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three pints of cold water; let it warm gradually, 

 when it boils, skim it, cover the pan close and set 

 it over a gentle fire till the chops are cooked, which 

 will be (if the meat is not too fresh,) in three-quar- 

 ters of an hour. 



Stirabout. — Boil one pound of rice in five quarts 

 of water, one hour. Then stir in one pound of oat- 

 meal, and salt to season it, and boil a few minutes. 

 Eat with milk, sauce, or molasses. This is a fa- 

 vorite dish in Scotland. 



A Diminutive Plant. — A homoeopathic phial 

 will hold a dozen of duck weed plants, root, stem, 

 fruit, and everything. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 



Of John Washburn, Plymouth, Peck's Pleasant 

 apple, very fair, and of excellent quality. He re- 

 marks that this variety, with him, usually yields 

 good crops of fair fruit. There are some cases in 

 which this fruit does well, but generally it is only 

 a poor or moderate grower, and the fruit is often in- 

 ferior in appearance. Even in Rhode Island, where 

 this variety originated, it is not estimated so high 

 as formerly. Also Tolman Sweeting, very fair 

 specimens. We have very different accounts of 

 this fruit in New England, some cultivators speak 

 highly of it, others say it fails. Mr.W. says that it 

 succeeds finely with him. There are more of this 

 apple in our market, early in winter, mostly from 

 the West, than of all other sweet apples. We hear 

 the Danvers Winter Sweet apple highly recom- 

 mended all over the country, and so it has been for 

 many years, yet we seldom see a barrel of this 

 fruit in this market, though good sweet apples are 

 in demind throughout the year. 



Of Dr. E. S. Kelley , Newburyport,very poor spec- 

 imens of several poor varieties of apples, knuily 

 and decaying. Mr. K. says this is a fair (if fair 

 can be in deformity,) specimen of what he bought 

 for two barrels of fine Danvers Sweet apples, of a 

 man in Topsfield, whom he met with at the cattle 

 show, and paid him $2,50 per barrel. There is not 

 in the lot before us a single specimen of the true 

 kind. It is a hard case to be thus cheated, espe- 

 cially in the way of good fruit; and it is harder still 

 to seek redress by the tedious and expensive pro- 

 cess of litigation, and be compelled to pay a coun- 

 sellor ten times as much for his services as the val- 

 ue of the article in question, and perhaps be doomed 

 to pay as much more as it would cost to buy land, 

 set out a large orchard, and bring it to a produc- 

 tive state. It is a hard case to be cheated and a 

 still harder one to go into what is called a court of 

 justice for redress, where you are sure to he fleeced to 

 a large extent, whether you get the case or not. 

 We ought to have courts in which just awards will 

 be readily and cheaply made. 



Of L. H. Spear, Braintree, Vt., a large fine ap- 

 ple, nearly round, slightly oblong; pale yellow 



ground, mostly covered with red; flesh very tender, 

 pleasant, and of fine flavor. Mr. S. intimates that 

 this may be the Murphy apple. We will not de- 

 cide on this point, as the Murphy is but little known 

 in this region, though it is the place of its origin. 

 This specimen from Mr. S. is superior in appearance 

 and quality, but he observes that it is not a great 

 bearer. In recently acknowledging the reception 

 of some fruit from Mr. S., the initials of his name 

 are W. M. by mistake. 



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