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THIS building is suited to a small || dows, ceilings, &c. it would befamily, and would make a very convenient parsonage-house to a living of moderate income: it consists of a parlour, dining-room, and library; a kitchen, scullery, larder, &c. on the ground floor; and of four chambers and a dressing-room on the bed-room floor. The design is picturesque in its effect; and if executed with a judicious attention to the forms of the doors, win-building. come a very simple and neat example of domestic Gothic architecture. It is intended that the roof should be covered with tiles, but great care should be taken that they are from some other building, and have lost the offensive glare that red tiles always possess when new, for such a colour would be fatal to the pleasing effect of the the domestic COMMONPLACE-BOOK; Containing authentic Receipts and miscellaneous Information in every Branch of Domestic Economy, and of general Utility. IMPROVEMENT OF CIDER AND PERRY. It is asserted, that owing to the prevalence of rain, and the low temperature of the atmosphere during the summer months, the apples and pears will be so deficient in saccharine matter, that the expressed juice, instead of forming a vinous liquor, as that of cider and perry, will run to vinegar. In orVol. IV. No. XXII. der to supply this deficiency, it is recommended to the makers of cider and perry to employ the beetroot or the parsnip, in the proportion of eight pounds of either of these roots to eight bushels of apples or pears, or to grind either with an infusion of malt. In this manner cider or perry may be made equal to any foreign wine, and very superior to the wine received from C c the Cape of Good Hope. Of the beet-root there are two sorts in general use, viz. the red and white. Those who may wish to give their liquors a high colour may employ the former, but the latter certainly abounds most with saccharine matter. REMEDY FOR ULCERATED SORE THROAT. in brandy were immediately re- Drop some good brandy on a piece of refined lump-sugar, till it has absorbed as much as it will contain, which suffer to remain in the mouth till it be gradually dissolved. Repeat the same four or five times a day, and in the course of a few days the ulcers will whollyclared to be an excellent remedy disappear. for burns or scalds. BURNS AND SCALDS. A medical writer in one of the Bath papers, in speaking of the best remedies for burns and scalds, which are to be procured instantly in most houses, states, that oil of turpentine is an excellent application; but this is not always at hand. Next to this in effect are the strongest spirits that can be procured, as ether, spirits of wine, brandy, rum, gin, &c. or, in the absence of these, vinegar. These should be applied by means of folded linen cloths to every kind of burn, and to scalds before the skin begins to rise. Soap dissolved in water is likewise a good application. In proof of the efficacy of spirits, the following case is given:-At a respectable inn in the neighbourhood of Bath, a female servant, in taking a ham from the boiler, fell down, and was scalded in a dreadful manner, her neck and body being literally scarified: applications of cloths well soaked Pulverised chalk, mixed with whites of eggs to the consistence of cream, frequently applied to prevent its congealing, is also de REMEDY FOR THE STONE. Take a quarter of a pint of the expressed juice of horsemint, and a quarter of a pint of red onion juice, evening and morning, till the cure is perfected. White onions will not have the same effect as red. To get the juice of them, they may be cut in thin slices, and well salted, and bruised between two pewter plates. It is, however, the juice of the horsemint which possesses the most virtue in this disorder, and a strong decoction of this will generally, in time, effect a cure. If used in this way, the dose, of course, should be considerably larger. WORMING DOGS. It is asserted, that the fatal effects of hydrophobia in the human species might be prevented by a law to enforce the worming, or the extracting of a ligament like a worm under the tongue, of all dogs; as |