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never fouiul any tliat were half as good. Tastes 

 differ I admit, but the experiment is easily made. 



Slice tliem into a frying-pan ; and over a quart 

 of potatoes, pour half a tea-cup full of good 

 cream (hut no water,) first sprinkling on a little 

 salt. Cover it closely ; and after it begins to boil, 

 Stir them a \l-\v times, till the pan is nearly dry, 

 but not burnt. Then dish them. ^ . 



INDIAN CAKES, OK PONE. 



For making Indian Cakes. — To one quart of 

 milk add three eggs — beat them well — then add as 

 much meal as will make a batter of the same con- 

 sistency as is used for buckwheat cakes, pour it in- 

 to a hake-kettle, and bake as for other cakes. 

 When sour milk can be had, it is to be preferred, 

 into which put some pearlash as for making biscuits. 



When cakes are made according to the above 

 directions, most people prefer them to wheat 

 bread, and no doubt they are more healthy. They 

 should be eaten warm, and with a cup of coffee 

 make an excellent breakfast. In addition to all 

 other recommendations, they are — economical. — it. 



RECEIPTS FOR USING RICE FLOUR. 



To make Loaf Rice Bread. — Boil a pint of rice 

 soft, add a pint of leaven, then three quarts of the 

 flour, put it to rise in a tin or earthen vessel, until 

 it has risen sufficiently, divide it into three parts, 

 then bake it as other bread, and you will bave 

 three large loaves. 



To make Journey or Johnny Cake. — To three 

 spoonfuls of soft boiled rice, add a small tea-cup 

 of water or milk, then add six spoonsful of the 

 flour — divide it into small cakes, and bake them 

 in a brick oven. 



To make Wafers. — Take a pint of warm water, 

 a tea-spoonful of salt, add a pint of the flour, and 

 it will give you two dozen Wafers. 



To make Rice Puffs. — To a pint of the flour 

 add a tea-spoonful of salt, a pint of boiling water, 

 beat up four eggs, stir them well together, put 

 from two to three spoonfuls of fat in a pan, make 

 it boiling hot, and drop a spoonful of the mixture 

 into the fat, as you do in making common fritters. 



To make a Pudding. — To a quart of milk, add 

 a pint of the flour, boil them to a pap, beat up six 

 eggs, to which add six spoonfuls of Havana sugar, 

 and a spoonful of butter, which, when well beaten 

 together, add them to the milk and flour; grease 

 the pan it is to be made in, grate nutmeg over the 

 mixture, and bake it. 



Another. — Boil 1 pint of milk, mix a table- 

 spoonful of rice flour with a little cold milk, stir 

 it in while the milk is boiling, afterward add a 

 small piece of butter, 5 eggs, 1 nutmeg, 1 glass of 

 wine, the juice and peel of 1 lemon, and sugar to 

 your taste. 



Rice Flour Sponge Cake Made like other 



Sponge Cake, except that you use three quarters 

 of a pound of rice flour, 13 eggs, leaving out 4 

 whites, and add a little salt. 



Rice Flour Blanc-Mange — Boil 1 quart of milk, 

 season it to your taste with sugar, rose or peach 

 water. Take 4 table-spoons heaping full of rice 

 flour, mix it very smooth with cold milk, add this 

 to the other milk while boiling, stirring it well. 

 Let all boil together about ten minutes, stirring 

 occasionally, then pour it into moulds and put it by 

 to cool. This is a very favorite article for invalids. 



Rice Griddle Cakes. — Boil 1 large cup of whole 

 rice quite soft in milk, and while hot stir in a lit- 

 tle flour, rice flour, or Indian meal ; when cold, 



add 2 or 3 eggs, and a little salt. Bake it in small 

 thin cakes on the griddle. 



Besides the above, it is good for children ; and 

 it may also be used for thickening soups, custard 

 pies, &c. 



The article may be found for sale in small kegs, 

 or buckets of 50 lbs. at the Rice Mill, South Bos- 

 ton. Orders left in Box in the area-of City Hall. 

 Warranted sound and pure. 



THE "FALLING STARS." 



The atmospheric phenomenon, which excited so 

 much admiration on the morning of the 13th, is 

 now known to have extended West as farasMays- 

 ville and Louisville in Kentucky— tn Cincinnati in 

 Ohio — and to Aurora in Indiana, 30 miles distant 

 from Cincinnati. The Cincinnati Republican de- 

 scribes it as presenting at one period a " perfect 

 sliower of fire." The meteors were visible from 3 

 o'clock to day light — and so they were at Aurora. 

 The Maysville Eagle represents them as " a perfect 

 shower of meteors" and as " a storm of fire." We 

 have heard of their being seen as far South as Sa- 

 vannah and Augusta. The Augusta Courier speaks 

 of it as a brilliant shower of meteors, which began 

 at 2, and was visible till day break. Capt. Dixey 

 of the Susquehanna states that these falling stars 

 were seen at the distance q/130 miles from the coast! 



CONSUMPTION. 



