irvin—l will give $lOOO as one
of the ten.
Hon. James Mlles—Erie and Crawford
counties are pledged to contribute $lOOO.
Hon. James Burnside—lt has been sug
gested that $lOOO may be expected from
Clinton county, and $5OO from Cambria.
Hon. George Boal—Centre county has
raised and paid in $lO,OOO. Without con
sulting any one, and without previous knowl
edge that this course would be taken, I
pledge the county of Centre for $lOOO addi
tional.
Gen. J. Mel. Snodgrass—As a representa
tive of the county of Alleghany, I pledge
her for $lOOO.
H. N. McAllister, Esq.,—Fellow citizens:—
The good work goes nobly forward. The
time for speeches has passed ; and the time
for action has come. I pledge myself to be
one of twenty to contribute $5OO each.
Judge Burnside—Mr. President: I move
that at your leisure you appoint a committee
of one or three in each county of the State,
to solicit, collect and forward subscriptions.
The institution must receive students from
every county, and must report to every news
paper in the State, and it seems but right
that all should have fully opened to them the
privilege of contributing for such an object.
It seems to me that we may in this way raise
the sum specified, and more, for the estab
lishment of the necessary professorships, to
secure the most thorough training in every
department, as even less than the estimated
cost. The President is well acquainted with
men who will take interest in this, and lay
hold of it energetically.
Jas. Cameron—l like this proposition, and
believe it will be agreeable to many who will
desire an opportunity of contributing accord
ing to their means. Our county will be lib
eral, but I cannot, unadvised, make a specific
proposition of any amount.
The motion was unanimously agreed to,
and the President announced that the com
mittee would be reported in proper time.
Mr. McAllister—Let this arrangement not
supersede our previous one. I have no doubt
but that gentlemen can raise $lOOO in any
county in the State, with moderately energet
ic efforts, excepting only the very newest and
most thinly settled. Every one is interested
in point of fact. Every man woman and
child in the Commonwealth. Now is the time
we hare.
S. B. Peal, Esq.—Clinton county has been
referred to as good for $lOOO. It may be
possible to raise that amount, or even more.
The delegates will make every effort, but
would rather not be considered as pledging
any particular sum.
Judge Hale—There are abundant means
for such a purpose in our great common
wealth. We have only to exert our interest,
and fairly undertake to raise the funds.—
Centre county has raised $lO,OOO, and one of
her distinguished citizens has given an equal
value in land, and has just pledged another
$lOOO, followed by other unconditional pledg
es by other of her citizens, for yet an other
$1,500. The President of this meeting, who
has given so freely of his valuable time and
abilities to all the details of the enterprise, at
the greatest self sacrifice has ofli red yet a
sum of $lOOO. Now, cannot we raise the
balance of the sum wanted on the spot? I
will pledge myself to raise $5OO more, if we
can thus accomplish this. Let us hear from
all the counties represented. As to the loca
tion of the school, it must of necessity be lo
cated somewhere. It has been placed here,
and we are sensible of the advantages it
brings to us, and have contributed very
nearly one fourth of the entire estimate of
$lOO,OOO. Yet all other counties will have
an equal right with us to send pupils, and
we feel that we have a right to ask other
counties to aid in the consummation of this
great State work.
Dr. J. R. Eshlennan•—l have consulted with
my colleagues, and we pledge Chester county
for $5OO.
Hon. Jno. Strohm—The county of Lan
caster, which I have the honor of represent
ing, has not yet been aroused to an apprecia
tion of the peculiar merits of the school.—
There is a prejudice against college and high
school education, because it has been found
ruinously unfit for sons of farmers, intended
to follow their fathers' calling. But there is
much favor shown of late to common school
education, and, in a portion of the country,
funds are being raised for the establishment
of a Normal school under the late act, for the
second Normal School district of York, Lan
caster and Lebanon. This makes a call for
20 or $25,000, but chiefly in one locality.—
We have plenty of men, who, if they were
here to see this location, and look over all
that has been done, and were acquainted
with what it is purposed to do, would pay
largely and with pleasure—certainly without
feeling it. The county ought to give $2,500.
