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Madame Latona, the old Roba Bona, Simpering as mild as a fawn or a lamb,

Drives with Aurora the red-nosed Sig

nora,

With fingers as rosy as raspberry jam. There is real mythology for you!

Maxim Twenty-third.

The English really are, after all, a mighty 'cute people. I never went any where when I was first imported, that they did not find me out to be an Irishman the moment I opened my mouth. And how think ye? Because I used at first to call always for a pot of porter; whereas, in England, they never drink more than a pint at a draught.

Maxim Twenty-fourth.

I do not agree with Doctor Adam Clarke's translation of 5, in Genesis. I think it must mean a serpent,

not

an ourang-outang. Bellamy's Ophion is, however, a weak work, which does not answer Clarke, for whom he is evidently no match on the score of learning. There is, after all, no antipathy between serpents and men naturally, as is proved by the late experiments of Monsieur Neille in America.

Maxim Twenty-fifth.

A man saving his wine must be cut up savagely. Those who wish to keep their expensive wines, pretend they do not like them. You meet people occasionally who tell you it is bad taste to give champagne at dinner ---at least in their opinion---Port and Teneriffe being such superior drinking. Some, again, patronize Cape Madeira, and tell you that the smack is very agreeable, adding, sometimes, in a candid and patriotic tone, that even if it were not, it would become us to try to bring it into fashion, it being the only wine grown in his Majesty's dominions.

In Ireland and Scotland they always smuggle in the tumblers or the bowl. Now, I hold that if punch was raised by taxation or otherwise (but Jupiter Ammon avert the day!) to a guinea a bottle, every body would think it the balmiest, sweetest, dearest, and most splendid of fluids

a fluid to which King Burgundy or Emperor Tokay themselves should hide their diminished heads, and it is, consequently, a liquor which I quaff most joyously-but never when I think it brought in from any other motive than mere affection to itself. I remember dining one day with Lord

(I spare his name), in the south of Ireland, and my friend Charley Crofts was also of the party. The claret went lazily round the table, and his lordship's toad-eaters hinted that they preferred punch, and called for hot water. My lord gave in, after a humbug show of resistance, and whisky punch was in a few minutes the order of the night. Charley, however, to the annoyance of the host, kept swilling away at the claret, on which Lord lost all patience, and

said to him, "Charley, you are missing quite a treat-this punch is so excellent.". '---“ Thank ye, my lord," said Charley; “I am a plain man, who does not want trates---I am no epicure, so I stick to the claret."

Maxim Twenty-sixth.

When a man is drunk, it is no matter upon what he has got drunk. He sucks with equal throat, as up to all, Tokay from Hungary, or beer the small. POPE

Maxim Twenty-seventh.

The great superiority of Blackwood's Magazine over all other works of our time is, that one can be allowed to speak one's mind there. There never yet was one word of genuine unsophisticated truth in the Edinburgh, the Quarterly, or indeed in any other of the Periodicals-in relation, I mean, to any thing that can be called opinion or sentiment. All is conventional mystification, except in Ebony, the jewel, alone. Here alone can a man tell smack out that he is a Tory, an Orangeman, a Radical, a Catholic, any thing he pleases to be, to the backbone. No necessity for conciliatory mincing and paring away of one's own intellect. I love whisky punch; I say so. I admire Wordsworth and Don Juan; I say so. Southey is a humbug; well, let it be said distinctly. Tom Campbell is in his dotage; why conceal a fact like this?

I scorn all paltering with the public -I hate all shuffling, equivocating, trick, stuff, nonsense, I write in Blackwood, because there Morgan O'Doherty can be Morgan O'Doherty. If I wrote in the Quarterly, I should be bothered partly with, and partly without, being conscious of it, with a hampering, binding, fettering, nullifying sort of notion, that I must make myself, pro tempore, a bit of a Gifford -and so of every thing else.

Maxim Twenty-eighth.

Much is to be said in favour of toasted cheese for supper. It is the cant to say, that a Welsh rabbit is heavy eating. I know this; but have I, really, found it to be so in my own case?-Certainly not. I like it best in the genuine Welsh way, however-that is, the toasted bread buttered on both sides profusely, then a layer of cold roast-beef, with mustard and horse-radish, and then, on the top of all, the superstratum of Cheshire thoroughly saturated, while in the process of toasting, with cwrw, or, in its absence, porter, genuine porter, black pepper, and shallot vinegar. I peril myself upon the assertion, that this is not a heavy supper for a man who has been busy all day till dinner, in reading, writing, walking, or riding-who has occupied himself between dinner and supper in the discussion of a bottle or two of sound wine, or any equivalent-and who proposes to swallow at least three tumblers of something hot, ere he resigns himself to the embrace of Somnus. With these provisos, I recommend toasted cheese for supper. And I bet half-a-crown that Kitchiner coincides with me as to this.

