South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-05-23
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Cur CANE.-Mix three toacups of su.
gar with one and n half Of butter when
white, beat three eggs, and stir them IN
10 the butter and sugar, together with
three teacuPs of sifted flour. Bake the
cake immediately. either in cups or pans.
LEMON jelly Ingredients do.
zen Of lemons. one pound OF sugar. i.
singiass. squeeze the Juice from the lem.
ons, and aid the sugar and one Quart OF
water, Masking n rich lemonade: setit
on the lire, and for each quart dissolve
an ounce OF isinglass or gelatine. stir
TINS all together. and let it boil up once.
strain 1t into moulds should the jelly
not seem stiff enough add more isinelass
or reduce 1T by more boiling.
Here is good cake without eggs
One and one.half cups Of milk. three
and two-thirds cups OF sugar. n little
salt, and nutmeg tor cinnamon and plen-
" oil Taisins, or currants if preferred.
when you have stewed pruncs. substi.
tute the juice (sweetened To tastc) for
milk 1t gives q delicious taste.
YORKSHIRE PUDDINa.-Wh roastino
piece OF beef. lay it OH two sticks in
your baking pan, so that the Juice from
the meat will drop into the pan below.
hree.fourths OF an hour before the beef
is done mix the following pudding and
pour 1t into the pan under tho meat. let
ting the drippings continue to fall unon
it: One pint OF milk. four eggs we'll
beaten, two cups OF -four. one teaspoon.
full of salt.
SWEET POTATO BUNs.-Boil and mash
two potatoes rub in rs much flour "a
Will make it like bread add n little
nutmeg and sugar, with tablespoonful
OF good yeast. When il has risen work
in two tablespoonsful Of butter cut zine
then form into small rolls, and bake OH
tins n nice brown. Serve hot. Split
open and butter.
FRUIT CARE Ingredients Five cygs
one-half cup of milk, five cups of -four.
havoring TO taste, three cups OF suyar.
one cup OF butter, one-half pound of
raisins, one-half pound of currants.-
Work butter aud sugar to cream. add
the eggs we'll beaten, the fiavoring. and
sift in the flour, stirring thoroughly.--
in last. Bake slowly in moderate oven
two hours.
Charcoal Is good food to make hens
lay. Burn q n few corn cobs. and wet
them out az soon as they are in coal.
Feed the hens and soon their combs will
turn red, and their busy songs will bo
heard, and eggs increased.
FoR CHAPPED HASDs.-Pour a lit0s
of the best cider vinegar in the palm of
the hands and rub them together well
with it.
Refined chalk made into a thick pIas.
ter with one-third as much glycerine ns
water and spread on the parts willcool in
Examination and reduce redness OF tho
nose or face.
NEURALGIc TooTnAcHE.-Soo aC-
ter my restoration TO health from n &c.
we're illness last fall. was troubled will,
pain in the face, that seemed TO pro
coed from the teeth, but whicE affected
the whole instead Of one particular tooth.
AZ intervals ell ache disappeared, and |
hoped forever; then, again, il returned
with singing sharpness, up to the tenn
pie and along the uppec AMI lower Jaw.
Several friends. martyrs TO neuralgia.
told me was finding out how bad il was
Tor the first time, and for the benefit OF
many who may suffer in Ike manner. I
write down my care. One evening while
the pain was very severe, happened 70
read IN a newspaper that an eminent
physician had successfully tried now
dered quinine. lie dipped his finger in
clean water, then into the quinine, and
what adhered he rubbed along the gums.
keeping IL in the mouth as long rs the
bitter taste could be endured. Repeat 10
necessary, | tried it faithfully-it was
oh ! 80 bitter but the pain went away.
and hope others who may be similarly
afflicted will find relief in the same
way.
TEY IA gentleman told us the
other day, that il barrel. with both
heads out. were placed over a potato,
vine, and The earth filed in around the
vine from time TO time as 1t grew. it
could be filed TO the top. and would
produce potatoes all the way 10. tbae
Oh kicking tho barrel over, IL would have
q bushel Or more ofpotatoes. Who has
tried 10? Who will Try IL?
Onions. eaten both cooked and raw
relieve chronic rheumatism. They are
recommended as a preventive OF worms
IN children, and for colds I'm adult
chests. So says the New York Trib.
unc.
How 10 KILL RArs.-Wo came a.