Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-10-14

Mrs. CLANCY was gazing in CONSERVATION:
"Blcss me, Mr.. CLANCY - she eiacalated,
''what upon earth arc you dong with loco
motive in my kitchen ~
" A locomotive Ina ha lin one sense,
though, it IS really locomotive,-it will
do half your work for you of itself ! ha !!
Ina !"
"What is it, Mr.. Clancy?' demanded
the lady, in her turn getting angry at being
laughed at /; "what is it?-you don't pre-
tend to call that monstrous thing a cooking
stove !"
Don't ], madam what is it then, but
a cooking stove of my own invention; one
for which am to have patent-onc that
is TO supcrscdc all others, and to be univcr-
sally known as Chancy's Cooking Stove.
What should all these utensils be for, If not
for cooking s,ove!' and he pointed to a
stack of pots and pans and SO forth, cover
ing the table from one end to the other, and
similar one on the dresser.
'Look here. Mrs. CLANCY he continued,
you never saw such IA collection of convrn-
fences before, in your life. Here are cast
iron boilers, and shcet-iron boilers, and tin
boilers. Here are cast-Iron pans, and sheet
iron pans, and tin pans ; and iron roastcrS,
aud tin roasicts: and iron bakers, and tin
bakers, and here are an iron tca-kcttlc, and
IA copper one and stew pans,-scc every
variety. Here are steamers of every size
and form, and "A large griddlc and smaller
ones, besides different sized eridlrons, and
prrscvcrs and pjcklers.-'
MERCY on us ! why, Mr.. CLANCY, you
must surely be dcranged! My kitchen al
ready contains as many cooking utensils as
we need, and can hold no more. You will
have to put up a new building if you
want room for all these nonscnscal rattle
traps
Ella ha really you amuse nc, my dear!
thought YOU were much more jndicous
send the old ones up to the store room
YOU will never need them again, | warrant
YOU. Here are utensils enough to cook din
ncr for hundred people,
Il don't expect to cook dinner ever for a
hundred people, Mr.. CLANCY, nor the half OF
it. When had we fifty people to dine with
us, and when are we likely to have; and
Supposing we were, how am |, or how Is
any body else, ever to learn the twlsilnrs
| I'li IiIlH-N vi Sii' ~ Il iIiIilllIt lIill
without any difficulty, my dear-not-
ing is more easy; that is, though the design
of it cost me an infinite deal of thought,
illter myself that nave made it so appar-
en-, that 1t will take but "A moderate degree
of reasoning power to comprchrd it,
a cooNin- stove ought to he comprchcn-
dcd wilh1u, any reasoning power, said Mrs
Clancy, who was no luscian; every thing
about it ought to be plain al frs, sight,
Ask the best Of cooks, and they will tell you
that the more simple things are, the better.
well, my dear, this is perfectly simple
when you understand it; have patience a
moment and will show you. Now TO ar
range your roaStcrs; unscrew this rod, and
Wonder plate will move along on that li,l'
railroad to this point; then, by turning tn,
crank, it will fall back against this llue, and
form AN inclined plane
Il know nothing about cranlls, and ilncs
and inclined plancs,' said Mrs. Clancy
snappishly, and If did Of what use would
these mon>trous roast rs be to me any one
oilhem would roast an OK whole y
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