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OUR HOUSEHOLD.
For the Houo!ioW*
In reply to the question of “Peg
gy” relative to the ‘‘Land of Flow
ers,” I will state that my observa
tion there proved “no advantage
there over Middle Georgia,” more
than thoscof a warmer climate dnr
ing the winter season, and the many
fine fish that can he had fresh from
the lakes at all seasons of the year.
On the other hand the advantages
that wo enjoy here of society,church
privileges, educational facilities, a
productive soil, and many others
are much better than they are there
Ih deles there are many disadvan
tages down there that we do not
have to labor under up here.
So many diseased people move h>
Florida thatitls somewhat difficult
to determine “the average health
or “compare” it with that of “this
section.’ Some localities are health
ier than others, principally the old
er settled ones, and the old scttk.s
enjoy "better health than the new.
If the people were all climatized
and clear of the diseases contracted
before moving there, the general
health of that country might aver
age svith the health of this, but un
der present circumstances no defi
nite conclusions can he drawn.
1 am not aide to give you any in
formation whatever relative to the
“farming lands,” from the fact that
I never saw a single farm on all the
different routes of three trips to
that State. While on a visit to Or
lando. Orange county,several years
ago, I was informed that the lands
there were “adapted to" oranges,
and that good farming lands were
in other parts of the country. As I
never found those “other parts” 1
can’t tell you anything about them.
The greater portions of the lands
that came under my observation
were fit for nothing in the world
except to build houses on ; and hav
ing only a sandy foundation if they
wove at all rolling they would not
answer tliftt purpose. They are so
barren that one can travel over
large scopes of them without over
seeing a cow, or hog, or any living
tiling. The orange lands are cov
ered (between the pines) withdwarf
palmetto, and grow nothing to sus
tain life until they arc cleared.
There are what are called “cattle
ranges” in some portions of the
country, and men engaged in rais
ing beef for the market ; hut from
some cause or other the beef is of
inferior quality, and not very pala
table to those accustomed to such
as we have here.
What has been fluid of the milch
cows is true, and has been account
ed for in various ways. Some at
tribute it to the inferior stock of
cows in that country, and as “im
ported cows die before becoming
climatized,” they consider the mat
ter beyond remedy'. But I am of
the opinion that different food and
arrangement would bring about
different results. If they could
just have such food and attention
as cows get here, I think that the
native cow would be worth mere,
and the imported one live longer.
A glass of milk sustains me in this
opinion, for while waiting over at
Landlord, four years ago, the keep
er of the hoarding house gave me
the only glass of milk that I ever
drank in Florida, and informed me
she had the only milch cow in all
the surrounding country. Ido not
remember where her cow was raised
But it was fed on imported food
and made to furnish milk enough
to supply the needs of her house,
which, judging from her table and
the number of mouths she had to
feed, must have been a gyod deal.
1 learned when a little c hild that
there was as much in the manage
ment as in the cow for milk and
butter; and learned it in the fol
lowing wav : A gentleman from the
• Eatonton factory came to my fath
er's horse to purchase a cow. My
father informed him that he had no
good cows for milk and butter, but
if he felt disposed to buy an inferi
or one, lie could take his choice of
about thirty, then pretending to
give milk, and have it for tea dol
lars, just what it was worth for beef.
The gentleman bought a cow and
in a short time afterward 1 heard
him tell my father that he would
nol take fifty dollars for her. A
few weeks of different management
had made a difference of forty dol
lars in the worth of ten. And such
is generally the case respecting
rows. One or two can be managed
so as to le worth a greater number
.oneared for.
“Poultry” yards are not very nu
merous, and eggs are so scarce they
rarely ever sell for less than fifty
cents per dozen, and from that on
p to a dollar. There is nothing
that chickens can get to eat except
what falls from the table, and are
so expensive and troublesome that
very few people try to raise them.
I had the satisfaction of testing the
.quality of a few, but found them
not so good as the chickens raised
here. Never saw a duck, nor goose
nor guinea, and but few turkeys.
Do not know where the turkeys
were raised.
