MOOUE’S liUEAIi NEW-YOJIKEE: an AGEICULTUKAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
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BAD NEWS FOR THE RATS. 
A ORAND battle against the rats in tlie 
sewers of Paris, which are about one Imn- 
(Ircd and fifty leagues in extent, commenc¬ 
ed on the night of Saturday. The result 
up to this time is said to be the destmction 
of 250,600 rats, and it is expected that by 
the first of next month the number will have 
reached 600,000. The municipal authori¬ 
ties are of opinion that, by making four bat¬ 
tles a year, Paris will be rid of those des¬ 
tructive vermin. Several plans of destruc¬ 
tion were made use of by different brigades 
of scwermen; but that which was found to 
be most successful wixs the placing a large 
leather sack in which a large piece of mut¬ 
ton tiillow was placed—a dainty of which 
tliesc animals are very fond—at the corner 
of each sewer, and toward which the ani¬ 
mals were driven. 
The quarters which furnished the great¬ 
est numbers were the neiglrborhoods of the 
Halles, the streets near the Seine, the Hue 
Pascal, and the Faubourg St. Marbeau.— 
The Union, in giving an account of the af¬ 
fair, says: “The 250,000. rats were all of 
the grey Norwegian breed, except from 500 
to 600 black or English rats. Two of these 
animals were put aside by the men as a 
curiosity, to be presented to tlie collection of 
animals at the Jardin dcs Plantes. From 
the extremity of the tail to the tip of the 
nose these two rats measured 5J centime¬ 
tres (nearly 20 indies English.) Their 
eyes are red, like those of white mice, and 
their coats are as black and glossy ius the 
silk on a hat. The ferocity of tliese animals 
is such that one of the Norway rats w.'us lit¬ 
erally devoured in ten minutes by the two 
(English rats above mentioned. 
The animals after their capture were all 
taken to the Ils des Ravageus, where they 
were killed and skinned, an operation that 
was not performed without much danger.— 
It is said that some demur hiis arisen on the 
part of two glovers of (rrenoble, who had 
offered to take all the rat skins at the rate 
of 100 francos per 1,000, they liaving dis¬ 
covered a means of rendering them availa¬ 
ble in making gloves. It appears that they 
had calculated on the number reaching 100,- 
000, and are now alarmed at the immense 
increase in the number, but as they have 
entered into a contaact it must be fulfilled. 
It is said, however, that more advanfiigeous 
propositions have been made by a Mr. John 
Wai-ton, a rich leather dresser in London, 
who is not alarmed at 1,000,000, more or 
less, and it is thought that he will be the 
purchaser of the lot.” The muni(;ipal au¬ 
thorities having raised the bounty from 50 
francs per 1,000, the sum given bust year^ 
to 100 franc.s, the sum per head for the men 
will be 20 centimes.— Galignani. j 
DIVING PIGS. 
The diving pigs, wlxich exist iii the inte 
rior of Pennsylvania, are remarkable. Th 
town of Pottsville is situated at the poiii 
where the Norwegian creek empties into th 
Schuylkill. The creek is a rapid strean 
but the rivjcr, where the Creek enters, i 
rendered deep and sluggish by a dam be 
low, J'he butchers of the town reside alon 
the creek, and are in the habit of throwing 
the offal into the creek, Avhich is washed in 
to the river. 
A large number of Irish labortU'S live nea 
the river, keeping as is customary with then 
many pigs. These obtain tlujir subsistenc( 
chiefly by diving for the offal at the hotter 
of the river, here about 10 feet deep. I 
particular race of pig’s called “ divers” hav 
been bred in this place, differing from other 
in the fact that they are webfooted, imd ai*' 
remju-kable for their ability to dive, and, fo 
the length of time they can remain und(! 
water. 
Their power in this way seems to increas 
with age. One male of two years of ag^ 
was observed to remiun under water mor 
than .30 minutes. Younger pigs, 10, IS 
and 20 minutes. An ordinary pig is drown 
ed in less than one minute as ascertained b’ 
e.^eriment The peculiarities of the di 
ving'pigs are suj)pos(?d to result from loiq 
practice, and physical change transmitte( 
and incre.iised from generatioi to gencratioi: 
J’he reason why they i-emain.so long un 
der water is, that they may there devou 
their food Avhich is in danger of being bikei 
from them by other pigs Avhich frequent th 
shore. The young of this amj)hibious bree( 
take to the watcu- with great alacrity at ai 
early age, and soon learn to dive. Nor di 
they strike their throats with tlieir forefee 
in SAvimming, as do otliers of their race, b^ 
Avliich they frequently destroy their lives. ’ 
These singular facts relating to this pc 
culair breed of jag’s, shoAv in a striking man 
ner the ability of nature to adapt lierse.lf U 
peculiar circumstanct;a, and throAv some ligh 
on the origin of the many varieties of tin 
different species of animals. — Pittsburifl 
Chronicle, 
THE SIGNS OF PROSPERITY. 
