Housekeeping in Old Virginia - Unknown

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS.

Mrs. Robert Alexander	Fredericksburg, Va.
Mrs. John J. Ambler	Lynchburg.
Mrs. Judge Anderson	Lexington.
Mrs. Charlotte Armstrong	Richmond.
Miss Nannie Averett	Amherst Co.
"Mozis Addums."	Richmond.
Mrs. R. T. H. Adams	Lynchburg.
Mrs. John T. Anderson	Virginia.
Mrs. John Thompson Brown	Nelson Co.
Mrs. Benjamin J. Barbour	Orange Co.
Mrs. Judge Barton	Fredericksburg.
Miss Mary Bella Beale	Richmond.
Mrs. Orville Bell	Liberty.
Mrs. C. S. Bliss	Lynchburg.
Mrs. S. Brady	Wheeling, West Va.
Mrs. Emma Breckenridge	Fincastle.
Mrs. Julia Breckenridge	Fincastle.
Mrs. Brinckerhoff	Fredericksburg.
Mrs. John Brooke	Lexington.
Mrs. M. B.	Warrenton, Fauquier Co.
Mrs. Bruce	Virginia.
Mrs. Marcus B. Buck	Front Royal, Warren Co.
Mrs. Armstead Burwell	Franklin Co.
Mrs. Charles W. Burwell	Ellicot City, Md.
Mrs. Wm. Burwell	Georgia.
Mrs. Charles Button	Lynchburg.
Dr. Burney	Montgomery, Ala.
Mrs. George A. Burks	Lynchburg.
Mrs. Broaddus	Mecklenburg Co.
Mrs. Byrd	Virginia.
Mrs. William Cameron	Petersburg.
Mrs. Clara Cabell	Nelson Co.
Mrs. Louis W. Cabell	Buckingham Co.
Mrs. Margaret C. Cabell	Buckingham Co.
Mrs. H. Coalter Cabell	Richmond.
Mrs. Mary C. Campbell	Baltimore, Md.
Mrs. Thos. Campbell	Bedford Co.
Mrs. Wm. Campbell	Bedford Co.
Mrs. Eliza H. Carrington	Halifax Co.
Mrs. Paul Carrington	Halifax Co.
Mrs. Fannie Carrington	Charlotte Co.
Mrs. Henry Carrington	Charlotte Co.
Mrs. Theo. M. Carson	Lynchburg.
Mr. Edward Camm	Lynchburg.
Mrs. Fannie Chalmers	Lynchburg.
Mrs. Addison Cobbs	Charleston, West Va.
Mrs. Alice Coleman	Halifax Co.
Mrs. Dr. Coleman	Williamsburg.
Mrs. John L. Coles	Northumberland Co.
Mrs. Peyton Coles	Albemarle Co.
Mrs. Tucker Coles	Albemarle Co.
Mrs. Raleigh Colston	Richmond.
Mrs. H. P. Chew	Fredericksburg.
Mrs. Camillus Christian	Lynchburg.
Dr. E. A. Craighill	Lynchburg.
Mrs. D. Cone	Warren Co.
Mrs. Davis	Chesterfield Co.
Mrs. Robert J. Davis	Lynchburg.
Mrs. Mary M. Dame	Danville.
Mrs. John B. Dangerfield	Alexandria.
Mrs. Addison M. Davies	Lynchburg.
Mrs. Horatio Davis	Pittsylvania Co.
Mrs. Frank Deane	Lynchburg.
Mrs. Jos. Deans	Gloucester Co.
Mrs. Judge Asa Dickinson	Prince Edward Co.
Mrs. Melville Dunn	Richmond.
Mrs. Andrew Dunn	Petersburg.
Mrs. Duke	Suffolk Co.
Miss D. D.	Norfolk.
Miss Didlake	Lynchburg.
Mrs. Maria Edmonds	Prince Edward Co.
Mrs. John T. Edwards	Lynchburg.
Mrs. Dr. Early	Lynchburg.
Mrs. Early	Lynchburg.
Mrs. J. D. Ewing	Harrisonburg.
Mrs. Elam	Virginia.
Mrs. Fitz Hugh	Virginia.
Mrs. F. B. Ficklin	Fredericksburg.
Mrs. F. F. Fitzgerald	Farmville.
Mrs. J. H. Figgat	Fincastle.
Mrs. Col. Forsberg	Lynchburg.
Mrs. Graves	Kentucky.
Mrs. Caroline Garland	Lynchburg.
Mrs. Mary L. Garland	Lynchburg.
Mrs. John F. Gardner	Nelson Co.
Mrs. Judge Geo. H. Gilmer	Pittsylvania Co.
Mrs. F. D. Goodwin	Wytheville.
Mrs. Judge Goolrick	Fredericksburg.
Mrs. Jane V. Goolrick	Fredericksburg.
Mrs. E. P. Goggin	Lynchburg.
Mrs. Susan Goggin	Bedford Co.