There is an occasional “green
spot” in the, “Land of Flowers,”
.called by the settlors “hammock
laud,” upon which all such truck
,;vs sugarcane, straw berries, pota
toes and all the different varieties
of vegetables are grown. The own
ers of these spots when near a town
or railroad can make them very
profitable by supplying the market
with their products. Vegetables
can he grown there all the year
round, and always command a good
price. A mess of beans for a small
family fcjt* !!.- for fifty cents, cabbage j
ten cents per pound and other
things in proportion. Potatoes are
dug when they are used, and when
there is no frost to kill the vines
they continue to grow until gather
ed.” Of somethings it is not neces
sary to plant but one crop. I vis
ited Orlando again last December
and found the same old stalks full
of pepper that were growing four
years ago. N. I!.—A good place
for Miss Adelaide’s “prudent house
wife” to “pick a peek of pickled pep
pers” to “present upon her table.”
1 found no “greater natural
lu In- ” in Florida for “a woman to
make a living” than can be found
in this part of Georgia. Before
there weie so many railroads to
transport sewing machines and
ready made clothing, a good hand j
with a needle could make money. 1 !
met with a lady who laid j
the foundation in this way up- j
on which she built a fortune; and
had thi> pleasure of her company
from Aster, on the St. John’s, to
Jacksonville. She was on her way
to the old home in Virginia, that
she had left when a bride —was go
ing there to educate her only child,
a son about fifteen years of age who
had never known a father’s love. If
I had time and space I would give
you the experience of this lady in
building her fortune ; but as near
ly all the women have sewing ma
chines and the men so entirely in
dependent of them, there would he!
no chance for you to lay the foun
dation to build a fortune in this j
line, and her experience would be
of no service to you.
There are so many visitors to
Florida during the winter season
that a hoarding house keeper can
make a living if she is able to do
the work herself, hut the wages of j
hirelings about take all the profit, j
Cooks, waiting maids and laundry I
women can, when they will, make
more money there than any other j
class of females, not excepting |
teachers when their expenses come
out of their wages.
I lived and visited in latitude 2S
and 2i) degrees, and in all the conn
try that l visited ami traveled oyer
I never saw any corn growing,more
than patches of roasting ears, nor
any cotton except a small patch of
about an acre. The first time I
went there 1 saw so little growing
to sustain life that the great ques
tion with me was, “How do the
people live?” A peep into one of
the closets enabled me to see that
they lived on the contents of paper
sacks. A peep into the sacks re
vealed sugar, coffee, flour, meal,
grits, rice, onions, potatoes, eggs,
dried fruit, and a few other such
things. Now, where the money
comes from to pay for these things
is a question you will have to work
at when you get there, unless you
have an ora qge grove to draw on
or take a banker along to “foot the
hills.” So few people raise chick
ens, vegetables, or anything to eat
that their lulls accumulate very rap
idly, and it would he well to have
an eye towards them before start
ing down there from a “garden
spot”like “Middle Georgia.”
1 have endeavored to reply to all
your questions, and trust that they
are satisfactorily answered. Could
have said a good deal more con
cerning them and a number of oth
er things, hut fear taxing your pa
tience.
With much love and many good
wishes for you and our dear house
hold, 1 am as ever,
Lover of Light.
For the Household.
More Suggestions.
T consider it a good idea to
arrange a bill of fare for each day
in the week. Make out your bill on
Monday for each day giving a
change from the preceding day.
Of course there need he nothing
ironclad about them and if a wind
fall comes in the way of unexpect
ed delicacies it is very easy to
change. With this arrangement
the thought what shall 1 have for
dinner need not spoil half our fore
noons. Then too occasionlly some
of the articles maybe prepared the
daybefore’and be much more satisfac
tory. 1 wonder why people generally
do not use more Graham flour than
they do do. It is so wholesome and
more palatable than white flour for
several kinds of batter bread. Here
a recipe for gems made of it.
2 eggs well beaten 2 cups of fresh
buttermilk, if very sour use 1 cup
of sweet-milk also if not thick use
a less quatitv. I V cups of Graham
Hour, j cup of fine corn-meal salt
to season, 1 level tablespoonful of
syrup, 1 level teaspoonful of sifted
soda. Beat the batter thoroughly
to mix the soda well. Do not let it
stand but bake immediately, not
too fast. If prefered to have them
richer than the greased gem pans
will make them nut in a little lard
1 teaspoonful will do.
W. W.
Call at J, L. Kennedy’s and try
the Pickled Shoulder Rib.
During a married life of IX years
I have had very little trouble in the
management of servants, which
happy deliverance is largely attri
butable to a suggestion made long
years ago bv my liege lord. “My
dear, tact is essential in eontroling
vour servants.” J have found it true,
watch an opportunty to correct.
