TERMS OF TUB AMEniCAK."
-H. B. MAS8ER, : . ! h I Poetise
JOSEPH EISELY. . r.,,rM. "
, awifri 1
Of in Centre Mlley, i the fear tf tt. B. Mat-
,. j lery Slore.) ...
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dsf at TWO DOLLARS per annum to b
paid half yearly in advance. No paper diacontin-
neil till Ait arrearage are paid.
No subscription received for a ten period than
ix Kojiths. All communication or lettora on
business rolattnf to the office, to insure attention,
must be POST PAID. . '
v ; . E. Be MASSEP. "
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
etJITBXJRT, TA.
"Duainea attended to in the Counties of. Nor
thurt'l vrland, Union. Lvcoming and Columbia. '
' ! - Kefer toi -
P. & A. FoVOUDT,
Lowxn St Uahhojc,
RomrRg & 8sjoneA, ' y-l'Mlad.
Rctsotna, McFarland & Co.
, Spxauio, Goon 6c Co., ,
ALEXANDER L. 111CKEY.
TRUNK MAKER,
Ko. 150 Chesiiut Street,
PHII.ADSX.FKXA. '
VTTHERn all kinds of lint' er trunk. vlies ant)
carpetbag, of every style and pattern sip
nunuftctiue.l, in the hrst manner and from the best
material; and sold at the I uveal nte.
. Philadelphia, July 10th. 1815. It.
M e m o v a 1 .
DR. JOHN -H'. I'E AL.
RESPECTFULLY inform. the ci
lizeus of Sor.l-u-y riid it iciniiy, ihr.t
lie ha renoved to t lie U.itk Houe, in
Muket ttfint. fr"ily larupied by
Bt njamin Hendricks, cist ,f (he utile fnrmer'y oc
cuiifd liy Mi!lt-r Sc Marti, and now by Ira T. Cle
mrnt, where he will be happy to receive cll in
tne line or bi proies'ion.
Sunhury, Match a9ih 1845.
1TEV7" CARPETTliTGsT
flHE subscribers have received, and are now
JL 0ei ing a snl.ndid a.irlinunl of the following
. g -ods
Saxony, Wilton and Velvet Carpeting'
' Tlrusne's and (mperinl 3 fly drt CAR
Kxlrs snerfir,i and fine Ingrain do TET.
EnRti.ih ahad-il & D.imitdi Venetian do .IMG.
Ampricin til!d and lii'd do
English UruEgeit and Wool, n Fl.ior Cluth
Hiair and Passage Docking
Embossed Piano and Table Cover
London Cheuille arid Tuf c l Rug
Door MIU of evey description.
ALSO
A large and extensive reortrrent of Floor Oil
Cloths from one to eight ysida wide, cut to fa eve
ry description of rooms or phages.
' Also, low priced Ingrain Caipetings from 31 to
.62 J cents per yard, together wi:h a Urge snd exten
sive assortment .I goods usually kept by caipet
merchants.
The above goo 's will be sold wholesale or retail
at the lowest market prices. Country merchants
end nrher are particularly iiivited to cnll and exa
mine our stock t fore making then selections.
CLARKSOX, RICH & MUI.LIHW,
Successors to Joteph II lack wood, No. 1 1 1 Cbeanul,
corner of Fr.inklin Place. ,. . .
Philadelphia. Feb. SS.I. IMS.
. UMRIIBLLAS &, PAttASOLS,
CHEAP FOR CASS.
J. "TT. SWAIIT'S .
Umbrella and Parasol Manufactory.
Wo. 37 A'orA Thinl ulrcrt. two duort Lcluui the
CITY HOTEL,
P ti 1 1 a 1 c 1 p li I a .
A IAVAYS on band, a Iwira Hock of U5.T
URELLAM and PAR ASOLS, inclu ling the
iairst now st) le of Pinked Edged Par:i-ola of the
best' woiknvtnaliip and malrrials. at price that will
make i'. an object to ('ountry Merchants and other,
to call and examine his tiw k In fori- purchasing
laewhere. Fe'-. 22, 1845. I?
