Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-05-20
Sponge Cake Two cups of

sugar, three cups OF Hour, one
spoon of butter, three eggs, one
cup of milk, one spoon of soda,
two spoons cream tartar! a2a
The Queen of Puddings.-
Take one pint Of nice bread
crumbs, add one cup Of milk,
one cup sugar, the yolks of
four eggs we'll beaten, the rind
Of a fresh lemon grated fine, a
piece of butter the size of an
egg; then bake until we'll done.
Now beat the whites of the four
eggs to a stiff froth, adding a
teacup of powdered sugar in
which has been previously stir
red the juice Of a lemon.
Spread over the pudding a lay
er OF jelly (any kind to the
taste), then pour the whites of
the eggs over, aud put in the
oven unit lightly Drowned.
Serve with cold cream. 1t is
the richest pudding known to
the science Of cookery.
Delicate Cake.-Beat the
whites Of three eggs to a froth;
add one cup of sugar, four Ia
hlespoons of milk, butter size
of an egg, one-halt spoon cream
tartar, one-iourth spoon of So
da, one and one-half cups Of
-four.
White Cake.-Two teaspoons
cream tartar, stirred into two
cups white sugar, one cup mel
ted butter, one cup Of milk, the
whites of six eggs, beaten to a
stiff froth: a little citron, if de-
sired. This will make two
loaves
4 Curious Story. Michigan
papers state that a young nan
named George Denslow, living
at Rome Genre, in that State,
dreamed on the night of March
Ii that he was deaf and damb,
and on awaking was Mortified
to find that ne could neither
speak nor hear. From that
till the 4th of May, ifty-three
days, he remained totally deaf
and dumb. On the evening of
that day, while returning from
the field where he had been at
work, an odd feeling came over
him and he was obliged to lean
against the fence for support.
Presently he heard a bird sing,
and he found also that his voice
had returned to him. During
this suspension of voice and
hearing he had enjoyed UNI
common good health.
Fillicks, a bachelor friend,
says he saw a ghost the other
night when going home late.-
Said he saw it through a win
dow in the upper story of a
house. The room was filled
with a spectral light, and the
ghost was dressed in a long
white robe, and was standing
IN front of a looking-glass TAX
ing down its back hair. Told
Flllicks he had better marry
some such ghost and go home
earlier after this.
Josh Billings was asked How
fast does sound travel?' and his
opinion is that it depends a good
deal on the noise you are talk :
ing about. The sound of a din
ner horn. for instance, travels
half a mile in a second, while
an invitation to get up in the
morning has be- n known to be
three-quarters of an hour going
up two pair of stair, and then
not have strength left to be
heard. .-...
Tommy, my son, fetch in a
stick Of wood. 'Ah, my dear
.Aother,' responded he, 'the
grammatical portion OF your
education has been sadly neg
lected. You should have said
Thomas, my son, transport
from that recumbent collection
of combustible material upon
the threshold of this editice one
of the curtailed excrescences OF
q defunct log
She tripped along with rib
bons flying. from bran new
hat she'd just been buying
She held her head up very high,
and thought, well, amt just
old pie?' An orange peel lay
in her track, she slipped, and
fat upon her back. Law Miss