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![IT IS A FOUL TONGUE THAT GIVES FORTH TAMEHOOD. 84^ 3u28. CHEAP AND GOOD VINE- GAR.—To eight gallons of clear rain water, add three quarts of molasses; turn the mixture into a clean tight cask, shake it well two or three times, and add three spoonfuls of good yeast, or two yeast cakes, place the cask in a warm place, and in ten or fifteen days, add a sheet of common wrapping-paper, smeared with molasses;' and torn into narrow strips, and you will have good vinegar. The paper;is necessary to' form the' “ ihother,” or ' life 'of ■' the vinegar. • ' ' 3019. WASHING WITH LIME.— Half a pound of soap; half a pound of soda; quarter of a pound of <]uick-\mie. Cut up the soap and dissolve it in half a gallon of boiling water; pour half a gallon of boiling watei? over the soda; and enough boiling water over the quick-lime to cover it.’- The lime must be quick and fresh; if quick, it wiU bubble up when the hot water is poured over it. Prepare each of these in separate vessels. Piit the dissolved lime and soda together, and boil them for twenty minutes. Then pour them into a jar to settle. After having made the prepara- tion.—Set aside the flannels and co- loured things, as they must not be washed in this way. They may be washed in the usual way while the others are boiling. The night before, the collars and wristbands of shirts, the • feet of stockings, &c,, should be rubbed well with soap and set to soak. In the morning pour ten gallons of water into the copper, and having strained the mix ture of lime and soda weU, taking great <!are not to disturb the settlings, put it, together with the soap, into the water, and make the whole boil before putting in the clothes. A plate should be placed at the bottom of the copper to prevent the clothes from burning. Boil each lot of clothes from half an hour to an hour. Then rinse them well in cold blue water. WTien dry they will be beautifully white. The same water will do for three lots. Wash the finer things first,—(aS^c2179.) [Advertisement.'^ 3020. BOOKS.—A good book and a cheerful friend render the domestic hearth an earthly paradise. The first of these conditions will be possessed by those who buy the “ Family Friend volume for 1855, of which a contem- porary observes, “When the candles are lit and the curtains drawn, it is just the thing we want for a long pleasant evening.” It has just come into our hands,and we unhesitatihgly pronounce it to be the cheapest and most interest- 'ing miscellany that the press ever sent forth. Truly does it justify its motto. Kindly in tone, useful in object, and moral in tendency.” It amuses while it instructs, and elevates while it refines. It contains original tales, conveying touching moi'als through the medium of real-life incidents—careful selections —useful recipes—enigmas and conun- drums—needlework patterns — with a host of other matter, which to enume- rate would too far trespass on our space. The Family Friend is one of our oldest favourites : has been well de- scribed as a “ Gentleman’s Magazine, a Lady’s Magazine, a Mother’s Magazine, a Youth’s Magazine, and a Child’s Com- panioUi It is a repertory of things pleasant and profitable, of things grave and gay, selected with remarkable good taste, and edited with much tact and judgment. It is a work capitally adapted to cheer the happy fireside of home, and to aid the development of social affection.” The price, we find, is but half-a-crown, and we cordially recom- mend it'to the attention of our readers- 3021. Here is another marvel for the Household ! “ The Practical House- wife.’’ This little work, unlike the preceding, except in price, is entirely confined to matters of fact in domestic affairs. Our readers may better judge of the value of this volume to. matron or maid, and of the amazing variety of its contents, when we tell them there is a closely printed, and well arranged In-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21527829_0385.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
