No. 2457, TKRMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. O!VE DOLLAR PER AA"A" LH, I IN ADVANCE. s For six months, 75 cents. vf VV subscriptions must tie paid in 0 ' j,- t f, e paper is continued, and m t ,if f?ithi-i th ' ti rit " lonth - SL 2S u "i 11 be chars- Pf l 0 -nil i"' three months, 51,50; if not si s months, $1,75; and if not paid in "ufnjiers Vllressed to persons out of the will he discontinued at the expiration of ffL p iid fjr, unless special request is made •je "on'rarv or payment guaranteed by some Lndhle person here. "F ADVERTISING. r - lines of minion, or their equivalent, con • a square. Three insertions sl, and 25 far each subsequent insertion. foe West Branch Insurance Co, of LOffc HATES, PA., rvsitßES Detached Buildings, Stores. Mer lehandi'e, Farm Property, and other Buiid and their contents, at moderate rates. T DIRECTORS. , 0 . , ohn J. Pcarce, Hon. G. C. Harvey, Sail Hall. T T. Abrams, W ej \ Mavcr, D K- Jack-man, E les Crist, VV. Wnite, El Dickinson, Thos. Kitehen. W Hon. G C. HARVEY, Pres. if T. T. ABRAMS, Vice Pres. ]V;s. Kitchen, sec'y. REFERENCES. u_ 9C l H, Lloyd, Thos. Bowman. 1). D. [A Winegardner, Wm. Vanderbelt. • k. Mackcy, Wm. Fearon. White. Or J. S. Crawford, lime- liitgle. A - Updegraff, üBW.u B W. Mavnard, James Armstrong, j on Simon Cameron. Hon. Wm. Bigler. fur Mifflin county, G. W. STEW fjr. Esq. _____ a f 23 y f oinity from Less an 1 Damage by Fire. | iii-it Peril* of Marine ami Inland Transportation. T CONTINKNTAI. INSURANCE COMPANY. jfew/"rated by 'he Legislature of Pennsylca /id;, wi'h a Perpetual Charter. . Authorized Capital, 51.000,000. far So.til Walnut St. above Second, lliila. Fire Insure ace on Buildings, Furniture, Mer- ' famlLc, Ac., generally. Marine Insurance ; ii Cjrgoes and Freights to all parts of the i borid. Inland Insurance on Goo*!-, &>*., by j [jie-. Rivers, Canals, and l.and Carriages, to ill parts of the Union, on the most favorable Itfuiv consistent with security. niRF.CTURS. Storre VV. Cdladay, William Bowers, ten >l. Coleman, Joseph Oat, (Itin V Machette, Howard Hinchman. GEORGE W CO EL ADA Y, President. GILES WILSON, Seer tary. ®s*A;ent for Mifflin county, Wm. P. KL iWTT, E-q. . fcbl9-ly INDEMNITY AGAINST LiISS BY FJiE. I'rankliii Fire Insurance Compa ny of' Philadelphia. See V.'i.'i and 437 Chestnut street, near Fifth ITATEMF.NTOF ASSETS, January 1 1858, ! )pub!is!ied agreeably to an act of Assembly, BSF— trst Mortgages, amply secured, £1,590,825 19 *al E-tate, (present value §I(K),- jt)U./ cost, 74,281) 92 enporary Loans, on ample Col lateral Securities, 101,088 17 . bets, pres'tval £76,904 22) cost 71,547 97 j iot" and Bills Receivable, 4.307 00 : teh, 40,855 48 j Perpetual or lAmiled Insurances made on every bcripti in of property, in Town and Country, ites as low as are consistent with security. Since incorporation, a period of twenty- ] ghtyears, they have paid over Four Millions 1 Dollar-" losses by tire, thereby affording ev ince of the advantages of Insurance, as well 1 the ability and disposition to meet with roaptness a!) liabilities. Losses by Fire. ■ses paid during the year 1857, $203,789 4 DIRECTORS. Iss..V Baneker, ' Mordecai 1). Lewis, ob.l- IVagner, j David S. Brown, auel Grant, j Isaac Lea, Kob R. Smith, | Edward C. Dale, W. Richards, 1 George Fates. CHARLES N. BANCKER, Preside .t. ' I'M. A. STEEL, Sec'y pro tem. Sff*Agent for Mifflin county, 11. J. YVAL 'fl'3, Esq., Lewistown. fcb2s I ITT CrROOBRT, 3ION AND FISH STORE. has opened a Grocery, Pro and Fish Store opposite Major Eisen el, where he has just received a fine tof fiesh aumig (£rocento, iich may be found fine Coffee, Sugar, lasses, Syrups, Cheese, Crackers, n, Shoulder, Fine Ashton and Dairy icco, Segars, Soap, &c. rooms, Tubs, Buckets, Baskets, and a irtment of Willow-ware, which he cash very cheap. pay Cash for Butter, Lard, Potatoes, c. c prices, and judge for yourselves. JAMES IRWIN. CHANCE re ry Person to Raise their Own GRAPES, 0 HIKE their own wise. indersigned will deliver from the Ist he 15th April next, to any persona m Mifflin co., ISABELLA GRAPE T ODe year's growth, from cut ingr ita A ineyard, at the following rates, when delivered: 25 Vines for $3, 1 $5.50, 100 do. for ?10. utting" will be delivered at half the iaes. Also, Osage