The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-03-15
got cup Of sour milk aud what do you
think that was for 2"

Aes, but she hrst mixed 1t with o
little supercarLonate c soda, until she
Sc. it all = foanling, aud then stirred it
into the butter, with n little more meal
to thicken it again, and poured it into an
iron pan about twice as deep as the 9th.
.r, aud clapped it right into the hot ov-
en-, where It baked uutil We had almost
done tea, and then Susan brought it in
smoking hot, aud Mrs. Savery cut it up
into squares, opening each piece and lay.
ing "u a lump Of sweet butter, and SO
serving it round to each one aud would
you belivc it, in respectable family that
that was the only cake on the table. l
declare, l had no great opinion Of curn
zeal sweet cake, it seemed TO look so
mean and then had alreudy cat hearty
Of the plain cake, and did not think l
would touch this one, but Lille, with her
! insinnat ino ,;,t!s cna~;n~ 't
know who could resist hcr-%.id | must
taste her cake, and with that she asked
me to take my knife aud lay it open and
then she took spoonful OF juice out Of
the ounce preserves, and spread over it,
and began tasting and tasting, and would
you believe it, the first thought what I
was doing, l had cleared my plate, and
Lille was helping me to another piece {;
she was So delighted to see ME eat it with
such relish, when only intended to
give it taste. just out Of compliment. I"
"Thcn it was good? -
"Good I never tasted anything more
delicious. l have often had cake upon
my table that l h d paid dollar for, that
did not give me half as much satisfac-
tion the bakers are getting to cheat Sc
dr,ad,ully could have forgiven her
about her mcanncss-don't you think it
was mcanness !-in making shoes, or
putting check aprons on her children, if
She had no: preached me one of her ser
mons upon economy, and actually proved
to NE that the supper, delicious as il wac,
had literally cost uothing-that is, next
to nothing. There was the meal, three
ccnts-the molasses, salt and soda, three
cents-the tea,tw cents-thc sugar and
milk, two ccnts---the butter-buttcr is
high, now. but that was not over four
ccnt>-,ud let me see, was that all ?"
You mentioned some ounce prcsor,
YES
"Oh, yes, but she said they actually
cos; less than nothing. About eleven
years ago-it was to commemorate tn,
first birthday Of Frank-she planted ;
ounce bush, and then she told how she
made i, grow, aud bear fruit She said
she always kept the ground loose, and
covered in the summer with straw, which
she vets with soap>uds and dishwater
and last year her ounce tree bore MOI
than she wanted and 50 friend of hers
came and brought her own sugar, aud did
all the work, and put up the ounces at
the halves, while Mrs Slavery was away
on visit in the country. So she proved,
you See. ,ha, they really did cost nothing.
/ wish | could live So
II l'n't see why you could "ot, y"u
have 1t a mic. place for garden
Yes, ull OF bushes aud flowers, but
| have got no ounce tree
" But you must d. AS Mrs. Sayery
dia-plant one
Yes, and might not live till it bore
fruit Aud besides, never could do a.
she does. We hire sll our work, and
often tell Mr.. Doolit,le it costs more to
raise few roses and flowers than il
would to buy them. But then our girls
must have garden y
Don't you hnow how Mrs. Savery
works hers -
"Oh yes her husband is a mechanic,
and know, how to work, and don't mind
it, aud he spades up the ground before
breakfast, and then Mrs Savery, and the
children. aud Susan, al! work at it. and
that is the way they make their thing,
cost nothing We live different, you
know
Perhaps they make it pleasure, in
stead If toll. recollec, goiug in there
one day last sunmcr-the door Was
open, aud it was JUS, at sundown, SO l
walked in and through the house-the
tea till was standing, just as they left
it, and all hands we're out in the garden
as busy as bees. recoIIect Lille. was
saving saffron. which Mrs Savcry said
would sell for enough to pay for all tn.
medicine they used in year.
Frank was cutting his third crop O.
grass from the borders, which he sold t
old Capt. Peabody, for don't know how
many quarts of milk. The old lady, you
know, makes living from her two cows
declare there was not spot in that gar
, den that hadn't something useful grow
ing in it. But that was not all; l d,
believe that garden is the great secret O
health Of children.
As soon as Lille saw me, she ran "
and shook hands. and said ''she was 8,
glad l had come. for father was jus
wishing that some Of our friends woult
come in, and then he would cut the bi,
melon"
"Melons why. do they raise melon
upon that little patch Of ground p
"Why, no, l can not say they do ex
actly, for the seed was planted in bar
rel OF earth set on tue tagging, aud tn
vines we're trained up on the top Of
, little fat roof building in the yard, an'
; there they grew six or eight feet fro,
9 the ground, some sweet delicious waite.
melons That was what Mr. Savcry sal
q was the economy of space 1t wa
'ecoaomy Of space indeed; for unde,
, meath the barrel Of earth was one full {
D ashes, saved from their chamber stove
where they burn wood, aud that barr.
| used to run of little lye to soften tn
hard water of their WE'LL"
i "Oh, l always buy potash"
: IS And she alwavs snyes II A o.llo