Mrs. Newton Gordon	Lynchburg.
Mrs. Isabella Gilmer	Lynchburg.
Mrs. Isabella Harrison	Charles City Co.
Mrs. Elvira Henry	Charlotte Co.
Mrs. E. Winston Henry	Charlotte Co.
Mrs. Mary G. Harding	Staunton.
Mrs. Fred. Hickey	Lynchburg.
Mrs. John W. Holt	Lynchburg.
Mrs. Ann Holt	Liberty.
Mrs. Ferdinand C. Hutter	Lynchburg.
Mrs. J. P. Hubbard	Shepherdstown, West Va.
Mrs. Wm. L. Hyland	Parkersburg, West Va.
Mrs. Edward Ingle	Roanoke Co.
Mrs. J. J. Irby	New Orleans, La.
Mrs. Joseph M. Jones	Kentucky.
Mrs. Dr. Jones	Bedford Co.
Mrs. Arthur Johns	Northampton Co.
Mrs. Col. Johnson	Lexington.
Mrs. J. Johnson	Abingdon.
Mrs. Thomas L. Johnson	Lynchburg.
Mrs. David Kent	Pulaski Co.
Mrs. D. B. Kinckle	Lynchburg.
Mrs. Kinsolving	Halifax Co.
Mrs. Knox	Fredericksburg.
Mrs. Dr. Henry Latham	Lynchburg.
Mrs. K.	Norfolk.
Mrs. L. D. Leighton	Petersburg.
Mrs. Col. Augustine Leftwich	Lynchburg.
Mrs. Gen. Robert E. Lee	"Arlington," Westmoreland Co.
Miss Mildred C. Lee	Lexington.
Mrs. Gov. John Letcher	Lexington.
Mrs. Dr. Robert T. Lemmon	Campbell Co.
Mrs. Andrew Lewis	Harrisonburg.
Mrs. James Langhorne	Lynchburg.
Mrs. John A. Langhorne	Montgomery Co.
Mrs. Nannie A. Langhorne	Lynchburg.
Mrs. Richard T. Lacy	Lynchburg.
Mrs. M. L.	Lynchburg.
Mrs. Geo. D. Lawrence	Mis.
Mrs. Wm. H. Little	Fredericksburg.
Mrs. J. D. L.	Lynchburg.
L. D. L.	Albemarle Co.
Mrs. Gov. Marye	Fredericksburg.
Mrs. John Mason	Fredericksburg.
Mrs. O. Massie	Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mrs. Patrick Massie	Nelson Co.
Mrs. Sarah Meem	Abingdon.
Mrs. John F. Miller	Lynchburg.
Mrs. Charles L. C. Minor	Blacksburg.
Mrs. C. C. McPhail	Charlotte Co.
Mrs. John R. McDaniel	Lynchburg.
Mrs. Mary McNutt	Prince Edward Co.
Mrs. R. K. Meade	Petersburg.
Mrs. Wm. H. Mosby	Amherst Co.
Mrs. Alice Murrel	Lynchburg.
Mrs. Wm. McFarland	Missouri.
Mrs. C. V. McGee	Ala.
Mrs. McGavock	Pulaski Co.
Gen. M.	Virginia.
Mrs. James J. Moore	Richmond.
Mrs. Geo. Newton	Norfolk.
Miss Fannie Nelson	Yorktown.
Mrs. Geo. Nichols	Bedford Co.
Mrs. Gen. F. T. Nichols	New Orleans, La.
Mrs. Charles Norvell	Lynchburg.
Miss Norwood	Richmond.
Mrs. Robert L. Owen	Lynchburg.
Mrs. Geo. W. Palmer	Saltville.
Mrs. R. L. Page	Norfolk.
Mrs. David Pierce	Wytheville.
Mrs. John D. Powell	Portsmouth.
Mrs. Wm. Ballard Preston	Montgomery Co.
Mrs. Gen. Robert Preston	Montgomery Co.
Mrs. Jas. Preston	Halifax Co.
Mrs. Preston	Virginia.
Mrs. Annis E. Preston	Lynchburg.
Mrs. Richard Pollard	Lynchburg.
Mrs. James F. Payne	Lynchburg.
Miss Eliza Payne	Lynchburg.
Mrs. Annie Phillips	Fredericksburg.
Mrs. Edmund H. Pendleton	Cincinnati, Ohio.
Mrs. Price	Charlotte Co.
Mrs. John H. Parker	Chesterfield Co.
Mrs. Reid	Norfolk.
Mrs. Mattie Reid	Winchester.
Mrs. David S. Read	Roanoke Co.
Mrs. Wm. C. Rives	Albemarle Co.
Mrs. J. Henry Rives	Lynchburg.
Mrs. Roane	Lynchburg.
Mrs. J. H. Robinson	Lynchburg.
Mrs. W. Russell Robinson	Richmond.
Mrs. Dr. Edward T. Robinson	Richmond.
Mrs. John Roberts	Fredericksburg.
Mrs. E. M. Ruggles	Fredericksburg.
Mrs. Dr. Sale	Liberty.