Orange Hedge ' sell, and Hedges grow n by contract, nust be received before the Ist of insure attention. Address A. lIARSHBARGER, McVcytown, Mifflin Co., Pa. -Mackerel, Shad and Herring for sale ™hll F. J. HOFFMAN. ilSTllS) IPWIBSJUSSIISIS) SftT G3 > I3i®l&<B'i3 II A R D VV A R E ! To Buy Cheap for Cash, Blacksmiths, buy at Hoffman's, Carpenters, buy at Hoffman's, Saddlers, buy at Hoffman's, Shoemakers, buy at Hoffman's, Cabinetmakers, buy at Hoffman's, Farmers, buy at Hoffman's,* Builders, buy at Hoffman's, Housekeepers, buy at Hoffman's. Don't forget, if you want good Stoves, Pump Chains, Oil Cloths, Nails, Steel, iron, Cutlery, \ ices, Bellows, Chains, Giass, &c , F. J. Hoff man's Mammoth Hardware Store, and you can be accommodated. mhll DRIT.S, BRI GS, BRIGS, Medicines, Medicines, Medicines, Paints, Paints, Paints, Glass, Glass, Oils, Oils, Oils, Trusses, Trusses, At HOFFMAN'S. pARDEN SEEDB!—I have now 011 hand a FT fine assortment of Fresh Garden Seeds, consisting of some of the finest varieties. Pole and Bunch Beans, early and late. Dwarf and Bush do do do Cabbage, do do Also, Radish,"Beet, Onion, Lettuce, Chinese Sugar Cane, ar.d other seeds, mhll F. J. HOFFMAN. I^LOUR. —I have now on hand and shall con i linue to keep a supply of Extra Superfine Flour from Pittsburgh, which we will warrant to give entire satisfaction. N. B. Those who want a good article can find it at mhll F. J. HOFFMAN'S. \T7 ALL PAPER!—As the Spring opens, \Y housekeepers will be looking around for Wall Paper, where a good supply can be found and cheap. This can be done at mhll F. J. HOFFMAN'S. mssm &sm QAMS For sale by [mhll] F.J.HOFFMAN. Sugar Cane and Flower Garden Seeds At [mhll] F. J. HOFFMAN'S. White Corn Meal, An excellent article for sa.e by mhll F. J. HOFFMAN. 32)20 -Libbid3, A good article for 1*2.) cents at mhll F. J. HOFFMAN'S WEST'S Patent Galvanic Cement 3 J :rJ Lie n"*. zl" !li v 'Cv a undersigned having purchased the I right for this Cement in .Mifflin and Cen tre counties, are now prepared to furnish and put it on roofing wherever desired—the root being sheeted by the owner. Scientific men under the direction of government, and ar chitects and builders in various parts of the country, for years have been studying and experimenting to discover some composition or article for roofing, w Inch would resist the changes of our climate, and would unite the qualities of Imperriim.mess to Hater, htcom bastiljititij. Jtmabitit;/ and C'Jieajmesg. No article now in use possesses these qualities. Shingles are not fire proof, and cannot he used upon fiat roofs. Slat - can only be used upon steep roofs. The contraction, expansion and rusting of metallic roofs are so great in this changeable climate that they soon become worthless, or the repairs will cost more than a new roof. The various cements and com positions which have been introduced, can be supplied only to very fiat roofs, and they are all so affected by the action of the weather that they will nult and run in summer and | crack in winter, and in a short time become crumbly and worthless. The inventor of the j Galvanic Cement has laLored twenty years to | obviate these difficulties, and it is behoved by , those who have had opportunities to test the matter, that he has entirely succeeded. As ! now applied. First—lt is completely impervious to water. Water may continually stand upon the roof i without affecting it in the least. Second—lt is fire proof. It is so incombus tible that it will afford ample and perfect pro tection against fire, sparks and burning shin gles from another building immediately ad- joining. Third —It is durable. It is not injured by atmospheric changes, having been tested for several years by the Patentee, at Syracuse, New York. Fourth—lt is cheap. Roofs will be put on for about half the cost of tin, and will last much longer. Fifth—Repairs are easily and cheaply made. Sixth —lt is sufficiently elastic to entirely resist the expansion and contraction by heat and co'.d, and will remain perfect and solid in the warmest and coldest weather. Sevei th—lt is adapted to all kinds of roofs, either fiat or steep. Eighth—lt is valuable for repairing old roofs. Old shingle roofs may be covered without removing the shingles. Old metalic roofs