Pick and wash a quantity of water cresses, and
boil them for a few minutes. Drain and press them dry, chop them
slightly, and put them into a stewpan, either with good gravy or cream,
and a seasoning of salt and pepper. Add a thickening of butter rolled in
flour, if necessary. Stew them gently for ten minutes, or a quarter of
an hour, and serve them up with a garnish of sippets, of fried or
toasted bread.

STICKING PLASTER. Melt three ounces of diachylon with half an ounce of
rosin, and when cooled to about the thickness of treacle, spread it upon
a piece of smooth soft linen.

STILTON CHEESE. This rich and relishing article is made in the following
manner. The night's cream is put into the morning's milk, with the
rennet. When the curd is come, it is not broken, as is usually done with
other cheese, but taken out whole, and put into a sieve to drain. Here
it is pressed till it becomes firm and dry, when it is placed in a
wooden hoop made to fit it, in order to prevent its breaking. After
being taken out of the hoop, the cheese is bound with cloths, which are
changed every day, till it is sufficiently firm to support itself. The
cloths are then removed, and the cheese is rubbed with a brush and
turned every day. The rennet bag should be kept perfectly sweet and
fresh: if it be in the least degree tainted, the cheese will never have
a good flavour.

STINGS. The stings of bees are often more virulent than those of wasps,
and attended with more painful effects. The sting being barbed, it is
always left in the wound. When therefore a person is stung by a bee, the
sting should be instantly extracted, or it will communicate more of its
poison, according to the time it is permitted to remain. It should be
carefully pulled out with a steady hand, for if any of it break in,
remedies will in a great measure be ineffectual. When the sting is
completely extracted, the wounded part should be sucked, and very little
inflammation will ensue. If a few drops of the spirits of hartshorn be
immediately rubbed on the part affected, the cure will be more speedily
accomplished. Another simple remedy is, a solution of indigo in water,
or of potash, a little oil of tartar, or common sweet oil, rubbed upon
the part. Honey and olive oil, or some bruised mallows, may occasionally
be substituted with advantage; but their application should be repeated
till the pain ceases. Rubbing on a little common salt, after it has been
moistened, is a