The North-Carolina standard., 1842-11-09

to the wrists while the domestic force were look
ing on with curiosity and amazenent. Without
a word of salutation appropriate his return af
ter absence of several days, he exclaimed with
a triumphant gesture towards his new possessions
Et'Well, my dear. whatdo YOU think ofthat 2'
Mrs. CLANCY, was gazing in consternation;
"Bless me, MIR. CLANCY" she calculated, "what
upon earth are you doing with locomotive in
my kitchen!"
"a locomotive ha ha lin one sense, though,
it is really locomotives will do half your
work for you of itselfl ha hap
"What is it, Mr.. Chancy?n demanded the lady,
IN her turn getting angry at being laughed at;
"what is it ?-you don't pretend to call that mon
strous thing cooking stove!"
'Don't |, madam 2-what is it then, but a cook
ing stove "a cooking stove ofmy own invention;
one for which am to have patcnt-one that is
to supersede all others, and to be universally
known as Chancy's Cooking Stove. What
should all these utensils be for if not for cook
ing stove ?" and he pointed to stack of pots and
pans and so forth, covering the table from end
to the other, and similar on the dresser
''Look here, Mrs. Chancy," he continued; ;'you
never such a collection ofconveniences before,
in your life Here rast-iron boilers and sheet
iron boilers, and tin boilers. Here are cast-iron
pans, and sheet-iron pans and tin pans and iron
roasters and tin roasters: and bakers and tin
bakers, and here are an iron tea-kctle, and cop
per one; and stew pans,-see every variety Here
are steamers Of every size and form, and large
griddle and smaller ones besides different sized
gridrons and prescrvers and picklers, -"
MERCY on us! why, Mr., CLANCY you must
surely be derUagcd! NV kitchen already con-
can hold no more. You will have TO put up
new building if you want room for all these non
SCnsiCaI rattletrapS'
"Ha! ha! really you amuse me- my dear! 1
thought you were much more judicious send the
old ones up to the store room,-you will never
need them again, warrant you. Here are uten-
sils enough to cook dinner for hundred peo-
pie"
II don't expect to cook dinner ever for hun
dred people, Mr.. CLANCY, nor the half of it. >
When had we fifty people to dine with us, AMI
when are we likely to have, and supposing we
were, how am |, or how is any body else, ever to
learn the twistings and turnings Of such a machine
as that 2"
Without any difficulty, my dear,-nothing is
more easy; that is though the design of it cost me
an infinite deal of thought, flatter myself that L
have made it so apparent, that it will take but
moderate degree of reasoning power to compre-
hend it''
"a cooking stove ought to be comprchcndcd
without any reasoning power" said Mrs. Chancy,
who was no ogcian 'every thing about it ought
to be plain at first sight Ask the best of cooks,
and they will tell you that the more simple such
things are, the better"
swell, my dear, this is perfectly simple, when
you understand it; have patience moment and |
will show you. Now to arrange your roasters;
-unscrew this rod, and yondcr plate will move
along on that little railroad to this point; then by
turning this crank, it will fall back against his
fue, and form an inclined plane"
II know nothing about cranks, and flucs, and
inclined planes" said Mrs. CLANCY, snappishly,
sand ifI did, of what use would these monstrous
roasters be to me; any one Of them would roast
an OK wholel"
"Wrll, my dear, that is proof positive that
they will be large enough for any of your pur-I
poses"
ave can go the whole hog now" said Aexan-
der, the manservant with chucEle
ssAnd, suppose" pursued Mrs. CLANCY, ''it will
take as much fuel to cook pail of chickens, as
for anything large enough to fill them"
Fuel ?-that reminds me to show you how it
is to be heated. You perceive it is constructed for
either wood or COAL or for both at once. Observe;
the place for the boiler is intended for wood, and
the part for the bakers, for coal, if you choose
You will never have smoked bread and pies after
this promise you p
''My bread and pies never were smoked !" said
Prudy, the cook, who conceived that her own credit
was concerned in the latter clause.
sNo, Prudy, your bread and pastry are always
good" said Mr.. CLANCY, kindly, anxious to con
vince her that no offence was intended Il did not
mean to insnuate the contrary, but mean will
save them from the possibility of being smoked
But fit one of the teakettls Prudy, and let US see
how soon it will make water boil Iflny calcu-
laons are correct, we could all be driven out ofI
The kitchen by the heat, in short order"
Prudy obeyed, and Mr.. CLANCY himself com
mcnced kindling the fire. "It will save us half
he expense ofsawing wood" said he; ''the sticks
need only be sawed through once to be short e
nough."
"I3ut cord will scarcely be enough to heat it
all over" returned Mrs CLANCY.
at will seldom need to be heated all over, my
dear these nues, and valves and hampers, will reg
ulate that" said MIR. CLANCY, and observing that
he wood did not take fire readily he called for the
bellows, and commenced blowing with great in
lustry, Still the fire would not act 1t would
blaze up in feeble fame for an instant, and then
sink gain into darkness 1t was evident that there
was not draughtsuficient Mr. .sChancy examia-
ed the pipe, pounded on its joints, and showed it
further INTO the chimney. Then he sent Alexan-
der for some fine splinters and after turning some
Of his dampers, he addressed himself again to the
bellows During this time, he proceeded by
snatches, with his explanations to his wife, who,
though she properly ceased to object, beforethe