The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1874-02-28

they call cake) and coffee; at seven we
have tea (all but the teal which consists OF
coffee, bread and butter, meat or sausage,
cheese and cake. I grace with my pres
ence only three meals, the early breakfast,
dinner and tea; but Mrs. W is greatly
distressed lest l starve.
The other day I was going into the city,
and when l heard the omnibus coming,
went down stairs, where l found kaso
bustling about in an unusual state OF ex-
element. | asked the cause, and was in
formed that she was going to make some
cake and would give me some when came
home. l had never tasted any of kaso's
cake, but l didn't expect much from
German-cake maker. When | went down
to supper, there stood plate of things
that looked a little like cookies; | took
one, and from the taste of it, this was
about the proportion of ingredients: half
cup of butter, cup of sugar, two cups OF
milk, two eggs. and as much flour as could
possibly be worked in. The yolks of the
eggs were used for frosting, and on each
cake was IL thin glazing of dried yolk
without sugar. They were all very proud
of the cakes, and thought Kaso had done
wonderful thing in making them-l
thought SO too, Tor never in the widest
flight of fancy had l imagined that such
cakes could be made. The cake I had,
was a thin one and hard as a stone; so
while they were praising them and looking
another way, slipped the larger part of
mine into my pocket, thinking l could
soak it and feed it to the birds. l was
just congratulating myself on having dis
posed of it so nicely, when Mrs. W,
seeing my cake was all gone, insisted on
my taking another. l tried to refuse, but
she cut the matter short by poking one on
to plate, assuring me that they were not
rich, and wouldn't hurt me. This second
one was thick and only half baked, and to
eat it was out of the question. l was Won
dering what could do with it, when a
friend came in, and while they were shak-
ing hands I managed to slip this second
one into my pocket also. If the birds
hadn't been German birds. I'm sure they
wouldn't have eaten the stuff, but as they
were, they had grand feast. One of the
delightful dishes we have for supper some
times is made of little raw fish that are as
salt as brine, and sliced cucumber pickle
with oil dressing; think l never tasted
any thing SO horrible. But the way in
which they fix up the odds and ends of
cold meat, like. They chop the meat
very fine, then to enough for half a
dozen persons, add couple of eggs and a
large slice of bread, soak or soften in milk,
pepper and salt, and if the meat be all
lean and dry, a small piece of butter mix
we'll and make into flat, oval cakes mot too
thin) and fry brown. How wish that l
could draw, | would SO like to send you
sketches Of some of the queer old things
here. One part of the town is very old,
/ and the houses have queer pointed roofs,
and the upper stories ,iut over the street.
/ Did tell you about seeing Rothschild's old
house in Frankfort. 1t was in such an old
| house as this in the Lewes dirty quarter
that the great banker lived. In these large
cities the streets are not clean and laid out
in blocks; but it seems as if everybody
had built houses and stores whenever
they chose and afterwards the streets were
made. 1t must have been a regular Chi
nese puzzle to lay out the streets SO that
they should pass everybod's front door, and
! it is no wonder they wind and twist, and
turn, and grow broad, and narrow, and
some of them get discouraged and stop
short when they come to a building whose
back is turned defiantly towards them.
By the way what a horrible " Leader "
that as you sent me. Eight murders and
two suicides on one page. l told the VS.,
for | Ii Ike to shock them, and you should
have heard the TRADE against the blood
thirsty Americans that followed. But
ain quite hardened against TRADE and can
Ii stem calmly while they tell their friends
that all our church music is from German
operas; that American children always dis
obey their parents, and that as general
thing they run away from home. That
we care for nothing but money, dress and
show. TIL at when we have dried beef
upon the ia BILE we help ourselves to it with
our fingers, and eat in such disgusting
way general ly that the sensitive delicate
Germans are shocked. l often say to my
self
ooh wad some power-the giftie gle us
To see ourselves as others see US ~