South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-04-09

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ham, . tablespoonful of sugar. half u
seaspoonful Of sait aid half a teaspoon
full OF baking powder. Rub in a table.
spoonful OF butter and make rather n
stiff dough with sweet milk; knead un-
TIL smooth. Roll ont on Toured board,
cut into sqnsre or oblong shape. place
on creased tins and bake in q hot oven
for ten minutes.
CARROT FRrvTEIs.- n boiled
carrot, mash IL. add Two tablespoons
fui OF cream. two ounces OF brenl
crumbs. two eggs we'll beaten. and fry
as in fritters. Serve with little brown
sauce.
ROYAL lhscuiTs. one pounl
OF butter, the same Of siftcd sugar, one
pound AMI quarter OF flour, oae pound
and half Of currauts, and little lem-
on, form this into paste with abont
eight whole eggs. roll IL out, cut Il with
round cutter, egg them over, and stow
a few chopped and blanohod almonds
ard orange peel mixed Bake in mod
crate oven.
To WRITTEN FLANNELs. shall
restore the color to my 1annels?' is n
question often asked house. keepers
whose clothes have been ruined by the
bad treatment of indolcut, incompetent
washerwomen. A solution IL lbs Of
white soap and OF. of spirits OF am
monia, dissolved in IL gallons Of soft
water, will impart beautiful aud last
ing Wilderness to any Hannels dipped in
it, no matter how yellow they may have
been previous to their immersion. AZ
ter being well stirred round for short
time, the articles should be taken out
and we'll washed in clean coll water
For washing black or navy blue linens,
the following receipt is said TO be an
excellent one: Take two potatoes, graf
cd into tcpid soft water latter having
them washed and pecled) into which a
toaspoonful of ammonia has been put.
Wash The linens in this, and rinse them
in cold blue water. They will need no
starch, and should be dried and ironed
on the wrong side. Ii is said that an
infusion of hay will preserve the natur.
al color in buff linens, and an infusion
OF bran will DO the same for brown lin
ems and prints.
a German mixture for the removal
OF ink spots and writing on paper con.
sists of alum, amber, sulphur and salt
peter--one part Of cach-in fine pow.
der, mixed.
A writer in an agricultural exchange
says lie noticed that while his other cat
tie where lousy, his bull was always
free from the vermin, and it occurred 10
him that il might be because the bull
paved the dirt over himself. He put
the suggestion to use by rubbing dry
earth on the other cattle, and found it
perfectly cfiicacious, both as preventive
and cure. The remedy Is simple. safe.
and sounds plausible.
FoR WASHING LACE.-Let It soak
first in cold soap suds, then wash it
gently in warm water. If 1t is n bad
color. wind it carefully on bottle and
boil IL after thoroughly soaping it. Ne
YER wiring il, but carefully squeeze it,
Ii stiffeniDg is required, put lump OF
sugar in the rinse water, but never use
starch. When the lace is almost dry,
take it and press it out gently. but do
not iron it.
A correspondent OF a Western paper
recommends an ointment composed Of
equal parts Of lard and gunpowder as a
remedy for scratches in horses, to be
used daily until cured.
A stoek-keeper reports curing many
bad warts on cattle and horses, during
several years. by an application TO each
of one good daub Of tar.
One of the secrets Of manuring corn
is to keep the fertility near the surface
when applied.
The simplest stove polish is a mixture
Of black ink and white OF eggs. It is
said to make the very best kind of
polish.
If shirt bosom, or any other article,
has been scorched in ironing, lay IL where
bright sunlight will fall directly on IL.
IL will take it out at once.
BUCRwBEAT.--A small spoonful OF
molases added 10 buckwheas batter each
morning will make the cakes temptingly
brown.
Sal! aud ashes mixed n the drink OF
hogs has great tendency 10 ward Off
disease. A solution Of copperas also il
often useful TO purge them from
worms.
Ashes saturated with kerosene
and applied to cucumber and squash
plants IN the bill will DC great help in
keeping off striped bugs.
10 REMOVE ISK.-Turpen.in will
remove ink from white wood work.
None receive 50 much benefit, and
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