COLLECTED AND PUBLISHED BY Sty? iCaitoa OF THE •Presbyterian CHljurrfy, MOUNT AIRY, N. C. "We may live without poetry, music and art; We may live without conscience, and live without heart; We may live without friends; we may live without books; But civilized man cannot live without cooks. . We may live without books — what is knowledge but grieving? We may live without hope — what is hope but deceiving? We may live without love, — what is passion but pining? But where is the man that can live without dining?" "Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print." Read the book and try the good things in't. ASHORAFT DRUG CO. Drugs, Toilet Articles, Tobacco and Cigars. NUNALLY'S CANDY. Prescriptions Carefully Compounded. MOUNT AIRY, N. C. W. F. LOVILL, Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Ladies and Men's Furnishings, This is the place to buy the Cheapest and Best Goods When you come to Mount Airy. Main Street. MOUNT AIRY, N. C. J. W. PRATHER CLOTHING COMPANY, Main Street, Mount Airy, N. C. THE LARGEST CLOTHING STORE IN NORTH CAROLINA. Has the most complete and largest stock to be found anywhere. Suits made to order with the greatest variety of materials to select from. Furnishings of all kinds. Trunks, Suit Cases SUPPOSE YOU PUT A PHONE IN YOUR OWN HOME! Costs only $1.25 Per Month. Let us Have Your Order. MOUNT AIRY TELEPHONE COMPANY MOUJiT AIRY, If. C. "Here is bread, which strengthens man's heart, and therefore is called the staff of life." BREADS. BEATEN BISCUIT. 1 quart flour, i teaspoon sugar. 1 egg, beaten and kneaded in flour, 1 half-teaspoon of salt, Knead and beat until it will blister and bake in moderate oven. MRS. PRESTON. BEATEN BISCUIT.— 2. 0 pints of flour, 1 heaping tablespoon of lard. 1 pinch of salt, Enough cold water to make a stiff dough. Run through a meat chopper three times, roll about one-half inch thick and cut in small biscuits. Bake in a moderately hot stove. S. M. C. HOMINY BREADo 2 cups of cold boiled hominy, 1 tablespoonful corn meal, 3 beaten eggs, 1 tablespoonful of butter. Bake in a hot oven. 'MRS. STORM, Wilmington, N. C. BISCUIT RECEIPT. 1-2 teaspoonful soda 1 teaspoonful baking powder, 1 cup of buttermilk salt .'ard and flour in proportion. That is as much flour as one cup of buttermilk will require to make a nice dough. R. T. T. 2 BROWN BREAD. One quart and one pint of Graham flour. Half a cup of sugar. One cup of molasses. Two cups yeast-sponge. Quarter cup of sweet milk. One tea spoonful of soda. Salt to taste. Measure the flour into a large howl, add the sugar, then the molasses with the soda well beaten through it. Next by the same cup, measure the sponge, and add. Then the milk and mix all thoroughly, adding enough warm water to make a stiff dough. Place in a pan for baking, and let rise until about one-third from the top of the pan, then bake four hours or more slowly. A two pound cake pan with tube in center is best. SPONGE. Take about two table-spoonfuls of bakers yeast and add a cup of white flour and water to make a stiff hatter. Let it rise all night and it will be ready to use in the morning. The bread should be risen in a moderately warm place. MtflS. H. JOHNSON, N. C. ADIRONDACK GRIDDLE CAKES. One pint of flour One pint of buttermilk, One even teaspoonful of soda, Two eggs beaten until light and a little salt.

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COLLECTED AND PUBLISHED BY Style Union OF THE •Presbyterian CHljurrfy, "We may live without poetry, music and art; We may live without conscience, and live without heart; We may live without friends; we may live without books; But civilized man cannot live without cooks. . We may live without books — what is knowledge but grieving? We may live without hope — what is hope but deceiving? We may live without love, — what is passion but pining? But where is the man that can live without dining?" "Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print." Read the book and try the good things in't. ASHORAFT DRUG CO. Drugs, Toilet Articles, Tobacco and Cigars. NUNALLY'S CANDY. Prescriptions Carefully Compounded. W. F. LOVILL, Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Ladies and Men's Furnishings, This is the place to buy the Cheapest and Best Goods When you come to Mount Airy. Main Street. J. W. PRATHER CLOTHING COMPANY, Main Street, Mount Airy, N. C. THE LARGEST CLOTHING STORE IN NORTH CAROLINA. Has the most complete and largest stock to be found anywhere. Suits made to order with the greatest variety of materials to select from. Furnishings of all kinds. Trunks, Suit Cases SUPPOSE YOU PUT A PHONE IN YOUR OWN HOME! Costs only $1.25 Per Month. Let us Have Your Order. MOUNT AIRY TELEPHONE COMPANY MOUJiT AIRY, If. C. "Here is bread, which strengthens man's heart, and therefore is called the staff of life." BREADS. BEATEN BISCUIT. 1 quart flour, i teaspoon sugar. 1 egg, beaten and kneaded in flour, 1 half-teaspoon of salt, Knead and beat until it will blister and bake in moderate oven. BEATEN BISCUIT.— 2. 0 pints of flour, 1 heaping tablespoon of lard. 1 pinch of salt, Enough cold water to make a stiff dough. Run through a meat chopper three times, roll about one-half inch thick and cut in small biscuits. Bake in a moderately hot stove. S. M. C. HOMINY BREADo 2 cups of cold boiled hominy, 1 tablespoonful corn meal, 3 beaten eggs, 1 tablespoonful of butter. Bake in a hot oven. Wilmington, N. C. BISCUIT RECEIPT. 1-2 teaspoonful soda 1 teaspoonful baking powder, 1 cup of buttermilk salt .'ard and flour in proportion. That is as much flour as one cup of buttermilk will require to make a nice dough. R. T. T. BROWN BREAD. One quart and one pint of Graham flour. Half a cup of sugar. One cup of molasses. Two cups yeast-sponge. Quarter cup of sweet milk. One tea spoonful of soda. Salt to taste. Measure the flour into a large bowl, add the sugar, then the molasses with the soda well beaten through it. Next by the same cup, measure the sponge, and add. Then the milk and mix all thoroughly, adding enough warm water to make a stiff dough. Place in a pan for baking, and let rise until about one-third from the top of the pan, then bake four hours or more slowly. A two pound cake pan with tube in center is best. SPONGE. Take about two table-spoonfuls of bakers yeast and add a cup of white flour and water to make a stiff hatter. Let it rise all night and it will be ready to use in the morning. The bread should be risen in a moderately warm place. MRS. H. JOHNSON, N. C. ADIRONDACK GRIDDLE CAKES. One pint of flour One pint of buttermilk, One even teaspoonful of soda, Two eggs beaten until light and a little salt.

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