It has sent a full delegation here, and we
shall unite in doing our duty to inform our
fellow citizens, and to raise all we can, and I
trust you will hear a gratifying account, and
that Lancaster, as heretofore, will do her
duty. I will pledge at least $5OO, and prom
ise to raise it myself if there be no other
way.
Judge Burnside We should hear from
Dauphin—Dauphin, which has the State
Capitol, the Asylum, and is, in so many
ways, the recipient of public bounty, will
give us at least $lOOO. (Calls -for Judge
Heister, but he was not in, being engaged
l~ ~~
in business. Calls for Gen. Bally, of Perry.)
Hugit Hamilton—As a delegate from Juni
ata I will pledge myself and associates to
leave no stone unturned to do all we can for
the Farmers High School of Pennsylvania.
Col. Curtin—l move that the thanks of this
meeting be tendered to the ladies who have
provided so handsomely for our enjoyment
here.
President Watts—Every one will respond
to this motion from the heart. The ladies
have done so very much for our personal
comfort, that our warmest thanks are too
poor a return.
This well deserved tribute was heartily
cheered.
Mr. Harshbarger—We are not in a position
to pledge Miffiin to any set amount, but we
will do our duty.
Mr. Billow—As Perry has been called up
on, I will say that we will do all we can do.
Judge 3kWilliams—l cannot say what we
may he able to do in Huntingdon, but we
shall do our best. I trust collections will be
taken at all our county fairs.
President—l wish to suggest before ad
journment that we look forward to our State
Society for some further aid. Under favorable
auspices, and well managed, it ought to be
very productive. I have conversed with its
President, Mr. Taggart, and he assures me
that his warmest feelings are embarked with
us, and he will do all in his power to create
a surplus, and to secure its appropriation to
the Farmers' High School.
Resolution offered by Judge M' Williams :
Resolved, That the friends of this institu
tion look forward to the State Agricultural
Society as a valuable auxiliary in this good
cause.
Mr. Strohm—This School may be called a
child of the Society, with a right to look to it
for what aid it may be able to render.
Judge Watts—The resolution is only an
expression of good feeling. We are the repre
sentatives of auxiliary county societies, and
it is fit that we should embrace this opportu
nity of acknowledging our interest in the pa
rent society. It is an institution that we
must foster. Pennsylvania cannot dispense
with it and I trust it will regain its prosper
ity, and that any feeling that may have
checked its growth has been laid aside.
H. McAllister—We have yet some time
to spare, and there is a rich and powerful
section of our State represented from which
we have not yet heard. Let us hear from
mighty Berks.
Captain, Ancona—l regret the chief of the
delegation from Berks is not now present.—
I know that I am right in pledging , Berks for
hearty co-operation under Judge Burnside's
resolution, and all know that Berks makes no
pledging that she does not redeem.
J. S. Keller—l am the only representative
from Schuylkill, and cannot make an estimate
for her, but I promise every exertion that
whole hearted men can render to a noble
cause.
Mr. Blackfan—My colleague, Gen. Rogers,
has been obliged to leave for the U. S. Fair
at Louisville, Kentucky. 1 . ; can say for my
self that I have been greatly pleased with my
visit to this place, and with the course pur
sued, and will exert myself to acquaint the
people of Bucks county with the great
claim of this enterprise.
The proceedings were here interrupted by
a call of "Stage for Spruce Creek," and after
a hasty adjournment, and a general dis
charge of kind wishes and farewell expres
sions, one of the most intelligent, philanthro
pic, liberal and important Conventions by
which Pennsylvania was ever represented
from Erie to Bucks, was dissolved.
