South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-12-05
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FARMER and House-Ke eper.
QrSoER Nrrs.-Rub one pound NJ
lard into one quart Of N. q. molasses,
add QUE ounce of soda ard one piue of
water. one ounce of ginger. and one t.a.
spoonful of black pepper, forr enough
to make dough. Roll into balls the
size OF hickory.nat and bake in n
hot oven.
To RSsroRE Scum MILx.-A table,,
spoonful of soda OF carbonate of magne.
sia stirred into gallon OF sour milk will
sweeten TO its natural flavor.
EsSRNoK OF CRLKRY.-Soak one ounce
OF celery Feed in one gill of brandy for
thirty da{s, and 1t is ready for use. One
! ufcp OF this esscuce has the strength or
whole stalk of green Celery. G.y.
IN "Staunton Spectator.
! SWEDISH JEtLY.-Cover knuckle OF
veal with water. add q small onion and
carrot, and let II boil until The meat
10 ready to fall Off the bone Take the
meat aud hash il fine aud return il. to
the liquor after IL " strained. and Give
It another boil until il jellies. Add
salt, pepper, the Juice and rind OF n
lemon cut tnc, then pour into fo,m.
tut IL In cold place. IL makes n nice
dish for lunch or tea. If the kuuckle
OF veal Is large use three quarts, and
lei 1t boil slowly three O. four hours.
KENTUCKY PoTAToEs.-Raw pota.
toes peeled. sliced very thin; pu' IN
pudding dish and covered with milk:
add pepper and salt and teaspoontul OF
-four, wet; bake till nicely Drowned,
do not put them in water after they are
sliced.
| a bushel of hard wood ashes suspend.
ed In n sack III cistern of one hundred
barrels capacity will purify bftensve
water with entire satisfaction.
DIR. Hoslins plants twice as MANY
trees III his orchards as he intends TO
remain, calculating that the interma.
date trees will twice pay for themselves
before they seriously interfere with the
others, and have to DO removed.-Ru
raj Now Yorker.
A correspondent of the Rural New
Yorker" writes: Tell your readers 70
put one pint of salt and one pint Of soft
soap, Git ought to be farmers soap) to
ten gallons OF water, and use it on cur.
rants and gooseberries. I'll warrant
them full CROP Put plenty of ashes
coal or wood-around the roots I'd in
crease the size of the berries
To VAST WooLRs. spswJ.-B
enough soap TO make a thick latheT ~ Z
quantity of water enough for two dips of
the shawl; have ready hot water To rinse.
unless there are colors, then the water
must be cool; haste neatly and loosely
two sides Of the shawl toge,herGf sauare)
get two sticks a little longer than the
shawl, and after washing, pass the sticRs
through the opening, rest the ends Of
one III two chairbacks the other will
weigh it down an keep it in shane
when partly dry draw out the thread
and haste up the other sides, AMI repeat.
winch will make. when dry. the square
perfect. On this plan / have washed
my nubia four times IL looks like new
! but the last time the purity Of the White
was yellowed, 90 | Just dirpcd It il. A
solution Of logwood and wash'n no blue.
making 1t delicate white.
DIPHrHERIA.-H Here is q diptberia re-
tnedy, extracted from the Belfast. Ire.
land. Witness" 1t is certainly simple
enough. If it is indeed what il claimed
for 1t, it ought TO be widely circulated
should you or any of your family be at
tackled with dipbtheria, do not be alarm.
ed, az it is easily and speedily cTfb9
without doctor. When it was raging
IN England, a few years ago, I accom-
| panied DIR. Field 81 his round 10 witness
the so-called wonderful cure" lie Der.
formed, while the patients Of others were
dropping on both sides The remedy il
so rapid 1T must be simple All he took
with him was a powder Of sulphur md
qnlD. and with these be cured every
/ patient, without exception. He put q
/ teaspoonful Of -four Of birthstone in a
( wine glass of water and stirred il with
hls finger instead Of a spoon, as the sui
| phur does not readily lmalgamate with
water. When the sulphur was well mix.
ed he gave it rs a gargle, and in ten
minutes the patient was out of DANGER.
birthstone kills every specie n fungus In
man, beast and plant, IT few minutes.
Instead Of splitting out the Sargle, he 70.
corrmended the swallowing Of L.
IN extreme cases, 10 which he ba5 been
called just IN the nick Of time. when the
fungus was too nearly closed 10 allow the
garglIng, be blew The sulphur through n
/ quill into the throat. and after the fun.
gus bad shrunk, 20 allow Of il. the parg.
ling. lie mover lost a patient from dipb.
liberia. II patient CO tnot gargle. take
a live coal, pu' y or q shovel and sprin.
kle spoonful or Two Of -four Of bnm.
stone upon it and let the sufferer inbaIo
by holding his head over II.