Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-09-07
EDGEFIELD S. c., SEPTEMBER T. 1854.
Learn to Cook well,

The health of The family depends upon it..
We know there areithose who associate luxul
clIemilacy. and all tie dependent ills with eve
attempt of the kind Recommended But we
not believe that health is promoted by calir
raw carrots or doughy brrad-nr, that TO sccu
long life, it is necessary 10 turn cannba
Nor is it necessity, in order to Shun the c
rors of which we speak, TO rush into the opp
site extreme. Good cookery does not consi
in producing the; highest seasoned dishes, nj
such us 10 foster !.alorbid appetite: but in pr
pairing every dish iwgi, however simple or con
mon it may be. There are, for instance, fam
lies who never eatany good bread from or
century 10 another. and have no idea in what
consists. Nor. are meats cooked any better
their precincts. Those l'le, simple, and hea
thv decacics. which The good house-krcpe
seen here. Even adish of potatoes cannot ge
themselves well boiled. These things onght nc
to be, nor is there my need OF their existence
IT The wife has auysjust notions of her obIiga
lions to herself andthosc about her.
The science of bread making, of meat broi
ing sicwing. roasting, or boiling, of vegetable
c"rking, and Of preparing the muIlifarious smaI
dishes of all sorts, which 90 to make pleasan
the table, and all about are hers-hers to uri
drrSiand aud practice
There is Il good deal Of commonscnSe in th,
above article, and .ac rejoice that such larg,
maturity of our most intelligent; and refined la
dies understand tle art of cooking well. Tt
dn This, it is not necessary 10 br Il domestic
drudge, with TO time 10 devote to intellectual
Improvement; butssimple. we'll cooked dishes
which require but little lime preparation, Il neat
ly spread table with IN intelligent woman Il
provide, is mure inviting, even TO the epicurc
than the most elaborate entertainment where
The lady who presides is nothing but Il cook
The objection is often made by those of the
opposite sex, who are averSc to the moral Gle
valon Of woman, That On intellectual woman i.
untitled for The duties Of domestic life but as
very few men of Intelligence are among such
ubjcct"rs, it is not 81 all necessary 10 bring any
proofs To the contrary
We would only hint 10 young ladies who may
not be parIirular'yin love with the Kitchen
that no Lady is fitted for The duties of life, unless
size is practically sacquainird with the entire
nto'lus opcr0mdi of house Keeping. Those who
have acquired ftlseainoiions Of gcnlijy, those
whose minds ncver; rose above frivoIiies OF
fashionable life, ares those who are poor house
keepers and bad couks, while the intelligent
woman who can lr.,ce The relations Of caIlSe and
effect; VIII" understands woman. duties and
responsibilities, will never consider the tritrs
which make up the sun Of every day happiness
a> brnralh the notice of her cultivated powers.
a truly nleIIigentgand' well educated woman
mus. necessarily he a good cook and IL good
house keeper.
or fhr5Srr Is frriGiHS ri ii.iiS us pain
often rs wc pass down the journey "f life to the
rrrv hairs and snlIules of our :I,l year Love
has been 10 every one the source OF o"'h.
Every one has treasured away on the sacred
pages of memory thousand little incidents,
ever TO DC revealed in lime. 10 which. as TO SOME
fascinating fiction, il returns. whcncvera gI"nmy
or an idle, unsocal hour calls up the InnSlng
spiril--aud turns the mind upon The past. Life
reviewed through the mi>is of bygone years
seen, rather Il curious wrought tcIion, or IL tc-
veri,h dream, than i slcrn reality. We are sur
rounded by mcmentns OF citrclIon ot friends,
bnl these friends themselves are gone. We
remember the councils of wisdom, The sage
instructions of experience hy which our minds
were formed, and direction given To the current
of our thoughts and habits but the lips from
whence they flowed have long been mute as The
still valley where they lie muuIdcring. we
have danced and sung wi h the gay and giddy.
and been cnraplurcd ut the lhrl&g voice and
kindIing eye of beauty, but We are alone Tie
visions ,lvc passed from Us, In one graveyard
and another there arc llIIe iIorks, aud white
stones bcaring remembered names, and this Is all
that's lett to US. But il is among the meancho-
" ruins Of the past that we gather the richest
stores for the future. 1t is there we learn how
very vain are earthly ho?es-how tleeling earthly
frirnds--how fraiI even the strongest chords oi
affection. 1t is there we learn to prepare foE
another state Of being.
CUB,s WRoyGs SHE is permitted no voice
in the Curles; the press is under The vllcst cen
sor,hip: farmers are compelled to pay ten pei
cent. on aIl their harvest except sugar, and on
that article Two and half per cent; the island
has been under marshal law since 1925; ovei
Sa3. .JO0 600 are levied upon the Inhabitants to
be surlandured by Spain; ice is monnpolized by
ths; Government: flour is so taxed us 10 be in
adrui,ablc: Il Creole must purchase license be.
fore he ran invite few friends TO take cup o
ten ~ his board lhe.e is Il stamped paper, made
legally necessary for special purposes of con
tract, costing light collars per sheet; no goods
Il ar Out Ul doors, eau w Holu "!luou' d Itee"7S
the natives of The island are excluded entirely
from The army, the Judiciary, the treasury, and
the customs. The military government as
snlnrs the charge of schools The grazing oi
carile is taxed cxorbilanily. Newspapers from
abroad. with but few ryrepliuus are CONTRA
band. Letters passing through the post "fc'
are opened and pnrgrd of their contents before
delivery. Fishing on The cuast is forbidden
briup i government monopoly. Planters ART
forbidden 10 send their sons to the United
states for educational purposes. The slave
trade is sccreteIy encouraged by government
, No person can remove from one house TO anoth
er. without first paying for government per
nit. All cattle (the same lis goods that ar'
sold. must pay six per cent. of their value t.
government; in short, every possible subterfug
@rrsurlcd to by the government officials t
swinlls the people, everything being taxed, ant
,ber, is no appeal from the decision OF th'
Observation-Disclosures Cuba, published b.
Derby.
WHAT Is ARIsTocRAcY !--ln reply to thl
ouc,Iinn. Cen Foy, Il Distinguished orator in tn
Frrurh Chambers, gave the following answer
"Aristurrlcy in the 9th century is the league
The condition of those who would consnn'
without producing, live without working, kno'
without learning, carry all honors without dese
VIM them, aud occupy all the places Of govern
menl without being able to fill them."
EXPENSIVE experiments are going OF by ordt
of The English Government, TO test the effect
shot made from Anlimony upon wooden as we
as iron surflces As far aslhey have been ie
,cd the destructive effects of these balls III
more apparent than those arising from iron ones
for nc snon rs the surf,cc is struck, the meta
owiro TO its great brittleness, breaks, and tt
various particles, consequently, become wide
suread. The authorities seem to be much plea
cd with the success Which has attended the: