South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-08-01

' "vu viz coo, allow three pints
OF ratcrs Boil until the grains arc ten.
aes' lake TWO ounces OF sweet butter,
mixed smooth with one Tablespoonful
OIL hour stir the butter into the soup.
and let it boil ten or fifteen minutes
longer. Just before taking it out of tho
pot. beat mp an egg and stir into it, with
salt and pepper to suit your taste.
CORN OYsTHRs.--0ne dozen Grated
corn (swect). ,brec tablespoonsful OF
cream, two DO. OF nour, one 10. of but.
ter one egg we'll beaten; mix and bake
in small cakes on griddle. Spread
with best butter.
a breeder Of poultry savs': Every
sprung / procure a quantity of cedar
boughs and scatter them plcntirully i'm
aud around the hen house. This * MI
that IL necessary rs the odor Of cedar
keeps away lice"
Plant tansy at the roots OF your plum
trees, or hang branches of tho plant ON
the limbs OF the trees, and YOU will not
bo annoyed with curcuho. An old and
successful fruit grower furnishes the u
ooye, and says 1t IS the most successful
curcnllo preventive he has ever tried.
SURE CURE FoR WARTS Mako n
paste OF willow ashes and strong vinegar.
Fout or five applications are necessary.
Apply like any other plaster, moistening
occasionally with vinegar.
NEoRALoIA.-Fo this distressing NAL.
ady there is a very simple and efficient
remedy. We have tried il with uniform
success, but we have rarely found suf
ferer who would make thorough use of
1t. 1t is so simple that most people pre-.
fer to suffer than to properly try IT, IT,
IL this; Get piece of the common SAL.
AMMoNIAc, aud every hour or so bite Oft
piece as big rs a pea and swallow il.
Ii more convenient, wash IL down with
water; or dissolve half drachm Of tho
sal-ammoniac in IN ounce OF water and
take tablespoonful every three minutes
or so. An overdose can do no harm
nor rs the substance especially disagreed
bic 10 take. Ia from one 70 three hours
relief Will be obtained, in four ffths of
the cases. Why people won't try this
simple remedy, after being told OF it by
one who has tried it, is to Va n wonder;
but so 1t is.-Vox Populi
We occasionally see a query asking
for a remedy for the cure OF sheen that
have been poisoned by eating laurel.
will give the readers of your paper n
very simple remedy that cured several
OF my sheep two years ago, after they
had become 80 bad from tho effects Of
the poison that they could not get W.
| made strong tea from corn-cohs and
gave 1t 90 them. Their recovery COM
mcnced at once, and was very rapid. /
believe 1T 10 bc o sure cure for the above
poison. and hope that any who are 80
unfortunate az TO have sheen thus
troubled viii give this remedy trial.
Rural Now Yorker.
One OF our Brooklyn fricu Is relates
that he has accidentally discovered n We
~ efficient remedy for gapcs in chickens.
1t is dry, caustic lime. One of his chick
ems got the gapcs he caught the fowl
and with n pen-knife dropped some caus-
tic lime that happened - stand bv into
IT'S throat, and let it go. Next day the
fowl had recovered. He mentioned his
success 20 a friend Of hrs. who applied
the same remedy ~ three chickens with
the gapcs with the same rcsult--D.
a correspondent Of tAc New England
Farmer SAYS "FCr tho last FIVE wears
have not lost cucumber or clbbag.
plant. Get barrel with few gallons
of gas tar IN 1t pour water on the tar ;
always have 1t ready VIXEN needed and
when the bugs appear give them libe-
raj drink OF the tar-water from q garden
sprinkler or otherwise, and If tho rain
washes II off and they return repeat tho
dose. II will also destroy the colorado
potato beetle and brighten the old long
potato bugs worse than thrcshiug with
a brush Five years ago this summer
both kinds appeared on my late potatoes.
and ] watered them with the tar. water
The next day all Colorados that had not
been well-protected from the sprinkling
were dead and the others, though their
name was legion, were al gone"
4 NOVEL WAY or PREsERvivG
GRArEs.-It is said that the Chinese
have method OF preserving grapes du-
ring the entire year by eating a circu-
lar piece out Ola ripe pumpkin or gourd.
making an aperture large enough 20 nd
init the hand. The interior Is then com
pletely cleaned out, the ripe grapes a:o
placed inside, and tho cover replaced
and pressed IN firmly. The pumpkins
arc then kept in n cool place. and the
grapes will DO found % retain their
freshness Tor very long time.
AZ ALtEGED Guar For TAT'rrrs4AK.
BiTE. -MyrOn g.. Collins, u Tennessee,
claims 20 have discovered a cure FOR rat.
Ncsnake bites. Drs. I've and Shacklett.
OF Nashville. according o. the IDs-,jcaa.
made test OF Tho medicine. Collins
let a rattlesnake bite him on The wrist
and % once applied o. tie wound AMI
took inwardiy O decoction OF moses