MOORE’S RUBAI 
YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
being So much better than I expected, it is no 
object to sell my ewes.) And I have been as 
much instructed, for no two had the same notions 
as to what would meet their views, except heavy 
fleeces. On that all agreed, — purity of blood 
being of less consequence than heavy fleeces. 
The plan adopted by the State Agricultural 
Society will thoroughly test the heavy-fleece hum¬ 
bug, and we shall be likely to know, in due time, 
about how much wool, and how much dirt and 
grease, goes to make a heavy-wooled sheep.—r. 
The following items arc.from tho same 
source as tho preceding : 
Mr. MoHardy’s Stock.—Raising Calves. 
Mr. Moore :—I am a subscriber to the Rural 
New-Yorker, and the Wool Grower, and find 
many pieces in these papers which interest me 
much. This induces me to send you a short 
sketch of my stock and of my way of raising 
calves. 
In my judgment, after looking the country over, 
the short-horn Durhams are the most profitable 
cattle. Hence I tried them, and my experience 
confirms this belief. I have a grade of cattle 
which I esteem very highly, and think they are 
able to compete with any class in America, They 
are a cross between the Short-horns and the im¬ 
ported Holland ; they are varied in color, inclu¬ 
ding all the colors of the Sliort-horns and of the 
Dutch, being black, blue and spotted. JVIy stock 
numbers in all about forty, several good thorough 
bred Short-horns among them. I wish some of 
our stock men—good judges of cattle, would call 
and see mine, and be frank to let me know 
whether I am doing right or wrong, as I am a be¬ 
ginner. 
I had the curiosity to weigh four head the 27th 
of last month. They were in fair store condition, 
and weighed as follows : 
Bull, “ Major,” Short-horn,.2350 lbs. 
Cow, “Lady Barrington,” do., imported,. . . 1408 “ 
“ “ Lady Mar,” grade,. 1480 “ 
Caif, “ Bouncing Betsey," do., 13 mo. 5 d. oid, 1020 “ 
I should like to know where I could see a heifer 
of the same age which would weigh as much. 
I have, I think, a good and cheap way of rais¬ 
ing calves. I let them suck but once or twice and 
feed new milk till one month old. I then com- 
mence mixing skim-milk, warmed with new milk, 
■while I take oil meal and middlings one-half each, 
and put in a little at first, and increase as I think 
they need, say from a gill to a pint each. I thifik 
my calves do not cost me over one cent per day, 
or the price of half a pound of butter per week— 
besides the skimmed milk they ought to have 
I am now raising twelve calves ; they look well, 
and last year I had good success in this way, and 
took premiums at our town and county Fairs over 
calves fed on new milk. I might sell my bull, 
Major, if a purchaser desired him. 
D. McHardy. 
West Rush, If. K, May, 1853. 
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THE CLINTON GRAPE. 
Herefords. — Virginia State Pair. 
The following letter from the Secretary of the 
Ya. State A g. Society to Air. Wm. H. Sot ham, of 
Piffard, NT. Y., has been furnished for publication 
in the Stock Register : 
Shadweix, Albemarle Co., Va., May, 1853. 
Sir You will perceive by a schedule which I 
shall have sent to you in a few days, that the Vir¬ 
ginia State Agricultural Society rates Herefords 
and Short-horns together, and offers its premiums 
for them in one class. I had this clone that the 
two might fairly compete. Our premiums for the 
two classes amount to $195. The Fair will be 
held probably at Richmond, certainly at an acces¬ 
sible point, the week after the Baltimore Fair. 
You can, if you please, (indeed I -wish you 
would,) make it generally known at the North 
that Herefords and Sliort-horns can fairly compete 
at the Fair of the Virginia State Ag. Society. 
Respectfully, Frank G. Ruffin, 
Cor. Sec.’y Va. State Ag. Soc. 
How to Catch a Sheep. 
In catching sheep, never seize them by the 
wool on the back, as it hurts them exceedingly, 
and has in some cases been known to kill them 
particularly in hot weather, if they are large and 
fat Indeed the best way is to avoid the wool 
altogether, and to accustom yourself to take them 
by the hind leg, or what is better, by the neck, 
placing one hand under the jaws, and the other at 
the back of the ears, when by lifting up the head, 
a child may hold almost any sheep. But much 
depends on how a flock is treated. Few people 
are sufficiently gentle with sheep. In Maryland, 
and south of it, sheep are rarely approached near 
enough to touch or catch them, except as farmers 
are themselves treated, in all countries, and alike 
by tyrants and demagogues, when they arc to be 
sheared or slaughtered. 
