The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-05-29
Making " Gems"

What are you reading, aunt Tabi-
tha ?''
AN old book that belonged to your
n'ther-Bread which strengtheneth
man g heart" Now, child this is the
kind of bread to have: the kind that
gives strength. A missionary's wife
once told me that the Armenian women
refuse to eat potatoes, saying that they
did't make strong;" and that these kind
of people had great deal to say about
the food that gave them strength.
Get the magnifying glass and we'll
examine this wheat. I've two parcels.
The first one rubbed out with my hands,
the second was threshed with machine.
IT all grew together, but what difference
there is in it. This that is rubbed out
is perfect; but the machine-threshed is
scratched and some of it is broken. l
should think that the breaking of the
enamel would injure its vitality-it lets
the air in. 1t will grow, but 1 should
think that it would not have the same
strength and vigor as this which has not
been injured.
ITO make the bread which strength
eneth," / want clean, good, plump
wheat not that which has sprouted but
with the life in it. 1 don't like it killed
in grinding either. L don't imagine
that the two women grinding together
at the mill" turned their burrs quite as
fast as steam engine of fifty horse
power. Sometimes the flour gets very
hot. Flour ground at the little creek
mills ran by water-power has more life
in it.
Chemists tell us that grain of wheat
has all the elements that are found in
our bodies and in the same proportion.
And why shouldn't we eat it then Just
as our Creator mixed it? When we use
only the finest particles, accepting only
that which passes through the bolting-
cloths, we lose many of the ingredients
that our systems require. We need the
bone, and sinew, and brain food that is
sifted out Can this be the reason why
so many brains fail their masters-be-
come useless for want of nourishment
The farmer feeds his pigs on bran and
milk to make bone and fat, and gives
his children fine flour and butter. Is
not the full development of man or a
woman of more consequence than pig =?
To be sure, if he looses his teeth he can
buy some more, or if his hair comes out
he can get a wig, but where can he buy
brains and man without brains is
no man at all. ;"
"Auntie, Auntie, 1 thought you were
going to teach me how to make the
bread that strengtheneth but instead of
doing it you are preaching"
Make up brisk fire, and we'll bake
some in jiffy. Now, don't have the
top of your stove red-hot, to warp it out
of shape, but have a fire with blaze, to
run over the oven. Set thegem- pans on
the stove to heat, while you are stirring
up the gems. 1t takes three cups of
Graham -four, and two and one-half of
water to I'LL these pans. Measure out
the -four and pour the water into it, and
stir it up quickly dropping it from the
end of spoon into the pans.
"Shall grease the pans, Auntie, with
this little rag-broom that is in this basin
of lard ?"
Yes, / find that little broom very
handy. Let your pans stand on the top
of the stove until they are baked on the
bottom. see by the rim around the
edge that they are baked enough; now
put them in the upper part of the oven.
You can tell by experimenting how
much flour to use for my gem-pans, so
as not to have any left. If they are
mixed with milk the crust will be mo