The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-10-01
A Busy Days Work with Re
ceipts.
BY MRS. r. B.

ID -AAAc- L. -
In many families it is not eonven-
lent TO hire help, and therefore it Is
necessary for the wife to arrange the
work wisely in order to have her at
sernoons for sewing or calls. In the
first place it is very essential to have
early rising, and regularity of meals;
half hour lost in the morning can
not be regained by haste during the
rest of the day. Have breakfast at
six, or half-past; dinner at twelve,
and tea at six in the evening. This
will enable the husband to breakfast
with his family before going to bis
farm, store, or shop, whichever it
may be, and will give him more
cheerful thoughts during the day
than if he partook of few mouth
fuls of cold meat, with cold cup of
coffee, alone; or if living in village,
he went to a luneh-room OF bis way
to his place Of business. Now, for
instance, take Saturday, baking day,
and the day Of preparation for the
Sabbath. Having prepared my
sponge for bread overnight, mix
my bread, ard place it in the tins
where it will be kept moderately
warm; and then, perhaps, my little
two-year old boy says: please,
mamma, take Freddy" which l do
as soon as l can remove the dough
from my hands This 1 can do much
more quickly by using a small nail
brush which [ keep in the sink for
that purpose; and | have none of
the trouble, of which l hear many
ladies complain, that their hands are
soiled With dough when unexpected
ly called to the parlor, Having pa
cited the little fellow, and set him
to play with his blocks, with which
he will amuse himself for a long
time, I then put in order my bed
rooms. In the meantime Willie,
who is older than Freddy, has gone
out to play, and Clara, who is still
older, has washed up the breakfast
dishes. l now direct her to prepare
the vegetables for dinner, which be-
ing done, she is ready to interest
Freddy, if necessary. [ then pre-
pare my cake for the oven, having my
| fire in good order. This is my re-
cipe for gingersnaps. Two cups o.
molasses, one of lard, one of water
one teaspoonful of ginger, one tea
spoonful OF saleratus, and a little
salt; knead we'll, roll thin, cut oul
with a cake-cutter or teacup, and
bake in quick oven. mix loat
of soft cake, called "TIp-tOp Cake,
in this manner Beat well together
two eggs, one and a half cups of su'
gar, little salt, little nutmeg, one
tablespoonful of butter, one-half tea
spoonful of saleratus dissolved in one
cup of milk, one tesspoonful of cream
of tartar, mixed with two and hal
cups of -four. 1t should be baked a:
soon as it is mixed. This is my re,
cipe for lemon pies, which bake be
tween two crusts Take two com
mon-sizcd lemons, squeeze the juice
and chop the rinds very fine, will
one-half pound Of raisins, or large
teacupful of dried apples soaked
overnight, three tablespoonfuls o.
flour, three teacupfuls of molasses
and four of water If my bread has
become sufficiently light for baking
bake it before | do my pies; fOl
they require a slow oven, or they arc
apt to stew out. As soon as my pas.
try is all baked I renew my fire and
bake a nice piece of meat, either
spare-rib, beef, or veal, having had
plenty of time to prepare it for oven
as it is seldom that a stove will bake
as fast as one can prepare the pas.
try. This gives you good piece Of
cold meat for Sundays dinner; and
by cooking a few warm vegetables
and making cup Of tea, you car
quickly and easily arrange meal foI
the day of rest, which has been very
wisely set apart from labor for our
good. But now to my household
work again, for the hour for diEer
draws near, and we must put in or
der the kitchen and dinning-room.-
We must also take look in the glass
and see if we are presentable before
going to the dinner table; if not, we
must give our hair brush, and make
ourselves clean and tidy, not only as
an example to the children, but be-
cause all husbands like to see theiI
wives neatly dressed. Dinner over
little remains to be done but to sit
down to sewing. This may be done
by half-past two or three o'clock
How much better is this than being
on your feet all the day long, getting
SO tired that you are not able to at
tend church on the next day.
Thus it can be seen that by tht
management of work on a good plan
and, of course, by practice, it is yer.
easy to have your afternoons to your
self, and, at the same fine, neglec
no part of your work. Thus may
be through every day of the week
except in a few very large families
in which, on washing days, you ma.
he husv unfil LATER.