can be made perfectly tight and secure. Ninth —It is especially adapted to all kinds of seaming around battlements, sky lights and chimneys, and for the lining of eave troughs and gutters. Roofs which have given trouble for years, and which have continued to leak in spite of all efforts, can be made perfectly secure by this cement. Tenth—lt has been proved to be the best article ever used for covering car tops and steamboat decks. Eleventh —This cement applied to new un roofs preserves them from rusting, by fur nishing a coat which is at once impervious to water and an almost perfect non-conductor of heat. Twelfth—lt is t!io only roofing material patented which contains India rubber and gutta percha. For a specimen of this cement we invito owners of property to call at our mill-, where a single coat in j, put on in December last, has kept the buildings perfectly dry through the winter. E. E. LOCKE <& CO., nplo Locke's Mills, Mifflin e<., Pa. JHoral anij XUlt&tous. A Sailor's Story of his Conversion. At one of the recent prayer meetings in ! New York, a sailor rose and narrated to the congregation the circumstances of his con version. He was a young man, a native of Kngland, with an intelligent face and an impressive manner of speech ; and his re marks were received with great attention. He said : ' I am a stranger here, and such a scene as this, is one that until very recently, would have Leen altogether new to me. Nine weeks ago i was converted, and since then have become in some degree familiar with prayer-meetings and church-services, though before that 1 knew litue of either. L have been a very wicked man. For one so young, I have gone into almost incredible dissipation, and have committed almost ev ery known sin. I can hardly imagine a person to have gone a greater round of wickedness than 1. Jam the youngest of a large family of children. My father is dead, but my mother is living. She is an old woman, now more than 75 years of age. She is a devoted Christian, and has always fried to bring up her children to be like her, and some of them have followed her example. Several of my brothers and sis ters are earnest and sincere christians, who with her, have oftentimes at home prayed for my salvation. l>ut 1 could never en dure a single thought of religion. When ever the subject was mentioned to me, I immediately repelled it, and repelled it of ten with a horrid oath. The thought that the members of the family prayed for me always made mc angry. 1 was warned against my dissipation, but went more into it the more I was warned. I grew more and more wicked every day, out of spite, and I tried to be a great sinner. At last 1 determined to leave home. I wanted to get away from the influence of a praying mother. I wanted to be free from all re straints. so that I might indulge myself in whatever I chose, to my own satisfaction. My mother implored me not to go. I told her I was going to sea, and would go Her eyes filled with tears, and she could say nothing more. With whatever sins 1 had, I had some love for my mother, and 1 gave way before her tears. She asked me to promise her that 1 would never go to sea, until I could first obtain her consent. L ! assented, and remained awhile at home. ' A young man, wh > was my companion in dissipation, left England and came to tills country, and after being here a short time returned in the same ship. He told me I could enjoy myself grandly if 1 would go away from home as lie had done, and that there was all manner of pleasure in New York. I again determined to go to sea in company with him. My mother see ing that I was bent on going, could not bear the thought that 1 should leave with out her consent, so she gave it. 1 accor dingly made preparations to .-hip at Liver pool. Just before L started, which was about the first of hist December, my moth er gave me a sealed letter and a small Bi ble to put in my trunk, and told me not to open the letter until the 21st of December, j That was her birth-day, when she would be 75 years old. She gave me her blessing, which 1 shrank from receiving, and 1 went off. -As soon as I got clear of home I felt at liberty. 