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OKIGINAL DOMESTIC RECEIPTS. 



Contributed to the Genesee Farmer. 



To Bottle Cherries. — Take the common sour cherry, 

 stone them, and fill any bottles that you may have. Set 

 them into warm water on the stove, and gradually in- 

 crease the heat until the air is expelled from the bottles. 

 It will be necessary to have some reserved cherries to fill 

 the bottles, as they shrink very much, and there must be 

 no space between the fruit and the cork, hut in the 

 corks while in the water, and seal them immediately after 

 they are taken out. Stoning the cherries is quite a tedi- 

 ous process, but the rest of the work can be done very 

 rapidly. A dozen bottles can be filled and sealed in two 

 hours. In this way, you can have cherry pies and pud- 

 dings all wiuter. There is no fruit that keeps better than 

 cherries, and after being prepared in this way they are 

 much better when stewed with half a lb. of sugar to one 

 Id. of fruit than the richest preserves. 



Raspberry Vinegar. — Take three or four quarts of 

 raspberries, put them in a stone crock and cover them 

 with vinegar. Let them stand twenty-four hours. Then 

 strain this juice through a jelly bag and pour it on to 

 fresh berries, letting this stand another day. Repeat this 

 process until you have the quantity you desire. Add to 

 each pint of juice one pound of sugar. Put it into a 

 preserving kettle and allow it to heat sufficiently to melt 

 the sugar. When it is cold, put it into bottles. It will 

 keep several years. 



Currant Jellt. — Pick fine red and large ripe currants 

 from the stems, bruise them and strain the juice from a 

 quart at a time through thin muslin, pressing it gently to 

 get all the liquid. Put a pound of white sugar to each 

 pound of juice; stir it until it is all dissolved; set it over 

 a gentle fire; let it become hot and boil for fifteen min- 

 utes ; then try it by taking a spoonful into a saucer. 

 When cold, if it is not quite firm enough, boil it for a few 

 minutes longer. 



Lace and Muslin Curtains. — After washing and starch- 

 ing them it is much better to stretch them upon a sheet 

 fastened to the carpet than to iron them. They must be 

 pinned to the sheet very carefully. The pins should not 

 be more than four or five inches apart. Although this is 

 a good deal of labor, the improved appearance of the 

 curtains is a full compensation. 



Shetland shawls can be dried in the same wav. 



Currant Wine. — One quart of currant juice, two 

 quarts of water, three pounds crushed sugar, and to each 

 gallon of the mixture add one gill pure brandy. 



Place a cask upon its side with the bung up, and fill it 

 entirely. It will require replenishing, as it wastes by 

 fermentation, antl the cask should be always kept full. 



Strawberries. — This delicions fruit is so acid that it 

 requires the full complement of a pound of sugar to a 

 pound of fruit to prevent its spoiling before winter. They 

 preserve their shape and color better if they are only 

 partly cooked in the syrup, aud theu allowed to stand in 



the sun two or three days; but if cooked entirely by th 

 fire, they should be put into jars while hot and sealei 

 immediately. 



Renovating Black English Crape. — Crape which ha 

 lost its color and stiffness can be restored by ironing i 

 between two pieces of black paper cambric wet wit 

 alcohol. The table on which it is ironed should be firs 

 covered with flannel. 



SOME HINTS ABOUT LADIES' BONNETS. 



A black bonnet with white feathers, with white, rose 



or red flowers, suits a fair complexiou. A lustreless whit 



bonnet does not suit well with fair or rosy complexions 



The white bonnet may have flowers, either white, rose o 



particularly blue. A light blue bonnet is particular! 



suitable to the light haired type; it may be ornameute 



with white flowers, and in many cases with yellow am 



orange flowers, but not with rose or violet flowers. 1 



green bonnet is advantageous to fair or rosy complexions 



it may be trimmed with white flowers, but preterabl 



with rose. A rose-colored bonnet must not be too elos 



to the skin ; and if it is found that the hair does no 



produce sufficient separation, the distance from the rose 



color may be increased by means of white, or greer 



which is preferable ; a wreath of white flowers in th 



midst of their leaves has a good effect. A black bonne 



does not contrast so well with the ensemble of the typ 



with black hair as with the other type; yet it ma; 



produce a good effect, and receive advantageously aeees 



sories of white, red, rose, orange and yellow. A whit 



bonnet gives rise to the same remarks as those whic 



have been made concerning its use in connection with th 



blonde type, except that for the brunettes it is better I 



give the preference to accessories of red, rose, orange am 



yellow, rather than to blue. Bonnets of rose, red, cerise 



are suitable for brunettes when the hair separates a 



much as possible the bonnet from the complexion. Whit 



feathers accord well with red; and white flowers, witl 



abundance of leaves, have a good effect with rose. 1 



yellow bonnet suits a brunette very well, and receive 



with advantage violet or blue accessories; the bnir mus 



always interpose between the complexion and headdress 



It is the same with bonnets of an orange color more o: 



less broken, such as chamois. Blue trimmings are emi 



nently suitable with orange and its shades. A greet 



bonnet is suitable to fair and light rosy complexions 



rose, red, or white flowers are preferable to all others.— 



A blue bonnet is only suitable to a fair or bright rec 



complexion ; nor can it be allied to such as have a tint ol 



orange-brown. When it suits a brunette, it may take 



with advantage yellow or orange trimmings. A violet 



bonnet is always unsuitable to every complexion, since 



there are none which yellow will suit. Yet if we interpose 



between the violet and the skin, not only the hair, but 



also yellow accessories, a bonnet of this color may become 



favorable. As an important memorandum, it must be 



added that, whenever the color of a bonnet does not 



realize the intended effect, even when the complexion is 



separated from the headdress by masses of hair, it ia 



advantageous to place between the hair and the bonnet 



certain accessories. — Gody's Lady's Booh. 



