ladies’ department. 
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Cabka’ ©apartment. 
CAUTION IN THF. CHOICE OF CULT NARY 
UTENSILS.—No 3. 
My neYt object is to examine the vessels of pot¬ 
tery ware, and consider what kinds of these may be 
used with impunity, in the preparation of pickles 
and jams. Vessels of this description are generally 
glazed, or covered on the inside, and sometimes on 
both sides, by two distinct methods; in the one 
case, with oxide of lead (litharge), or some prepa¬ 
ration of lead; and in the other, with common salt. 
It hardly need be said, that, in domestic economy, 
the latter of these should alone be employed. 
The lead glazing can readily be detected, as it is 
characterized by a very smooth shining surface, 
precisely as if the vessel with which it is covered 
had been well varnished. The salt glaze, on the 
contrary, has but little lustre, and all the roughness 
of the clay beneath it can perfectly be seen. 
Pickles, jams, and all other substances having 
any acid re-action, or any tendency to such action, 
ought never to be placed in contact with a lead 
glaze ; lor so surely as they are, so surely will they 
become contaminated (pickles especially), with so¬ 
luble salts of lead, from which the well-known ef¬ 
fects of poisoning by lead will ensue. 
The ordinary vessels known hy the name of 
“ baking dishes, 1 -' should never he employed for the 
purposes they are designed ; for their glaze con¬ 
tains a very large proportion of oxide of lead, upon 
which all fatt}^ substances have a decided solvent 
action, and consequently is attended with injurious 
effects. Fruit pies, tarts, &c., ought not to be baked 
in such dishes, for the acids the fruits naturally 
contain have a very energetic action on such 
glazes, especially when they are exposed to them, 
at the boiling temperature, for a considerable time. 
Hence, all such vessels should be discarded from 
household economy, more especially at the present 
time, when salt-glazed vessels are cheaply and 
abundantly obtained. It is true, they are a little 
more expensive; but what person, who thought 
not only of the preservation of his own health, but 
that of his family, would hesitate in expending 
only a few half dimes more in the purchase of 
wholesome utensils for domestic use ? And it must 
be considered that, although a single dose of lead, 
or copper, in the small quantities it is taken off from 
vessels used in cooking, is not by itself mortal, yet 
the daily continuance of such a system of poison- 
rng, would tend ultimately to the most serious 
results. C. 
How to Make Mushroom Catchup. —As soon 
as the mushrooms are brought in, free them from 
dirt, and cut off the roots : break them up, and put 
them in thin layers into a stone pot, sprinkling each 
layer freely, but not heavily, with fine salt. Let 
them lay twenty-four hours ; then mash them well 
with the hands, or a wooden spoon ; wrap them in 
a coarse cloth, and press the liquor well out. After 
this, put them into a preserve kettle over a slow 
fire: boil gently, and skim clean, aslong as any scum 
appears. Have, in readiness, a stone pot and the fol j 
lowing spices, about one quarter of an ounce of! 
each, to every quart of the liquid :—Race ginger, I 
cut in thin slices; cloves, mace, nutmegs, and I 
whole black pepper, broken coarsely in a mortar ; I 
pour the boiling liquor on these, stir well, and cover 
it closely until quite cold. Then bottle up, putting 
into each bottle a clove of garlic, and divide the 
spices equally among them. 
The catchup may be used in three months, but 
is better with age; when it will form a delicate 
condiment either for fish or fiesh. E. S. 
HOW TO MEND CROCKERY WARE. 
Take care that the fractured edges of the vessel 
are not snipped, nor suffered to contract dirt; for if 
a dirty dish, or cup, be broken, it is almost, but not 
quite, a hopeless case; wash it gently and tho¬ 
roughly with soap and water; rinse with soft 
water, and let it dry without wiping. The pieces 
should then be fitted together, as soon as possible, 
and kept in their places by winding firmly over the 
bowl, or dish, a strong thread, or a piece of twine; 
put the broken article into a boiler, an inch or two 
larger each way, and fill them bath with sweet, cold 
skimmed milk; setthe boiler over the fire, and boil 
for ten or fifteen minutes; take it off’, and let it 
stand till quite cold, when the string, or twine, may 
be cut, and the article wmshed in warm water. 
If the above directions have been carefully attend¬ 
ed to, the vessel will be found firmly and perma* 
nently united, so that it cannot again be separated 
at the same place, which looks only like a crack. 
This is also an excellent method of preventing 
cracks from becoming fractures , provided the same 
process of closing by winding the thread be ob¬ 
served. 
India, French, and I may add, our Philadelphia 
porcelain, are too close-grained and hard, to be 
mended in this.-way. E. S. 
Eutawah , August , 1848. 
“Train up a Child in the Way he should Go.” 
—“ That’s right—slap your mother’s face—naughty 
ma !” “ Pull John’s hair—so you may. See there 
he has a handful!” “ Pull pussy’s tail—how she 
mews—Pshaw'! it don’t hurt her!” “ He’s sharp to 
look out for himself—how cunning he is in getting 
the best one—trust him to take care of number one.” 
“ He’s a sly little rogue. Was not that a real 
trick J Willy will know how to get out of a 
scrape.” “ What a story that child has made up— 
she’ll make a first-rate romance writer.” 
Look at children reared under such tuition as 
this, after they had ceased to be “ funny, because 
they are so little.” 
Lay it dowm as a rule, never to smile, nor in any 
way show approval or merriment, at any trait in a 
child which you should not wish should u grow 
with his growth, and strengthen with his strength.” 
— MissE. C. Allen. 
A Flowery Marriage.— Married at Evergreen, 
parish of Rapides, by the Rev. J. P. Bellier, Mr. 
Charles H. Flow'er, of West Feliciana, to Miss 
Clara H., daughter of the late Gen. H. S. Sprigg, of 
the former place. 
We have never seen so many happy coincidences 
as the above notice contains. A Flower , joined to 
a Sprigg , of Evergreen , must certainly promise a 
delightful future to the happy combination w T hose 
path, we hope, may be strewed with Flowers , and 
shaded only by Spriggs , of Evergreen. — N. 0. 
Delta. 