By kind and gentile usage, and occasioual salt¬ 
ing, a man may have his sheep so tame that he 
may play with them, as every man that has a 
heart will sometimes do with his dog. At auy 
rate the feeling and thoughtful farmer, will never 
suffer his sheep, or any thing else under his guar¬ 
dianship, to bo unnecessarily terrified or otherwise 
ill treated. 
Review of Wool Market for May, 1S53 
By the last advices from Australia it appears 
that the clip from that golden region will come 
forward in larger quantity than was at first an¬ 
ticipated. An attempt will be made to take ad¬ 
vantage of this fact to depress prices for our 
coining clip. There ought to be no such effect 
produced. At best there will not be sufficient 
wool to sensibly affect prices in England. On the 
contrary high prices must rule, both there and in 
Germany, for the finer grades ; and at any mate¬ 
rial decline here, our best wools would he taken 
for the English market Good prices will there¬ 
fore continue through the season. Western wool 
has been nearly all contracted at prices ranging 
from 50 to 75a 
Common grade wools,. 40(3)50c 
1‘ull blood Merino and high grades, 55@65c 
Saxon do u do G5@90c 
I have beforo mo (January 25th) a bunch 
of tho abovo desirablo, long-keeping variety, 
as fresh and perfect as it came from tho 
vino. It has been cultivated in tho vicinity 
of Rochester for the last twenty or twonty- 
fivo years; yet it is still but little known, 
although well worthy of a inoro general cul¬ 
tivation on account of its hardiness and pro¬ 
ductiveness. It is the grape for the North, 
where no other varioty ripens. Even with 
us, (latitude 42°,) in backward seasons this 
is tho_ only, variety that attains completo 
maturity. I would particularly recommend 
it to wine-makers as worthy of trial. My 
opinion is, that before many years it will bo 
extensively cultivated as a wine grape. Jud<>•- 
ing from tho character of its juice, tho wine 
wil l require a longer time to ripen than that 
of Isabella, and Catawba, and will koop much 
longer than either. It succeeds well in all 
dry situations, and is ontiroly free from rot, 
to which the Catawba is particularly subject. 
It is a matter of surprise that the wine¬ 
makers of the Wost, some of whom have 
been making such aetivo search for native 
grapes, have not turned their attention to 
this variety. I havo not seen it mentioned 
in any of their imports. I am informed, 
however, that it is now in the course of be¬ 
ing tested there, and that a quantity of tho 
grapes have been sent from this placo to an 
eminent wine-maker, to be tested as to thoir 
wine-producing qualities. We may, there¬ 
fore, expect a report soon. 
The vine grows rapidly, and is propagated 
easily, striking more readily from cuttings 
than any other variety I know in tho whole 
catalogue of popular native and foreign 
sorts.. iho shoots are slender and wirey, 
ripening so well as to acquire great firmness, 
and hence it is so hardy that tho severe cold 
of a northern winter never affocts oven the 
softs parts of the young shoots. 
Wood—grayish brown, and short-jointed. 
Loaves — small and thin, sharply serrated, 
and unlike Isabella and Catawba, which are 
usually turnod backwards, they have more 
of a concave form. Bunchis — small and 
compact, resembling much the Black Clus¬ 
ter. Berries—small to medium,black, juicy, 
with considerable pulp, rather acid when 
first gathered oven though ripe. They im¬ 
prove by keeping, just as winter pears will 
by house-ripening. It is a prodigious bear¬ 
er, and ripens in equal situations to two or 
three weeks beforo the Isabella. —G. E., in 
Horticulturist. 
willingly have it done with pig-weeds and 
fox-tail, as to have them smothered and the 
soil exhausted by seeds of their own spe¬ 
cies. 
Many years ago, when tho cultivation of 
tho rutabaga was first introduced, we could 
invariably distinguish tho crops of tho nov¬ 
ice, by tho thickly growing, half-developed 
bulbs. “ O ! but they had thinned them to 
a very great extent—they had cut out three- 
fourths, and reduced them from one inch 
to four inches in distance,” whereas none 
should ever stand nearer than afoot to each 
other, if the soil possesses any thing like a 
fair degreo of fertility; but this looked too 
much liko indiscriminate slaughter, and 
could not be thought of for a moment.— 
The finest specimens of garden pi-oducts, 
which we see exhibited at horticultural 
shows, are thoso which have been well thin¬ 
ned and allowed every opportunity to de¬ 
velop themselves freely; and tho same is 
true of ornamental plants, where a full, 
rich, and luxuriant growth and bloom, are 
obtained through the adoption of the same 
principle.— Country Gentleman. 
