Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-05-04
Greeley on Doughniu.s..

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Greeley on D0ughnu.s.
The following is Mr.. Greeleys cele-
brated letter on doughnuts, which wax
presented in the I nsylvspia Legis
latsrea few days 20 by the Commit
tee con- gr,salIpret Is -
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Mr.. J. T. " Reading, Pennsylvania Y
Dear Sir Your favor of the 31st
inst, is just received in reference to
the admission Of celOred children into
the public schools Of your city, and
containing copy OF your remarks at
a'meeting held by your cOlored citl-
zens. Twill forward your remarks TO
washington. as requested, and tfii,ik
;y0uineed have nc, fears SfremOval.l
am forming no opinion just now ON the
question, but think Mr.. Summers bill!
will settle the whole matter. ga great
deal of my tune the past season has
been occupied in preparing a new and
enlarged edition Of - What ] Know
About Farming" 4 most excellent and
.servioeable book, which Il think you
ought to have. Il will siseatl lyoa a
copy. postage prepaid, on receipt Of
81 5O.) AS he season is advanced,
and has Kept me IN the house great
deal, have been tryiag to better the
condition OF Cur people by endeaveriag
to make improvements in cooking. 1
For some years found that dough
nuts he too heavy on my stomach.
which my physicians attribute to the
fat in which they are fried. They tell
me that adoughnAt contains about
eighty times as much fat as is ,onsis
tent with the doughnut. 10 overcome
this difficulty have goise to cesiside
raiAe iyhiiUsOpIic researcli. BY asing
enly ive-eighths vi the usual an'o.int
Of tat for trying them, Mrs, Greeley AS
sured me the dOughnnts would burn.
BY using eight times as much Hour, 1
would have eight times as many
doaghnats as l wanted I therefore
determined to use eight tunes the
usual quantity of sOts. Mrs. u. mixed
up the batter in the bread bowl; hav-
ing made most exact proportions, l
put In one pint of acts. The next
morning, On entering the kitchea, we
:Ound that the batch of dOughnuts
had risen about ninety degrees above
orr highest expe. tatiOns, and the tide
was still rising. Mrs. Il. heated the
lard while tried to stir down the bat
ter, but all to no use. l poured in
some fat, but it spirited aud cracked.
and was mortified to fluid my expert.
ment q failure, "a the dOugllints would
not stick together. Too much sots in
dOughnuts is verse than Carl Schurz
in u Caucus.
But l was not dismayed. Education
has slonr much for the human mind
and there Is no reason in phiiOsOl,hy
why il SHOULD not do as much iOl
tlOughnuts. To preserve the tore Of
the doughnat without the fat, sub
stituted alcohol for lard, bnt tire con
sequence was that Mrs. q. ansl myself
n. .rrowly escaped with our lives. W.
only saved three d0ughnuts out of tin
batch, two of which we ate, and sem
the third to Mr.. Beecher. They were
truly delicious, but they are too higt
priced, and the manufacture is attend
ed with too much risk for this brand
ever to become popular iiet. Th0s,
we made cost about seventy five cent.
apiece.
Let me hear what your colOred citi
zens are going to do with the Schoo
Board.
l hear thar in your vicinity yOu r:,iss
a small fruit called pretzels, which ar,
said to be very good when cooked
Please send me q few seed, aud l vii
set them cut in tlie spring. ~. pa
Yours truly,
HORACE GREELEY.
p. S.-When passing through Allen
town lately, a DO, came through tn,
cars with cakes and u peculiar frui
called suits. bought = few aud se
them out, but fear our climate is tn
severe tor them. III you will seild M
a few healthy vines would give then
another trial in my green house.
u This il a paragraph0jn a lat
speech of the celebrated female orato