ladies’ department. 
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sociated with a generous sensibility, its execu¬ 
tion is irresistible.” 
THE FARMER. 
Of all pursuits by men invented 
Tire plowman is the best contented; 
His calling’s good, his profit’s high, 
And on his labors all rely; 
Mechanics all by him are fed, 
Of him, the merchants seek their bread ; 
His hands give meat to everything 
Up from the beggar to the king. 
The milk and honey, corn and wheat 
Are by his labors made complete; 
Our clothes, from him must first arise, 
To deck the fop, to dress the wise. 
We then by vote may justly state 
The farmer’s rank among the great; 
More independent than them all. 
Who dwell upon this earthly ball. 
All hail! ye farmers, young and old, 
Push on your plow with courage bold; 
Your wealth arises from your clod, 
Your independence from your God. 
If, then, the plow supports the nation, 
And men of rank in every station, 
Let kings to farmers make a bow. 
And every man procure a plow. 
To Make Green Salve.— Take freshly-gath¬ 
ered white lily flowers, broad-leaved, common 
plantain, and chickweed, each, as much as can 
be grasped in a man’s hand; one pound of 
newly-churned butter, without salt; one pound 
of mutton suet, melted and strained; one pound 
of bees wax ; and one pound of rosin. Melt the 
suet and butter together, and boil in them the 
herbs, until the juice is all extracted; then 
strain through a cloth, and add the rosin and 
wax. When melted and well mixed, strain 
again into a queens-ware or earthen pan, and 
stir till cold, to prevent separation. An excel¬ 
lent cooling and healing salve for wounds and 
burns. M. 
Poplar Ridge , Cayuga Co ., N. Y. 
■ - - 
SMALL SWEET COURTESIES OF LIFE. 
The following excellent advice was given by 
the late William Wirt to his daughter, and may 
be read with profit by every female or lady in 
the land:— 
“I want to tell you a secret. The way to 
make yourself pleasing to others, is to show 
that you care for them. The whole world is 
like the miller at Mansfield, ‘ who cared for no¬ 
body—no, not he—because nobody cared for 
him.’ And the whole world will serve you so, 
if you will give them the same cause. Let ev¬ 
ery one see, therefore, that you do care for them, 
by showing them what Sterne so happily calls 
‘the small sweet courtesies of life,’ those cour¬ 
tesies in which there is no parade, whose voice 
is too still to tease, and which manifest them¬ 
selves by tender and affectionate looks, and lit¬ 
tle kind acts of attention; giving others the 
preference in every little enjoyment, at the ta¬ 
ble, in the field, walking, sitting, or standing. 
This is the spirit that gives to your time of life, 
and to your sex, its sweetest charms. It consti¬ 
tutes the sum total of all the witchcraft of wo¬ 
man. Let the world see that your first care is 
for yourself, and you will spread the solitude of 
the upas tree around you in the same way, by 
the emanation of a poison which kills all the 
juices of affection in its neighborhood. Such a 
girl may be admired for her understanding and 
accomplishments, but she will never be beloved. 
“ The seeds of love can ever grow under the 
warm and genial influence of kind feelings and 
affectionate manners. Vivacity goes a great 
way in young persons. It calls attention to 
her who displays it; and if it then be found as¬ 
To Iron Silks.— Silk cannot be ironed smooth¬ 
ly so as to press out all the creases, without 
first sprinkling it with water, and rolling it up 
tightly in a towel—letting it rest for an hour or 
two. If the iron is the least too hot, it will in¬ 
jure the color, and it should first be tried on an 
old piece of the same silk. Bright-colored silks 
or ribbons, such as pink, yellow, green, &c., 
always change color on the application of an 
iron. Black, brown, olive, grey, &c., generally 
look very well after ironing. Silks should al¬ 
ways be ironed on the wrong side. 
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Edgewood Pudding, or Desert Cake.— With 
a moderate-sized coffee cup of sugar, beat four 
eggs, and then add two cups of molasses, and 
continue the beating until well done. Of flour 
sifted light, add five cups; butter melted, one 
cup; sweet milk, one cup (if half cream it is 
none the worse); one teaspoonful dissolved in 
warm water, of carbonate of soda, or saleratus 
will do, and one small tablespoonful of ginger. 
Mix well, and bake in the same manner as you 
would pound cake. Serve hot or cold, for des¬ 
ert or tea, with or without sauce. 
Glenwood Cake.— Substitute loaf sugar in 
place of the brown, as in the above recipe, and 
clean syrup in place of molasses, and a nutmeg 
for the ginger, and you have a light-colored 
cake, quick made, very good, and not so rich 
as to give the dyspepsia to everybody that eats 
of it. 
Glenwood Waffles. —Beat two eggs, and 
add a pint and a half of milk ; a little salt, and 
a pint each of flour and cold boiled rice; beat 
up the whole into a smooth batter and bake to 
a crisp. 