Where spadoe grow hriglit, and idle wordH grow dull 
Where jailg are empty, and where Imrn.s are full; 
Where Church paths are with frequent feet out 
worn; 
Ijiw court-yards weedy, silent and forlorn; 
Where doctors foot it, and where farmers ride; 
Whore age abounds, and youth is multiplied; 
Where these signs are, they clearly indicate 
A happy people and well governed State. 
€\}t ffteriiiwiaii. 
HOW TO SUBDUE A VICIOUS HORSE. 
The folloAving fact occurred yesterday. 
A beautiful and high spirited horse Avoxdd 
never alloAV a .shoe to be put on his feet, or 
any person to handle his feet, without a re¬ 
sort to every species of power and means 
to control him. At one time he Avas nearly ’ 
crippled by being put into the stocks; he 
was afterwards tlu’own and fettered; at an¬ 
other time one of oau* most experienced 
horse-shoers avsis \inable to manage him by 
the aid of as many hands as could approach. 
In attemj)ting’ to shoe this horse y(;sterday, 
lie resisted all efforts, kicked aside every 
tiling but an anvil, and came near killing 
himscilf against that, and finally Avas brought 
back to the Stable unshod. 'I'liis Avas his 
only defect; in all other respects he was 
gentle and perfectly docile, especially in har¬ 
ness. But this defect Avas just on the eve 
of consigning him to the ploAV, Avhere he 
might work barefoot, when, by mere acci¬ 
dent, an officer of our service, lately returned 
from Mexico, Avas passing and being made 
acquainted Avith the difficulty, ajijilied a 
complete remedy by the following simjde 
process: 
He took n cord about the size of a com¬ 
mon bed cord, put it in the mouth of the 
horse like a bit, and tied it tiglitly on the 
top of tlie animal’s liead, passing his left 
ear under the string, not jiainfully tight, but 
tight enough to keep the ear down, and the 
cord in its jilace. This done, he patted the 
horse gently on the side of his head and 
commanded him to follow, and instantly the 
horse obeyed, perfectly subdued and as 
gentle and obedient as a Avell trained dog; 
suffering his feet to be lifted Avith entire 
impunity, and acting in all respects like an 
old stager, d’hat simple string thus tied 
made him at once as docile and ob(;dient 
as any one could desire. The gentleman 
who thus furnished this e.xceeding simjde 
means of subduing a very dangerous pro¬ 
pensity, intimated that it was practiccul in 
Mexico and South America in the man¬ 
agement of Avild horses. Be this Jis it may, 
he deserves the thanks of all owners of 
such horses, and especially the thanks of 
those Avhose business it may be to shoe and 
groom the animals.— JV. K Com. Adv. 
INFLUENZA IN HORSES. 
In attacks of influenza the tendency and 
issue is debility. Generally the most cau¬ 
tious treatment is uecessai’y, and repeated 
blood-lettings, roAvels, and .strong physic ren¬ 
der the animal debilitated, his legs become 
enlaj’ged mid dropsical, and he dies of yel- 
loAv Avater, (drop.sy) or remains for a long 
^ time in a low, Aviiak stab*,. 
Keep the animal without exercise in a 
large sbdl, and in summer let the tempera¬ 
ture be as cool as possible, avoiding a cur¬ 
rent of air. The diet scalded bran Avith te¬ 
pid Avater in which a few drachms of nitre 
are dissolviM ahvays in reach, or it may be 
SAveetened Avith honey or molasses. The 
animal must be Avell rubbed and kept Avarm- 
ly covered if he Is cold or shivei’s. For 
constipation two ounces of cream of tartar 
may be given in the drink, every mornhig, 
and if the excretions are pent up, the rectum 
is to be emptied by the oiled hand, and then 
a clyster given made of gruel, linseed tea, 
or jv decoction of slijipery elm. Bags of lin¬ 
seed meal or bran poultice may be suspend¬ 
ed under the throat and renewed every tivo 
hours, keeping the animal at the same time 
comfortably clothed—or foment the throat 
with water, hot as the head cmi bear, steam¬ 
ing the nose with the vapor rising from it, 
and then rub the glands about the upper 
part of the windpipe Avith this linament: al¬ 
cohol 1 j)int, camphor 1 oz, soft soap 4 oz, 
spirits of hartshorn 2 oz. 
lIoAV TO Cure a “Wind Sucker.”— 
Wind sucking is a habit (like cheAving to¬ 
bacco) much easier acquired than forgotten. 
