portion, a pound and a half of bran to fourteen pounds of flour.

CHEAP COOKERY. No. II.

No. 1. One pound of beef, two onions, four or five turnips, a quarter of a pound of rice, parsley, thyme, and savory, pepper and salt. Cut the beef in slices, and put all together down in one gallon of water. When it has boiled awhile, take up the beef and cut it smaller. It takes about two hours to boil on a slow fire. You may add a little oatmeal to it, or potatoes, having first boiled them separately.

N.B. Rice requires to be well boiled.-Scotch barley is exceedingly nourishing. There must be much patience in boiling it, or half its advantage is lost.

To boil Potatoes so as to be eaten as Bread.

No. 2. The potatoes should be as much as possible of the same size, and the large and small ones boiled separately. Wash them clean, without paring or scraping them; put them in a pot with cold water, but not enough to cover them. If they are large, throw in some cold water when they begin to boil, and occasionally repeat it till they are boiled to the heart, which will take from half an hour to one hour and a quarter, according to their size; during the boiling throw in a little salt, and the slower they are cooked the better. When boiled, pour off the water, and put the pot once. more over the fire for a minute or two; eat them as bread, with a little salt, and the skins on.

N.B. Those counties which pride themselves on their excellent potatoes, are probably indebted for their reputation to their superior method of cooking them.

No. 3. Another way of dressing potatoes, is by

putting them in a pie with a few slices of meat, onions, and seasoning, with or without crust. They may be roasted with their skins on, after being well washed, which is a very good way.

N.B. First boil the potatoes a little. Throw the water away, as it is unwholesome.

No. 4. Lay some small pieces of meat, seasoned with pepper and salt, at the bottom of a deep brown dish; fill it up with sliced onions, and peeled potatoes cut into pieces, and sprinkled with a little salt and flour; pour in some water, and then bake it. Potatoe hash may be made in the same way, only, instead of baking it, boil it in a stewpan, with a great deal of water, till soft. It requires but a small piece of meat to make it very savoury.

POTATOES.

(From the Derby Mercury, 20th April, 1831.)

"IN a communication on the culture of the potatoe, by Mr. Knight, President of the Horticultural Society, that gentleman says, that a great deal might be done with this valuable esculent. He then goes on to shew that by picking the blossoms as soon as they are visible, the tubers will be considerably increased. In this mode the author trained a young seedling plant, in a shady situation of the stove-house, till it grew between four and five feet high; he then removed it to the open ground, covering the entire stem with mould; by this means he obtained within the first year, one peck of potatoes from a single plant. Mr. Knight observes, that if the potatoe were more generally used as food for cattle, the quantity of animal food would be materially increased."

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The above is offered to the Editor for the chance of its being useful for the Cottager's Visitor, in these days of cottage gardening and potatoe culture. The * Query feet.

transcriber met with it accidentally, and has copied it verbatim, though not practically acquainted with the subject, and doubting whether the height mentioned, four or five feet, is correct. Probably, if desirable, reference to the original communication of Mr. Knight might be made.

A CORRESPONDENT.

We have not at hand the means of consulting Mr. Knight's original communication; but we should conceive that the height of "four or five feet" before removal, cannot be correct.-Ed.

FEMALE MISERY.

If a man murders another, or breaks into his house, or robs him on the highway, he will be hanged for his crime; and it is needful that person and property should be protected.-A man, by false promises, for his own wicked purposes, ensnares a female to her destruction. We know the difficulty, or perhaps the impossibility, of framing laws which shall be powerful enough to check the commission of such crimes; but, in a religious and moral point of view, is the seducer in the least a better character than the murderer, or the housebreaker, or the highwayman? To say nothing of the terrors of the world to come, is not this world filled with misery by such daring violations of the commands of God? Whatever may be the rank and station of the profligate, his vices spread destruction and misery around him. Let the rich man, who uses his power for the purpose of ensnaring those below him, reflect on the misery of which he is the cause, and which, if he has a heart, he will himself feel hereafter. The profligacy of the poor is sufficient to account for the greater part of the misery which they endure. It is an easy thing to talk of the errors of government, and the faults of those above us,-and

we should be truly glad to see such errors amended, and such faults removed,-but the poor man may feel assured that his own misery comes from his own sins and profligacies, and that, till these are mended, no changes in the government can do him the least service. The following extract is taken from a police report in the Globe newspaper. V.

On Saturday last one of the new police brought up before Mr. Rawlinson a young female, about sixteen, possessing great personal attractions, in addition to which, there was that in her air and manner which made Mr. Rawlinson believe that she had not long been degraded to the miserable company with whom she then associated. The worthy magistrate took great pains to learn her history and connections; and, after some time, she furnished him with the name and profession of her father, from which it appeared that he is highly respectable, living some distance from London. She said she had been seduced from her home a few months ago, brought up to London, and, being afterwards deserted, was reduced to a state of the greatest misery—and to starvation.

Mr. Rawlinson immediately wrote a letter to her parents, stating the circumstances under which their unfortunate daughter came before him, and putting it to them whether they would not feel the more merciful course to take would be to admit her back, and give her a chance of being reclaimed.

Yesterday a highly respectable looking woman presented herself at the table, while she evidently laboured under the most poignant feelings, and tears chased each other down her cheeks. She was the mother of the unfortunate girl for whom the worthy magistrate had felt so much interest. She received his letter on Saturday evening, and instantly set out for London, to comply with the suggestion it contained. From the time the unfortunate girl left the protection of her

parents, up to the moment they received Mr. Rawlinson's letter, they could obtain no trace of what had become of her. And," said the mother, "I thought I was going down into the grave heart-broken;-when

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I received your letter."

Did the wretch who could crush the flower of virgin innocence, rob a parent's bosom of the joy treasured up there for years, and blast all the opening prospects of human felicity, behold this unfortunate girl's mother, witness her tears, her agitation, the joy at recovering the strayed lamb, dashed by the bitter recollection of her degradation, his conscience must be deeply seared indeed if it did not make him feel his villany.

Mr. Rawlinson instantly wrote a note to the Governor of the House of Correction, ordering the young creature to be immediately restored to her mother, who, fervent in her expressions of gratitude, left the office, invoking blessings upon the magistrate.

Mr. Rawlinson requested her to let him know how she got on, which the mother promised faithfully to do. London Paper.

SEARCH FOR TRUTH.

WHEREVER there is a real desire to correct abuses, or to introduce improvements, it is needful, above all things, that the real "truth" should be stated, and "nothing but the truth." In every disputed point there is always something to be said on both sides,and those who wish to see real good produced will be desirous of hearing both sides, that they may judge calmly how much of right and how much of wrong there is in both:-and, in all practical questions, they will seek to preserve the good, and to reject the bad. The effect of party feeling is just the opposite to this,

it sees, in the strongest light, all the excellences which belongs to its own side, and puts these forth to others with the utmost confidence, whilst it is blind