SHUGKHT'S PATENT
WASHIXTG 2.CHIlTS.
THIS Machine h is niw been tented by more
than thirty families in this neighborhood, and
(ins given entire ntircliori. It t t simple in il
ci'i'struclinn, that tt cannot gvt out of order.. It
rontaiu no iron to rut, and no pringaor rollers to
gel out of repair. It will do ta-ice a much wah
inp, with less than halt the wear and tear of an) of
the lite inventions, and wht i of greater impor
tance, it coat but lit. le ovv-rhalf u much a othor
wfthing machines.
The stibarriher has the exclusive right for Nor.
ttiombetland, Union, L coming, Columbia,' Lu
aerne and Clintou coutilic. I'rice of single ma
chine 1 6. H.B. MASSSER.
' The following certificate s fiom a few of those
who have tbe-e machines in uae.
. - Sunbury, Aug. 24, 1844.
We, the auhsrribers, certify that wa have now
In ue, in our familirs, "Sliugeil's patent M'nah
Ing Machine," and do not hesitate at) ing that it is
a most excellent invention. That, ill Washing,
it will ?av more than one hall the uxual labor.
That tt does not require more than pnt third the
uaual quantity of .o ip and water ; and. that there
is n. rubbing, and consequenily, little or no-wear
tug or tearinu.- That it knock nfTno buttoni, and
that the fineat clothes, such as collar, lace, tut-ka,
trills, Scc, may be washed in a ve y abort lima
without the least injury, and in fact without any
apparent wear and tear, v.hate.v. r. We therefor.'
cheerfully recommend it to our friends and to the
public, a a moat useful and labor aavinc machine.
CHARLES W.HEGINW,
A. JORDAN,
CHS. WEAVER.
CHS PLEASANTS,
UIOEON MARKLE,
Hon. GEO. C. WELKER,
UI3NJ. HENDRICKS,
GIDEON LEISENR1NG.
Ifiaaf HotxU (formerly Tremont H"Uie, No.
118 Chesnut atteet,) Philadelphia, September
21.1,1844. '
I have used Shuaert's Patent Washing Machine
in my bonsa upwards of eight months, and do net
liealiate to fay that I deem it one of the mo-t use.
?'ul nd valuable labor-saving machine ever Invert',
trd. I formerly kept two women continually no
rupicd in waahiog, who do a much in two
day a tbey then did in one There is no
m ir in washihe. and it reauirea) not more
than onathird lb uausl ouanlity of osp. I have
bad a number of other machines in my family, but
tl.ia la urn decidedly auuerior U every thing t, ana
so little liable to get out of lepair, that 1 would not
An without one if tbev iboold coat ten time loe
rice they are aold for. DANIEL HERB.
JFFRIOR"" Port win, Maderta and Lisbon
O winu. Also superior Brandy end Gin, Lemon
lyrup. Also fc barrels of Btoa Fia. for aale
r- . . ' . HENRY MABorit
fca.ro'J, Joly J:h, 1844.
mi
TD"NB1JM.
Absolute acquiescence in the Jeciaion of the
Dy Itlaaser Jt Elsely.
From the London Punch.
LAST .tOVRS OP A KtRGLtfi OEKTLR
' ' '' MA1C. . ,
" 'This morninp, April 1st, at half past eleven
prfcisely, an unfortunate young man, Mr. Kd
whi Pinkney, underwent the extreme penally
of infatuation, by expiating hia attachments lo
Mary Ann Gale in front of the Alter railing! of
St. Mary 'a Church, Islington.
It will be in the recollection of all those
friends of the parties who were at the Joneses'
party at Brixton, two years ago, that Mr. Pink
ney was there, and there first introduced to Ma
ry Ann, to whom he instantly brgan to direct
particular attentions dancing with her no less
than six sets that evening, and handing Iht
thinga at supper in the mott devoted manner.
