Domestic and Rural Affairs: The Family, Farm and Gardens, and the Domestic Animals. ... From the Latest and Best AuthoritiesElliot G. Storke Auburn publishing Company, 1859 |
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... give too little heed to the discoveries , improvements , and progress of the present . Washing , that most difficult and laborious of household arts , is now , by the assistance afforded by modern chemistry , per- formed with less than ...
... give too little heed to the discoveries , improvements , and progress of the present . Washing , that most difficult and laborious of household arts , is now , by the assistance afforded by modern chemistry , per- formed with less than ...
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... give preference to a house the openings of which are sheltered from the north and east winds . Consider the distance of the house from your place of occupation , and also its relation to provision markets , and the prices that prevail ...
... give preference to a house the openings of which are sheltered from the north and east winds . Consider the distance of the house from your place of occupation , and also its relation to provision markets , and the prices that prevail ...
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... fragrant freshness no art can give them again ; though it will refresh them a little to put them into cold spring water for some time before they are dressed . To Preserve Potatoes . - The preservation of potatoes by 14 THE FAMILY .
... fragrant freshness no art can give them again ; though it will refresh them a little to put them into cold spring water for some time before they are dressed . To Preserve Potatoes . - The preservation of potatoes by 14 THE FAMILY .
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... give the meat a smoky , bad taste - give it four or five hours in a moderately - heated oven . " A HAM ( if not too old ) put in soak for an hour , taken out and wiped , a crust made sufficient to cover it all over , and baked in a ...
... give the meat a smoky , bad taste - give it four or five hours in a moderately - heated oven . " A HAM ( if not too old ) put in soak for an hour , taken out and wiped , a crust made sufficient to cover it all over , and baked in a ...
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... give them two or three turns : add your eggs to it , and fry the whole to a nice brown ; you must only fry one side , when done , turn it into a dish , the fried side uppermost , and serve . Omelet au Naturel . — Break eight or ten eggs ...
... give them two or three turns : add your eggs to it , and fry the whole to a nice brown ; you must only fry one side , when done , turn it into a dish , the fried side uppermost , and serve . Omelet au Naturel . — Break eight or ten eggs ...
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Page 10 - You may think perhaps that a little tea, or a little punch now and then, diet a little more costly, clothes a little finer, and a little entertainment now and then, can be no great matter ; but remember, Many a little makes a mickle. Beware of little expenses : A small leak will sink a great ship...
Page 257 - Immediate delivery and followed by an actual and continued change of possession of the things mortgaged, shall be absolutely void as against the creditors of the mortgagor, and as against subsequent purchasers and mortgagees In good faith...
Page 259 - Every contract for the leasing for*a longer period than one year, or for the sale of any lands, or any interest in lands, shall be void, unless the contract, or some note or memorandum thereof, expressing the consideration, be in writing, and be subscribed by the party by whom the lease or sale is made.
Page 11 - ... reduced to poverty, and forced to borrow of those whom they formerly despised, but who, through industry and frugality, have maintained their standing ; in which case it appears plainly, that ' A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees,
Page 11 - When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece; but Poor Dick says, " It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it...
Page 10 - A fat Kitchen makes a lean Will, as Poor Richard says; and Many Estates are spent in the Getting, Since Women for Tea forsook Spinning and Knitting, And Men for Punch forsook Hewing and Splitting.
Page 10 - He means, that perhaps the cheapness is apparent only, and not real; or the bargain, by straitening thee in thy business, may do thee more harm than good. For in another place he says, Many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths.
Page 259 - An agreement for the leasing for a longer period than one year, or for the sale of real property, or of an interest therein ; and such agreement, if made by an agent of the party sought to be charged...
Page 37 - Boil one pound of good flour, a quarter of a pound of brown sugar, and a little salt, in two gallons of water, for one hour. When milk-warm, bottle it, and cork it close. It will be fit for use in twenty-four hours.- One pint of this yeast will make eighteen pounds of bread.
Page 11 - These are not the Necessaries of Life; they can scarcely be called the Conveniences, and yet only because they look pretty how many want to have them.