The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-04-04

| She fancied as she entered the house,
that her mothers countenance wore 8
troubled loOl<, and sought an explana-
tisn. With tears IN her eyes the old
lady bcwailsd failure In her biscuits |;
they Wsre not streaksd with salsratus,
but green all through. must have
made ustaka, and put in two spoonful
instead Of one. am 90 sorry
Never mind said Mary, cheerily,
Il know Jon can make good ones, for
Harry has told me 30, times without num-
bsr.'
And that's what makes me feel 30
bad, said Mrs. Lawrence. Harry has
made you think every thing I cooked was
just right, always; but has forgotten,
that had failure like all the rest Of the
rest Of cooks, and he has forgotten toe,
that he has'nt now tho appetite ofa grow
ing boy
Harry worrsed down half biscuit
and three mouthfuls of pie, and then ask
ing for bowl of milk, he slicedup some
peaches in itand made as he said, I" .
luscious meal"
1--WE brought you hat-fuH Of eggs,
mother" said he, as he came from the
barn about half an hour after supper,
"and I want as many as can eat, cook
ed for breakfast. Fresh eggs are . lux
ury we seldom enjoy in the city. want
some fried and some boiled"
] When ho went out to breakfast he
found his mother had cooked :" lot Of
them"-but how ? In the center of
tho table stood huge, deep platter,
filed almost TO- the brim with thick sli-
ees Of fat pork, swimming in gravy, the
fight Of which would have sickened a
Jew, and scattered oil through "the
mess we're goodly portion oil the
fresh eggs he had desired to eat. Mary
remembered once cooking, whom her girl
was absent, q dish of ham and eggs,
and sending it to the table in the old
fashioned way, ham, eggs and gravy al
together, and she wondered if Harry
would lecture his mother as he had her,
for "such rgeasy dish" But he SIM
| ply declined any of the fried ones, and
lsaying hs was hungry for boiled ones,
= bowl fall of whiek stood By him
Now Mary always dreaded to hear him
say he wanted boiled eggs for breakfast,
for unlessthey were cooked "just so, "
she new what a TRADE upon carless
cooks she must prepare to hear, and she
wondered how these would suit. He
broke one on his plste-- for his good
mother had never heard Of egg cups
broke it, and it was as hard a. the Irish
girls when she had boiled it half an
hour.
| care they all hard ?" asked he.
"Why yes" said Mrs. Lawrence, 81
thought you liked them so-you used
to-"
"Weil, I don't any longer-they are
not 50 healthy as soft-boiled ones.,'
| 80, we'll then, I can boil some more, {"
and with alncrity she set about it, bat
alas, these latter, when brought 30 the
table, were too rare, the white scarcely
warmed through.
"Shan't I boil you some" asked his
wife. Gas I'm used to boiling them
soft, perhaps I can suit you"
Yes, do" said he, in tone that be-
spoke relief She did SO, as he drop
ped them into his plate, he observed to
his mother, this is the way like them
two minutes and half By the eiook.
These are very nice"
Very nice l'' said his wife. {. well,
I am glad if once in my life, I have
suited you. O., if I were only your
mother-then you'd never find fault
with my cooking" and tho cid self
same misohisvious smile lurksd In her
eye and dimpeled her lips.
"Why he's found fault with every
thing I've cooked since he came home, y
said his mother. "He's grown to be
mighty particular, for cook just as 1
| used to-"
"Why, mother" said Harry, "havs
I said word ?"
No, bat you've acted It. I know
when things relish, and I know you
haven't reished anything since you cnme
home that you've eat of the table, save
peaches and milk, end those I didn't
cook. And see your coffee, you haven't
tasted it hardly"
There was no gainsaying this truth
full remark, and as to the coffee, why he
wouldn't have been hired to drink it
boiled as it had been for the hour his
mother had been preparing breakfast,
and having beside the bitter taste that Of
itself would give, another which we
could not analyze, but which he after
wards learned Was the result ef boiling
molasses in it, because it was thought
the cheaper swestning, and also bit of
dandelion root to prevent the coffee
frem iDjuring the health of the drinker
Your wife must have deal of pa
tience to get along with you, if you are
always SO particular--more than ever I
had, always brought up my family to