The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-28
The Way We Do It.

my husband the "Old Smller, says q
correspondent, and I told him so the
other day. He just up and smiled out
loud in la la that you could have
heard clear down to the creek. He said
IF every man had as good a wife as l
have, and rs happy home, there would
be more husbands called Smile,s.
Just then he helped himself to another
spoonful of baked bean: and that re.
minds me that all women do not bake
beans my way.
| soak the beans over night, and about
the right time i'll the forenoon wash and
put them on to boil in cold water. l
pour off that water after the beans have
cooked a whil. and add more. This
prevents them from having that strong
flavor peculiar to dry beans. When
they are cooked done | put them in a
pan, and lay on the top of them slice
of fresh pork, and put them in the oven
to bake. The meat should roast deli
cate brown color its juice will impart a
fine flavor to the beans. This is a better
plan than the old way of boiling meat
and beans together.
My old Sm!ler Is poor man. ana we
are obliged to live very economically.
! Il -
thing that l fix the day before My
husband must have his 'meat vittals,
rs he calls EN- he SAYS if he don't get
'em he feels like tow string with all
the twist let out of it. We cannot
afford steak and sirloin every day, by
any means, so | buy little piece for
stew that costs seven or eight cents n
pound. and l cook it so as to make it
Just as good as roast. i put 1t in
kettle of hot water, enough to cover it.
and then season it. We don't like any
strong flavor. so l take little sage, a
little summer savory, little thyme,
little red pepper, little onion, and
little salt. Put all in and boil awhile,
then skim them out and the flavor will
be delicious and dainty, and one cannot
tell with what the meat is seasoned.
Then boil slowly several hours, setting
it on top of the stove as the water boils
out, for every drop must boil away. /
let it shipper and fry little, but l am
very careful that it does not scorch
Then set it away for Sunday dinner
in cool place. With sharp knife it
can be sliced very nicely. and it makes
the principal dish on the table. Even a
piece of neck, such as my mother-in-law
would use only for mince pies, becomes
in this way tender and good.
Sometimes buy piece of flank, salt
it we'll, and let it lie twelve hours. Then
l cut up some bits of salt pork and
spread on the strip of flank, roll up, be-
ginning at one end or side, wrap in q
piece of muslin, tie with thread, and
boil slowly till done. I leave it wrapped
up compactly until am ready to slice
it when cold. Sometimes l put in q
couple of slices of bread and butter in
stead of the minced pork. This is very
handy fora hurried dinner. My husband
is a hearty eater. He is good provider
as far as his means go, too, but ! have
to cOntrive good many little econo-
mics to keep our household expenses
reasonable. But as long as he bears the
sobriquet of 1.-THE old Smiler," | shall
think my path is full of pleasantness
and peace"
A SOMNAMBULIsT IN THE PULPIT.-
Rev. DR.. Schermer, pastor of the Pro-
testant Church, Broadway and Monu-
ment streets. Baltimore, was in the
midst of his sermon on Sunday night,
when a rather strange interruption Oc-
Cured. A little girl about ten years
old arose from her seat in pew beside
her mother, and walked up the aisle and
into the pulpit, passing behind the
preacher. From the pulpit platform
She stepped on chair, the back of
which was placed against the pulpit
platform and from the chair on to the
top of the communion table, Il marble
oblong slab several feet long, in front
of the pulpit. She walked the length
of the table, and seemed just about to
step or fall to the floor, when she was
caught by member of the church who
came forward. He lifted her down,
when she sank on the floor. She was
Immediately surrounded by the pastor,
her mother and other friends. who
found that she was asleep. She did not
awake until after her mother had re-
moved her to the pew from which she
had started on her peregrinatlons. She
said she dreamed she was in the pulpit.
DIR. Schermer says he thought she was
some child unused to the place, who
wanted a drink from the pitcher usu-
ally placed at hand for the preacher.
He noticed that her steps were light
and noiseless, and her eyes fixed. but
he did not suspect that she was walk
ing in her sleep until she passed in
front of him on the communion table.
1t is stated that the child is not used to
sleep walking, this being her first per-
Torrance.
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