1 said to myself, 4 Now there will be no one to pray for me. and f shan't he annoyed with Dihles%nd texts.' I left ! home without any sadness, hut rather with ja kind of wicked pleasure; and when I | got on board ship, I soon Ibrgot all about jmy mother, and brothers, and sisters. Af ! ter we had set sail, and were well 011 with j the voyage, a storm arose that was very vi- I olent. Just about this time 1 was taken very sick —not with sea-sickness, hut a dan- | gcrous fever. I lay in my hunk, tossing | about with the ship, as wretched and mis j crublc as any man could he. The doctor | told me that I was at the point of death, ! and that if I had any preparation to make for eternity I had better make it, for 1 had ; not long to live. This he repeated in i the cabin among the passengers, one of whom, an aged man, came to see me. I I remember his face; it was all kindness; hut I hated the sight of him. He came with a hook in his hand, and said to me: 1 ' Young man, you are almost gone; I have | come to read to you something out of the word of God.' J looked up at him a mo ment, and said in a rage, ' Hand me the j book ;' and when lie offered it tome I took it and put it to my lips, and made a solemn oath that 1 would have nothing to do with j God or with religion. I told him that if i lie read it to me 1 would not listen, and hid him, with an oath, leave me alone. lie then went away, and 1 lay stark alone in my hunk. It seemed to me I was at that mo ment more miserable than I had ever been before in all my life; I do not refer to my bodily sickness, hut to my distress of mind. It was evening and there was no light near mo, but all was dark : midnight. Sud denly the thought caiue over my mind that it was the 21st of December, and J remem bered my mother's letter. I could not and get it, for I was not able, and my first impulse was to call one of my messmates to got it for me. Hut I remembered that it was between the lids of my Bible. I was ashamed to let any one know that I wanted the Bible; and I did not want that, but my mother's letter I lay for some time, and THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1858. at last determined to call .some one. One of my messmates came at the call; I asked him to get a lantern, and go to my trunk and get a liible with a letter in it." 4 Ah,' said he, with a sneer,' Now you're sick, you begin to he a coward ; what do you want with that book V 4 I don't want that book, but the letter in it, 1 replied. In a few minutes he brought a lantern, opened my trunk, and handed me the liible and lan tern. He then left the lantern on my bunk and went away. I sat up a little in bed, and opened the sealed package. The very lirst words that 1 caught brought tears to my eyes. They were my mother's words —'.My dear Tom.' I read the letter care fully from begining to end It was a moth er's prayer for the conversion of her son. I had been miserable before, but these words made inc more wretched than ever. 1 then began for the first time to feel re morse for my sinfulness, and to have a fear of judgment. 1 turned about in my bunk in agony which T cannot describe. I bad been told that I could not live, and now 1 was afraid to die. What could I do? I be gan to pray! That was what 1 had always hud a horror of before, but I was forced to come to it at last. 1 prayed to Hod to let nie get well again, and made a solemn prom ise to Him, on my bed, that if lie would only raise nie up I would reform my life. The burden of my sins almost crushed me. Even if I had not been sick, it seemed as if I should have died of these. J contin ued to pray, and when it was expected that I would die, 1 was still alive, and 1 was kept alive, and instead of growing worse 1 grew better. Ihe doctor told mo that 1 had a nar row escape, and that 1 had been lying at death's door. As I got better, 1 got more and more comfort. The light gradually dawned it upon my dark soul, and dark ness was dispelled. At last, one day there came a sudden joy—a sweet peace —that wrapped me round likesunghine. My heart was happy, and while I was wondering what it was, the mercy of Christ was made known tome, 1 felt the consciousness that my sins were pardoned. I began to be stirred with a new life. Whereas before T hated my home, now my heart yearned toward it. My mother—oh, I wanted to st e her, and put my arms around her neck. I wanted