It can only be practiced, hoAvever, under 
favorable circumstances; tliat is, Avhen there 
is some object on Avhich the horse can rest 
his teeth, located about iis high as his breast 
— such as a common manger, for instance. 
The best renuidy, therefore, is to place the 
manger or feeding trough as low as the 
ground or floor of the stable, and the hay¬ 
rack as high as the horse can reach, and see 
that there is no object of an intermediate, 
height for liim to rest his teeth uj)on to suck 
Avind. Care must always be taken, that, 
when out of the stable, he is not alloAved to 
stand near a fence or stump, or any object 
of convenient height for jiractising this hab¬ 
it. In the course of a few months, say live 
or six, he will forget the trick. 
Another Remedy. —Tie a cord arouml 
the neck of the horse, sufficiently tight to 
prevent him from enlarging the throat, as 
IS done in Avind sucking, but not so tight as 
to obstruct breathing or swallowing. A 
tight halter, Avith throat-straj), Avill answer 
this purposi;. It Avill need to be Avorn for 
two or three months. Tliis remedy is easy, 
and I have found it quite effectual. — Ohio 
Cxdtivator. 
Snow Halls in IIorsks Fret.— Soft .soap well 
rubbed into tlio bottom of the hoofs when clean, 
and before the horHos leave the stable, will prevent 
tlie collection of balls of snow. 
IBortitulturnl Jtjjartmnit. 
THE APPLE AND ITS ACCLIMATION. 
It is singular what an influence climate 
and locality have upon the Apple. What is 
a hardy and regular producing tree in one 
region, is almost Avorthless in another. 
In Western Ncav York the Peach, and all 
the fine faiits, tire as much at home, ns if 
they wen; indigenous to the soil. In fact w’e 
knoAv of no exception, bitt Avhat the Apjih; 
tree in ptirticular, come from what (juarter 
they may, succeed Avell,— with the excep¬ 
tion, perhaps, of the NeAvtown Pijqiin, Avhidh 
is not tis free from the black blotch, or fun¬ 
gus, as on Long Island, where it originated. 
In ti great part of Ohio, tind particularly 
in the middle and southern portions, the 
Rhode Island Or(;ening, Bello et Bonne, 
Romanite, Vandevere, Holland Pippin, tfec., 
—Avhich Avith us are among our finest va¬ 
rieties— an; utterly Avorthless, from the 
prevalence of the bitter rot. The Baldwin 
is a short liA’cd tree, and what is more sin¬ 
gular, a fall ajiple. We gather these facts 
from the Report of the Board of Agricul¬ 
ture of the Stat<; of Ohio, ddien; seems to 
be a considerable discrepancy in the views 
of different reportei’s, yet it is evident they 
are not the fine articles they are with us. 
A. great variety of queer names prevail, 
which either betaken a great many originals, 
of Avhich this section, and no nursery cata¬ 
logue knoAvs anything about. A great con¬ 
fusion of names exists in that (;ountry, Ave 
think, and it needs the correcting influence 
of a fruit convention to improve their nomen¬ 
clature. The great state of Ohio, one of the 
first in population and imporfiince, should 
take some measures to settle, by and through 
its (State Society, Avhatis to the “manor born,” 
and congenial to its climate and soil. 
We observe no mention made, of tlie 
SAvaar, Oanada Red, Nonsuch, Famcu.se, 
or Pom me do Neige, St. Lawrence, Hub- 
bardston’s Nonsuch, ikc., noted among us 
as first rata fruits. 'Fhe grafts may readily 
be obtained, and grafted ujxm the limbs of 
old trees, and tested in threi; or four years. 
Our nursery men, on application, Avould seiu^ 
by m(;ans of the expressess, any of our va¬ 
rieties to any part of the United States. . 
GRAPE CULTURE AT THE WEST. 