A WHOLESALE REFORMER.

In the French Chamber of Deputies, on the 12th instant, the reporter of the commission for examining petitions, concluded his report as follows:-" M. Becourt has sent a petition concerning various suggestions relative to objects of public utility. Apprehensive of infringing. upon the time of the Chamber, the petitioner only sends for the present

sixty-four Law Projects, reserving to himself to transmit a longer list at a future period [Bursts of laughter]. I should never finish if I were to enter upon an examination of all the objects which he mentions in his petition, among which are the works at the Louvre and the Tuileries, games ot chance, the Mont de Piété, cabriolets endangering the foot-passengers, the lottery, horses being over-loaded, dogs knocked on the head in the streets, hogs killed before the doors of houses, bull-baiting, and common prostitutes [Laughter]. But he particularly declares war against bachelors; he would not suffer one to fill a public office; he would lay a tax upon all of them upwards of 30 years of age; and in case of seduction, would subject them to fine and imprisonment. As to married seducers, he would treat them no better; he would lead them about upon an ass for three consecutive market-days [Bursts of laughter. As to persons of ill-fame, he would not suffer them within the communes."

COOKERY.

TO BOIL TURBOT.

Wash it very clean; but do not let it lie in the water, as that will make it soft; rub it over with vinegar; then lay it on the fish-plate, with the white side upwards; lay a cloth over it, and pin it tight under the plate; put it into the kettle, with the water cold; throw in a handful of salt and a glass of vinegar; boil it very gradually about twenty minutes; when it is done, take it up very carefully, drain it, take off the cloth, and slip it on the dish garnish with fried oysters, or eels either fried or spitchcocked: send lobster or shrimp-sauce to table in tureens.

TO ROAST VENISON.

When it is spitted, put a sheet of paper over it, then a paste of flour and water; over that a sheet of thick paper, well tied on: a haunch, if it is a large one, will take four hours; a neck and shoulder about two hours and a half, according to the size; just before it is taken from the fire,

take off the paper and paste; then flour and baste it with butter, till it is properly frothed: send to table gravy and sweet sauce in separate tureens, and garnish with currantjelly.

TO BOIL CHICKENS.

Put them into boiling water, and let them boil slowly twenty minutes.

TO FRY CALF'S LIVER AND BACON

Cut the liver into slices, and fry it first, then the bacon; lay the liver in the dish, and the bacon upon it; serve it up with gravy made in the pan, with boiling water, thickened with flour and butter, and a little lemon-juice; some like a little parsley and onion chopped into it, or a little boiled parsley strewed over the liver; garnish your dish with sliced lemon; the lemon-juice may be omitted in the gravy, if not liked, or the bacon may be served in a separate dish.

A GOOD METHOD OF BROILING BEEFSTEAKS.

Cut the steaks off a rump of beef, or any part that is tender; let them be about half an inch thick; the fire should be clear; rub the gridiron well with suet; when it is hot, lay the steaks on; let them broil until they begin to brown, and when one side is done, turn them, and a fine gravy will soon lie on the top, which you must take care to preserve, and lift all together with a pair of small tongs, or a knife and fork, into a hot dish, and put a little bit of butter under it; some like a shalot or onion chopped or sliced very fine, and put into the dish; others like a little mushroom catsup in the dish with the onion. The steaks should be beaten with a rolling-pin before they are put on the gridiron, and pepper and salt shook over them just before they are taken off the fire, or when they are in the dish.

DOMESTIC MEDICINE.

A REMEDY FOR THE AGUE.

The white of an egg beat up in a pint of white-wine vinegar,

taken when the trembling is expected to come on, operates strongly upon the patient, and has seldom or never failed to make a complete cure.

REMEDIES FOR INDIGESTION.

To make Tincture of Rhubarb.