to tell her that I had read her letter, and what 1 had found in it. And my brothers and sisters —I had no more desire to be separ ated from them, but with my whole soul I longed to see them, and to tell them that I found the Saviour. My joy continued, and I told lily shipmates of it. Some of them laughed at me, hut 1 didn't care for that; I knew in whom 1 believed. At last we came into port; it was on a Saturday morning. On the next day 1 found the Mariner's Church, and, my kind friends, I have been here ever since. lam happy to be here, and can only thank God that lie has led me to Himself, and has led nie to you in so wonderful away. lam wait ing here to go home and see my aged moth er. She is near the grave, and J want to throw myself upon her neck before she dies, aud thank her and thank (I od for her pray ers for a wayward son !' JUST AS I AM. [Tiie i'xllou iuif beautiful lines, it is saLl, atv rmtijr with much jiovver ami filed in the prayer myelin);* in Now Vxrk city ami elsewhere.] .lust as I am. without one plea Hut that thy blood was shed tor me. And that llnm bidd'st me cine to thee, O! Lamb of Ood, I come. Just as I am, and waiting not To rid my soul of one dark blot, To thee, whose blood cau cleanse oat h .spot, 01 Lamb of Ood, 1 come. Just as I .nr. though toss'd about With many a conflict, many a doubt. With fears within and wars without, O! Lamb ol Hod, I cotne. Just as I am—poor, wretched. Mind, Sight, riches, healing of the tninu — Yea, ull I need, in thee to liml, O! Lamb of Hod, I come. Just as thou wilt receive. Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve : Because, thy promise I believe, 0! Lamb of Hod, I come. Just as I am- thy love unknown Has broken every barrier down- Now to be thine, yen, thine alone, O! Lamb of Ood, I come. FEAR OK ENEMIES.—IT is a well known fact that most people arc often guarded and cautious in their conduct, lest they afford to those persons who make " Envy and crooked alice nourishment" an opportunity to give vent to their venom ous feelings; and to so great an extent is this desire to escape slander carried, that, not uufreqnently, a certain degree of timid ity is manifested. Now, this is going too far to stifle calumnious reports of enemies. We conceive that we should always pur sue the even tenor of our way regardless of what evil-disposed persons may say. We should live above the fear of cool, calcula ting, lurking hatred. Or, as the hard of Avon has it : "We must not stint Our necessary actions i" tlie fear To 'scape malicious censures." It is no disgrace to a man, a society, a state, or a church, to have enemies. In deed, we view it in the contrary light; for the good, the great, the noble and the hon orable always have met, and. beyond doubt, will continue to meet with opposition —aye, with more than opposition —bitter hatred, relentless enmity, base and slanderous ac ensations, and wholesale injurious fabrica- tions. But this is only indicative of the evilness and loathsomeness of your ene mies' hearts—it cannot hurt the good, the true, the faithful. For a time, perhaps, your honor may be dimmed, but. sure as the Great Searcher of Hearts lives and reigns you will ultimately shine in all the splendor of your real character. Man lorn self, only, assassinates his own reputation. iwali&ffFiraT A Son Charged With the Killing of his Father. Ihe Meadville (Pa.) Journal says that Hugh Sliellito, jr., a young man of about I eighteen or nineteen years of age, was ar rested last week, in Sadsbury township, for the murder of his own father, bound over and is now in jail. The circumstances are about these: The father, Hugh Shellito, sr., was a man of intemperate habits, and on the night of the Ist of April, about ten o'clock, he got wrangling with his wife. The son interfered, and they both drew chairs upon one another. A relative named William Shellito, who was pre: eat, separa ted them. Young Shellito, however, pick ed up some kind of stick and struck his father over the head, whereupon the old man got his gun and threatened to shoot him. Meanwhile the son left the house and got a club, and when the father open ed the door, lie struck hiin over the head knocking him down against the stove. He died during the night, and was buried with