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Monthly Chronicle.
its action . It is necessary to take care to stop the barrel well every time the mixture is stirred . When we wish to make use of this water , we need only sprinkle or pour it upon the plants , or plunge their branches into it ; but the b : st manner of using it is to inject it upon them with a common syringe , to which is adapted a pipe of the usual construction , except that its extremity should terminate in a head of an inch and a half diameter , pierced in the flat part with small holes
like pin holes for tender plants ; but for trees ahead pierced with larger holes may be made use of . Caterpillars , beetles , bed-bugs , aphides , and many other insects , are killed by a single injection of this water . Insects which live underground , those which have a hard shell , hornets , wasps , ants , & c . require to be gently and continually injected , till the water has penetrated to the bottom of their abode . Ant-hills , particularly , require two , four , six , or eight quarts of water , according to the size and extent ofthe ant-hillwhich should not be disturbed till 24 hours alter
, the operation . If the ants which happen to be absent should assemble and form another hiil , it must be treated in the way before-mentioned . In this manner we shall at last destroy them , but they must not be too muclr-disturbed with a stick ; on the contrary , the injection should be continued till , by their not appearing upon the surface of the earth , they are supposed to be all destroyed . We may advantageously add to the mixture two ounces of nux vomica , which should be boiled with the sulphur ; the water , by this means , will acquire more particularly if used for destroying ants
power , . When all the water has been made use of , the sediment should be " thrown into a hole dug in the ground , lest the poultry or other domestic animals should cat it . The following receipt for making a very good Soup , belonged to a family which always supplied the neighbouring poor with it during the winter . —Take one pound of lean beef cut into small pieces ; half a pint , of split peas ; two ounces of rice , or of Scotch barley ; four middling-sized potatoes sliced ; two onions
large cut in quarters ; pepper and salt according to the taste ; the pepper corns should be tied in a bag . Put these into one gallon and one pint of water , and it must be baked for three hours and a half . When baked , it does not waste more than one pint ; but rather more in boiling .
A cheap and comfortable mealfor six persons . —Takeagallon of water , half a pint of split pease , a pound of lean beef cut jn pieces , six potatoes , two onions , two ounces of rice , with some pepper and salt . Put the whole into a pot and bake it wcHin an oven .
Promotions.
PROMOTIONS .
THE Rev . Philip Douglas , D . D . master of Bcnc't College , has been choscu Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge for the year ensuing . The Rev . Henry Gould , Rector of Burleigh , to the Prebend of Coombe , the fourth in . the Cathedral Church of Wells , void by the death of the Rev . Mr . Pearce . The Rev . William Bond , clerk , M . A . to the rectory of Backton in Suffolk . The Rev . R . Carey , M . A . Domestic Chaplain to the Earl of Exeter , to the rectory of liarrovvden in Rutlandshire . The Rev . Geo . Owen , M . A . and rector of Elmtoum Emmith in the Isle of
Ely , collated to a Prebend in the Cathedral Church of Ely . Thomas Poole , Esq . elected Mayor of Maidstone . The Rev . G . A . Drummond , M . A . totheRcc . tory of Tankerfley , worth near 400 I . per annum . The Rev . George Naylor , B . A . - to the vicarage of Bramford , in ' Suffolk . The Rev . Edward Bayiey , A . M . and Chaplain to the Right Hon . Earl Spencer , to hold ( by dispensation ) the rectory of Courteenhall , together with the rectory of Quinton , both in the county of Leicester . The Rev . F . Creswcll , M . A . Fellow and Tutor of Clare-Hall , Cambridge , to be one f his Majesty ' s Preachers at Whitehall .
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Monthly Chronicle.
its action . It is necessary to take care to stop the barrel well every time the mixture is stirred . When we wish to make use of this water , we need only sprinkle or pour it upon the plants , or plunge their branches into it ; but the b : st manner of using it is to inject it upon them with a common syringe , to which is adapted a pipe of the usual construction , except that its extremity should terminate in a head of an inch and a half diameter , pierced in the flat part with small holes
like pin holes for tender plants ; but for trees ahead pierced with larger holes may be made use of . Caterpillars , beetles , bed-bugs , aphides , and many other insects , are killed by a single injection of this water . Insects which live underground , those which have a hard shell , hornets , wasps , ants , & c . require to be gently and continually injected , till the water has penetrated to the bottom of their abode . Ant-hills , particularly , require two , four , six , or eight quarts of water , according to the size and extent ofthe ant-hillwhich should not be disturbed till 24 hours alter
, the operation . If the ants which happen to be absent should assemble and form another hiil , it must be treated in the way before-mentioned . In this manner we shall at last destroy them , but they must not be too muclr-disturbed with a stick ; on the contrary , the injection should be continued till , by their not appearing upon the surface of the earth , they are supposed to be all destroyed . We may advantageously add to the mixture two ounces of nux vomica , which should be boiled with the sulphur ; the water , by this means , will acquire more particularly if used for destroying ants
power , . When all the water has been made use of , the sediment should be " thrown into a hole dug in the ground , lest the poultry or other domestic animals should cat it . The following receipt for making a very good Soup , belonged to a family which always supplied the neighbouring poor with it during the winter . —Take one pound of lean beef cut into small pieces ; half a pint , of split peas ; two ounces of rice , or of Scotch barley ; four middling-sized potatoes sliced ; two onions
large cut in quarters ; pepper and salt according to the taste ; the pepper corns should be tied in a bag . Put these into one gallon and one pint of water , and it must be baked for three hours and a half . When baked , it does not waste more than one pint ; but rather more in boiling .
A cheap and comfortable mealfor six persons . —Takeagallon of water , half a pint of split pease , a pound of lean beef cut jn pieces , six potatoes , two onions , two ounces of rice , with some pepper and salt . Put the whole into a pot and bake it wcHin an oven .
Promotions.
PROMOTIONS .
THE Rev . Philip Douglas , D . D . master of Bcnc't College , has been choscu Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge for the year ensuing . The Rev . Henry Gould , Rector of Burleigh , to the Prebend of Coombe , the fourth in . the Cathedral Church of Wells , void by the death of the Rev . Mr . Pearce . The Rev . William Bond , clerk , M . A . to the rectory of Backton in Suffolk . The Rev . R . Carey , M . A . Domestic Chaplain to the Earl of Exeter , to the rectory of liarrovvden in Rutlandshire . The Rev . Geo . Owen , M . A . and rector of Elmtoum Emmith in the Isle of
Ely , collated to a Prebend in the Cathedral Church of Ely . Thomas Poole , Esq . elected Mayor of Maidstone . The Rev . G . A . Drummond , M . A . totheRcc . tory of Tankerfley , worth near 400 I . per annum . The Rev . George Naylor , B . A . - to the vicarage of Bramford , in ' Suffolk . The Rev . Edward Bayiey , A . M . and Chaplain to the Right Hon . Earl Spencer , to hold ( by dispensation ) the rectory of Courteenhall , together with the rectory of Quinton , both in the county of Leicester . The Rev . F . Creswcll , M . A . Fellow and Tutor of Clare-Hall , Cambridge , to be one f his Majesty ' s Preachers at Whitehall .