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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



IBomestic Department. 



System, Order, Regularity. — The importance 

 of attending to these points must bo apparent to 

 every one who has had any experience in managing 

 a household, and who has the important and indis- 

 pensable talent of observing. Supposing, then, my 

 young friends to be early risers, your attention 

 ehould be next directed towai'ds having a system and 

 a regular time for every thing you do. " There's a 

 time to work, a time to sing, a time to play," &c. 

 According to your own desires, necessities, or tastes, 

 have your moments or hours set apart, and when once 

 fixed, adhere to them, and make every other thing 

 about the house adapt themselves accordingly. In 

 this way you will soon have united and harmonious 

 action, and everything will go on like "clock work." 

 You know, always, where to find yourself, and everj' 

 one else will know Avhere to find you, and place their 

 dependence and make their calculations accordingly. 

 This is supposing that you are the head of an estab- 

 lishment, for there must always be a head to a body. 

 But if j-ou are not at the head, you can regulate 

 according to that head, and if there is system about 

 it, you are as much the governor of your time as if 

 you were the main regulator. If there is not system 

 about it, I pity you from my heart ; you arc a slave 

 indeed, and must have the patience of Job and the 

 meekness of a lamb, if your temper is not ruffled. 

 From all the scourges and distempers incident to the 

 ills of human life, God save me from the factions 

 and disturbances of an irregular household. Behold 

 the beautiful, grand, and incomiorehensible sj^stem of 

 all nature, the sublime regularity of the heavenly 

 universe ; watch the harmony of system, and the 

 beauty and regularity displayed by the Divine Reg- 

 ulator, and who will deny that wo have not there 

 ail unmistakable example, for us to follow ? 



Your friend, 

 — Missouri Farmer. AMELIA. 



Indulge the Curiosity of Children. — Suppress 

 not their curiosity or inquisitiveness. It is no failing 

 in or of itself. It is, rather, one of the stronger 

 incentives and the most prominent means to become 

 learned and wise. It is generally from ignorance 

 and pride, indifference or a peevish disposition, that 

 a man commands his children to be silent, or re- 

 proaches them for an improper and reprehensible 

 curiosity when they inquire about something, and 

 are not satisfied with the first answer given them. 

 They must indeed learn and use prudence and dis- 

 cretion in the company of strangers who are present, 

 not on their own account, but on that of their pa- 

 rents. But parents, guardians, and teachers, if they 

 love their children or pupils, will kindly instruct 

 them in these things ; it Avill be their pleasure, too, 

 to answer their questions ; not with a dry yes or no, 

 but in such a manner as will convey the informa- 

 tion they desire, and yield them satisfaction. Yes, 

 they will seize these opportunities of exercising the 

 reflection of the child or youth, by encouraging it 

 to propose questions upon tliose subjects Avith which 

 it is yet unacquainted. 



And should these questions be of such a nature as 

 should render their parents or instructors unable to 

 answer them, this should not make them unwilling 

 to confess their own ignorance upon the subject, or to 

 excuse themselves through the imperfections of 

 human knowledge, or to endeavor to make the 

 inquirer comprehend that the answer to this ques- 

 tion presupposes a knowledge which he has not, 

 nor can have at present, but that his application to 

 the subject will be rewarded if he persevere therein. 

 — Charlottesville Rep. 



Toast and Water. — This article, simple as it is, 

 is rai^ly well prepared. Cut an upper crust of 

 bread as thick again' as it is usual for toast; brown it 

 carefully, but see that it be not burnt, smoked, or 

 black ; pour on as much water as is required, and 

 cover the jug till cold. A slice of thinly cut orange 

 or lemon peel infused with it, improves it greatly ; 

 it should be made early in the day during summer, 

 and placed in the sun, when it may be drank at 

 pleasure. 



Preparation of Coffee. — In Silliman's Journal 

 we find a notice of a memoir on coft'ec, by the dis- 

 tinguished French chemist, M. Payen. The results 

 brought out by his chemical researches agree ex- 

 actly with facts previously known in regard to this 

 article. A great error in the preparation of coffee 

 is, that it is burned too much, by which the liquid, 

 when it is brought to the table, is destitute of agree- 

 able flavor, and has a bitter, unpleasant taste. The 

 reason of this is shown. 



" Coffee, roasted only till it becomes slightly red, 

 preserves the maximum of weight and aroma, but 

 gives out less coloring matter. In this state, one 

 hundred pounds are found to have lost fifteen, but 

 have increased to the bulk of one hundred and 

 thirty. Roasted to a chestnut coloi', as is commonly 

 done, the loss is twenty per cent., while the increase 

 in volume is from one hundred to one hundred and 

 fifty-three. This swelling of the grain depends 

 upon the property which the nitrogenous matter 

 deposited within the tissue has of puffing up re- 

 markably w^hen heated. 



" If the heat is continued until a dark-brown color 

 is produced, and the grain is covered wdth a sort of 

 glaze, the loss is twenty-five per cent., while the 

 original quantity of nitrogen, two hundred and forty- 

 five per cent., is reduced to one hundred and seventy- 

 seven, being a loss of one fourth." 



Recipe for making Yeast. — To two middling- 

 sized potatoes add a pint of boiling water and two 

 tablespoonfuls of brown sugar. One pint of hot 

 water should be applied to every half pint of the 

 compound. Hot water is better in warm weather. 

 The yeast, being made without flour, will keep longer 

 in hot weather, and is said to be much better than 

 any in previous use. Try it. — Maine Farmer, 



Bogs' Pcpartmeut. 



Resolution. — We often see children attempt to 

 accomplish what is beyond their strength or ability, 

 when a few years old ; but after passing their child- 

 hood, and becoming great boys, they often lose 

 that resolution, ^\^len they have had time and 

 opportunity to improve their minds, and their 

 bodies have become firm and muscular, so that 

 much exercise is necessary to health, they often 

 shrink from mental or bodily labor, as though it were 

 a task. 



We would caution all boys against this love of 

 ease. Let them look around and see what is to be 

 done in study or useful labor, and take hold and 

 accomplish it with decision, and when one thing is 

 done take hold of another; keep up a resolution 

 and determination to do every thing in its proper 

 time, and in a proper manner. In this way there 