THE LEAF ROLLERS. 
Within a few yoars the cultivators of fruit 
in this vicinity have had thoir attention at¬ 
tracted to a new enemy, which is highly in¬ 
jurious to tho young pear trees. It is an 
insect in tho shape of a worm of tho color 
of the leaf, which about the middle of May 
commences its depredations on tho young 
leaf, sometimes beginning in tho ccntro, per¬ 
forating it, and rapidly extending its rava¬ 
ges in every direction, and increasing in size 
and voracity from day to day. The holes 
thus made in the leaf soon reach a diamo- 
tor of an inch or more, and whero two or 
threo are attached to one leaf, it soon disap¬ 
pears. The foliage of tho tree is thus ren- 
dered unsightly, and tho troo, of courso, 
must be more or less injured. Sometimes, 
although rarely, this insect attacks tho 
young and tender fruit, which of course is 
at once destroyed. This insect is moro nu¬ 
merous this season than usual, and if somo 
means are not discovered to reduce the 
number, in a few years it may become as 
great a pest to tho pear troes as tho canker- 
worm is to the apple trees. It has been 
suggested that tho application of whale oil 
soap by means of a syringe would bo bene¬ 
ficial—at any rate it is worth tho trial. 
We havo consulted Dr. Harris’s valuable 
work on Insects, in relation to the character 
and habits of this worm, and we find it is 
somo rascal that is so often found rolling up 
tho extremities of tho young and tender 
leaves of pear trees and occasionally apple 
troes, and bolongs to the family of “ leaf 
rollers.” The following is the description 
as given by Dr. Harris : 
LIST OF PATENT CLAIMS 
ISSUED FROM THE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 
For the week ending May 31, 1853. 
Duncan E. McDougall, of Troy, IN. Y., for im 
proved door fasteners. 
Philip H. Keck, of Morgantown, Va., for im¬ 
provement in cultivators. 
Richard H. Middleton, of Alexandria, Va., for 
improvement in compound rails. 
Charles Veer, of Troy, IN. Y., for improvement 
in fire places and stoves. 
Marie Louise Roucout, of Paris,’.France, for 
improvement in grate bars. Patented in France, 
Sept. 10, 1851. 
Arnold Buffum, of New York, NT. Y., assignor 
to John D. Lynde, of same place, for improved 
gold washer and amalgamator. 
Wm. H. Jennison, of New YYirk, N. Y., assign¬ 
or to Chas. Millington (now deceased) and John 
Jordon, of same place, and said Millington, ex¬ 
ecutrix and executor, and said Jordon, assignors 
to James M. Parker, of New York, aforesaid, for 
improvement in compositions for a filter. 
DESIGN. 
AnthoDy J. Gallagher and John J. Baker, of 
Philadelphia, Pa., for design for a cooking stove. 
NEW TANNING PROCESS. 
THINNING OUT VEGETABLES. 
do 
It was Cobbitt, we think, that remarked, 
when speaking of tho ill-effect of thick plant¬ 
ing, that ono cucumber plant in a hill would 
boar more fruit than two, two more than 
four and so on, and if there wore fifty plants 
in a hill, tho wholo of them put together 
boar no cucumbers at all ! The truth is, 
there is a much greater loss in allowing 
vegetables to stand thickly togethor, than 
most are at all aware of. To insuro a crop 
plenty of seed is sown, with tho intention of 
thinning at tho proper timo; but when 
thinning day arrives, it requires rather moro 
nerve to commit what appears to be the 
merciless havoc of tearing out nine-tenths 
of the beautifully growing young plants, 
than most people possess. A crop of beets 
has just commenced forming handsome 
bulbs, pricisoly one inch asunder in the row; 
certainly something of the surgeon’s tem¬ 
per is neoded to lay nine-tenths of these 
withering in tho sun—cucumbors are just 
beginning to throw out thoir yellow blos¬ 
soms, and it scorns to somo a hard matter to 
tear out throo-fourths of the dozen now 
growing in tho hill. It must however bo 
done—all the surplus plants in a bod of beets 
or turnops, or a hill of cucumbers, squashos 
or melons, are to bo regarded as so many 
positive, downright iveeds, obstructing the 
growth of the rest and yiolding but little or 
nothing themselves. If our crops are to be 
ci-owdod and stuutod, wo would quite as 
“ There are many caterpillars that curl up 
tho edges of tho leaves of plants into little 
cylindrical rolls, open at each end, and fast¬ 
ened together with bands or threads of€ilk. 
