The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-08-07
B. B. BLACK WELL, EDITOR.

smell OF c0ffee nsle0 the room. Inc
table was laid and we were patiently
waiting for the bread to bake. " What
on earth are you doing, Tom Z" | ex-
claimed, as l saw him at work upon
[, an old fish skin "Why settling the
coffee to be sure, didn't you tell me
to put in it fish and / havn't put in
half one as yet" "Oh dear" [
groaned, "your ears and generous
disposition will be the death of you
yet. said small fish skin-but
perhaps it is better than it looks
salt is good you know"
The bread began to look brown and
we decided that it was done-brown.
While placing it upon the table, I
heard groaa aud faint come here
Bob," from The kitchen. Tom had
poured hot water upon his hand, and
sat on the floor blowing furionsly up
on his fingers. "Soft soap is good
go put your hand into the pot Of soap
in the cellar" "Oh ! murder MUIR
der p came in tones of agony from the
region, below, :" soft soap is good for
burns, is it p, and Tom come up
with tears streaming down his face
and the salt brine dripping from his
hand. "Confoand this housekeeping,
don't you say so, Bob? Let US have
some breakfast, or the coroner will
have case of starvation to investi-
gate
We sat down to the table, bat be-
fore We had eaten two mouthfuls of
bread or swallowed two swallows of
coffee, we came to the conclusion that
the waters of the far famed Salt Lake
could not equal our coffee, and if one
of our biscuits were hung about a
persons neck, it would prove mill
stone. We began to analyze the sa-
line subjects before us, and we unani.
moasly agreed that saleratus. yeast,
and salt to your own judgement"
was no judgement at all. The stri-
king of the clock warned us that we
could investigate no more, and that it
was time we were on our gay to the
Office. We compared notes and
found that we had been jast three
hours preparing our delicious break
fast. eleven O'Clock found us ta-
king lunch at Taylor's.) AS we had
been disappointed in the morning, We
were determined to make p es and
cakes, they were much easier than
bread for new beginners. So two
hours before the usual time for closing
our Office we babe adieu to books and
documents, and were hurrying home
to profit by the experience of the
morning meal We could not but
miss the cheerful face. the blazing fire
and we'll laid table that always greets
ed our return from our daily toll, but
we soon b&nished these sad thoughts
by vigorously welding the broom,
and in short time the kitchen looked
quite presentable.
l was to make the pies and cake,
and Tom was to run the errands and
make the custard pudding that was
nothing to mare, little milk few
eggs-who couldn' make a pudding !?
Putting on large apron and rolling
mp my coat sleeves, prepared for
my afternoons work. First, we drop
ped the curtain for fear we might have
inquisitive neighbors I took table
at one end of the kitchen while Tom
took one in the dining room, so that
we should not interfere with each
other. As | stood considering what
| to put in the pie crust, besides sugar,
eggs, and allspice, I heard him say
ing to himself, ga pint of eggs and
six grains of sugar, spice aud then
taste Here, Bob, here's an enig-
ma for you to solve how In the
world shall weigh a pint of eggs
and count six grains of sugar 2" Oh,
this is easy enough-use the scales
for the eggs and the microscope for
the sugar, and for the spices, ! should
think, ginger and cinnamon would do;
I really believe you don't know the
first thing about cooking pretty
| husband you would make-don't for
get the milk, you will find 1t in the
store-room.
A smothered laugh came from the
store-room, and softly whispered
''look here, Bob" ] tip.toed along
expecting to find a tiger or rattle
snake, but what sight met my eye;
there sat Miss Grimalkin and her in
teresting family of four, tapping the
milk reserved for our pudding Wo-
mans weapon was in great demand.
and divorce was granted between
Mistress Broom aud Mr.. Handle
and our biscuit also fastened the exit
of the Grimalkin, Junior, two OF whom
never again made their appearance
while their affectionate mother made