A WESTEHN correspondent of the Port¬ 
land Argus writes as follows respecting 
grape culture in the valley of the Ohio: 
“ On my recent visit to the East, a West¬ 
ern gentleman Avho sat near me at dinner 
at the Astor House, sent me a bottle of 
wine, and glass to drink Avith him. After 
dinner, he informed me that the Avine Avas 
of his OAvn manufacture, from grapes of his 
own cultivation. About five years ago, :us 
he informed me, he planted three and one- 
half acres in grapes, on his OAvn land, a few 
miles below’ Cincinnati, and last year he 
made 2,500 gallons of Avine. This wine he 
sold for a dollar and a quarter and a dollar 
and a half a gallon; and after paying ex¬ 
penses of manufacture, the three and a half 
acres of vines gave him a nett jirolit of ^3,- 
000! Five hundred gallons to an acre is 
not an uncommon yield; anything less than 
3 or 400 gollons is considered a small one. 
All kinds of grapes are cultivated for the 
table, and as experiments; but the gi’ape 
relied upon for Avine, and mostly cidtivated, 
is the CataAvba. There is no bettar table 
grape tlian this. There are a few Isab<;lla 
vineyards; but the Avine from them is not 
esteemed. Vineyards are springing up all 
along the hill-sides, from about 69 miles 
above and 60 miles beloAV Cincinnati, mostly 
in the State of Ohio and Indiana. The 
hills, for .some distance from the river, on 
both sides, varying in extent from one to 
several miles, are peculiarly adapted to the 
grape culturi;. 'J'hey are full of rotton lime 
stone, Avhich is constantly decaying, and 
thus furnishing a perpetual supjily of ma¬ 
nure. The grape croj) fails here about as 
often as the apple crop of New England; 
the fiiilure b(;ing rarely, if ever, total, but 
yielding enough to pay expen.scs, and small 
profits in the poorest siaisons.” 
Black Gillikloaver Arple. —'Fliis apple 
is not prized by many iis a good one; but 
when baked, it can hardly be knoAvn from 
the pear. Whik; cooking strew molasses 
upon it, and a perfect luxury for the table 
may be had. This we le-arned from a fiu’- 
mer in Greece. j. u. av. ■ 
An Orchard made Profitable. —An 
old orchard of four acres had not been plow¬ 
ed for nearly 30 years, and Avas regarded by 
the neighbors as Avorthles.s. It did not yield 
more than 8 bai’rels a year. It Avas Avell 
ploAved, and thoroughly manured for three 
successive years, and cultivated with crops. 
It tlien produced two hundred and eighty 
barrels of ajyples. 
HOW TO TRANSPLANT TREES WITH A 
FROZEN BALL, 
It is now tlie season for transplanting 
trees a<?cording to the above mode, which is 
the best for those of comparatively large 
size. ’File modus operaruli is simple, and 
easily performed, as Avill b<; seen by the fol¬ 
lowing valuable directions, Avhich Ave copy 
from the Horticulturist: 
“ Tran.splanting Avith a frozen ball is a 
good deal jiracticed in this country, and is 
much the cheapest and most perfect mode 
for trees of moderately large size; that is 
to say, trees fi’om 20 to 30 feet high, and 
Avhose trunks measure from 0 inches to a 
foot in diameter. Trees of this proportion 
are, indeed, the most suitable for the em- 
bellishmc'ut of ncAv places, since .they unite 
immediate beauty of effect Avith compara¬ 
tive cheapn(;ss in removal, wliile it requires 
less m(;clianical skill to remove them. 
The process of removing a tree with a 
froz(;n ball is a simple one, especially if 
performed in tlu; early part of winter, Avhile 
there is but little frost in the ground. In 
the first j)lace, the liole should be made 
ready,* and a pile of suitable soil laid by 
the side of it and covered Avith straw, to 
prevent its being frozen when wanted. 
Then a trench is dug all around the tree, 
in order to leave a ball of earth of from 6 
to 8 feet in diameter. Tlu; trench should 
be Avide enough to alloAvthe operator grad¬ 
ually to undermine the ball of roots, so that 
at last the tree just stands, as it Avere, upon 
one leg. In this condition let the ball be 
exposed to a sharp frosty night, that it may 
freeze (juite firmly. 'Flie next day you ap¬ 
proach the subject Avith a common Ioav sled, 
or stone boat, drawn by a pair or two of 
o.xen; (or if the tree measures only six 
inches a pair of horses will do.) The tree 
Avith its ball is now thrown on one side; the 
sled is then placed under the ball on the 
ojiposite side; then the tree is righted, the 
ball placed upon the middle of the sled, and 
the whole drawn out of the hole. A team- 
star of very little jiractice Avill now see at a 
glance how to balance his load upon the 
sled; and onci; on level ground it is no dif¬ 
ficult matter to drag the Avhole for half a 
mile or more to its final location. 