Mrs. Geo. D. Saunders	Buckingham Co.
Mrs. Ann Saunders	Lynchburg.
Mrs. James A. Seddon	Goochland Co.
Mrs. Dr. Semple	Ala.
Mrs. H. H. Service	Alexandria.
Mrs. J. W. Shields	Richmond.
Mrs. Jas. W. Shields	King Geo. Co.
Mrs. H. T. Silverthorn	Lynchburg.
Mrs. Wm. A. Strother	Lynchburg.
Mr. Wm. A. Strother	Lynchburg.
Mrs. John W. Stone	Lynchburg.
Mrs. John F. Slaughter	Lynchburg.
Miss Lillie Slaughter	Lynchburg.
Mrs. Kate Slaughter	Lynchburg.
Mrs. Judge Spence	Lynchburg.
Mrs. Henderson Suter	Liberty.
Mrs. Harriet Stansbury	New Orleans, La.
Mrs. Shannon	Miss.
Miss Ellen Shute	New Orleans, La.
Miss Rebecca Smith	Norfolk.
Mrs. Charles Sharp	Norfolk.
Mrs. Sparks	Virginia.
Mrs. Col. Smith	Pittsylvania Co.
Mrs. A. H. M. Taliaferro	Orange Co.
Mrs. Mary W. Taylor	Campbell Co.
Mrs. Major Thos. L. Taylor	Campbell C. H.
Miss Julia Thompson	Williamsburg.
Mrs. C. L. Thompson	Richmond.
Mrs. J. Hanson Thomas	Baltimore, Md.
Mrs. Eli Tutwiler	Lexington.
Mrs. Samuel Tyree	Lynchburg.
Mrs. John H. Tyree	Lynchburg.
Mrs. Jas. Taylor	Fredericksburg.
Miss Edmonia Taylor	Orange Co.
Mrs. Tucker	Virginia.
Mrs. Judge Watson	Abingdon.
Mrs. Dr. Thos. Walker	Lynchburg.
Mrs. Col. W.	Lynchburg.
Mrs. Col. Robert E. Withers	Wytheville.
Mrs. Philip T. Withers	Lynchburg.
Mrs. Dr. R. W. Withers	Campbell Co.
Mrs. Edmund Withers	Nelson Co.
Mrs. Dr. Wingfield	Maryland.
Mrs. R. M. C. Wingfield	Portsmouth.
Mrs. J. C. Wheat	Winchester.
Mrs. Judge Wharton	Liberty.
Miss Emily Whitehead	Norfolk.
Mrs. Robert Whitehead	Nelson Co.
Mrs. John M. Warwick	Lynchburg.
Mrs. Wm. N. Welford	Lynchburg.
Mr. Philip Withers	Lynchburg.
Miss Kate Wilson	Lynchburg.
Dr. Thos. L. Walker	Lynchburg.
Miss Nannie S. Langhorne	Lynchburg.

HOUSEKEEPING IN OLD VIRGINIA.

BREAD.

Bread is so vitally important an element in our nourishment that I have assigned to it the first place in my work. Truly, as Frederika Bremer says, "when the bread rises in the oven, the heart of the housewife rises with it," and she might have added that the heart of the housewife sinks in sympathy with the sinking bread.

I would say to housewives, be not daunted by one failure, nor by twenty. Resolve that you will have good bread, and never cease striving after this result till you have effected it. If persons without brains can accomplish this, why cannot you? I would recommend that the housekeeper acquire the practice as well as the theory of bread-making. In this way, she will be able to give more exact directions to her cook and to more readily detect and rectify any blemish in the bread. Besides, if circumstances should throw her out of a cook for a short time, she is then prepared for the emergency. In this country fortunes are so rapidly made and lost, the vicissitudes of life are so sudden, that we know not what a day may bring forth. It is not uncommon to see elegant and refined women brought suddenly face to face with emergencies which their practical knowledge of household economy and their brave hearts enable them to firmly meet and overcome.