LADIES' DEPARTMENT tQYS' DEPARTMENT. 
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CalJica' ^Department. 
RECIPES FOB THE LADIES. 
I hope my dear friends will not imagine for a 
moment that I neglect their interests while taking 
notes. Here is proof that I am still mindful to 
pick up all little items like the following for future 
use : — 
Louisiana Muffi.it Bread. — Take two pints of 
flour and one and a half of sifted corn meal, two 
spoonfuls of butter, one spoonful of yeast, and 
two eggs, and mix and bake for breakfast. It is 
good. 
Hopping Johnny (jambalaya). — Take a dressed 
chicken, or full-grown fowl, if not old, and cut 
all the flesh into small pieces, with a sharp knife. 
Put this into an iron pot, with a large spoonful of 
butter and one onion chopped fine ; steep and stir 
it till it is brown ; then add water enough to cover 
it, and put in some parsley, spices, and red pepper 
pods, chopped fine, and let it boil till you think it 
is barely done, taking care to stir it often, so as not 
to burn it ; then stir in as much rice, when cooked, 
as will absorb all the water, which will be one 
pint of rice to two of water ; stir and boil it a 
minute or so, and then let it stand and simmer 
until the rice is cooked, and you will have a most 
delicious dish of palatable, digestible food. 
Something for the Children. — Make a dish of 
molasses candy, and, while it is hot, pour it out 
upon a deep plate, and stir in the meats of pecans, 
hickory nuts, hazle nuts, or peanuts, just as thick 
as you can stir them in, and then let it cool. Be 
careful and not eat too much of it, for it is very 
rich. It is a very nice dish for evening parties of 
die dear little girls and boys; and I have known 
«me " big children" to like it pretty well. 
Solon .Robinson. 
Alabama, March 25th, 1849. 
What Can be !>>ne by a Farmer's Wife. — 
tVIrs. John Torton, of Lower Penn's Neck, sold, on 
x»ard the steamer Exptoss, on Friday last, sixty 
;->air of fowls for sixty dollars. This lady has sold 
he past season $163 worth of poultry. A friend 
assures us that those sold by Mrs. T. on Friday, 
■were much in advance of any poultry on board the 
hoat that day, though ihe whole amount of sales 
exceeded $300. A gentleman of Delaware was so 
mur.h pleased with the poultry, or the sale, or both, 
that he purchased of Mrs. T. some of her live 
stock at $1 each. — National Standard. 
The Way to Win a Husband. — If your sweet- 
heart happens to call about supper time, go down 
into the kitchen and take a mutton chop, broil 
it nicely over a lad fire, and set before him, with 
pickles and a jug of good ale. Whisper softly in 
his hearing, the -words, " I did it." You will find 
this a wry likely way indeed to win him. — Ex- 
change. 
A Good Wivs. — When a daughter remarks — 
*' Mother, I would not hire help, for lean assist 
you to do all the wmk of the kitchen," se: it down 
that she will make somebody a go^d ?vJit Uncle 
Sam. 
Dogs' ^Department. 
EXPERIMENT FOR THE BOYS 
Fig. 42. 
When the soil and season are favorable, if plas 
ter of Paris be sown, in the spring, upon grass al- 
ready commenced growing, the product of the 
crop is often doubled. The grass then takes a 
lively green color and an extraordinary vigor, 
which causes it to contrast strongly with the por- 
tions not plastered. When Dr. Franklin wished to 
introduce the use of plaster into America, in order 
to convince his countrymen of its efficacy, he 
sowed in letters upon a clover field, in Washington, 
with powdered gypsum, the following phrase, as 
indicated on the adjoining cut : — "THIS HAS 
BEEN PLASTERED." 
The effect of the plaster brought these words up 
in bold relief in greener and more vigorous stalks ; 
and the consequence was, everybody was convinc- 
ed of its highly-fertilizing powers, and it has been 
rendered popular in this country ever since. 
GAME AND DORKING FOWLS. 
I have, for many years, been an admirer of poul- 
try, and have in turn kept most of the varieties, 
fronrthe little-booted Bantam, to the gigantic, long- 
legged Malay ; but, all properties considered, I de- 
cidedly prefer the game fowl or the Dorking. 
True, they are very different in characteristics ; as 
different as the thorough-bred is from the dray 
horse, and fill two very different positions. As an 
amateur, give me the game bird before all others. 
The richness of his plumage, its closeness, its bril- 
liancy, its changeable colors and glossiness, is cer- 
tainly unrivalled in the poultry courts. Then his 
symmetry, the elegance of his every movement, his 
bold and fearless bearing, his undaunted courage, 
and lofty carriage, all testify to his high breeding ; 
and yet, to the exacting, pert, and coquetish beau- 
ties of his household he is the very model of gentle 
manners, courtesy, and attention ; but it extends 
not a single point beyond. Lay but a finger rudely 
on any of his chosen ones, and you will find it is a 
word and a blow with him. and the blow comes 
first ! 
But to return to the mere matter-of-fact value of 
this breed ; I claim that they are a very hardy, 