Everything promises well for the speedy
institution of every department of the Far
rulers' High School. The works on the ground
go on uninterruptedly under the wise direc
tions of the acting committee of the Board of
Trustees, and there does not appear to be the
smallest cloud of ill feeling on its whole hor
rizon. Every lover of his country and his
race—every one who hopes to leave an assur
ed welfare, safety and happiness to posterity
by placing the balance of influence in the
hands of the most numerous and the most
virtuous of our citizens—every one who is
dependant upon the success and prosperity
of the cultivators of the earth (as we all are)
for the means of life, will join in hearty con
gratulations on these auspicious prospects,
and in strenuous effort to place in the hands
of the liberal, enlightened and self-denying
Trustees, the funds necessary for the fullest
developement of their plans.
WAsanco CAucoms.—The folloviing method
of washing dresses of printed muslin, so as
to preserve the colors, is recommended by a
competent authority. The dress should be
washed in lather, and not in the usual way
by applying the soap direct upon the muslin.
Make a lather by boiling some soap and wa
ter together; let it stand until it is sufficiently
cool for use. Previously to putting the dress
into it, throw in a handfull of salt. Rinse
the dress without wringing it, in clear, cold
water, into which a little salt has been
thrown. Remove it, and rinse it again in a
fresh supply of clear, cold water and salt.—
Then wring the dress in a. cloth and hang it
to dry immediately, spreading it out as open
as possible, so as to prevent any part lying
over another. Should there be any white in
the pattern, mix a little blue in the water.
CLEANING SILK.--Ladies, the following is
said to be a certain process for cleaning silk:
Pare and slice thin, three washed Irish pota
toes ; pour on them a half pint of boiling
water, and add an equal quantity of pure
alcohol. Sponge the silk on the right side,
and when half dry, iron on the wrong side.
The lightest colored silk may be cleansed
and brightened by this process, also cloth,
velvet, or crape.
Editor and Proprietor.
NO. 15.
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LEARN TO COOK.
In my opinion the most important knowl4
edge that a " housewife" can possess, is that
which relates to the "art of cooking ;" It
is true there are other duties which must be
attended to, but if necessary, they can far
more properly be left to others than thccook
ing. The wife knows better what food is
most healthy and palatable for her family.--
And what husband, when he returns froiri
toil, weary, would not rather feel that his
"meal" had been prepared by the hand, of
her who was particularly interested for him,
than to know it had been "got up" by a ser
vant. Truly every "housewife" ought to
oversee her own cooking; and Mothers should
train their daughters to this, if it be to the
neglect of some less important branches of
"housewifery."
How TO KEEP PRESERVES.-Apply the
white of an egg with a small brush to a sin
gle thickness of tissue paper; the paper must
be sufficiently large to come an inch or two
over the jar, and will require no tying.
To CLEAN BLACK &LA.—Take an old kid
glove, boil it in a pint of water for an hour.
Then let it cool, and. when cold, add a little
more water, and sponge the silk with the
liquid:
HINT FOE THE tztvALID.—A. new-laid egg,
broken into a cup of tea, coffee, or chocolate,
and well lieaten up, is an excellent ingredi
ent in the breakfast of a person having a de
ficient appetite ; and will be found very sub
stantial.
PRESERVED PUMPKIN.—Cut a good pump
kin in strips like citron ; sprinkle sugar on.
them over night, pound for pound, and the
juice of four lemons in the morning; boil the
peel and a little ginger root, and add to the
syrup. Boil the pumpkin till tender, and
then turn on the syrup boiling hot.
MANGOES Take large,. green peppers and
melons, (melons that are half ripe and very
good,) take out the inside and put them in
weak brine for four or five days. Then fill
them with nasturtions, cabbage, green toma
toes, and onions chopped. Season with mus
tard seed, cloves and cinnamon, and cover
with cold, strong vinegar. They require no
scalding.
PICKLE PEAltS.—Leava3 the stem upon the
pears. Make a syrup of one quart of vine
gar, three pounds of sugar. This quantity
of syrup will cover a peek of pears. Cook
the fruit in the syrup until they are soft to
the core. Then take out the fruit; place
them in jars, and pour the syrup over them.