Steep three ounces of the best rhubarb (pounded), and half an ounce of carraway seeds (pounded) in a bottle of brandy, for ten days, A table-spoonful in a wine glass of hot water will generally be found sufficient to afford relief in cases of indigestion: or take as much EPSOM SALTS, in half a pint of hot water, as experience has informed you will produce effect; a tea-spoonful (that is from one to two drachms) will generally do this, especially if it be taken in the morning fastingsuppose half an hour before breakfast. The best way of covering the taste of SALTS is to put a lump of sugar and a bit of thin-cut lemon-peel into the hot water for a few minutes before you stir the salts into it, to which you may add a few grains of grated ginger.

Compound Tincture of Senna has been recommended, especially to those who have accustomed themselves to the use of spirituous liquors and high living. Several similar preparations are sold under the name of Daffy's Elixir.

To make Quintessence of Lemon-peel.

Best oil of lemon, one drachm; strongest rectified spirit, two ounces, introduced by degrees, till the spirit kills and completely mixes with the oil.

This elegant and useful preparation possesses all the delightful fragrance and flavour of the freshest lemonpeel, for which it will be found an excellent substitute. A few drops upon the sugar used for punch will instantly impregnate it with as nuch flavour as the troublesome and tedious method of rubbing the sugar on the rind.

USEFUL RECEIPTS.

TO MAKE BRITISH CHAMPAGNE.

Take gooseberries before they are ripe, crush them with a mallet in a wooden bowl, and to every gallon of fruit put a gallon of water; let it stand two days, stirring it well; squeeze the mixture thoroughly with the hands through a hop-sieve; then measure the liquor, and to every gallon put three pounds and a half of loaf sugar; mix it well in the tub, and let it stand one day: put a bottle of the best brandy into the cask, which leave open five or six weeks, taking off the scum as it rises; then make it up, and let it remain one year in the barrel before it be bottled.

The proportion of brandy to be used for this liquor, is one pint to seven gallons.

MEAD.

To thirteen gallons of water, put 30 pounds of honey; boil and skim it well; then add of rosemary, thyme, bay-leaves, and sweet-briar, about a handful together; boil the whole for an hour; then put it into a tub, with two or three handfuls of ground malt; stir it until about blood-warm, then strain it through a cloth, and put it into a tub again. Now cut a toast, and spread it over with good aleyeast, and put it into the tub. When the liquor has properly fermented, put it into a cask; then take of cloves, mace, and nutmegs, each an ounce and a half; of ginger sliced, an ounce ; bruise the spices, and tie them up in a cloth, and hang it in the vessel, which stop up close for use.

POTATOE YEAST.

Boil one pound of potatoes to a mash; when it is as cool as you can bear your finger in it, add a cup-full of yeast, and mix it well; it will be ready for use in two or three hours, and keeps well. Use double the quantity of this to what would be necessary of beer-yeast.

To take off the bitterness from yeast, wet some bran with warm

water, put it into a sieve, pour the yeast upon it, and let it drain through the sieve.

POETRY.

EATING SONG.

BY SCARRON.

When I'm hungry, and am eating
Store of what my soul delights;
I feel pleasure not more great in

Scratching where the maggot bites.
Friend,d'ye know on what I'm thinking?
Every one makes songs on drinking;
But I, whose jaw's my only glory,"
An eating song shall set before ye.
When a soup we're gaily swilling,
Savoury as consommés are,
The transports through the body thril
ling,

The soul does still more warmly share. Thus that glutton rogue, the devil, When he tempted Eve to evil; Offer d neither glass nor flagon, But a mess her jaw to wag on. Four times can an active fellow,

Eat his paunchful in a day; While if once we get too mellow,

The wisest brains are washed away. Have you drained a thousand bottles? 'Tis but wetting still your throttles: While at one dinner, he who wishes, Swallows a thousand different dishes.

NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.

We have received A. B.'s communica tion on the Fish-Markets, which shall be attended to.

P. Q.'s hints on the Hay and Straw Markets shall be noticed in due time. The Letter signed "An Old Pawnbroker" is under consideration.

Home-brewed Ale requires some alterations; it is too personal against the Licensed Victuallers.

An "Observer's" remarks on BullDogs being permitted to range unmuzzled, have been received.

* Scarron had lost the use of his lower limbs.

Communications (post paid) to be addressed to the Editor, at

THE PUBLISHERS, KNIGHT AND LACEY, 55, Paternoster-Row, London.

T. C. Hansard, Pater-noster-Row Press

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