The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1870-11-23

THE ART OF MAKING LOAF:OF CAKE
Begin by getting in readiness all tIe utensil
and ingredients to be used. See that tle ov.
is ut proper temperature Rich cake reouir,
z SLOW even oven; plain cake a quicker heat
Neyer add fuel while the cake is baking Lin,
the 6ps to be used with buttered paper Th,
fruit s1ould be prepared, the flour sifted an.
measured, N9gar, butter and milk apuor
toned out, fh0eekRs faiti irIs cold water +,
make them beat light. Never mix sweet and
sour milk.
Dissolve soda in little weter and strait;
cream OF tartar or baking powder must be
sifted in with the flour. Sift spices through,
fine hair sieve, and strain the yolks of the
eggs.
The order of mixing the ingredients is q
| follows
| Put into an earthen dish the required
amount of butter; stir with a wooden spoon
until soft; then add the sugar, stirring until q,
tine cream is formed; next add the yolks of
/! the eggs, then little of the flour. and very
gradually the milk, stirring the batter all
the time, then the fiayoring and spices, lastly
the whites beaten tOa stiff froth alternately
with the remainder of the flour. now beat
the batter until the ingredients are thoroughly
Incorporated this VIII insure light, fine
grained cake. The best way 10 put in the
frnit, after dredging them with the -four, is
atterhate H layers with the sponge as you put it
in the pan.
Put the cake Immediately in the oven and
watch carefully; so much depends upon the
baking. Avoid a draft of cold air Will,
opening the oven. Ii the heat or fire is too
great cover the cake for awhile with a piec..
OF brown p per. Try with a broom splinter.
II 1T comes out quite free from any PARTICLES
OF batter, the cake is done. Ii desireble to
remove the cake at once from the pans, trans
fer 1T to the top of a sieve until quite cold
Inc cake keeps much fresher however. TO re-
main III the pans. Cake must not be frosted
until quite cold. A stone jar and clean
piece OF linen will keep cake fresh a huo
time.
Stale cake may be steamed and eaten with
hot sauce, which makes an excellent pudding.
ALL ABOUT GIRLS NAMEs.-If'vou are a
very precise man, and wish to be certain of
what you get, never marry n Girl named Ann.
II You would IKE 20 :. 1n.,E aslIay:
of a thousand" you should marry an Emily
or an Emma: for any printer can tell you that
''ems" are always counted by the thousands.
1t yon do not wish to have a bustline, tlv-
about wife, You should not marry a Jenny;
for every cotton spinner knows that ienpies
IRE always turning.
II you have wife named Cordelia, you
should never drop any of your old acqC Caint-
lnces; for he that has the deal never cnts.
The most ineessant writer in the world is he
who is always bound to Alkaline.
You may adore your wife, but you will be
urpasscd in love when your wife is n Dora.
! Unless you would have the evil one for n
ather-in-law, yOu should not marry a lady
amed Elizabeth; for the devil is the father of
4ize-Cies.)
If you wish to succeed in life as a porter
ou should marry Caroline, and treat her
cry kindly; Tor so long as You continue to do
his, you will be good to Carry
Many men OF high moral principle and who
Iould not gamble for the world, still have
Ot refused to take a Bet.
A BIG kITCHER.-The largest kcien in the
1ol Id is that of the Liebig Beef Extract Com
any, in Uruguay. 1t covers twenty thous-
nd square feet of ground and is divided into
number OF compartments, which ars con-
tructed with view to their peculiar uses
ou enter first large, dark, cool hall, with
aved floor, where the meat is weighed dnd
onveyed through openings in the wall to
hitting machines. These are four in number.
nd cut up two hundred young oxen in an
our From the cutting machines the meat
oes into twelve iron receivers, where it is
ressed by steam power of seventy-fve
ounds to the square inch. These twelve re-
sivcrs are capable of containing twelve
lousand pounds of meat each. From these
10 meat, or rather the liquid, now rms
arOugh pipes into receptablcs constructed
y the purpose of separating the fatty sub
'ance from the extract, and to clear it.
astly 1t Is raised by steam air pumps into .
oolers, filtered, and subsequently, packed tor
hafeesE Who 1f e he s's ease
nd grace kill eighty oxen in an hour by
<illfully separating the vertebrn.
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Samny's mother wished to spend the eve
ing at Il friends and therefore put the little :
How TO bed telling him about the guardian
'irits who took care of good little boys. To
lrther prevent the darkness from giving
i'm fear, she left the light dimly burning.
The next morning Sammy was up bright
I'd early and full of news.
Mamma, | saw the angels last nightr
"Did you!"
"Ys:. they got wings!"
They sang to mer'
''1s 10 possible!'
''Yes; and they bit me tool"
Miss Ellen A. st. Clair, of Maiden. Mas.
8 just arrived safe in San Francisco, after :,
nrney, i'll her OWL carriage with her father
nearly 5000 miles through the territories
rth Of the Prcilic railroad, during which
. visited the source of the Missouri and
How Stone rivers making a part of the :.
lrney in saddle and on foot Returning
nm Montana, she crossed a belt of Indian
1ntry OF 40O miles, meeting white man
the route and surrounded by Indians
ariy the whole time. Miss s. Clair returns
st in December, when she will lecture ON
ntana and the Indians.s
so~
They rather imposed upon Mr. Greeley out
,st. At Lawrence he was taken i'm a car
sc to see the city and its improvements.
eping him engaged in conversation. tho
everent scamps Of his escort drove five or
times around q square, at each circuit
sing a very fine building in course of cree
y. At about the fifth round he broke forth
ell. we'll, Lawrence is growing rapidly.
idly. Why, there is a very large number
iRe buildings going up. Don't you fancy
re Is 2 little monotony in the architecture,
ugh"
Michigan family agreed to name their
ldren after the first steamboat that passed
house after a child born, and have
ned i've as follows: White Eagle, Polly.
Cooke, Tempest, and Glad Tiliuss. A
was born to them last week, and as the
no si the hrst boat that came along wits
4aeler, they threw up the contract and
ed her Hammer.
captain, one of the old school, beirp at \
!, had been accepted by a beautiful partner.
Ny OF rank, who, in the most delicate
'ner possible hinted to him the proprietv
utt'ng on pair of gloves. "Oh!n was tho
ant reply, never mind me madam.
wash my hands when I've done dancing.
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child who was walking through, an art
cry with hsr:mother, was attracted by
ne OF Minerva. "Who is that" said She.
,, child, that is Minerva, the goddess of
,0m. why didn't thcy make her lns.
! Ioos Because she had none Inv