These rolls serve at once for the habitations 
and tho food of the insects ; and to tho lat¬ 
ter Limncus gave tho name of Tortrices, de- 
rived from a Latin word signifying to curl 
or twist. All the caterpillars now put in 
this tribe aro not leaf-rollers. Some of 
them live in leaf and flower buds, and fasten 
the leaves togethor so that tho bud cannot 
open, while they devour tho tender sub- 
stanco within. Some live in a kind of tent 
formed of sevoral leaves, drawn together 
and secured with silken threads. Others 
aro found in the tender shoots or undorthe 
bark of plants. A few boro into young 
fruits, which they cause to r-ipen and fall 
prematurely. A still smaller number of kinds 
live on the leaves of plants, exposed to view, 
and without any kind of covering over them. 
Most of these insects, when disturbed, lot 
themselves down by threads, like the Geo¬ 
meters. Very few of them make cocoons ; 
tho greater number transforming within the 
roiled leaves, or in the other situations 
wherein they usually dwell. They are fur¬ 
nished with sixteen legs, and their bodies 
are nearly or quite naked. Many of their 
chrysalids have two rows of minute pricklos 
across each of tho rings of tho hind body, 
by tho help of which they push themsolves 
half way out of their habitations, when tho 
included moths are about to como forth. 
Tho moths of this tribe are mostly of 
small size, very few of them expanding more 
than ono inch. They carry their wings like 
a steep roof over thoir bodies when they 
are at rest. Thoir fore wings are vorv much 
curved, and aro very broad at tho siioThd- 
ers, and bonce theso insects are called Pla- 
tyomides, that is, broad shoulders, by the 
French naturalists. Those wings are gen¬ 
erally very prettily banded and spotted, and 
aro sometimes ornamented with brilliant 
metallic spots. The hind wings are plain, 
and of a uniform dusky or grayish color, 
and tho inner edge is folded liko a fan 
against the side of tho body. Their anten- 
nase aro naked or thi-oadlike. Their feelers, 
two in number, aro broad, of moderate 
length, or project like a short beak in front 
of tho head, and are never curved upwards. 
The spiral tongue is mostly short and some¬ 
times invisible. The body is rather short 
and thick, and the legs aro also much shorter 
in proportion than in Doltamoths. These 
little moths fly only in the evening and 
remain at rest during the day upon or near 
tho plants inhabited by their caterpillars.— 
They aro most abundant in midsummer, but 
certain species appear in the spring or au¬ 
tumn. The habits of the Tortrices, in all 
their states, aro not yet known well enough 
to enablo us to group the insects togother 
under family names.”— Boston Journal. 
YVe learn by tho “London Mechanics’ 
Magazine” that a new patent process, named 
“Broilers,” has lately found much favor in 
London. Alter the hides or skins are un¬ 
haired in tho usual manner, they undergo a 
partial drying, and receive a uniform coat¬ 
ing of a peculiar paste composed of various 
vegetable and saline substances. The vege¬ 
table substances employed contain a large 
proportion of starch, such as barley, rice, 
or wheat flour, a little gluten, somo butter, 
or oil and grease, some common salt, and 
some saltpetre. The hides are laid upon 
tables and smeared on tho fleshy side, with 
the said paste, and in that state ai-e put in¬ 
to tho interior of largo drums, which re¬ 
ceive a rotary motion, and by which tho 
hidos are greatly agitated, and tho paste (by 
pegs in the inside of the drums.) is forced 
into the pores of the hides or skins, or rath¬ 
er they are kneaded along with the paste 
for two or three hours, after which they are 
drawn out. They are then found to be in a 
partial dry state, then hung up and aired 
for two hours, and again laid upon tho ta¬ 
ble, where they receive another dose of tho 
same paste, and aro again returned to tho 
drums a second time, when the same opera¬ 
tion as that described is again performed. 
After this they receive a third smearing with 
the paste, and aro kneaded in tho drums, 
after which they are taken out and hung up 
to dry, and are then fit for the currying pro¬ 
cess. The leather thus produced is stated 
to bo much lighter than that produced by 
oak or other tan barks, but is much strong¬ 
er and will wear much better. It is assert¬ 
ed that for machinery bands it is twice as 
strong as oak-tanned leather, and that sheep 
and goat skins aro rendered very tough and 
durable. It is said that calf skins are Tanned 
by this process in about three hours, and 
the thickest ox-hide in three days. 
