The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-31

MT. AlllSOn, you are rlgnt we can no more
afford wine than you can; indeed, question il
our income is as large as yours, and know that
this matter of wine in our expenditure makes
no small item in our accounts, but on the con-
trary Is somewhat heavy 10 meet Both Mr..
Gray and myself came from home where good
wine was always one of the necessaries of our
family; and, unfortunately, If we did not think
1t one of our own necessities, we imagined 1t
Indispensable to set il before our guests: but we
have never been able to compass the wine of our
home, and have always thought it mean to set
before people that kind which our not plethoric
purse compelled us to do, and ! thank you
very, very much for the lesson you have given
Mr.. Gray held out his hand
Every well, old fellow; l thank you heartily.
Do not fancy you have got rid of us.r
"Nor do wish that; indeed | shall be very
grateful to both of you If you will accept the
hospitality we can give with a welcome which
could not otherwise be accorded, and give us in
return your pleasant society,""
But you don't mean to say you won't come
to our house at all ?n
mo, that is not my meaning; we will come as
often az you want us, but not always to eat and
drink"
And thus we secured two of the most valuable
friends we ever had. The Grays admired my
husbands moral courage, and thought highly of
him; the opinion thus formed was of infinite
service to us on one cventtul occasion, the de-
tails OF which | need not enter into here
Pleasantly time passed on. Mrs. Gray had no
children, and, as she became devoted to mine,
spent more time at our house than would other
wise have beenthe case. found much plea
sure in receiving her, as there was no expense
attending it; nor did hesitate TO go toher house
as frequently as i felt inclined. Indeed, my
husbands moral courage had given me strength
to apply his principle of abstaining from false
appearances, that felt losing my seltrespect If
| ever attempted sham. Twentyseven shillings
a week-these words seemed TO be endowed
with vitality; they we're ever palpably rising
before me whenever was tempted to indulge
in petty eXtravagances - whenever | de-
sired to put on an Importance not warranted
by my income; in the words of the day, doing
the grand.n All who marry upon f200 per
annum must be educated for such a limit, or
must educate themselves tor it; and they
may be very happy, perhaps happier than with
$4,000 per annum. They must be early risers,
methodlcal managers, have an intimate know
ledge OF wholesome cookery and useful needle
work. must be economical of time careful of
waste pieces OF dripping, Of suet, OF bones, and
OF Cinders which are all of the greatest use in
household management, which must be- had and,
ii not cared for, will be found expensive articles
10 buy-so much so, that three hundred year
income viii not suffice to replace the deficiency.
Some hOusekeepers say tney find it. a better
plan to pay for every thing as it comes in from
the different tradesmen; Others prefer to buy at
once sufficient OF every article TO make store.
| The proverb, "a store Is no sore" is in one
sense perncious; but, as proverbs cut both
ways, there may he many instances, no doubt,
where store has proved a godsend; but in
Housekeeping matters upon twenty-seven shi
lLes week store is an evil, from there being
no check upon the consumption. My own plan
was always to have book from every trades
man who supplied my wants III which once a
| week entered all required. and only sutf cIent
! Tor the weeks consumption-tea, sugar, coffee,
and bacon; batter, if the grocer supplied me
land he generally did), had twice a week.
| Bridget had her hallpoUnd weekly. This
IN price was nearly the same as that
| Tor our own consumptIon; but as she
was never very careful whether she cut it
with clean knife, or keep It melting in the
| kitchen under the influence of the fire and gas,
! it was not very palatable when it made Its ap-
! pearance at our table; hence chose that our
! butter should be kept distinct, and, indeed. l
! always had 1t under my own management, both
! III winter and summer. In the latter. the not
! weather melted away poor Bridget's into oil,
and she never could be made Ito fuss missis
do," Tor her own comfort ! never could teach
her the principle of how butter or water could
| be kept cool by evaporation; not that | ever
| mentioned such a long word to her, for she
which operated upon the butter instead of the
result being the exercise of her own common
sense.
'Now, missis, how can that drop O. water
make the butter hardW was her question one
day, when she saw me put halfpound OF butter
into our glass butter-dish.
81 will tell you, if you will but observe, Bird
get"
81 do observe ye every day, m'm but Pm none
the wiser"
''WeI, watch me once again. You see put
about half q teacupful of cold water in this soup
plate; standing in this is the butter-dish con
tanning the butter"
'Shure, then, why don't you put the cowld
water on the butter?"
THAT must never be, because the water would
soon get warm from the hot air; but keep the
lot air off by dipping this old table-napkin in
water, placing it over the butterdsh, letting
the whole OF the other portion OF the napkin be
tucked into the water IN the soup-Dlate; then
you see the water rises continually over the
napkin, making the air which surrounds the
butter cool instead OF hot"
"Shure it's YOU Is the clever one; but it's q
( terrible sight o. trouble though the buffers as
4 hard as a flint an it keeps swate, too"
| "It's no trouble at all, Bridget, once day tC
! give fresh water, twice a week to scad the nap
kin and the butter-dish with boiling water; then
! when cold, let both stay in cold water tor al
hour. And see the comfort you have"
'An' that's thrue Tor you. III I'd only beer
trained might ha' been as clever as yourself
An WHATS the use OF all that melted satpetrt
and salt round the filter? Won't water do tol
that as well?"
''No because the filter is somewhat thicker
than this tablenapkin and the coldness of watel
is not sufficient. So you see melt handful o
salt and a table spoonful OF saitpetre in quar-
OF water, place it in this shallow pan, then stanC
the filter in it; dip a wet cloth in water, theI
place It over the filter so that the edges OF tht
cloth shall lie in the mixture and all | have u
do for month is to renew the water in the paI
every day, when you know the water which Il
daily put into the filter is as cool as Ice."
But why do you have the litter put in
draughtN ...
because the air in a draught is cooler, an(
as constantly as the surface of the wet cloth i
| dried by the surrounding air, the sides of thu
cloth being laid in the mixture causes the moist
ure to ascend, and thus prevents the hot al
fiom approaching the filter. Now, Bridget, |
cool for your family to drink, you need no
| have a filter Just fill pitcher with cold water