Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-01-10
Farmer aud Housrkecper.

Farmer ana HOusckecper.
LEMON CUsTARDs. -Four eggs,
Two small cupfuls OF sugar, half a
cGpful O. butter, the juice of two
demons, and n teaspoouful Of corn
starch Beat the whites of two
Of the the eggs with two spoon
Gble OF sugar, and put over the
castards when they begin to
6,rpwn hisrecipe is excellent.
ONIONS A CURE FOR TYPHOID
Ever AND DRoPsY. Editors of
dhe Baltimore American: The
melancholy death Of w. Ia.
Wortpington. whose remains
were inferred in Friends Gene
terry yesterday, reminds me pf
neglected duty. Some time since
81 gentleman informed me he
knew several persons VINO had
been cured of typhoid fever by
th, application of mashed raw
Ns,t0ns to the feet fwo patients
ere so i'll they were noi expected
e. iive over o few hours. Six
ssrge onions were pounded TO a
pulp and applied to tire feet of the
I'll II patient He was relieved in
a. short time and got well The
esc,aid case VS. IA lew weeks later,
ard tie result WAS equally salts
sactory. The first opportunity |
tisd to try it was upon a coiofed
boy during ono of my visits TO the
House of Reformation for Colored
Children. He was very i'll with
tygh0id fever. | named the mat
Ter 10 Gen. Horn, who immediate
&y ordered the application In "a
few hours he got asleep, rested
we'll and recovered. The next op-
portuniiy was that of a son Of a
friend Of mine in the treasury de-
t,artment in the Custom House in
our city. I,called to see him on
business, when he informed me
his son was very i'll. lie said it
was typhoid pneumonia. He had
been delirious for week or more,
aud required constant watching
for fear he might do himself
tiSTm. | advised him 10 try the
onions. He did SO, and thus speaks
oft: immediately upon its APP
plicau3n he began to improve and
cannDued until he was finally re-
aieved. On one occasion he en-
deavored to escape from the win
dow. Perhaps they might be
effIcaci0us in other forms. The
Genedy is simple and safe, and
trial in any case can do no harm.
2tsey have cured dropsy. Mr..
&alph Brunt, very reliable and
respectable gentleman. living at
f8T Pennsylvania avenue. inform
ed me that tbs wife had suffered
O. long while with dropsy. She
swelled from her head to her feet.
Sne was attended by different
phySicians, who finally said: Mr..
Rrunt, We can do no more; your
wife cannot live. We can give
her temporary relief by tapping
her. His wife declined the Oper-
alton. as it would but prolong her
suderings. At this time his at
tention was called to paragraph
du q newspaper, in which a gentle.
Glan made the statement that he
bad been cured of dropsy by eat
ang onions. His physicians had
told him he could not live. One
day be wanted TO eat some raw
uulons, and he did so. After eat
ing them he felt better, and tried
some more. He then made it a
suIe to eat six day, and in few
weeks he was well. He felt it his
duty 10 publish it for the benefit
OF Others. Thus Mr.. Brunt knew
oft. He called the attention Of
his wife to it. She was willing to
try it. Did so, and at the end of
one week she discharged her
nurse; attended to her household
duties. and was so reduced in size
that her friends could hardly
recognize Der at first sight. She
tived for more than thirty years
afterwards, and died about two
years since, over eighty years of
age. AZ the foregoing should prove
the means OF benetiling any one,
the only regret l will feel, will be
the fact that I did not attend TO
the promp!ings of duty much
sooner. Yours,
JOHN II. Cox,
ASTIDCTE TO Poison. liza per.
son swallows any poison what
ever.or has fallen into commissions
skrom having overloaded the stom-
0atl