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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Feb. 



Tattooed Skin. — Our valued friend and con- 

 tributor, Septimus Piesse, of London, informs 

 us that the marks or devices which some young 

 people, and sailor boys in particular, make on 

 the skin by pricking it with iieedles, and then rub- 

 bing the punctures with Indian ink, vermilion 

 and indigo gunpowder, are so firmly fixed that 

 to remove them severe means must be resorted 

 to. The following treatment will be found effi- 

 cacious : — Blister the part with a plaster a little 

 larger than the mark or "ornament," then keep 

 the place open with a green ointment for a week; 

 finally, dress it to get well. As the new skin 

 grows, the old tattooes will disappear. — Scientific 

 American. 



1^^ The most remarkable instance of indeci- 

 sion we ever heard of was that of the man who 

 sat up all night because he could not decide 

 which to take off first, his coat or his boots. 



LADIES' DEPARTMENT. 



SCHOOL GIRIiS IW ■WINTER. 



We wish to put in a special plea for the girls. 

 Make their dresses short enough to swing clear 

 of the snow and mud, and give them good water- 

 proof boots, to wear to school. Yes, we insist 

 ypon it — they should have boots. Women's 

 shoes of the present fashion arc no more fit to 

 be put upon country roads in winter, than an In- 

 dian's birch-bark canoe is fit to cross the Atlantic. 

 Boots will not look quite so trim about the an- 

 kle, or step so lightly upon the floor, but they 

 will do what is of more consequence — preserve 

 the health to show oft' these graces in after life, 

 and to take a great many elastic steps that other- 

 wise might be fewer, and those leading directly 

 down to the grave. 



Another thing we are glad to see coming in 

 fashion : the ladies are learning to skate, and for 

 this they must have boots. Now, girls, get each 

 of you a pair of neat winter boots, and a pair of 

 skates to fit, and the first ice that forms in your 

 neighborhood, large enough, go out with your 

 brothers, or somebody else's brothers, and learn 

 to skate. Be prudent about it, and not overdo 

 the exercise, and you will find it a capital medi- 

 cine — next to horseback riding. 



The only way to bring about a race of healthy 

 women, is to attend to the physical development 

 of the girls before they are diluted in the false 

 system of fashionable accomplishment, that fits 

 them for nothing but elegant imbeciles. — Ohio 

 Cultivator. 



HOUSBHOIiD CAKES. 



Mrs. Kirkland has very truly said that woman 

 is never really and healthily happy, without 

 household cares. But to perform house-work is 

 too frequently considered degrading. Even where 

 the mother, in obedience to the traditions of her 

 youth, condescends to labor occasionally, the 

 daughters are frequently brougiit up in perfect 

 idleness, take no bodily exercise except that of 

 walking in fine weather, or riding in cushioned 

 carriages, or dancing at a party. Those, in short, 

 who can aff'ord servants, cannot demean them- 

 selves, as! they think, by donie';tic labors. The 



result is, too frequently, that ladies of this class 

 lose what little health they started life with, be- 

 coming feeble in just about the proportion as 

 they become fashionable. In this neglect of 

 household cares, American ladies stand alone. A 

 German lady, no matter how elevated her rank, 

 never forgets that domestic labors conduce to the 

 health of mind and body alike. An English la- 

 dy, whatever may be her position in society, 

 does not neglect the affairs of her household, and, 

 even though she has a house-keeper, devotes a 

 portion of time to this, her true and happiest 

 sphere. A contrary course to this, results in a 

 lassitude of mind often as fatal to health, as the 

 neglect of bodily exercise. The wife who leaves 

 her household cares to her domestics, generally 

 pays the penalty which has been affixed to idle- 

 ness since the foundation of the world, and eith- 

 er wilts away from sheer ennui, or is driven into 

 all sorts of fashionable follies to find employment 

 for her mind. If household cares were more gen- 

 erally attended to by ladies of the family, there 

 would be comparatively little backbiting, gossip- 

 ing, enviousness, and other kindred sins, and 

 women in good society would be much happier 

 and much more truly lovable. — Springfield Re- 

 publican. 



DOMESTIC RECEIPTS. 



Fruit Pudding. — Ih lb. each of flour, grated 

 potatoes and grated carrots, and i lb. of suet. 

 Salt and spice to taste. Boil 3 hours. To be 

 eaten with wine-sauce. 



Boiled Bread Pudding. — Half a loaf of stale 

 bread soaked in a quart of milk ; 4 eggs ; 4 ta- 

 ble-spoonfuls of flour. Boil % of an hour; serve 

 with wine-sauce. A little green or dried fruit 

 mixed in is a good addition, 



"Wine-sauce" without Wine. — Butter and 

 sugar thickened with corn-starch, and flavored 

 with the rind and part of the juice of a lemon. 



Pop-overs. — One cup of flour ; 1 egg ; butter 

 the size of a nutmeg. Bake in small tin rounds. 

 The same rule is good for nice drop-cakes, baked 

 in cups ; or boiled batter pudding. 



Grandjia's Batter Pudding. — One quart 

 of milk ; 9 eggs, (if you have got 'em ;) 9 table- 

 spoonfuls of flour, and a little salt. Steam lA 

 hours — if steamed just enough, the pudding will 

 retain its form, and it cannot be excelled for del- 

 icacy. 



Grandma's Marlborough Pie. — 12 spoon- 

 fuls each of sifted (stewed) apple, beaten egg, 

 and melted butter — all thoroughly mixed, and 

 flavored with lemon and sweetened to the taste. 

 Bake without upper-crust. Less butter than the 

 above will do. 



Apple Custard. — Take fine apple-sauce, fla- 

 vor with lemon or rose, and fill the pie-plates 

 with it. Pour over a nice custard flavored with 

 nutmeg or vanilla, and bake. 



A Turkey Boiled and then Baked. — Pre- 

 pare the turkey just as if for baking ; then put 

 in a kettle, covering it with water, and closing it 

 with a lid. Boil until quite tender. Then take 

 it out and brown it in an oven for a few minutes. 

 When put upon the table it will be found very 