Throw a little mace in the syrup when hot.
ARROW ROOT FOR INVALIDS.—The practice
of boiling arrow root in milk is at once
wasteful and unsatisfactory; the best mode
of preparing enough for an invalid's supper
is as follows: Put a dessertspoonful of pow
der, two lumps of sugar, into a chocolate
cup, with a few drops Of Malaga, or any
other sweet wine; mix these well together,
and add, in small quantities, more wine,
until a smooth thick paste is formed. Pour
boiling water, by slow degrees, stirring all
the while, close to the fire, until the mixture
becomes perfectly transparent.
PICKLED PEAcems.=—Take a gallon of good
vinegar, add a few pounds of sugar, boil it
for a few minutes, and remove any scum that
may rise; then take cling stone peaches that
are fully ripe: rub them with a flannel cloth
to get off the down, and stick three or four
cloves in each; put them into a glass or
earthen vessel, and pour liquor upon them
boiling hot; cover them up and let them
stand in a cool place for a week or ten days,
then pour off the liquor and boil it as before,
after which return it boiling to the peaches,
then carefully cover up atu store away.
PEACIIES IN BRANDY.—Wipe, weigh and
carefully select the fruit, and have ready a quar
ter of the weight of powdered sugar; put
the fruit into a vessel that shuts closely;
throw the sugar•over it ; and then cover the
fruit with brandy; between the top and cover
of the pot put a piece of double cap paper;
set the pot in a saucepan of hot water, till
the brandy is quite hot, but not boiling; put
the fruit into a jar ; and pour the brandy
upon it, and when cold put a bladder over it
and tie down tightly.
STEWED COD OR BLAer.r.rsu.—Score the fish
first, leaving the head and tail on ; make a
dressing of bread crumbs, red pepper, salt,
nutmeg, cloves, a little cinnamon and a lump
of butter ; add a teaspoonfull of Harvey's
fish sauce and fill the scored parts with the
stuffing, and what is left over throw into the
pan. Put your fish into the pan with very
little water ; pieces of beef suet thrown over
and around the fish; let it stew slowly abont
an hour in the oven until it is a handsome
brown; just before you serve it pour a half
a tumbler of sherry or pot•t wine over the
fish and let it mix with the gravy. Pour the
gravy over the fish after it is in the dish, and
garnish with slices of lemon and pastry.
KFTCHUP.-Dr. MonttAL coMmunieates the
following reliable information to the Lewis
town Press:
" Slice the tomatoes, sprinkle them with
salt, and let them stand 24 hours. Mash
them fine and press through a hair or other
fine seive. Straining through a cloth as is
generally done, makes the catsup too thin.—
Boil down the pressed juice to one half, and
to every 3 quarts add two tablespoonfuls of
ground mustard and one of black pepper,
one tablespoonful each of cloves and alspice,
(unground) and a teaspoonful of cayenne
pepper. After adding the spices boil down
again to one-half, and strain out the cloves
and alspice by passing the catsup through a,
culander. For those who like the flavor, a
couple of cloves of garlic may be added.—
When sufficiently cooled put up in pint bot
tles, well corked and sealed. A spoonful of
grated horseradish (which every housewife
should have put away in a well secured jar
at the proper season) if added to a bottle of
catsup when opened, will, to the taste of most
people, add much to its richness and flavor.
Vinegar should never enter as an ingredi
ent into any catsup made of the tomato, as
this fruit is of itself sufficiently acid, and vin
egar destroys its peculiar fine flavor.
The writer of this article has tried almost
every formula for tomato catsup to be found
in the Books on Cookery, and which have
circulated through the Newspaper Press for
tbo last 20 years, and can confidently recom
mend the above combination as the best
amongst them, and by means of the modifi
cation specified it can be adapted to every
taste.
zeirAn old, experienced editor says that
there are three things which effect a man's
spirits : a dull day, an empty pocket and be
ing in love. We know by experience that
one of these will.—Ex. So do we.—Deva.