South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-08-15
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OATMEAL PoRRiDog.--Intoo one auart
Of perfectly boiling water, into which a
small teaspOonrul OF salt has been adj
ded. stir one tencupiul OF sranulatei
oats, cost. cents). and let them boil
actively ior two hours. Boil them in n
.double boiler, aud do not take of the
lid or stir them until the very last, when
they may bc stirred thoroughly and
poured into a mould.
| Fried tomatoes: Take cold s.ewed
tomatoes wcll-scasoned, add TO them
sufficient fine bread crumbs TO cnablo
you TO form iuto cakes, fry in butter to-
a light brown. Fresh tomatoes, sliced
and rolled in fine crumbs first sailing
thetn), fried IN the same manner, arc
very nice.
! Tomato paste for soup: Skin the to.
matocs, and stew them quite dry then
put them upon china plates. and put
them in the sun to dry. When dried
into paste. pot it into jars. and tie them
down. THIS can be kept all winter, IL
put in cool, dry place.
HOLES IN THE WALL.-Small holes i'm
white walls can be easily repaired with.
out sending for the mason. EQUAL parts
OF plaster OF Paris and white sand--such
as is used in most families for securing
mixed with winter to n paste.
applied immediately aud smoothed with
knife or Hat piece oil wood, will make
tic broken place as good as new. AS
flA.a ttrr.. Inr.
best TO prepare but small quantity at
n time.
ASHES 80 CATTLE FEED The Mohs
fd'ni,r says: One Of our substantial
! subscribers, IN recent conversation,
gave his experience in treating neat
stock in the habit OF eating wood. chew.
| ing bones, etc. Ills cattle wcro ono
! spring Affected in this way; they be-
came thin in flesh, refused to cat hay.
and presented n sickly appearance. He
put about four bushels OF leachcd ashes
in his barn yard and and threw out to
them about shovelful each day. They
all ate H. with evident relish After
turning them out 10 pasture he put ono
peck OF dry ashes per week on the
ground in the pasture They ate il all
up and gnawed off the grass where il
had been lying. The cattle began To
improve, gaining flesh and looking bet
ter than they had for several years. He
now gives ono quart Of ashes, mixed
with the same quantity OF salt, 10 twelve
head OF cattle, about ucnc O week, and,
finds it agrees with them wonderfully.
SHOE GREAsE.-Therc are more re.
ccipts for this article than there is any
use for One tells this, another that,
while the most simple and cheap article
is about as cheap rs any other. Linz
seed oil applied TO the soles until we'll
soaked and an ordinary dose 10 tue up
per, allowing 1T To go into the crease
along the sole and upper leather. For,
five years have used nothing else and
can wear pair OF shoes longer than any
other one around me. Three pairs OF
shoes DO me two years (wear no boots(,
and am outdoors all day tho year round
when the weather is at all fit TO he out.
II there is no hole or leak in my shoes,
! can be in the snow, mud or water for
half day without even damp foot.
Filtered water can be produced east.
earLhon nowerpot. AMI soaking il i'm
water twenty -lour hours. Then fill tho
hole at the bottom with clean sponge,
put in an inch layer of fine clean sand,
and on the top layer o. clean coarse
gravel, and lei the water filter through
1t. When it is desirable TO filter water
quickly. for immediate use. employ tho
following method Put quart Of clean
water over the fire and just bring IL TO at
boil remove IL and strain il three or
four times through flannel cool IL and
keep 1t for use in covered jar or pitcher.
CUnE FoR COLfC ~ ANIMALs.-A cor.
respondent OF tho Massachusetts, PioUgb
man gives the following euro for collie in
horses, which is.Conyencnt at all times
and easily applied. lie says hc has new.
or known IL 20 fail Spread teacupful.
or more Of fine salt on the back OF the
animal over the kidneys and loins, and
keep il saturated with warm water for
twenty or thirty minutes. or longer If
necessary. II the attack is severe.
dreDch with salt water / have val
liable bull, weighing nineteen or twenty
hundred. which bad n severe attack OF
1 collie year ago last summer. | applied
salt 90 lis back. as above, and IL being
difficult TO drcnch. we put a wooden Bit
in bis mouth keeping 10 open about two
inches, and spread salt upon its tongue.
which together with salt upon the back.
relieved him az once, and within u very
short time equilibrium appeared fully
restored have FOR several years past
successfully applied this treatment 70
other animals in my herd