MORELLA CHERRIES, to
Preserve. — Take full ripe cherries;
take off the stalks and prick them with
a pin ; to every 2 lbs. of cherries, put
1 K lb. of loaf sugar; beat part of the
sugar, and strew it over them ; let
them stand all night ; dissolve the rest
of the sugar in half a pint of the juice
of currants✪ Morella Cherries, to Preserve; set it over a slow fire,
and put in the sugared cherries, and
give them a gentle scald; let stand
all night again ; and then give them
another scald ; then take them care-
fully out, and boil the syrup till it is
thick ; pour it upon the cherries ; if it
be too thin, boil again.
MORELLA WINE. — Free
from the stalks 60 lbs. of Morelia cher-
ries, and bruise them, so that the stones
shall be broken. Press out the juice,
and mix with 6 gallons of sherry wine,
5 lbs. of fine sugar, and 4 gallons of
warm water. Powder 1 oz. each of
nutmeg, cinnamon, and mace, hang
them separately in small bags in the
casks containing the mixture. Bung,
and in a few weeks it will be a delici-
ously flavoured wine. Add z quart of
French brandy✪ Morella Wine.
MOTHS, to Preserve Clothes
from. — Put a few cuttings of Russia
leather in your trunk or wardrobe ; or
sprinkle a few pepper-corns, pimento-
corns, or cloves in the same places.
Or, a piece of camphor in a linen
bag. Or, sheets smeared with tur-
pentine, and well dried.
Cedar wood and tobacco leaves are
very noxious to moths. It is effectual
to wrap clothes in cotton or old linen
saturated with a solution of camphor,
and dried. Or, mix together Z2 drops
of the oil of cloves, and 12 of the oil
of caraway, 6 drops of the oil of
lavender, a glass of whiskey, and a piece
of camphor. Sprinkle with it. -Ot a
mixture of powdered borax, dissolved in
warm water.
MOUNTAIN WINE. — Free
Malaga raisins from stalks ; chop them
small, and put 5 lbs. to every gallon of
cold spring water; infuse a fortnight,
or more, stirring it occasionally ; press
out the liquor, and torrel it ; previously
fume the vessel with brimstone. Do
not bung till the hissing is over. Put
half a pint of French brandy to every
gallon of wine.
MOUSE TRAP, a Never
Failing one. — Take a piece of deal,
or any kind of wood, about 6 inches
broad, and 9 or zo inches long, and put
into the sides, about the middle, 2 pins,
or thick pieces of round wire ; then
take two sticks about two feet long, and
lay them on the table, or dresser, &c.,
with a notch cut at the end of each
stick, so that about one half of the
board may lie on the table, or place to
which the mice resort ; let the end
projecting from the table be baited
with cheese, &c., and when the mice
run off the table to the bait, it will tip
them into a vessel three fourths full of
water, which must be placed directly
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MUS
under the projection, and they will be
drowned.
MOUTH WASH.— Take J oz.
each of dried mint, thyme, and lemon
thyme ; cloves, bruised ; half a nutmeg
grated ; pour on these ingredients K
oz. of tincture of myrrh, and % oz. of
spirits of wine, a cupful of water, and
ta drops of oil of peppermint✪ Mouth Wash. Keep
in a bottle ; shake up before using.
Use as a gargle ; it will purify the
mouth from bad odours and tastes.
Consult me
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
MORELLA CHERRIES, to Preserve. — Take full ripe cherries; take off the stalks and prick them with a pin ; to every 2 lbs. of cherries, put 1 K lb. of loaf sugar; beat part of the sugar, and strew it over them ; let them stand all night ; dissolve the rest of the sugar in half a pint of the juice of currants; set it over a slow fire, and put in the sugared cherries, and give them a gentle scald; let stand all night again ; and then give them another scald ; then take them carefully out, and boil the syrup till it is thick ; pour it upon the cherries ; if it be too thin, boil again.
MORELLA WINE. — Free from the stalks 60 lbs. of Morella cherries, and bruise them, so that the stones shall be broken. Press out the juice, and mix with 6 gallons of sherry wine, 5 lbs. of fine sugar, and 4 gallons of warm water. Powder 1 oz. each of nutmeg, cinnamon, and mace, hang them separately in small bags in the casks containing the mixture. Bung, and in a few weeks it will be a deliciously flavoured wine. Add z quart of French brandy.
MOTHS, to Preserve Clothes from. — Put a few cuttings of Russia leather in your trunk or wardrobe ; or sprinkle a few pepper-corns, pimentocorns, or cloves in the same places.
Or, a piece of camphor in a linen
bag. Or, sheets smeared with turpentine, and well dried.
Cedar wood and tobacco leaves are very noxious to moths. It is effectual to wrap clothes in cotton or old linen saturated with a solution of camphor,
and dried. Or, mix together Z2 drops
of the oil of cloves, and 12 of the oil of caraway, 6 drops of the oil of lavender, a glass of whiskey, and a piece
of camphor. Sprinkle with it. -Ot a
mixture of powdered borax, dissolved in warm water.
MOUNTAIN WINE. — Free Malaga raisins from stalks ; chop them small, and put 5 lbs. to every gallon of cold spring water; infuse a fortnight, or more, stirring it occasionally ; press out the liquor, and torrel it ; previously fume the vessel with brimstone. Do not bung till the hissing is over. Put half a pint of French brandy to every gallon of wine.
MOUSE TRAP, a Never Failing one. — Take a piece of deal, or any kind of wood, about 6 inches broad, and 9 or zo inches long, and put into the sides, about the middle, 2 pins, or thick pieces of round wire ; then take two sticks about two feet long, and lay them on the table, or dresser, &c., with a notch cut at the end of each stick, so that about one half of the board may lie on the table, or place to which the mice resort ; let the end projecting from the table be baited with cheese, &c., and when the mice run off the table to the bait, it will tip them into a vessel three fourths full of water, which must be placed directly
MOU
MUS
under the projection, and they will be drowned.
MOUTH WASH.— Take J oz. each of dried mint, thyme, and lemon thyme ; cloves, bruised ; half a nutmeg grated ; pour on these ingredients K oz. of tincture of myrrh, and % oz. of spirits of wine, a cupful of water, and ta drops of oil of peppermint. Keep in a bottle ; shake up before using. Use as a gargle ; it will purify the mouth from bad odours and tastes.
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