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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



July 



the cylinder as to act on all the cream alike, and 

 if so 'adapted, and the cream has heen properly 

 cared for, and you churn quite slow till it is per- 

 fectly mixed, and then faster, till the sacks con- 

 taining the hutter begin to break, and then will 

 scrape what is on the lid into the cream pot, you 

 will not be troubled about those white specks 

 that spoil one-half the butter made in this coun- 

 try. 



To carry out your theory, suppose you try an 

 experiment ; churn, say nine quarts of cream on 

 my principle, and see how much })utter, then take 

 the same quantity and churn till it begins to 

 come, or until you have churned one-half the 

 time required ; now put in another quart of 

 cream, and 1 will be bound, you will either have 

 plenty of white specks, or your buttermilk -will 

 be enriched with about the value of one pound 

 of butter. Henry Holmes, 



Proprietor of O. R. Fyler's Butter Working Cburn 



Grafton, Vt., May 30, 1859. 



Remarks. — We have no doubt that the prac- 

 tice which our correspondent suggests, is the 

 true one — although careful butter makers seldom 

 experience any trouble in scraping the cream 

 down, as we suggested. We have the Fyler churn 

 in constant use, and after having tried several 

 other kinds, do not hesitate to say that it is the 

 best churn we ever used. We hope all butter- 

 makers will adopt the practice of our correspon- 

 dent, rather than ours, for in that no risk what- 

 ever is run. He has our thanks for his prompt 

 and timely notice of the matter, and we hope to 

 hear from him again on the important subject 

 of butter-making, packing, and keeping. 



integrated and fitted up for the life of man. All 

 classes of men affirm this. Sydney Smith says 

 to public speakers, that if they would walk twelve 

 miles before speaking, they would never break 

 down. In English Universities, boat races, horse- 

 back rides, and ten-mile walks are a part of the 

 educational means for physical development. — 

 Plato says a walk in the open air will almost cure 

 a guilty conscience. — Emerson. 



A Remedy for Poisoned Sheep. — Give them 

 a table-spoon twice full of weak lye, and it will 

 raise them in fifteen minutes after given. One 

 morning I found fifteen or twenty sheep poisoned 

 by eating ivy the day before. Some of them 

 when found were flat on their sides ; others 

 frothed at the mouth, grated their teeth, and 

 staggered about badly from the effects of the 

 ivy. Those that were not feund sprawling were 

 cured by putting a gag in their mouths, which 

 ■would keep the sheep from swallowingthe poison, 

 but let it rise and run out of their.mouths. After 



J^fhad lost three out of six, that could not hold up 

 heir heads, and appeared lifeless, one of my 

 neighbors recommended weak lye as a sure cure ; 

 it was given them, and in ten minutes one of the 

 3heep was eating rowen. It had the same effect 

 on the other two, and the whole three are now as 

 lively as any of the flock. — Yirginia Farm Jour- 

 nal. 



Walking and Pure Air. — Anaximines taught 

 that air is mind. Some one else says air is the 

 hiddLMi food of life. Plutarch seems to incline 

 to Anaximines' opinion, remarking that perhaps 

 the reason why there is a sympathy of feeling on 

 various subjects, arises from breathing the eame 

 air. Air is an exhalation of all the minerals of 

 the globe ; the most elaborately finished of all 

 the works of the Cj.'eator — the rock of ages dis- 



LADIES' DEPARTMENT. 



HOW THSY MAKE COFFEE IN FSANCE. 



A cup of French coffee seems to have the ef- 

 fect to put Americans into ecstacies ; yet few of 

 them are thoughtful enough to obtain from their 

 French brethren the process by which the deli- 

 cious beverage is decocted. Of this few is a 

 IJuckeye writing from Paris, under date of Nov. 

 9th, who supplies the desired information : 



"While at Mr. Moriols, his good lady kindly 

 initiated me into the art of coflee-making. In 

 the first place it is scorched in a hollow cylinder, 

 which is kept constantly revolving over a slow 

 fire, and not a grain of it allowed to burn. Sec- 

 ondly, it is ground very fine, and thirdly, when 

 it is to be used, a portion of this is placed in a 

 finely perforated pan or cup, which exactly fits 

 into the top of the boiler, coffee-pot, or any ves- 

 sel you wish to use. Boiling hot water is then 

 poured on, and it percolates gradually through, 

 carrying with it all the essential principles of the 

 coffee. As soon as percolation is completed, the 

 pan is removed containing all the grounds, and 

 then boiling hot milk is added to the infusion, 

 and your coffee is made. It is brought on the 

 table in bowls, with a knife and spcon, and a lit- 

 tle willow basket of bread. The servant then 

 places by your plate a tea-dish, on which are two 

 or three lumps of white sugar always of a cer- 

 tain size, and you sweeten to your liking. In no 

 instance is your coffee boiled, and this is one rea- 

 son the cafe au lait and cafe noir are so much 

 admired by those who take them. If you try 

 this mod^, I am sure, in a few experiments you 

 will succeed in getting it right, and possess your- 

 self of a luxury which will add very much to a 

 bieakfast on a cold morning — try it." 



A Lady of the Olden Time. — Mrs. Troupe, 

 the accomplished wife of a captain of the British 

 navy, gives a lively account of a call she with 

 two other ladies made upon Mrs. AVashington, 

 who, like her husband's mother, was distinguish- 

 ed for her management of household affairs. "As 

 she was said to be so grand a lady,"' says Mrs, 

 Troupe, "we thought we must put on our best 

 bibs and bands. So we dressed ourselves in our 

 most elegant ruffles and silks, and were intro- 

 duced to her ladyship. And don't you think we 

 found her Initting, and iciili a cJieck apron on! 

 She received us very graciously and easily, but 

 after the compliments were over, she resumed 

 her knitting. There we were, without a stitch of 

 work, and sitting in state ; but General Washing- 

 ton's lady with her own hands was knitting stock- 

 ings for her husband." 