After the tree has b(;en placed in tlu; 
hole previously jirepared for it, the good soil 
must be closely pressed around tlu; ball, 
and the trunk supported in its place, till 
aftar the equinoctial rains, by stakes or 
branches.-j- 
Then; is no mode for the removal of trees 
in Avhich they Avill suffer so little as thi.s, 
partly because the roots are maintained 
more entire than in any other way, and 
partly because the soil is not even loosened 
or disturbed about a large jiortion of the 
fibres. Hence, though a slight reduction 
of the tap is advisable, even in this case, to 
balance the loss of some of the long roots, 
it is not ab.solutely needful, and in no <;fise 
is the symmetry of the lu;ad destroyed and 
the possessor of the neAvly moved tree has 
the satisfaction of gazing ujion a goodly 
shoAv of foliage and shade as soon as June 
comes around again. 
Those of our readers Avho are groaning 
for the Avant of trees, Avill see by these re¬ 
marks, that their case is by no mt;ans des¬ 
perate ; that, on the contrary, Ave thing it a 
very hopeful one; and that, in short, if 
they can afford from tAvo to t*;n dollars per 
tree, and can get at the right kind of sub¬ 
jects in their neighborhood, they may, if 
they choose, transform their premises from 
a bl(;ak meadow to a wood lus tlu(;k as 
‘ Vallombrosa’s shade,’ before the Spring 
opens.” 
* F]«pecially should the soil, in the bottom of 
tho hole, bo well trenched and manured. 
t We may here add, tliat besides elm.s and ma¬ 
ples, this inode is equally successful with ever¬ 
greens of all kinds. We have seen white pines 
and firs, of twenty feet high, moved so perfectly 
in this manner, that they never show the lea.st 
mark of the change of place. 
Gigantic Water Lilv.— We observe in 
one of the London papers an account, with 
engravings of a gigantic Avater Lily, a native 
of Bolivia, and raised at Ghats worth & Kew 
Parks, from seeds brought from South 
America. It is found growing in the branches 
of the Amazon. 'Fhe plants at Gluitsworth 
Avere placed in a tank, 12 feet square and 
three or four inches deep—well tilled Avith 
cart loads of soil mi.xed tvith Avater. IFhe 
leaves of the liily Avere three teet and a half 
in diameter, and 11 in circumference—so 
strong as to be able to bear the Aveightof a 
young lady upon them. The buds rise 
about six inches above the Avater and begin 
to open in the evening. The flowei’s, wliich 
are of the jiurest Avhite at lu’st, and then ex¬ 
hibit a rich jiink in the centre Avhon fully 
expanded during the night, measure tan 
inches in diameter. They also emit a pe¬ 
culiar fragrance, not unlike ripe fruit. The 
Lily AAuvs first discovered in 1832, though 
it Avas not iiUroduced into England till three 
or four years since 
A Simple Rule.—T o ascertain the 
length of the day and night at any time of 
the year, double the time of the sun’s rising, 
Avhich gives the length of the night, and 
double the time of setting, Avhich gives the 
leng’th of the day. 
loniMlic (icDiiomi]. 
BREAD. 
Though no article of food is more com¬ 
mon thim that denominated bread, yet how 
fcAv, comparatively, are accustomed to tho 
genuine. We venturi; the assertion that not 
one family in tAventy, in York State, habit¬ 
ually eat that of a first rate quality. One’s 
stomach involuntarily heaves at the thought 
of the tons of liard, dry, solid or sour stuffj 
called bread, that finds its way into the stom¬ 
achs of our countrymen. It is a fact Avhich 
travelei’S will endorse, that in our best ho¬ 
tels the bread department is generally poor¬ 
ly represented. Either the miserable soap¬ 
suds or baker’s bread supplies the place of 
the genuine article, or a liard, dry substance, 
with the ne.edless circumeursation of crust, 
is furnished from the hotel kitchen. 