From that period commenced the intimacy be
twreti them which terminated in this morning's
catastrophe.
Poor Pinkney had birely attained to his twenty-eighth
year ; but there is no reason lo be
lii've that but for reasons uf a pecuniary nature,
his single lite would have conic earlier to an
untimely end. A chance for tho better, how
ever, having occurred in his circumstances, tho
yount? lady' friends w. re induced to sanction
hia addreesrr, and thua to become accessory to
the course for which he had just suflered.
The unhappy man passed the last night of his
bachelor existence in his solitary chamber.
From half past right to ton, he was busily en-.
ggfd in writing letters. Shortly after ten o'
clock, his younger brother Henry knocked at
the door, when the doomed youth told him in a
Ann voice to come in. On being asked when
he meant to go to bed, he replied, 'Not yet.
The question was then put to him how he
thought he could leep ; to which his answer
vas, 'I don't know. He then expressed de
sire for a segarand a glass of grog, which were
supplied him. Hie brother who eat and partook
of the like refreshments, now demanded if he
would want anything more that night. He said,
'Nothing,' in a firm voice. His affectionate bro
ther then rose to take leave; when tho devo
ted one considerately advised him to take care
of hin'Kelf. 4
- Precisely at a quarter of minuto lo seven
the next morning, the victim of Cupid, having
been called according to his desire, rose and
promptly dressed himself. He had the self-control
to shave himself without the slightest inju
ry ; for not even a scratch upon his chin appear
ed after the operation. It would teem that he
had devoted a longer time to his toilet than u
Mini. The wretched man was attired in a light
hltie dress coat, with frosted metal buttons, a
w hite waist-coat and nankeen tronser, with pa
tent leather boots. He wore around his neck a
variegated satin seraf, which partially conceal
ed the Corazza of hia bosom. In front of the
scarf w as inserted a breart pin of conspicuous
dimensions. ' Having descended the staircase
with a quick step, he entered the apartment
where hia brother and a few friends were a
waiting h'tn. He shook hands cordially with
all present, and on being asked how he had
slept, answered, 'Very well,' and to the farther
demand as to the slate of his mind, said, 'He felt
hnpp.'
One of the party having hereupon sttggeated
that it would be as well to take something be
fore the melsnchply ceremony wasgone through,
he exelaitned wih some emphasis, 'Decidly.'
Breakfast was accordingly served, when he ate
the whole of a French roll, a large round of
toast, two sausages, and three new laid eggs,
which ho washed down with two great break
fast cups of tea. In reply to an expression of
sstonichment on the part of a person present, at
his appetite, he declared that he never felt it
heartier in his life. . ..
Having inquired the time, and ascertained
that it waa ten minutes to eleven, he remarked
that 'it would soon be over.' Hia brother then
inquired whether he could do anything for him;
when he said he should like to have a glass of
ale.' Having drank this, he appeared satiafied.
The fatal moment nntv approaching, he devo
ted Ihe remaining brief portion of hia time to
distributing among hia frienda those little arti
cles which he would soon ho longer want. To
one he gave hissegar-caee, to another hia tobac
co stopper, and he charged hia' brother Henry
with his latch key, with instruction to deliver
it after all was over, with due solemnity to his
landlady i ' ' '
The dock at length struck eleven ; and at
the same moment he waa informed that eab
waa at the door, tie merely said, 't am ready
and allowed himself to be conducted to the vehi
cle; into which he got with his brother his
friends followed in others.
