South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-01-23
Farmer and use.Keeper,

Oks II NO. 40.
Farmer and House. X aeper.
ORANGE TARTLErs.--rwo iine oran-
ges. juice Of both and grated peel Of ono
three fourths cup of sugar. two tab'e-
spoonfuts Of butter. one teaspoonful OF
corn strach; vet up With lemon Juice
and little cold water. Beat all to a
smooth cream, and bake In small tine.
SuEr PUDDING. IL cup brown sugar,
cup milk, / cup raisins. cup suet
Hour sufficient for thick batter: if sour
milk Is used, teaspoon soda; IL sweet
milk. 2 teaspoons baking.powder; put
in 2-quart basin. ami seam 5 hours
both suet aud rAisins are TO bc chopped
Gne.
WHIPPED PoTAToEs.-Whip boiled
potatoes to creamy lightncss with y
fork; beat in butter, milk, pepper and
salt; at last the frothcd white OF an egg
toss irregularly upon dish; set IN
the oven two minutes to 70 heat but dor
not let it color.
OYSTER FRrrTERs Make a batter of
milk, flour, eggs. cream of.tartar. sslera-
tus. and salt in proportion. Don't mako
any thicker than for pancakes. Drop
an oyster into each spoon of batter az
you dipit out. and fry in hot lard brown
we'll on both sides.
JUMBLED EGGs.-This is very convent.
cnt for invalids or o light dish for sun
per. Bea. up three eggs with two oun-
ces Of fresh butter, or wclLwashed salt
butter; add teaspoonful of cream or
new milk. Pot all i'm saucepan and
keep stirring IL over the fire for nearly
five minutes. until, it rises up like souf.
fle, when it should be Immediately dish
ed on buttered toast.
SCoLLopEp OYsTERs.-One hundred
oysters, small loaf OF bakers bread, four
hard-boied eggs; chop the eggs fine,
mix with the grated bread-crumbs, and
season with cayenne pepper and salt
cover the bottom Of deep dish with the
eggs and crumbs, then layer OF oysters
with two Or three small pieces Of butter,
and so continue until the dish Is full fin.
fishing ut the top with n cover of crumbs.
Bake in quick oven thrcc-quarters OF
an hour.
ErFERToN TAFFY.-This is favorite
English confection. To make It take s
pounds of the best brown sugar and boil
with one and one-half pints Of water,
until the candy hardens in cold water.
Then add one-half pound Of sweet fla.
vored fresh butter. which will soften the
candy. Boil a few minutes until it again
hardens and pour it into trays. Flavor
with lemon il desired.
| BOWEL CosIPLAINrs.-Mos diarrbeas
may be checked by removing the cause
which irritates Che bowels land castor oil
will do this very welD and by changing
the diet and resting the body. In regard
to food-eschew what is hard to digest;
take milk and starch food, farirns, rice,
meat broth, rare done meat in small
quantities, toast, &c but eat little and
often. Take as little medicine as posi-.
BILE, and use mustard largely on The sur
face of the abdomen to allay pain and
control irritation one mustard plaster is
as good as two doses of laudanum. In
protracted diarrh9as and incipient dys-
enteries an excellent medicine is to add
{ to dessert spoonful each of Rochelle
salts and bi-carbonate Of soda half a tum.
bier Of water and % or so drops of laud-
anum. Dose tablespoonful as often
as the urgency Of the symptoms seems
to demand. In cholera morbus the OBJ.
ject is TO tranquilize the irritated nerv.
Gus system, check vomiting and purging,
relieve pain, assuage thirst, induce sleep
and rest. The mainstay is opium. Give
20 drops of laudanum till the doctor
comes apply mustard plasters let the
patient swallow as much ice as be pleas
es. If very i'll and crampcd. rub with
dry mustard and give calomef & opium,
under-doctors directions. Beef tea az
ter the attack, rest, milk and broth diet
but the patient must be careful all sum-
mer, or lac will have trouble BAIT sSeu.
To cure sore throat, wrap flannel a,
round the throat, keep out of draughts
and sudden changes Of atmosphere. and
every half hour take pinch Of chloride
OF potash, place 10 on tho tongue and
allow it TO dissolve in the mouth.
Guar PoR AGus.-I OF. Peruvian
bark, on. Rhubarb, or. Calcined
Magnesia. Pulyerize these ingredients
and mix thoroughly keep the powder
in bottle closely corked. Dose, 1 tea
I spoonful of the powder mixed in lit
tie spirit, sugar and water. Take il
three times day, just before eating.
II will break up and cure the most ob-
stinate cases of fever aud ague.
To destroy pin worms in horses, give
an injection of salt and water two or
three days in succession, then admins.
ter ball consisting Of half an ounce Of
aloes and one drachm Of calomel.
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