out any suspicion of foul play, the neigh bors supposing he had died from intemper ance. It was soon rumored around, how ever, that all was not right. The body was raised —a post mortem examination was held by Dr. Th <mpson, of Meadville, and Dr. Hitchcock, of Fads bury. They found the skull badly fractured, and several severe contusions about the head. A jury of inquest being empannelled, gave a verdict in accordance with the foregoing fact char ging the murder upon Hugh Sliellito, jr. Dead Dt'dg Disintei red and the la art ta ken out to Cur■ Consumption. —TheGlenns Falls Republican gives an account of an af fair extraordinary though of occasional oc | eurr< nee, which transpired about a mile from that village a few days ago. It ap pears that a man by the name of Adauis died and was buried about seventeen months ago, leaving a wife to mourn his less. The widow removed t<> the West and remained there until a short time since, when she re turned to Glenns Falls. Upon her return j she lound her deceased husband's brother i dying with the consumption, and declared i that he could be cured only in the follow ing manner, which she said was practiced where she had been living:—The bod\ r of her husband should be taken up, the heart dissected, and if any blood was found in the heart, it should be burned , and the sick man would recover! This proposition uas immediately (feted upon —The dead body disinterred, a physician called, who took out the heart and lungs, but not enough blood being found to answer the purpose, the further prosecution of the infamous pro ject was abandoned. A Xegro Slave Shot by his Clergyman. —The New Orleans Picayune of the loth contains the following paragraph : 44 Rev. i>r. Taylor, who recently married the wid ow of the kite S. W Downs, shot a few days since, says the Ouachita (La.) Register, one of his wife's negroes. The negro kill ed was one noted for insubordination, hav ing previously been shot two or three times, j Mr. Taylor attempted to correct him, when he drew a knife, attacked the overseer and defied his master, who shot him on the spot." A Cra~y Monarch. —The London cor respondent of the New York Tribune says: 44 The King of Prussia has become stark mad. lie occasionally belives that he is a private soldier, who has just received his commission as ensign, but has since lost the parchment, and therefore he anxiously seeks in all the hidden corners of the palace and nooks in the garden, lie dislikes to be watched by his aid de-cauip, whom he believes to be his commanding officer. Though his mental aberration is hopeless, the question of the Regency remains un settled, as the Queen prevents any step in this direction, and the Ministers do their best to delay it still more, well aware that the first measure of the Regent would be to turn liiin <u' of office. The question becomes still more complicated by the fact that the English Court wish for the abdi cation of the Prince of Russia, and that the Queen's young son-in-law. Prince Fred eric, may try his hand in governiug the country." a debating society in Schenecta dy, the other day, the subject was: — 4 Which is the most beautiful production, a girl or a strawberry ?' After coutiuuiugthe argu ment for two nights the meeting finally ad journed without coming to a conclusion— the old ones going for the girls. .'-iyA poor Yankee, on being asked the nature of bis distress, replied — 4 That lie had live outs and one in —to wit, out of money and out of clothes; out at the heels and out at the toes; out of credit and in debt' New Series—Vol. 111, No. 25. INFANTS' FOOD.— What a Bali/ routs a l'car. —When it is necessary to feed in fants artificially, and cows' milk is used, it should l>c first boiled, th n skimmed, then sweetened a little with sugar, and next a little salt added, not enough to give it a saltish taste; milk thus prepared will not only prevent the indigestion and consequent acidity, flatulence, colic, diarrhoea, Ac., from which sucking children suffer so much, but will actually cure tliem. A hearty infant will swallow, during tire year of its life, fourteen hundred pounds of milk, in which are twenty-one pounds of cheese, thirty pounds of butter, and a hun dred and twelve pounds of sugar. At six cents a quart, with the necessary sweeten ing, each "dear" little creature costs, for food alone, fifty dollars for* the first year. —Hall's Journa l of Health. To .MAKE CLOTHES WATER PROOF.