Arrived at the tragical spot, a short but am
ious delay of soma seconds look place j after
which they were Joined by the lady with her
friends. Little wss said on eilher side ; but
M'res Gale, with customary decorum, ahed tears,
Pinkney endeavored to preserves composure;
but a twitching in his month and eyebrows pro
claimed his inward agitation. " ' -
The ill-starred bachelor having submitted
quietly to" hsr a lrgs white bow pinned to his
AND SHAMOKIN JOURNAL; - -
majority, the itl princlpli of RepubBea, from which
Riwbiiry, Northumberland Co.
htitton-hole, now walked, aids by aide with Miss
Gale, with a firm step to the alter. lie survey
ed the imposing prepsrstions with cslmness, and
pard unmoved, on the clergyman, who, assis
ted by lha clerk, was waiting behind the rail
inev . - . i
All requisite preliminaries having now been
settled, and the preacribed melancholy formali
ties pone through, the usual question was put,
Wilt thou have this woman for thy wife ? To
which the rash youth replied, in a distinct voice,
I will.' He then put the fatal ring upon Miss
Gale's finger ; the hymeneal noose was adjust
ed, and Ihe poor fellow was launched into ma
trimony." A Rich fiaat Indian.
The London correspondent of the UoMon At
las gives the following sketch of Baboo Dwar
kanactr Taoors, one of the lions of London
at the present time. "He is, as hi title of Ba
boo and his name will have suggested to you,
an I'ast Indian. Hia wealth ia so enormous
that it is scarcely an exaggeration to say that
he is the richest man in the world. A few
years ago, when a panic occurred amongat the
commercial houses iti Calcutta especially, and
the great Indian seats of commerce generally,
Dwarkanauih came forward and advertised that
he would furnish them with any amount they
might in their emergency require. Hia name
was such a tower of strength that fhe mere an
nouncement caused a suspension of the panic.
At tnotlicr time he entered a room in Calcutta
where the merchants were assembled to deli
berate on the best means to raise 50,000 to
build a new town hall. 'Gentlemen,' raid
Dwarkanauth, i will buy the prem ices of which
you arespesking, build a new town hall on ita
site, and present it to the city.'. This he did,
and was no loser by it eitheir ; for his property
in the neighborhood greatly increased in value.
His possessions sre immense, end he owns the
coal mine, a very valuable one, which is to be
found in India. lie was in this country three
years ago, and is now here travelling for the be
nefit of his health. His nephew and youngest
son accompany him. The governor general of
India, is Dwarkanautb's guest, at one of his
country seats, every year ; and it may give some
idea of the oriental magnificence of this holiday
resort of the governor, when 1 tell you that one
wing of it will afford accommodation to one hun
dred and sixty guests, with their servsnts,
which, in India, is slways a pretty considerable
number. Tssore, when became to England,
brought, as presents to the queen and nobility,
shawls to the value of many thousand pounds.
He is a frequent guest at the tableof her majes
ty, who presented him with a splendidly moun
ted portrait of herself. You have doubtless
heard of Rammohun Ror. It was Dwarkan
auth To gore who patronized him, and furnished
him with the means of visiting England. In
Calcutta, Dwarkanauth ia the principal of the
chief banks he has the largest number of eharea
on the Oriental Steam Navigation Company,
and travels in his own steamships. He is a
Unitarian in creed, as was Rammohun Roy. 1
assure yoi that I havo not in the slightest de
gree exaggerated in these remarks respecting
his enormoua wealth, but bad rather understa
ted the matter. He is living at the St, George's
Hotel, Albemarle street, st the rate of 10,000
a year this I know to be a fact. I conceive
that all this) will interest Ihe readers of the At
las, snd Americana generally, from the fact that
Baboo is about to visit America."
Not Bad An exchange paper, we believe
it Is the lwcll Courier, tell the following good
story: ,
An old lady, resident of a neighboring place,
kept a large family of turkey, perhaps sixty.
She, like a great many other people, thought a
great deal of her turkeys, consequently valued
them very highly. Opposite her door was s
West India Goods Store." The man who
kepi it one doy emptied his casks or cherries,
intending to replace them with new. The old
lady being economical, thought it a great pity
to have oil there cherries wasted, and in order
fo have them saved, she won Id just drive over
her turkeys and let them eat them. In the
course of the day the old lady thought she would
look after them snd see they .were In no mis
chief. She approached tho ysrd snd lo ! in one
corner laid her turkeys in one huge pile, dead.