Say the right word, at the proper
time. T regret not observing it n.ore
; closely in training my children,“he”
has, and the effect is magical. Mar
ried people have always indulged in ]
more or less flippant jesting upon j
the subject of managing husbands, j
I clipped from a paper the other
day an article which contains some
sensible suggestions, illustrative of
this same tact idea, as practiced by
wives. I copy and send hoping
they may catch the eye of some in
experienced wife who never learned
the little secret.
“Men are gregarious animals in
clined to wander, despite all home
allurements,but they are selfish en
ough to remain where they are, best
treated, and by taking a little trou- j
bio for a year or two, the years that j
follow will as a rule find, the hus
j hand glad to go back to the pretty
i home, where a smiling wife, who
studies his comfort, and a good
; dinner awaits him.
There are so many women who
object to being “bossed” as the call
it. My dear ladies, you can always
be boss if you take the trouble. By
! giving in, you get your own way. as
you never would by lighting ij>r it.
After all, it is better to feel you re- j
spect your husband so much, j
! that to yield to him is not a dilii-i
culty. Nine men out of ten are!
manageable if you go the right way;
about it. One great point is to act;
after marriage, just as you did before ;
Argument and contradiction nr" j
I vital enemies to married peace, j
I Should you wish for any thing part-!
ieularly, dont insist upon it after!
refusal. Some women arc persist-‘
cut and ask; “why may 1 not”?j
“why wont you do as I tell you ?j
and irritate the man. Rather bide ;
your time, and make an extra good ;
dinner of his favorite dish, put a |
| bow on of the color he likes best, j
i make home and yourselt sweeter
| than ever. You’ll get it sure even |
if you have to wait. Also when |
you desire him to do any particular i
thing, which you know will be for;
his good—dont say. “Do it. Rather i
drop a hint that you think so and
so would be a good thing to do. Get
him interested, and then let the
subject drop. I venture to say that
in a short time that man will do
precisely as you wished: he will
never permit you to think he has
traded the least on vour common
sense.” E. I*. R.
Contributed Recipes.
Cream of Celery Soup.—One pint
of milk, one tnblespoonful of flour,
one tablespoonful of butter, onej
head of celery, a large slice of on-;
ion, and a small piece of mace.
Boil celery in a pint of water from
thirty to forty five minutes ; boil
mace, onion and milk together;
mix the flour with two tablespoon
fuls of cold milk and add to the
boiling milk ; cook ten minutes;
mash celery in the water in which
it lias been cooked and stir in the
boiling milk ; add butter and sea
son with salt and pepper to suit the
taste. Strain and serve immediate
ly. Thellavor is improved by add
ing a cupful of whipped cream when
the soup is in the tureen.
E. 11.
English Cake.—Mix two cupfuls
of white sugar, one-half cupful of j
butter,whites of four eggs well beat
en, one cupful of cold water; stir;
well, then add three cupfuls of sift- j
ed ihi.Hr.and two teaspoonfuls of ba ;
king powder; stir live minutes.;
This makes two loaves.
B.
To Preserve Green Beans for Win I
ter. —Take the beans from the stalk, j
string them and cook them in clearj
wntcrTuitil they get just soft i
enough to bend nicely withoutj
breaking, then nut them in a jar, |
with a layer of beans and salt alter-;
nately till the jar is full: then put a
weight on, and if they do not draw j
a pickle of themselves put a weak '
salt water on. When you wish to j
cook, either soak the salt out or!
scald it out, and if they keep good;
vou will find them as nice as new
beans. B.
Cheap Spice Cake. —If you want!
something the little folks like and \
larger ones won’t refuse, when your 1
bread is light and ready for the !
tins, cut off dough enough for a loaf;
and work in a teacupful of sugar, j
same of currants or chopped rais- J
ins, one half cupful of shortening, |
some cinnamon, cloves and mace,
make into a loaf, let rise and bake ]
near an hour in a moderate oven, j
Please try and report.
L. C. 11. |
Boston Cookies.—Two cupfuls of
sugar, one cupful of butter, one
cupful of sweet milk, one egg and
the yolk of another, two teaspoon
fuls of baking powder; mix, roll
thin, rub the white of one egg on
top, sprinkle on a little sugar, cut
out and bake. 1). L. F.
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|
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