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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Mat 



duced one-third more crop than that manured 

 •with compost or guano. His communication will 

 be given next week. 



Why does Vermont wheat make bread that is 

 moist, while that made from Western wheat is 

 diy' Is it owing to the presence of gluten? 



— J. E. K. 



"Newport, N. II., April 11, 1855. The stage 

 from this place still goes upon runners. Snow 

 in abundance." 



BOYS' DEPARTMENT. 



PROFANITY. 



This is one of the marked vices of the boys of 

 the present day. AV'hat multitudes of them are 

 addicted to it. Are pai-ents fully aware of this ? 

 Do you know that your sons, when away from 

 home by day as well as by night, are mingling 

 with profane associates ? Or rather, do you know 

 that they liave not such companions? Are there 

 not parents in nearly every town in our favored 

 Commonwealth, who are famous at home, and it 

 may be abroad, as moral reformers, whose sons are 

 suffered to grow up at home habituated to the use 

 of profane language and all its kindred vices whose 

 number is legion ? Said a boy not long since in 

 our hearing, "The boy or the man that will swear 

 will drink and smoke and be guilty of other kind- 

 red vices." Said another in reply, "Now we 

 do not think so much of persons who indulges in 

 profane language as of those who do not," a re- 

 mark fully concurred in by all who were engaged 

 in the conversation. 



Boys — our advice to you all is to avoid the 

 wicked practice of using profane language — and 

 all idle words approaching it. There are persons 

 who would not swear, but continually interlard 

 their conversation with such expressions, as, "I 

 vow" — "I swan," and others of similar kind, that 

 will suggest themselves to the reader ; also persons 

 that would think it awfully wicked to take the 

 name of God in vain, yet are very fixmiliar with 

 such oaths as, "by Jesus," — "by hoke" and by 

 every thing else, almost. There are persons, how- 

 ever, who see little diffarence between "I swan" 

 and "I swear," and, therefore, as a matter of taste, 

 if they use cither, choose the latter. Now is it 

 anymore wicked to say "Iswear," than "I vow," 

 or "I swan ?" If so, we confess our inability to 

 discriminate. Lst these things be carefully con- 

 sidered in the light of divine truth, and all these 

 idle words Avill i)e aljandoned. 



Let all the boys who i-ead these remarks, who 

 have, already, become addicted to the vice of pro- 

 fanity, resolve to break themselves of it by im- 

 mediate, total abstinence from every variety of 

 profaneness. Let such also as have not yet become 

 habituated to it, resolve to be free from it — to 

 avoid associating with such as indulge in its use. 

 Swear not at all, for it is not no'de, nor brave, 

 nor wise, nor tlie sign of good culture, nor any- 

 thing else that is pure, lovely and of good report. 

 Would every girl and woman frown upon this vice 

 and those allied to it, all but the abandoned and 

 hopeless would soon ibrsake it. Will parents and 

 teachers strive to check the growth of this vice ? 

 Will those philanthropists wliose benevolent as- 



pirations encircle the globe, see to it, that their 

 sons do not continually annoy their neighbors by 

 profanity? 



The Revised Statutes of Massachusetts contain 

 the following declarations concerning profanity : 



"If any person, who has arrived at the age of 

 discretion, shall profanely curse or swear, he shall 

 on conviction thereof, before any justice of the 

 peace, be punished by fine, not exceeding five 

 dollars, nor less than one dollar." 



We read of one of olden times that neither 

 feared God nor regarded man. If there be any 

 such "as have arrfved at the age of discretion," 

 and are habitually indulging in profanity, they 

 should not be unmindful that they are liable to 

 fine and cost, for every violation of the aforesaid 

 statute. Wlien every other means fail, the law 

 should have its course. — Amherst Express. 



LADIES' DEPARTMENT. 



DOMESTIC RECIPES. 



Eggs AND Saus.^ges. — Boil four sausages for five 

 minutes, when half cold cut them in half length- 

 ways, put a little butter or fat in frying-pan and 

 put the sausages in and fry gently, break four eggs 

 into the pan, cook gently, and serve. Raw sau- 

 sages will do as well, only keep them whole, and 

 cook slowly. 



A Very Nice Rice Pudding. — Take half a tea- 

 cupful of the best rice, put it in a small pie-dish 

 with three tablespoonfuls of moist sugar. Fill up 

 the dish with milk and water in equal proportions, 

 and bake very slowly. It is eaten cold. 



Omelettes. — Break four eggs into a basin, add 

 half a teaspoonful of salt and a quarter ditto of pep- 

 per, beat them up well with a fork, put into the 

 frying-pan one ounce and a half of butter, lard, or 

 oil, which put on the fire until hot ; then pour in 

 the eggs, which keep on mixing quick with a spoon 

 until all is delicately set ; then let them slip to the 

 edge of the pan, laying hold by the handle, and 

 raising it slantways, which will give an elongated 

 form to the omelette ; turn in the edges, let it set 

 a moment and turn it over on to a dish, and serve. 



It ought to be a nice yellow color, done to a 

 nicety, and as light and delicate as possible. It 

 may be served in many ways, but the following is 

 most common : two tablespoonsfuls of milk, and 

 an ounce of the crumb of bread cut in thin slices 

 may be added. 



To Make Fine Pan-cakes, Fried without But- 

 ter OR Lard. — Take a pint of cream and six new- 

 laid eggs ; beat them well together ; put in a quar- 

 ter of a pound of sugar and one nutmeg or a little 

 beaten mace — whicli you please, and so much as 

 wilUhicken — almost as much as ordinary pan-cake 

 flour batter ; your pan must be heated reasonably 

 hot, and wiped with a clean cloth ; this done, 

 spread your batter thin over it, and fry. 



To Clean Window Glass. — Take finely pul- 

 verised indigo, dip it into a linen rag moistened 

 with vinegar, wine, or water, and apply it briskly 

 to the glass. Wipe off and polish with a dry cloth. 

 This method of cleansing window glass imparts a 

 brilliant polish, and is far more expeditiously ac- 

 complished than cleaning with soap-suds or whit- 

 ing. 