"Yes, they were 'stone dead.' What was to
to be done! . ,
Surely the old matron could hot )oe the
feathers) She must pick them! She called
her dsnghter snd picked thenr, intending to
have them buried in the morning, Morpiog
came and behold there were her turkeys sUlk
ing about the yard feaiherlcss enough, (as Duty
be supposed,) crying ou "quit, quit j feeling
no doubt mortified that their dronken fit had
been the means of losing their coats. Poor
things, if they had said "quit" before they had
begun they would not have been ia thia bad
We would Advise all tmihg men who are in
the babit of drinking, to lee V eft before they
get picked ; and to those .who do Dot, let evry
young luy aay "oWi."
there i no appeal but W fd'rer, th yltal principle
Pa. Satnrdar Jan. I?, S4&
l Petals Dtseasrt i
Wa met with the following remarks in a late
European pwper, (Frank's Ac Millard's Commer
cial Traveller,) touching tho dircaed in pota
toes, by which en much diatress has been occa
sioned in Ireland, Belcium, Holland, Sic. As no
article is in such general ueo as this nutricious
vegetable, it is desirable that our farmers and
gardeners should be put in possession of all the
information which relates to its successful cul
tivation, and'cerlain production. The planting
season is not very distant, snd we advise such
of our readers ss wish to experiment on ihe
sujrgeetions contained below, to retain this pa
per until it arrives, and be governed oceording
ly. If attended to properly, millions of buthcls
may be grown in addition to the usual yield,
white an entire failure would scarcely occur:
"WUli respect to oi7, the potato delights in
that which is moderately light and porona. which
points out tho necessity of draining all heavy
and wet land, if they sre expected to prow po
tatoes. In the next place, the potato rcdiirc
a frequent change of soil, and on this account,
heavy crops sre usually produced on newly bro-ken-up
lands. In kitchen gardens and cottage
allotments, where the roots is grown year after
year on the some spot, this necessity is in some
measure provided for by the lergo quantity of
fresh manure which is commonly used. Ex
trcmely favorable seasons will counteract, to a
great extent, the disadvantages of the soil ; but
no man has right to expect a large and healthy
crop, who plants his seed in land exhausted by
frequent cropping, which Ins not been well
worked by thespade or plough, or which is re
tentive of cold and excess of moisture."
With regsrd to teed, common sense tells hs
it oughl to be in the highest stale of perfection
in which it can bo obtained, snd to such perfec
tion ihe writer considers the following items
indispensable :
-l.lt ought to le whole. The prsctice of
cutting potatoes into peices for seed, leaving
one or two eyee in a piece, cannot be too strong
ly deprecated. The result of repeated experi
ments' hsa unanswerably proved that the p'sn
haa nothing lo recommend it but a penny wise
and pound foolish economy. It is true that
every eye possesses the germ of a perfect plant,
the same as the eye of a dahlia j but eveiy nil
tivator of this flower knows that, although he
may get a well-formed plant, and handsome
flowers, from a single eye, or the cutting of a
cahlts, he only gets a good crop of roofs from s
perfect tube. The grower of po'etrvs. wants
roots, not flowers, and to secure these let him
plant whole potatoes, and for many seasons, in
to which the writer cannot now enter, he will
find it answer his purpose better than cutting
them.
'2. It ought to he in a ttate of maturity.
Unripe seed is necessarily deficient of the vigor
requisite to put forth and sustain a healthy plant,
and, aa we have already shown, whatever is a
cause of weakness, is a predisposing cause of
disease. This is ss true among vegetables sa
anima'e, and in regard lo tho latter, no one ever
thinks of disputing it; the potatoes for planting
should, therefore, he selected when the stalks
have decayed, and not sootier.
"3. It ought to be of medium tlte, and veil
JarmeJ.Tb writer haa found that, on the
whole, potatoes of the size of hen's eggs have
produced the heaviest crop out of a given
weight of seed. He Would, however, prefer
tett, much smaller, if ripe, whole, and well for
med, to pieces cut from large potatoes. The
overgrown tuber slioulJ always be rejected, aa
containing an excess of moiituro 5 whereas the
strength of the lutute plant resides in the solid
part of the root.
