THE GENESEE FARMER. 



THE HERRING-BONE STITCH. 



Wb give two illustrations of the herring-bone stitch, 

 which is again being used to ornament ladies' and child- 

 ren's dresses. It is a neat finish for a hem or the edge of 



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a ruflSe, and is frequently used just above the em- 

 broidery, when it is joined to any plain material. In 

 colored cottons it is quite ornamental, and is used with 



no other trimming on children's dresses. Everyone who 

 learned to sew forty years ago will remember this stitch, 

 but it may be new to some of our readers. 



ORIGINAL DOMESTIC RECEIPTS. 



Contributed to the Genesee Farmer. 



Omelet. — Six eggs, the whites beaten to a stiff froth and 

 the yolks well beaten ; a teacup of warm milk, with a 

 table3poonful of butter melted in it ; a tablespoonful of 

 flour, with a'little of the milk and poured to the milk; a 

 teaspoonful of salt and a little pepper. Mix all except 

 the whites; add those last; bake immediately in aflat 

 pan or spider on coals, and when the bottom is done 

 cover it with an iron sheet having coals on it; slip a 

 knife under the omelet and double it together. Boiled 

 ham cut fiue, or chopped herbs, are an improvement. 



PooE Man's Pudding. — One cup of sour milk; one- 

 half cup of molasses; two eggs and a little salt; oue- 

 half teaspoonful of saleratus, and flour enough to make a 

 thick batter ; one cup of seeded raisins. Boil in & mold 

 two or three hours. 



Soft Gingerbread. — One cup of sugar; one of mo- 

 lasses; four and a half cups of flour; one cup of water; 

 one cup of butter; one teaspoonful of soda; two eggs, 

 and two tablespoonfuls of ginger. 



Superior Cookibs.— Three eggs; two cups of sugar; 

 two-thirds of a cup of butter; one cup of sweet milk; 

 two teaspoonfuls of cream-tartar and one of soda; carro- 

 way seed. 



West Point Cake.— One pound of sugar; one pound 

 of flour; one-half pound of butter; five eggs; one cup 

 of sour cream ; one teaspoonful of pearlash. 



Jamblks— Three eggs; one cup of butter; two cups of 

 sugar; oue-lialf cup of milk or cream; one teaspoonful 

 of pearlash ; flour enouglv to roll them out. 



Hop Yeast. — A handful of good hops; three pints ( 

 water ; two potatoes ; one tablespoonful of molussc 

 Mix as thin as pancakes. 



Hall's Journal of Health has some sensible remarl 

 about taking cold. It says : "The chief causes of coi 

 are two — first, cooling oft' too soon after exercise; seconi 

 getting thoroughly chilled while in a state of restwithoi 

 having been over-heafed." Dyspeptics are peculiar! 

 liable to cold, aird should avoid draugiits and take evei 

 precaution against being chilled. Tliis is as imperial 

 as close attention to diet. As with this class of invali< 

 a cold rarely goes to the lungs inimediatel.v, but is on 

 manifested by a severe headache, or an aggravation of a 

 the ordinary unpleasant symptoms of that disease, tl 

 cause of the consequent illness is not recognized. Stan^ 

 ing on a dump floor after the body has become heated I 

 exercise, as women often do when they are washing- 

 is a source of much ill-health, and has been fat 

 to many women. One very common way of beconiit 

 chilled and of taking a severe cold, is by going to 

 cool place after being heated, or by lying down on a bi 

 or hair-cloth sofa, (one of the most rapid absorbents i 

 heat,) with no covering, after a person has becon 

 fatigued by some exertion. The perspiration is sudden 

 cheeked, and a severe illness is frequently the re^u! 

 Cold baths daily, sleeping with an open window ai 

 warm clothing, are the most effectual preventives again 

 cold. "When you know that you hi\^-e tak«n cold, ( 

 three things: First, eat nothing; second, go to bed ai 

 get warm as quickly as possible ; third, either drii 

 freely of cold water or of some hot herb tea. Batbit 

 the feet in hot water, or placing bottles of hot water 

 the bed and getting the feet very warm in that way, a 

 also excellent. If these remedies do not produce relii 

 in forty-eight hours, the cold is a serious illness, ai 

 ought not to be trifled with or experimented upon." 



Society. — The pleasure of Society depends almost ei 

 tirely upon women. Gentlemen expect to be entertaine 

 and as that must be done by women, upon them rests tl 

 responsibility of making society what it should be. Tl 

 pleasure of an evening's entertainment is gniduat( 

 upon the capacity of the hostess to interest her guests i 

 each other, and her identity should be lost in her eflbr 

 to make every one at their ease. At home a lady shou 

 never strive to make herself the centre of attraction, bi 

 to make her guests /ci^hat they have done themselvi 

 justice, and that they have had their due share of atte 

 tion. This will win her more admiration than the mo 

 brilliant conversation at the expense of others, cou 

 possibly do. The great secret of true enjoyment, in i 

 self is self-forgcf fulness. If you strive to entertu 

 others rather than to be entorhiined, you will gain boi 

 ends. Some ladies will enter a drawing-room or a soci 

 circle, where every person and neighbor appears like i 

 iceberg, and the whole atmosphere is chilly and co 

 strained, and by their genial nature and well-tiin( 

 playfulness, throw sunshine and warmth all over tl 

 room. Tact— that greatest of social virtues— is on 

 obeying the Golden Rule, in its fullest, broadest ai 

 most refined sense. 