Wo are not aware that any such process 
for tanning is described in any work on the 
subject, or has been practiced in our coun¬ 
try. It is our opinion that it may make ex¬ 
cellent uppers for boots and shoes, but not 
so good solo leather as oak bark. It is stat¬ 
ed that the brains of animals is also used in 
the paste, and that tho salt and nitre are 
only employed to preserve tho animal and 
greasy matters from putrfaction. Tho pro¬ 
cess has some resemblance to that employ¬ 
ed by many tribes of our Indians for tan¬ 
ning their skins for moccasins and other 
purposes. They use the brains of animals, 
mixed with lye made of the wood ashes of 
their fires, and knead the skins and rub 
them with the pasty mass, upon tho same 
principle as that employed in the “ Preller 
process.” When the tanning of the skins is 
completed according to their notions, they 
are finished by drying them, or rather smok¬ 
ing them, in a pit in tho ground, which is 
covered with bark and somo earth. YVe 
havo seen very good brown leather made by 
this process. We are not able to give the 
exact proportions of the paste used by Prel¬ 
ler, but this does not make much matter, 
for some of our tanners can surely make up 
a pasto with flour, or brains, and oil or 
greaso, &c., and give it a fair trial, bv knead¬ 
ing a skin or two in a tub, with a noetic so 
as to test the principle of the process.— 
Thei'e is nothing like giving every theory 
The casting was done at Ames’ foundry 
at Chicopee, Mass., and does credit to those 
engaged in the minor manipulations. Wo 
wish that our citizens would erect such a 
statue to Robert Fulton ; wo liko such tes¬ 
timonials to tho memory of departed wor¬ 
thies far better than tall shafts or huge piles 
ot masonry. This work to tho momorv of 
Clinton, wo believe, is strictly private ; this 
is no credit to tho people of this State, nor 
this great city, which has been so greatly 
benefited by that work of which he was the 
chief promotor—tho Erie Canal, which uni¬ 
ted tho Atlantic Ocean and Lake Erie to¬ 
gether. It was hopod by many that tho 
people of this State, or thoso of Albany 
city, would havo at ono timo erectod a pub¬ 
lic monument over his grave, but there did 
not appear to be enough of spirit or grati¬ 
tude in tho peoplo to do this : hence his 
i crruiins wor^ removed by his rolutivos. 
few ye.ars ago, and interred in Greenwood, 
in tho family burial plot, where this noble 
work of II. Iv. Brown’s genius is to bo erect¬ 
ed, and which will remain for centuries to 
let future generations know whero Do Witt 
Clinton sleeps.— Sci. American. 
TRICKS UPON THE TELEGRAPH. 
The lightning, which it is claimed has 
been subdued and tamed, and is so manage¬ 
able that, under proper training, it is made 
to write so that thoso familiar with its lan- 
guago. may read, by the music of its voice, 
and without tho aid of the oye—often plays 
queer pranks with tho medium of commu¬ 
nication as well as mystifies the operators 
themselves. Not unfrequently it takes the 
reins in its own hands, and instead of allow¬ 
ing outsiders to manage, and dictate what 
shall be written, placos all sorts of impedi¬ 
ments in tho way—interrupts, blots out, in¬ 
terlines, and renders the communication in¬ 
tended to be sent entirely unintelligible.— 
Then, again, tho posts along tho line aro 
not constructed to its fancy, or the wires 
iro not placod to its inclination. Without 
communicating its intention to its subordi¬ 
nates or requesting a consultation, it forth¬ 
with prostrates the posts and hangs tho wire 
on the fence. 
If. by inadvertance, tho wires of compet¬ 
ing lines aro suspended across each other 
at improper intervals, a sort of jealousy 
seems to bo aroused, and advantage is taken 
of thefirst storm to drop ono upon the other. 
A freak of this kind was played yesterday 
by the master-wind to the annoyance of tho 
operators on both lines. The Morse opera¬ 
tors, instead of receiving the usually dis¬ 
tinct characters so familiar to them, were 
made to receive the Dutch of the House lino. 