— A new method is thus described:—Take about thirty ounces of alum, and dissohe in thirty quarts of water. Then dissohe in another vessel the same number of ounces ol' acetate of lead in an equal ejuantity ef water. On mixing the two liquids, there will be a precipitate in the form of a powder created, which is the sulphate of lead. Turn off the liquid, which retains in disso lution flic acetate of alum, and plunge into it the fabric desired to he made impermeable to water or other fluid. The cloth should then he kneaded with the hands, until it becomes thoroughly saturated, when it should he taken out and exposed in the air to air. Goods rendered impermeable by this process retain 110 unpleasant odor after the second trial. Fiom the N. P. Aiwrimn Agriculturist. [An intelligent lady subscriber on Long- Island. (Mrs. Clementine H.) furnishes for the Agriculturist, the first, four of the fol lowing recipes, each one of which she has tried thoroughly and can recommend as good. 3 Nahant Tea Biscuit. —Put in one ves sel : 3 teacups i fluur, 2 of sweet milk, 3 eggs, a little salt, and beat all together for fifteen minutes. J>ip into cups, making them half-full, and hake 25 minutes, in a quick oven. [This we can commend. The eggs make the biscuits light enough, and save the use of soda and cream of tar tar, so objectionable to many persons. ED.] Election Cake. —Hub together 1 howl su gar, I bowl butter, 1 teaspoonful soda, then add 1 pint of milk and 1 buwl of flour. When mixed well, add 2 nutmegs grated,. 1 bowl of currants, and cinnamon or cloves to suit the taste. Bake in loaves. This cake will keep well for two or three months, or till "after 'lection." Federal Cafe. —Warm a pint of milk and stir in one tablespoonful of lard. Add one beaten egg, and flour enough to make a stiff hatter, and one cup of yeast. Put in the pari in which it is to be baked, to rise. One hour's baking required. Serve hot—with butter of course. Mountain Cake. —Rub 1 lb. sugar with I lb. butter. Beat together 6 eggs, one teacup of sweet milk, and A teaspoonful of soda. Mingle thoroughly 1 lb. of flour and 1 teaspoonful of cream of tartar. Then ] stir the whole of the above quickly but thoroughly together, and bake 111 loaves im mediately. Another Mountain Cake. —Mrs. E. H. Hoffman, Wayne Co., Ohio, encloses the following two recipes in a letter to the Agri culturist: MOUNTAIN CAKE. —Stir to a cream 1 cup butter and 2 cups ot white sugar; add the whites of 0 eggs heateu to a stiff' froth ; 1 A cups of butter-milk ; o cups of sifted flour; A teaspoonful of soda; 1 tea spoonful cream of tartar; flavor to taste and bake in a moderate oven. It looks nice cut in slices. DOMESTIC CAKE. —TH Alb. sugar and Alb. butter beaten to a cream, add 1 lb. flour and half a nutmeg grated; work to a smooth paste; roll to half an inch in thickness, and cut into square or round cakes; bake in a quick oven. Corn Starch, Delicate Cake. —This we have tried 'at home' and like it. A 'friend' gives the following prescription: Beat 1 cup butter, with 2 cups sugar, to a cream ; add 1 cup sweet milk in which is dissolved a teaspoonful of soda, beat the white of 7 eggs toastiff froth and stir lightly with the above. Mix thoroughly together 1 cup corn starch, ! 2 cups of flour and 2 teaspoonsful of cream jof tartar. Then mingle the whole of thj> ! ingredients, beating quickly but thoroughly, | and flavoring with essence of lemon or rose water. Bake immediately in a deep dish. I J'onr Man's Cake. —" A Cottage Girl," Dauphin Co., Pa., prescribes : u Put into | 3 lbs. of common bread dough I lb. butter and ■] lb. sugar. Then mix with it 1 lb. currants and 1 lb. ' candied peel.'" Loaf Cake. —A Litchfield Co., Ct., cor j respondent offers the following: With 3 1 cups of milk, 1 cup of sugar and J cup of yeast, make a thick batter aud let it stand over nighi. In the morning add 2 cups sugar, If cups butter, 1 egg, and spice to , i liking. (A R.OCERIES.—F. J. Hoffman's is the store j where good Groceries can be found, and at : low prices mbll
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers