130 TO THE CONSUMER. 



it will cost you from 50 to 62J cents ; by the 

 pint it may cost you 31 cents per pint. This is 

 a great saving, as the article is always needed 

 in a family. Never buy any other medicine or 

 any thing that goes by measurement in small 

 quantities, and especially such articles as come 

 into every day use. Paying from 40 to 100 per 

 cent, more for domestic articles will amount to a 

 considerable sum in 5 or 10 years. Some per- 

 sons may say: "I am too poor and cannot spare 

 the money." That kind of argument will not 

 hold good. By saving 50 or 100 per cent, is 

 the means to make you able. Try the experi- 

 ment and you will soon be convinced; money is 

 worth but 6 per cent. 



FOR PICKLma PEARS. 



Take 1 pound of sugar to one quart of vine- 

 gar; 6 pounds of pears, peeled and quartered; J 

 ounce of cinnamon bark, broken in small pieces; 

 J ounce of cloves. Dissolve the sugar in the 

 vinegar, then put the pears, cinnamon and cloves 

 into a pot or crock, pour over the vinegar and 



