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NEW ENGLAND FAEMER. 



Aprii, 



For the New England Farmer, 

 USEFUL RECEIPTS. 

 Tooth Powder. 



Half an ounce powdered orris root ; two ounces, 

 powdered charcoal ; one ounce powdered Peruvi- 

 an bark ; half an ounce prepared chalk ; twenty- 

 drops of oil of lavender or neroli. These ingre- 

 dients should be thoroughly mixed in a mortar. 

 This tooth powder possesses three essential virtues ; 

 it sweetens the breath, cleanses and purifies the 

 teeth, and preseves the enamel. 



To Extinguish a Fire in a Chimney. 



So many serious tires have been caused by chim- 

 neys taking fire, and not being quickly extinguished 

 allowing the wood-work to become charred and 

 then blaze, that we think the following method 

 should be more generally known. Throw some 

 powdered brimstone quickly on the flames in the 

 grate or fire-place, and then hold up a screen of a 

 board or an iron sheet, to prevent the fumes from 

 descending into the room. The vapor of the brim- 

 stone ascends into the chimney and effectually ex- 

 tinguishes the burning soot. If brimstone is not 

 at hand throw half a pint of fine salt on the flames. 



8. o. J. 



DOMESTIC BECBIPTS. 



Bubble axd Squeak, — Cut into pieces con- 

 venient for fij'ing; cold roast or boiled beef ; 

 pepper, salt and fry them ; when done, lay 

 them on a hot drainer, and while the meat is 

 draining from the fat used in frying them, 

 have in readiness a cabbage already boiled in 

 two waters ; chop it small, and put it in the 

 frying pan with some butter, add a little pep- 

 per and salt, keep stirring it, that it may all 

 be equally done. When taken from the fire, 

 sprinkle over the cabbage a very little vinegar, 

 only enough to give it a slight acid taste. 

 Place the cabbage in the centre of the dish ; 

 and arrange the slices of meat neatly around it. 



Baked Apple Dumplings. — Choose large 

 russett or sour apples that cook tender ; peel 

 and quarter them, take out the cores, and use 

 one apple to a dumpling. Pinch your pie- 

 crust well, grease your pie pan, set your 

 dumplings right side up ; do not let them touch 

 each other ; set them in your oven, and bake 

 a delicate brown. Eat hot with any sauce 

 you prefer. 



A Pippin Pudding. — Boil six apples well ; 

 take out the cores, put in half a pint of milk 



thickened with three eggs, a little lemon-peel, 

 and sugar to the taste ; put puflF paste round 

 your dish, bake it in a slow oven, grate sugar 

 over it, and serve it hot. 



Remedy for Ear Ache. — There is scarcely 

 any ache to which children are subject, so bad 

 to bear, and so difficult to cure, as earache. 

 But there is a remedy never known to fail. 

 Take a bit of cotton batting, put upon it a 

 pinch of black pepper, gather it up and tie it, 

 dip it in sweet oil, and insert it in the ear. 

 Put a flannel bandage over the head to keep 

 it warm. It will give immediate relief. 



AMEHICAN QIRIiS IN EUROPE. 



I donot wish to undervalue English beauty, 

 which is most satisfactory and enduring, and 

 most of which will wash. But I confess that 

 American beauty from New York to New Or- 

 leans has spoiled my eyes for any other ; and 

 when I am just getting accustomed to the solid 

 English matrons and maidens, like Mr. Haw- 

 thorne, and beginning to like them — along 

 comes a group of my fair country women on 

 their travels, and they spoil it all again. 

 Those dear Yankee girls — I fear you do not 

 appreciate them at home. Here they adm re 

 and envy them — that is, the men admire and 

 the women envy. On the continent they rave 

 about them. Half a dozen American belles 

 send a whole German town distracted. It is 

 not onlv beauty and grace, but their wit, spirit 

 and audacity. The continental customs favor 

 their triumphs. No girl over there dares to 

 say her soul is her own — let alone her body. 

 She never goes anywhere without a chaperone ; 

 she never converses with a gentleman except 

 to answer a question ; she is of necessity in- 

 sipid to the last degree. An American girl, 

 on the contrary, asserts her freedom, goes 

 where she likes, talks with every one she cares 

 to talk with, says du to a German — just as she 

 would do at home. He is overwhelmed, as- 

 tonished, but all the more delighted. He tells 

 his friends that the beautiful girl he waltzed 

 with said du to him, and told him to bring her 

 a glass of water, which sets them all crazy to 

 be introduced, hear her say du to them, and 

 be made water carriers likewise. Next day 

 the whole town is talking about and staring at 

 her — the women are in a rage — but the result 

 is the conviction that America must be a great 

 country, increased emigration, and the con- 

 sequent progress of civilization. — European 

 Letter. 