"4. The potato thauld frequently he raited
direct Jront the ierI contained in the potato
apple. Evtiy sort of verretablo propagated in
the way potatoes sre usually produced, are li
able lo degenerate ; and in proportion to their
degeneracy, they become liable to diseare.
Many sorts of potatoes once in common use,
have become completely worn out, snd the1
names are almost forgotten and the wri'(r has
little dour I that much of the disease and failure
which every year, and in upfvraal ,eennin
particular, attends th- potatotrop, is owing to
sets being pi"it,d which aro too far removefl
from the original seed. The vegetative princi
ple iias beconio too feeble to give existence to a
healthy and vigorous plant; and Ihe consequence
baa been, those diseases to which there hat been
a predisposition, br which the soil or teason c
has been culated to produce., . , r ,
"5. It ought to be toetl pretervtd. The Wt
of seed insy be injured by bad management ;
and, although potatoes wilf stand much rough
treatment, like all thinga poseeasing life, they
cannot be Injured with entire impunity. When
taken up, they should be exposed to the air for
a lew day Id dry and harden, br which rheaae
they will be jess liable to shoot Wore the time
of planting! they should then be atored away
and effectually guarded against frost and damp.
A worst plan cannot alias, tbao ellowinjr the
potatoes to sboot, and after polling off lbs shoots.
and immediate parent of "despoim.Jtraao.
Vol CJto. 17 Whole Ho, Tt.
to plant the potatoes fur seed. The man who
is guilty of such fol'y deserves to lo.-e his crop
for his nains.
"Much rtioro rhight be id on growth of this
valuable root, but the expericnece of the writer
justifies him in savinu that, if ihe few rules ho
has hete laid down were but generally, obscrv
cd, the same quantity of land which is now de
Voted lo it, would yield at least a third more
produce, and lhat it would very rarely happen
that the crop would fall far below ah average.'
IlovV they malt Port W He.
The time in which the vintage commences,
varies in 'different yeara about a month from
the early part of September to the middle of Oc
tober. At thai period there sre 20.0QO Galle
gos employed in the district, snd about 10,000
Portuguese-, men, women and children. As
soon a the vintage is over, the Spaniards return
to their own homes, each man with frrtn 20 to
30 shillings in his pocket, which he has recei
ved in wsges. When once the vintage has
commenced, time is invaluable. The vineyards
are crowded with persons, some plucking the
sound grspes, and filling large hampcra With
Ihem, others separating the rotten or dry bunch
es wl tie Ihe Gallegos are employed in carrying
Ihe backr Is down the deep sides of the hills, on
their backs. The presses are stone tanks, rai
eed high from Ihe floor, alvuit two or three feet
deep and from twenty lo thirty square. A boy
a' and in the centre, and rakes lie grapes as
they are thrown in so as to form an even stir
face; when full, twenty or thirty men, with
hare fret and legs, jump in, and, to the sound
of guitars, pines, fiddles, and of their own voices,
continue dancing, or rather treading, from Jr
ty to filly hours, with six hours intervening be
t v. een cv ry eighteen, till the juice is complete
ly expressed, snd the akin perfectly bruised, so
ss to extract every particle of color. It is found
necessary to leave in the stalks, in order to im
part that astringent quality so much admired in
port wine, aa well as to aid fermentation. Af
tcr Ihe men are withdrawn, the juice, the husks,
and talks are allowed to ferment together
from two to six days ; the husks atti stalks then
rise to the lop, and form a complete cake. By
this meana the color is still further extracted
from the akin. It is a very critical time, much
depending on the judgment and practice of the
superintendent aa to the right moment to draw
off the liquor; for so active ia the fermentation,
that it may be, if allowed to remain loo long in
the press, completely spoiled, . Nnthrnp but
long experience can enable a person to judge
on this point; and many young merchants who
have attempted to do so have had cause to re
pent their interference with the farmer's bust
tiers. The taste of the wine before drawn off
into the tvndt is sweet, nauseous, and sicken
ing, and it i of s dark muddy color, so lhat one
can with difficulty believe it can ever become
he bright, sparkling, end a sit in gent fluid it ap
pear in the course of two or three years. The
tone!, or vats into which the wine is drswn sre
in a building on a lower spot than the one whic
contsins tho press, a channel leading from it lo
them. They contain frequently thirty pipes
each. The period when the wine is tho drswn
off is the time when the rich snd generous qnal
itles of the grape arc to be retained, or lost, ne
ver to be restored. From tho rich nature of the
Dourn grape, the fermentation, once begun, wjll
nut stop of ita own sccord (even when the wine
is drawn o(T from the hueks) till it has caused
it to become a hitler liquid, almost, if not en
tirely, Undrinka'ole and useless, and finally vine
gar. To tetain, therefere, those much prized
qualities, it is abtihttely neceswry to add bran
dy at the very critical moment, ao difficult to
decide, btfore that srsge which produces the
bitterness commences. Kittgtton'i LuClan-
tan Shttchet.
