Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-03-30
What I Know About u ouseEeeplug
BY o. HOWE GREENE.

and after years Of herculean labor
| in the editorial field, has given It's
the result Of his experience in q
work which he calls, What ! know
Of Farming" whereupon, the Fat
Contributor" and Mark Twain
"tIese twain became one flesh" in
humorous descriptions Of what they
| don't know and nobody else ever
heard about farming. AS this field
of agriculture has been pretty well
cropped, and needs rest, we will, in
our humble manner, in the interim,
tell your gentle readers, especially
of the ''gentler" sex, "What / know
of Housekeeping" and if we
should say aught herein, of which
Susan B. and Elizabeth G., or any
other member Of the bouquet Of
sour-roses don't approve, why, we
will repent with dish cloth and
ashes.
But to "return to housekeeping.
1t happened thusly:
Josephine, that's Mrs. o. Howe
Greene, which latter is myself, went
to visit some of our cousins ger
man, descendants fiom the high
low Dutch Knickerbockers, and
cleft me alone in my"-misery, my
home h-wilderness-I was GO
ing to say bowling, but, then, she
took the baby with her.
"She ought to have left it," did
you say! Horrid creature! That
baby wasn't weaned
At first got along swimmingly
there was plenty of clean dishes,
and lots "cooked up" When the
dishes were soiled, | laid them by
and took clean ones-lots Of 'em,
you know; but day of reckoning
came-reckoning up the unclean
dishes, and / reckon it reckoned
some-some dishes, when came
to count them. No use there was
the "great unwashed," and at it |
went.
"Did you scald your fingers ?"
you ask, Certainly, by all means,
and | found it pretty hard scald
before l got those dishes all wash
ed. ! broke one plate-after had
washed it. and that's the part Of
the job that made me indignant.
But / got the job done at last; and
after that | took them by "small
accumulations."
But the cooking; ah! that was
the rock on which | split. / had
no trouble about "raising bread
| raised mine at the bakers at
dime a loaf. But / tired of bakers
bread, and "longed for the flesh
pots of Egypt" All! l have it!
Pancakes Eurekal Pancakes !
| made some. Forgetting the salt
did make them taste queerly; but
the worst trouble was, there was no
"Sally come up," or any other
"come up" to them, except the one
undertook to swallow. Again my
lucky star whispered, - "Yeast!"
That's it, I'll have some cakes "as
is cakes" for supper, On my way
home TO tea-no, it was cold water
at noon l bought package of
Prof. Holsters Eureka Yeast cakes
and put from "one-half to three
come to think, l believe it was three
and one-half cakes put in.
When l reached home at eve
ming, they had "hoisted." ] didn't
forget the salt this time, and sue
ceeded in making something that
would go down as well as come up.
Talk about "making a raise" those
pancakes did it. They made me
rise" too, about ten times that
night; and if l could have got hold
of Prof Holster, about one O'Clock
that night, l think l could have
raised him-yeast, cakes and all.
Pane axes Ughl Take 'em away
| forgot what | had for breakfast.
Guess forgot breakfast altogeth
er. Dined on mush and molasses
for a desert, molasses and mush.
Serious thoughts about what ia
have for supper. Shortcakes Yes,
shortcakes Eureka No. 3. Why
didn't / think of that before? Con
cluded to steer clear of yeast and
dry saleratus. Had a good time
the hanged stuff. Tried an
iron spoon, and other things to nu-
merous to mention. Finally, "got
nv hand in'-after washing my
hands and trimming my finger
"got the hang of it,"
and after the mass began to hing,
dowsed in the Emergencies.
That shortcake was mixed IN two
senses. You've probably seen a
baker mix bread, but you never
saw a aloafer" mix shortcake. Well
hat shortcake wasn't exactly a sue
cess, and it wasn't a failure; in still
another sense, it was mixed. | per
severed, and as shorteakist Task
Mr.. Sumnerwhat that isl | became
/ success, and i could exclaim with
Daniel Webster, 81 still liver
How | succeeded IN other mat /
ers is gke that Sfrst shortcake-
'ather mred. Perhess the young
ady who "evep,t back the tresses
If her golden iair could beat me
Is a sweepist, b. u think ! could
match that other young lady who
swept along the spacious hall
could beat her sweeping a door
itep-I never swept the hall. And
hat reminds me of what Mrs
Greene remarked when she return
d-for she did return She came