South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-10-13
Farmer and House kce,pey


~Dry buckwhcat -four. ifrepeatcdly
applied, will remove entirely the worst
grease spots on carpets or any othcr
WOODEN cloth, and will answer as we'll
rs French chalk for grease spots on silk.
BoNEp HAN.--Soa!s n nicely cured
ham the night before you wish tn cook
it, in tepid water Next day place il in
n large dinner pot OF water of the same
temperature. and boil ii briskly eight o.
ten hours. Take IL up In a wooden tray.
let it cool, and carefully take out the
hone; cut it clear ut the hook and loosen
it around the bone on the thick part with
thin, sharp knife, and slowly pull H.
out. Then press the ham i'm shape and
return il 10 the boiling liquor Take
the pot Off the fire and let the ham re-
main in it, until cold. 1t is like beef
tongue when cut across in slices.
To HoUsE.CLEAi;ERs.-Whcn you
have taken up dusty carpet. don't
touch n broom 10 the floor until you have
taken II dust pan and filled it with moist
earth from the garden or elsewhere
Scatter the earth all over the floor then
use your broom rs if scrubbing, and fl
nally sweep all UP together. You viii
find that YOU raise scarcely any dust III
the operation, and YOU will have IA very
clean floor. that scarcely need mopping
at all Don't fail To try il once. and
you will not need urging 70 repeat il.
BAKED PUDDING.--The following is
Sni1 n ha On Of tho hoct ,nIItnnvo hat,
ever was used in the Metropolitan Hotel
OF New York Five tablespoonsful OF
corn starch in a quart Of milk dissolve
the starch in n part Of the milk, heat the
remainder of the milk to nearly boil
ing, having sailed IL little, then add
the dissolved starch TO the milk. boil
three minutes, stirring briskly; allow il
TO cool and then thoroughly mix with
It three eggs, well beaten, with three Ia.
blespoonsiul OF sugar flavor it TO your
taste, and bake half an honr.
Flo PUpDING.--E Eight ounces or bread
crumbs, six ounces Of beef suet, one tea.
cup of warm milk, two eggs well beaten.
four ounces Of figs, four ounces OF lump
sugar. The figs to he very finely min
ced and put into milk, and placed by
the fire until tender then the other in
gredents TO be we'll mixed together
and boiled four hours. Serve with -
sweet sauce.
CIDER WINE.--The cider for this pur.
pose should not he made until Dcccm.
Der, when it should be barreled and pla-
ccd ia a vault or other cool cellar, and
left TO remain there until February or ear
" in March, when it should he bottled.
using champagne bottles, well corled
and wired; the cork should he driven
down to an eighth of an inch OF the
mouth, so that the wire can grasp it
Use good sized coppcr-wirc, which will
require only once passing over the cork,
provided it is well secured around the
head of the bottle. Then return the
bottled cider to the cellar, laying the
bottles on their sides. and it will keep
for years. BE sure that the bottles are
thoroughly clean, which must be attend
ell TO just before the bo,tling begins
Some persons, and it is the method OF
the North Jersey champagne" cider.
makers, filter the cider through sand be-
fore putting away in barrels. 1t is true
this removes all sediment, but we can
not perceive that il adds anything TO the
flavor or keeping qualities OF the cider
Hoo CHOLERA REMEDY.-Mr. William
Vance, of Henry county, ono Of our best
Kentucky farmers, and most successful
stock feeders, gives us the following re-
cipc for log cholera, which bo says never
failed 10 effect = cure with him and re.
commends the use of hypo.sulphitc OF
soda "a n preventive even when hogs
are well: lIypo-sulphitc of soda. ono
pound. Bicarbonate of soda, one pound.
Copperas, one-half pound. Puverized
ginger. onefourth pound. May apple
root, powdered. one fourth pound. Dis.
solve in two gallons OF warm water. For
every elk hogs give one quart Of the
mixture in slop.- Waifocc's Monthly.
TIM DANGER or L4MPBLACK.--W
in two years there have been three shoe
shops lost in Massachusetts. so the re-
cords state, from lampblack. a hand
damp with perspiration, drop OF water.
a bit Of grease. or a sprinkle OF oil will
create the combustion which will start
lampblack aglow like charcoal. and so
ignite the package and hence the blaze.
Ia lampbinck factories, while great pre-.
caution j. taken g. prevent fires, n rainy
day or a sharp frosty dag will start
dampness upon the inside Of window
pane, and the flying particles Of dust
Lighting upon this creates the spark
which, communicating 90 the pile, sends
glow Of Ere with wonderful rapiditv
through tic galleries Of tho shop. In
cleaning up the smoke galleries if the
men let a drop of Precipitation fall into
pile they instantly scoop up The black
iu and about where 10 lodges aud take
IL ont Of tho house. Boston Commcy.
ci0i Bulletin
tV Coffee or tea taken with meat is
one cause or Indigestion.
CE The love shown 30 rs when We arc
90 makes as realize thc fact that sick