Rat-tat-tat—trree-trree, came bounding in¬ 
to the office as unceremoniously as a train 
ot cars through a draw-bridge; while tho 
IIouso operators wero equally annoyed to 
find the Greek of the Morse alphabet, with 
its tic-tic-tic-ti-ti—assuming the place of 
their legible A B C’s. 
Jhe sport did not last long. A messen¬ 
ger was despatched to adjust the wires, but 
before ho reached the locality a train of 
cars rushed by, whistled at the confusion of 
tho wires, sent its hoarse voice closing with 
a screech, into tho rooms of both operators, 
causing a regular stampede, and adjusting 
tho wires with its breath. The yoli of the 
locomotive was supposed to como by tho 
wires, though possibly tho train was not far 
off.— Argus. 
New Compound Rail. — Anew rail for 
roads has boon invented by Wells and Seu- 
rill. It is compound, consists of an interior 
and exterior rail, so arranged that the joints 
are broken, that is, that the parts lap over 
one annother. No rivets or bolts are used, 
and an ordinary workman can lay of- repair 
it. The rail may be used with or without 
chairs. When the exterior rail is worn out 
it can be renewed, while at least two-fiftli 3 
of the entire bar which is not subject to 
wear, is savod. It will bo patented The 
plan strikes us as a good thing. ..ml is at 
least worth tho attention of railrord in a. 
(L'COllOliil). 
Cure for Toothache. —Mr. James Bat¬ 
son, of Airdrie, says; 
“ Gum Copalj ti-Lon dissolved in chloro¬ 
form, forms ufa excellent compound for 
stuffing the holes ot decayed teeth. I have 
used it frequently, and the benefits my 
patients bAvo derived from it have been tru¬ 
ly astoni f -.iii g. The application is simple 
aii'l easy. I ciaan out the hole, and moisten 
7 . _ __ 
a little piece of cotton with tho solution; I in¬ 
tunless it is manifestly absurb) which is set I troduce this into tho decayed part, and in 
forth as an improvement, a fair trial, and j ° ver y instance the relief has been almost 
this is the reason why we have presented t instantaneous. The chloroform removes 
foregoing iinformation, in order that it ;- pain, and the gum copal resists the ac¬ 
he tested by some of our tanners to ! non of the saliva; and as the application is 
whether it has any merit or not .—tdriua ja ' agreeable, those who may labor under 
American. 
BRONZE STATUE OF CLIN ON. 
Pinching off the tips of tho most luxuri¬ 
ant shoots with the thumb and finger caus¬ 
es many plants to grow stocky and become 
covered with dense foliage and flowers.— 
A little attention soon makes the operator 
expert in this process, which is far suporior 
to using the knife in any way. 
A very fino bronze statuo of De Witt 
Clinton has been on exhibition at our City 
Hall during the past week. It was continu¬ 
ally surrounded with a crowd of admirers 
from tho moment it was erected on its pe¬ 
destal. The statue is 10 i feet high and tho 
pedestal 8|, making the altitude 19 feet.— 
The artist is H. K. Brown, of Brooklyn, N. 
Y., who has done honor to himself and the 
art by this noblo work. Wo do not like to 
see huge statues on low pedestals, but this 
work is so majestic, thero is so much spirit 
in the whole, tho face being truly fine—so 
much thought and genius sitting on the 
brow, fire in the eye, and bold determination 
in the firm compressed lips, that it at once 
commands and rivets admiration. The dress 
is the old-fashioned short clothes—knee- 
breeches, long stockings, and slippers, with 
the folds of a mantle gracefully swelling 
around it. 
this dreadful malady would do well to make 
ft trial of it.” 
Indian Meal Dough Nuts. —A tea-cup 
and a half of I ig milk, poured on two 
tea-cups of sifted Indian meal. When it is 
cool add two tea-cups of wheat flour, one 
tea-cup of buttor, one and a half of sugar, 
one ot yeast, and two eggs, with a table¬ 
spoonful of cinnamon or a grated nutmeg. 
If not sufficiently stiff, add equal portions of 
wheat and Yulian meal, Lot it rise very 
light. Roll h about half an inch thick, and 
cut it into small diamond-shaped cakes, and 
boil them in laid. 
Indian Meal Short Cakes.—S tir a 
pint of sweet milk three well-beaten 
add a little salt, and a all a cup of 1 - r, 
with enough sifted Indian meal to make a 
thick batter. Drop it from a larg noon 
upon buttered tins. Bake them in a iuick 
oven. When they aro lightly br iwiod they 
are done. Sond them to table in.. and eas 
with butter. 