St'errtTir Wit t'"g Potato. A Vegetable
indigenous in Ne Greneda, the arrachia, ie
Mtd 1.1 be t tuMo eubiilute for the potato.
Ee. 'ant furnishes three or four pounds of root.
i,f the nature of lie carrot and potato united,
and ia said to bo a wholesome food.
Oiifc o Tilt AucaiDo Ifrribt.Tra constantly
occurring on tho fWr of the Uuuseof Cong re.-e
fs the Yrpres'eiitatioh fa Ihe area, In front of the
Clerk's dek, of 'the long and the short of if from
Illinois, whenever Mr. Went worth and Mr.
buuglss tan up there together and bold a
privet j Conversation- -aa they frequently da
Mr. Went worth issupposed to be tixfeet teyen
end Mr. Douglacs Jite jft'cl fvur. With all
this difference in height, they sre said to be
equally "clever in their way, t , , , ,
femur OaNAMEirta -Whet Dr. Franklin
was In Paris, his daughter, Mrs, Cache, Wrote
to him for a supply of feathers and thread lace,
The Doctor declined it in the following charac
terisiib note. ' 'tf you wear your cambric ruf
flea aa I do and take car not to mend the W?,
tbey "will some in time to tie tace ; and feathers,
my dear girl, may be had In America Troth
tf cock'alail.
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C7SixtM!n line of lea make a square.
Potato JxM.y. 'The feadinfcss with which
i good sited bnsin-full of thick jelly may be pro
Cured from a single moderate sized potato, is a, a
fact worth knowing. t have several times re
peited the experiment, and find that it does not
require more than eight minutes to change a'
raw potato into a basin-full of moat excellent
jelly, which haa only lo be seasoned with a lit
tie sugar, nulmeg, and white wine, lo please
the most fastidious palate. To obtain this jelly
in perfection teta potato be Washed, peeled, and
grated f throw the pulp thus procured into a
Jug of Water, snd stir it Well. Let it stand fof
few minutes, snd a sufficient quantity of
starch will have fallen for the purpose required)
Pour off the water, and then keep stirring op
the starch at the bottom of the bisin while boil
ing water is being" poured upon it, snd it. wi'l
torn and suddenly piss to a stale ofjo'ly. Tun
only nicely required is to be careful that tl-
water is absolutely boiling, otherwise, the rlinnff
will not take plsce. Mr. Darwin has reeidfd
ai Instance of somft of his sttenrlanls being "
able to boil potatoes above a certain height rn
the Cordileras, Owing to the diminution ot pre
sure not allowing ,. tho water ti become sufB'
ciently heated before it boiled. Tlfre rony,
possibly, be sim connexion rwl'n the condi
tions under which potatoes can b boiled, hnd
iheir starch converted to jelly. " Upon eomr
tihg this jelly with that from ihe sreh r!l.'