Our attention has been called to the weekly re- 

 port of deaths, iu this city, from the 25th October 

 to the 2d instant, the whole number of which was 

 113. Of this number there were no less than 

 thirty-four of that insidious and terrible disorder, 

 consumption I Is there no way to check its rava- 

 ges ? There is one, certainly, worthy of much 

 consideration. It is well known that in cold and 

 wet weather, men prepare themselves for the 

 worst. They arc thickly clad at all points, and 

 their feet are ever guarded by boots and overshoes, 

 — while on the contrary, women expose them- 

 selves in slight dresses and thin shoes, let the 

 weather be ever so inclement. As most of the 

 deaths by consumption are of females, and the 

 fact we have stated in regard to their dress is no- 

 toriously true, it is fair and just to conclude that 

 this disorder is by that means contracted. Let fe- 

 males then be more guarded against exposure to 

 the weather, and our bills of mortality will be sen- 

 sibly diminished. — .V. Y. Com. 



ADDRESS OF MR. EVERETT. 



The Hon. Edward Everett, (says the N. Y. Ad- 

 vertiser) delivered an introductory lecture before 

 the Mercantile Library Association, at Clinton 

 Hall last evening, The room was crowded to ex- 

 cess, and hundreds had to leave, being unable to 

 gain admittance. Like every thing of the kind 

 from this distinguished gentleman it was a most 

 finished production ; and was not only listened to 

 with delight, but with frequent tokens of approba- 

 tion. The speaker gave a very interesting history 

 of the cultivators of the soil, in ancient and mod- 

 ern times ; and contrasted the advantages of this 

 most important branch of industry in this country, 

 with that of Europe at the present time. He 

 showed an intimate knowledge of the condition of 

 man in a civilized and uncivilized state ; and closed 

 his remarks with a brief account of the discoveries 

 that had been made, and new channels of com- 

 merce opened, by the merchants of this country 

 since the Revolution. He paid a handsome trib- 

 ute to their liberality, intelligence and fidelity. 



OREGON EXPEDITION. 



We learn that Mr. Nathaniel Jarvis Wythe, the 

 captain of the company of adventurers, who went 

 from Cambridge about eighteen months ago, to the 

 Pacific Ocean by land, has returned to his native 

 town in good health and spirits, and wiser than 

 when he left home ; and we are glad to see his 

 heavy teams of ice passing again, incessantly night 

 and day, through Cambridge to the wharves of 

 Cbarlestown and Boston for exportation. This is 

 just as it should be ; and is much better, in our 

 opinion, than roaming over a sixth part of the 

 globe to kill animals, merely for the sake of their 

 skins. To transport water in the form of ice, to 

 refresh the inhabitants of hot climates, has some- 

 thing benevolent in it, compared with the cruel 

 occupation of hunting an animal to death for his 

 skin. We can wish success to the one occupation 

 with a good conscience, which is hardly the case 

 with the other. 



Capt. Wythe has brought with him two young 

 Indians of the Flathead tribe, two boys handsome- 

 ly dressed, and well behaved. — Boston Courier. 



A FAT SHEEP. 



The Ontario Repository states that a sheep was 

 slaughtered lately by Mr. Josiah Sutherland of 

 Cauandaigua, from which was obtained forty seven 

 and a quarter lbs. of tallow. The wool from this 

 sheep after being cleansed weighed six and a half 'lbs. 



INTERESTING FACT. 



The Rev. Mr. Roberts, of Bristol, England, in 

 his visits to prisons in that country, from time to 

 time, has fallen in with many convicts under sen- 

 tence of death. In 167 instances he inquired of 

 the malefactor whether he had ever witnessed an 

 execution ? It turned out that no fewer than 165 

 of these offenders had been spectators in the crowd, 

 upon these melancholy occasions, which the legis- 

 lature designed to operate as warnings to the prof- 

 ligate. So much for the "efficacy of sanguinary 

 examples" in deterring from crime ! 



GREAT TURNIP. 



They arc bragging all over the country about 

 their big beets, prodigious potatoes, and mighty 

 mangel wurtzel ; and as we don't like to be behind 

 our neighbors, we shall now celebrate a tremen- 

 dous turnip, raised by E. H. Derby, Esq. of Sa- 

 lem, measuring 2 feet 6 1-2 inches in circumfer- 

 ence, and weighing 7 3-4 pounds. What renders it 

 most worthy of notice is, that the seed from which 

 it was raised, was also raised the present summer, 

 and was sown so late as the 26th of July last. 

 The turnip is at Mr. J. M.Ives' bookstore.-.SV//em G. 



MASS. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



EXHIBITION OF FRUIT AT THE MASS. 

 HORT. SOC. ROOMS. 



Saturday, ,Voi>. 30, 1833. 



Apples. By Mr. S. Downer, Dorchester, a Pip- 

 pin of fine sprightly flavor — name lost. Also, 

 Brussels' Pippin. 



Pears. By Mr. Downer, brown St. Germain. 



By E. Vose, Passe Colmar, melting and fine. 



NOTICE. 



The Committee on Fruits, Fruit Trees, &lc. are 

 requested to meet at the Hall of the Society on 

 Saturday the 7th instant, at 1 1 o'clock, to award 

 the premiums for the past season. A punctual 

 attendance is requested. 



Robert Mawni.ng, Chairman. 



