352 Domestic Economy. 



perfect dignity and beauty. Though no reason which it is in the power of 

 man to give would convince us that~ this northern elevation was justifiable 

 on any received principle of architectural design, yet, we must confess, we 

 should like to know what reason prevailed with the architect so as to 

 induce his consent to the disposition of the windows in the projections as 

 seen in the sketch, {fig. 78.) We will not allow that it was required by the 

 internal arrangement, because we know what that arrangement is ; and we 

 know also that some of the windows are false, and if some why not more, 

 or not so many, or a different size or disposition ? — Cond. 



Art. V. Domestic Economy. 



BREWING Beer from Mangold Wvrzel. — Mr. Reuben Earnshaw, of Kirk- 

 burton, near Barnsley, lately made an experiment by brewing the roots of 

 the mangold wurzel. He says, that when the roots are sliced and drained 

 through a sieve, and treated by a process the same as in ordinary brewing, 

 adding two pounds of treacle to a bushel of the roots, they will produce as 

 much ^ood liquor, with a quartern of hops, as four pecks of malt. (Scots- 

 man, March 6. 1830.) 



Spirit from the Berries of the Mountain Ash. — The berries, when per- 

 fectly ripe, are first exposed to the action of cold in the open ah, then put 

 into a wooden vessel, bruised, and boiling water poured on, the whole 

 being stirred until it has sunk in temperature to 82° Fahr. A proper quan- 

 tity of yest is then added, the whole covered up, and left to ferment. 

 When the fermentation is over, the liquor is to be put into the still, and 

 drawn over in the usual way. The first running is weak and disagreeable 

 in flavour ; but being distilled from off very fresh finely powdered charcoal, 

 in the proportion of 8 or 9 lbs. to 40 gallons of weak spirit, a very fine pro- 

 duct is obtained. The charcoal should remain in the liquid two or three 

 days before the second distillation. (Brande's Quarterly Journal.) 



The berries of the mountain ash resemble those of the grape, in contain- 

 ing sugar and natural yest, in the due proportions to produce a perfect and 

 spontaneous fermentation. The juice being expressed and left to ferment, 

 when the wine is perfect it may be distilled, and an excellent brandy will be 

 obtained, at the rate of about a pint of spirit to. a gallon of juice. (Dr. 

 Lardner's Cyclopaedia, vol. iii. Dom. Econ.) 



No gardener ought to be without a bottle of whisky, or of some other 

 wholesome spirit. The berries mentioned abound in most shrubberries, 

 and by borrowing a small still from the housekeeper they may easily be 

 turned to account. This hint, we should hope, will be sufficient. — Cond. 



Brandy [and probably Spirit of any Kind] is found an antidote to beer, and 

 it has been proved by medical men in France, that a man intoxicated by 

 drinking the latter will be rendered immediately sober by a glass or two of 

 the former. Intoxication by either wine or spirits is counteracted by vinegar. 

 Hence Lord Byron preferred a glass of port and a glass of claret alter- 

 nately to either alone. — Cond. 



The Croup, one of the most dangerous and rapid of the diseases of chil- 

 dren, may be effectually checked by the external application to the throat 

 of equal parts of camphor, spirits of wine, and hartshorn, well mixed toge- 

 ther.— J.M. Edinburgh, April 2. 1830. 



A new Corn Mill is now exhibiting at No. 175. High Holborn, London, 

 of which much is said in commendation. The mill occupies a space but 

 5 ft. square, and is perfectly portable. It is propelled by a single horse, 

 and by one operation will grind and bolt 1 cwt. of grain per hour. The 

 firsts, seconds, pollard, and bran perfectly separated. The stones are formed 

 upon a new principle, of which the basis is the French Burr. — Cond. 