arrowroot, and obtained direct from B rnitidH. "
find a difficulty in my own person in d'serimi-
hating between their flavor, though an invalid,
in Ihe habit of ea'ing arrowroot. The differ
ertce, however, becomes more sensible when
both jellies ate made palatable with sugar, &c
for then, both the invalid (mysell) and anotlit
person were equnlly decided in our preference
of the jelly from the potato to that from the or
roW'toot, fhe other possessing rather a niawkisb
flivor, as though it had been prepared with smo
ky water. I know not whether medical men
are able JLn point out any real difference in the
composition of starch obtained from potatoes and
that from the arrowroot, or whether experience
has shown them that lha one is more nutrition
food for the invalid than the other ; but certain
ly, arguing m priori, and with no wish to give
them an opportunity of trying the experiment
upon myself 1 am inclined to think that send
ing to Jsmacs for srrowroot starch at 2s Cd
pound, tsa-superfrtmua extrsvagance, whilst we
ran. manufacture that from potatoes at home f 1
about jd or Id.
To makb Gbioot.b Cakcs. Best Wny Lt
make them is to nse milk altogether, instead of
water two eggs, both yolk and whit to be al
lowed for a pint of corn meal ihe milk to be g
little Warmed, and tho whole to be well beat u?
with a spoon or ladle. There must be milk
enough need to make the whole so liquid as t!-t
it will pour out of the saucepan on the gri.ldU
otiS spoonful of wheat flour, and lard (nitre
butter still better) the size of a walnut.
TAe Criddle Much nicety is to be ohskn?rd
in the preparation of the griddle, which, must
be well known, learnt, round, inh concern,
standing on three leg, and of any iz it must
be made not aery hot, because, then It would
burn the Cakes, and it must be well cleaned
and greased while warm, that it may be perfect
ly tmooiH, so that tle cakes iriay be easily turn
ed, that they may be done brown (not burned;
on both sidesto promote their turning essily
is the object of adding the wheaten flour. De
it remembered that ihe dough, or rather, the?
batteh, as above directed, muat be we!I beat up
and prepared directly before being cooked
though it m:.ght set an hour--this is mentioned
to prevent its being supposed that it, like eofnei
oV'ner breed, would bear lo be mixed over night.'
the cakes are Usually poured -on Until they
spread on the griddle to the size of a breakfnC
plate. You will think this recipe rather proVx,
but it ia my way in sll such cases lobe very e
set. Better be too particular than to oniil any"
essential item. 5. M. S.
Fco Pong. Three eggstoa qttstt M meiU
no wheal flour to bo made also wiifc ri'r'. ;
water Wou'd make it heavy e s?onn!.'
ler, all well beat tccthc-ear.d marjetfa .
lency Ihb'ker than the rake o.jihir.i t , -out
but jiit-'.hink i-no'ifh t i re-qoiie t .-. i. -ken
lip With a sno-.in niav t i. ' " .
cakes, jmmediutely i u-.t U.h n-tv-c i'.'
be baked in a tin pnn, rh.c. mnt I..- pkc. ,r, . ,
Dutch oven, not (on hot at first, but the fire
der it increased. Theobj.-n i, to have it bee in
to bake at the loilom, when it will rite in tl
process of hak ing, become bmwn on the tp, a rift
when put on the table and cut, rsenihe wUt I
we call pound coke, Kyuur friend will exee.t. i
fy follow these directions, and then eat hia cak ).. '
orhiregg pone, JW with good fresh bolter,. Ixw O
will find that Indian corn bread is fit for other
pertont aa well as yi to. eaL-tU assertion f
s corn law einnber of Parliament, to I he ;
ry, notwithstanding. Divers other prepa.;.
lions of crn and corn meal might bo giyetV
FVr Instance "hominy and ash-cakea.". which av '
certain Oeotpe 'a$hinfiton had cooked v
his own eat na to the dv of his death, t J.Rt-L
P. 8. Salt, of course, dtl s usual, io bub
casce,
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