Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-01-17
Farmer and Housekeeper.

Farmer and HOusekeeper.
HoMINy GKIDDIE CAKES. - To
one pint of warm boiled hominy,
add pint Of mi!k or water, and
-four enough to make a thin bat
ter beat up two or three eggsand
stir them into the batter with
sittle salt. Fry a. any other grid
tfle-cakes.
PORK FRUIT CAKE.-Take two
CUPS Of sugar, four eggs. three
quarters pound Of pork, chopped
due, one aud one-quar;er cups o.
snoiasses, two teaspOOnfui5 Of
cream tartar, one of soda, one and
Il half teaspoonfIls of nutmeg, one
tablespoon al % cinnamon aud
cloves, one and one-half cups OF
raisins, half pound of citron, one
pound of curranis, and four cups
Of -four. II naSes deep LOAF
BnNe very slowly for few hours
Half he rules is good for small
eL. oaf.
WALNUT CAKE -Ore cupful OF
mi three.quarters OF u cupful of
Slster, two cupfuls # granuiated
eu1ar, three cup'uis Of Il ,ur, three
eTtn teaspooniu5 of baeIng pow
d.. three eggs. not quite cupfu
c. he kernels Of English Walnuls
broken u. In the first place, beal
butter and sugar together next
beat the milk in slowly; then beat
81 parstely the yeiks and whites OF
Cue eggs. Add all together, pu-
ting the broken nuts in after ali
the other ingredients have bees
Thoroughly mixed, bake in square
pans. Frost both cakes with icing,
aud put one cake on top of the
other. Divide the frosting into
small squares, laying half a nut in
the middle of each square,
According to the Lyon Medi-
cate. DIR. Grellety has observed
that hiccough in children was i'm
mediately stopped by giving them
"A lump Of sugar saturated with Ia
BILE vinegar. The same remedy
was tried on adults with similar
Instantaneous success.
CoCGu MIXTURE The whites
OF six fresh eggs beaten 10 a froth
with half teacuplul of fine white
sugar: add juice 70 four lemons,
three teaspoonfuls pure honey,
quarter ounce of laudanum; beal
all together, bottle and cork tight
~. Take teaspoonful when the
coughing comes on, shake well
before taking ; crushed sugar roll
ed fine with rol er is the best to
use
LAM? CEMENT Where The top,
Of lamps have become loosened,
IL is not an easy job to mend them.
and many have been disappointed
in attempting 10 cement them by
the use of Plaster of Paris. 1t is
said that by boiling three parts OF
vosin with one par of caustc soda
aud five parts of water, and mix
hg with one half its weight of
plaster OF Paris, one will make &C.
ment which is not permeable by
petroleum. 1t sells firmly in "a
short time, and Is not good con-
ductor.
A GOOD CURE FOR CATARRH.-
4 good cure for catarrh is crushed
cupeb berries smoked in a pipe,
emitting the smoke through the
uose. After few trials this will
be easy 10 do If the nose is stop
p d up so that it is almost impos-
sIble to breathe, one pipeful will
make the head as clear as bell.
For sore throat asthma and bron-
chitis, swallowing the smoke eff
<ects immediate relief. 1t is the
best remedy in the world for Of
fensive breath, and will make the
most foul breath pure and sweet.
Sufferers from that horrid disease,
liberated catarrh, will find this
remedy uneqUaled, and a months
use will cure the most obstinate
case. Estlng The uncrushed berries
also good for sore throat and bron.
chial complaints. After smoking
DO not expose yourself to cold air
fOr al least fifteen minutes, and
let the pipe be a common clay one.
new and clean.
Profitable Patients.
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