Now Ave consider evei*y young lady’s ed¬ 
ucation incomplete—indeed Avofully defec¬ 
tive—if she iwnnot knead and bake a light 
moist, white, well flavored, and crustless 
loaf of bread. Young ladies—schoolgirls 
— you are studying chemistry to little pur¬ 
pose if you liavi; not so much as learned 
this important lesson. Wi; are glad to see 
house-keej)ing made a prominent part of 
female education, in Central College; and 
Ave hope that none of the young la(li(;s in 
that institution will be. allowed a diploma 
till they are capable of ju’oducing bread, 
that Avill not oidy do one’s stomach good, 
but that is fit, also, to fi’ast liis eyes. 
Why is it, that, while almost (;vcry oth¬ 
er article of table use has become tin; sub¬ 
ject of competition, this very common and 
important one is excluded from the list ?— 
For our OAvn part Ave think a good bread - 
maker as worthy of a premium as the ma¬ 
ker of good butter and cheese; therefore 
we respectfully suggest that it be made the 
subject of exhibition at our Agricultural 
Fail’s. Who seconds the motion.— Cort¬ 
land Express. 
We do, most heartily—ami vote you a 
diploma for a suggestion so imp<)rtant.—En. 
Preservation ok Me.vt by Freezing. 
— Evi'ry body knoAVs, or ought to knew, 
that meat Avill keep perfectly SAveet .so long 
as it remains frozen. But evei’y body does 
not know that their meat Avill In; tender or 
tough, according to the method of thawing 
it. If frozen meat is lirought into a Avarm 
room, and thaAved by heat—if you have 
not good teeth, and the digestive. jiOAvers of 
an ostrich, you liad best leavi; that jiart of 
the dinner for those Avho luive. Therefore, 
bring from the larder, the night befon; it is 
wanted, the meat or poultry intended for 
dinner, and plunge it into cold Avater. I’l'e 
next morning, a thick coat of ice, Avill be 
found epf.*ru.sting the, Avhole piece. Take 
ort', and change the water, anil let it remain 
until the hour for dres.sing it. If t<.» be boil¬ 
ed, jnit it over tlie fire in cold water ; if fi r 
a roast, put it not before t()0 brisk a lire, ;;; 
there is ahvays danger that the lieart of .1 
large piece may not be completely thuAved, 
in Avhich case it Avill be sjioiled. 
Vegetables should be tluiAved in the same 
Avay, and, Avith a feAv exceptioiLS, tluiy Aviil 
be better for having been frozen. Potatoes, 
hoAvever, acquire a disagreeable SAve(;tness. 
Flannel Gakes.— Put a table-spoonful 
of butter into a quart of milk, and warm 
them together till the butter has melted, 
tlien stir it Avt;ll, and set aAvay to cool.. Beat 
five eggs as light as jiossible, and stir them, 
into tin; milk in turn Avith three jiints of sift¬ 
ed flour; add a small teaspoonful of salt, 
and a large table-spoonful and a half of the 
best fresh yeast’ Set the pan of batter 
near the live to rise; and if the yeast is good, 
it Avill be light in three lioui’s. Then bake 
it on a griddle in the manner of buekAvheut 
cakes. Send them to table hot, and cut 
across into four jiieces. This batter may be 
bakc-d in Avaflie-irons. If so, send to table 
Avith the calces jioAvdered with wliite sugar 
and cinnamon. 
Rice Wakkles.—T ake a tea cup and ,i 
half, or a common sized tumbler full aud a 
half of rice that lias been Avell boiled, and 
warm it in a j)int of rice milk, stirring it tiJ 
smooth and thoroughly mixed. T’hen re- 
raovi' it from the fire, and stir in a pint of 
cold milk, aud a small teasjioonful of salt.— 
Beat four eggs very light, and then stir 
them into the mixture in turn, Avitli suffi¬ 
cient rice llour to make a thick batter— 
Bake it in a Avaflle-iron. Send them to ta¬ 
ble hot; butU'i’ them; and eat them Avith 
poAvdered sugar and cinnamon, prepared in 
a small bowl for the purpose. 
Honey is, accoi’ding to .Mr. Milton, avJio 
luLs lately publislietl a treatise on bees in 
England, a universal .'-^pccilic; and among 
its other valuable jn’operties, he declares 
that it ju’cvents consumption, and states that 
that destroyer of human life is not knOAva 
in countries Avhere honey is regularly taken 
as an article of food, T'iiose Avho have less 
laith in the specilic, may perliaps attribute 
tlu; cause to dift'erence of climate rather 
than to honey. The Italian singers, it is 
also affirmed, are greatly indebted to honey; 
but their practice is to sharpen it with a few 
drops of acid, though they sometimes take 
it in a piu’e state.— Albany Cxdtivator, 
