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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



You extinguish the fire by smothering it, or pre 

 vent had thoughts bursting out in language. Nev- 

 er utter a word any where, which you would be 

 ashamed to speak in the presence of the most re- 

 ligious man. Try this practice a little, and you 

 will soon have command of yourself. 



£a lit es' ^Department. 



DOMESTIC RECIPES. 



White Cup Cake. — One cup of butter, two 

 cups of sugar, three cups of flour, the whites of 

 eight eggs, a small table spoonful of rose water, 

 milk or cream to make a thick batter. Beat the 

 butter and sugar to a cream. Whisk the eggs 

 very light, and add them gradually with the flour, 

 add the rose-water and salaeratus, and if this 

 should not be quite as thin as a pound cake batter, 

 add a little rich milk or cream. Fill small tins 

 about three parts full with the mixture and bake 

 them. The yolks of the eggs which are left may 

 be used for a pudding. 



German Cake. — Three-quarters of a pound of 

 butter, one pound and a half of sugar, four eggs, 

 two pounds of flour, one tea-spoonful of nutmeg, 

 half a wine glass of rose-water, one pound of 

 dried currants. Beat the butter and sugar togeth- 

 er. Whisk the eggs, and add with the other in- 

 gredients. Roll out the dough in sheets, cut them 

 in cakes with a tin cutter or the top of a tumbler. 

 Bake in a moderate oven. 



Seed Cake. — Haifa pound of butter, three tea- 

 cups of sugar, one pound of flour, one tea-spoon- 

 ful of carraway seed, half a table spoonful of sal- 

 aeratus, as much milk as will form a dough. Rub 

 the butter in the flour and sugar, then add the 

 seed, salaeratus and milk. Knead the dough till 

 it is smooth. Roll it out, cut it in cakes, and 

 bake them in a moderately hot oven. 



Currant Cake. — A quarter of a pound of but- 

 ter, half a pound of flour, two ounces of currants, 

 six ounces of sugar, two eggs, a table-spoonful of 

 brandy or rose-water, milk enough to form a dough. 

 Rub the butter, sugar and flour together with the 

 fruit, which must have been washed, picked and 

 dried. Beat the eggs and add with the brandy or 

 rose-water, and milk enough to form a dough. Roll 

 it out thin, cut it into cakes. — National Cook Book. 



The TnouoHTLEss Mother. — "Dear mother," 

 said a delicate little girl, "I have broken your chi- 

 na vase." 



"Well, you are a naughty, careless, trouble- 

 some little thing, always in some mischief; go up 

 stairs, and stay in the closet till I send for you." 



And this was a Christian mother's answer to 

 the tearful little culprit who had struggled with 

 and conquered the temptation to tell a falsehood 

 to screen her fault. With a disappointed, dis- 

 heartened look, the child obeyed, and at that mo- 

 ment was crushed in her little heart the sweet 

 flower of truth, perhaps never again in after years 

 to be revived to life. ! what were the loss of 

 a thousand vases in comparison ? 



Washing Made Easy. — The "crazy folks" in 

 the Asylum at Hartford, Ct., mix a gill of alcohol 

 with a gallon of soft soap, just as they are going 

 to rub it rn the clothes, which they then soak two 



or three hours, and then merely rinse out in clear 

 water, and all the dirt is out as effectually as good 

 sense is out of a fellow after drinking the same 

 quantity of the "poisonous stuff." Just tell the 

 women that this is the easiest way to make wash- 

 ing easy, and urge them to try it, and you will 

 thereafter have no reason to run away on washing- 

 ing day. In washing stairs and passages, always 

 use a sponge instead of a cloth when washing the 

 space between the carpet and wall, and you will 

 not soil the edges. Sponge is cheap, and this in- 

 formation is cheap, but is is valuable to all house- 

 keepers. — The Plow. 



Mexican Guano. 



ANEW ARTICLE is now offered to the Agriculturist and 

 Dealers, under the above name, from its having been found 

 near the Mexican coast. It has been analyzed by C. T. Jack- 

 son, M. D., Slate Assayer, Boston, Dr. David Stewart, of Bal- 

 timore, and others. Dr. Stewart says it contains the largest 

 proportion of Phosphates he has ever met with in Guano. 



The following are the result of the analysis made by C. T. 

 Jackson, M. D.: 



Water 23.40 



Vegetable Matter 15.80 



Soluble Salts (in Water) Fhos. Soda 0.12 



Phosphates of Lime and Magnesia 60.50 



Insoluble Matter (Selex) 0.10 



99,92 

 The quality of this Guano as a rich fertilizer, and the great 

 reduction in price compared with the Peruvian, is such as to 

 render it an object for the agriculturist and dealers to buy and 

 give it a trial. It has been tried in the vicinity of Norfolk, 

 Va., and much approved by the Farmers, those who are now 

 buying and using of it freely. It may be obtained in lots to 

 suit purchasers of A. D. WELD, 127 State Street, PH1NEAS 

 SPRAGUE & Co., T Wharf, or of P. A. STONE, who is the 

 importer, and may be found at 15 Crescent Place, Boston, 

 where also other information may be obtained respecting it. 

 It is also for sale by Parker & White, 8 and 10 Gerrish Block, 

 Blackstone Street, D. Prouty & Co., 19 North Market Street. 

 March 27. tf— * 



State Mutual Life Assurance Co. 



OF WORCESTER. 



GUARANTEE CAPITAL, $100,000. 

 Hon. JOHN DAVIS, President. 

 Hon. Isaac Davis, ) Vice 



Hon. Stephen Salisbury, J Presidents. 



THIS Company was chartered in March, 1844, and com- 

 menced business on the first of June, 1845. Its business is 

 conducted on the most economical principles. 



The well considered and invariable policy of this Company- 

 has been to prefer the safety and mutuality of the assured to 

 the showy advantages of a large number of policies, and an 

 imposing amount of receipts. California risks have been uni- 

 formly declined, and the multiplication of policies in cities 

 considered especially liable to cholera has not been encour- 

 aged. 



The cash premiums of this company are calculated on the 

 most approved tables of the probability of life, and at the low 

 est rates which are deemed safe. 



Pamphlets, explaining the principles and advantages of life 

 assurance, with forms of application and rates of premium, 

 may be had by application at the Office of the Company in 

 Worcester, or of the Agents in all the principal towns in New 

 England. CLARENDON HARRIS, Secretary. 



Dec. 27, 1851. istf* 



Pure Devon Stock. 



Dec. 27, 1851. 



COWS, HEIFERS, BULLS and BULL 

 CALVES for sale. 



Apply at Office of N. E. Farmer, or to 

 the subscriber. 



B. V. FRENCH, 



Braintree, Mass. 

 lyr* 



Winter Rye, 



AT Wholesale and Retail, bv RUGGLES, NOURSE, MA 

 SON & CO., over Quincy Market, Boston. 



Aug. 28, 1852. tf 



