South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-01-09
Farmer and House Keeper

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HoxIsr GHIppLE CAxEs TO one
put Of warm boiled hominy, add mint
OF milk or water, and -four enough To
make q thin batter; beat up two or three
eggs, and stir them into the batter with
little salt. Fry as any other griddle-.
cakes
PoRK Fruit CAKs.-Take two cups OF
sugar, four eggs, three quarters pound
OF pork, chopped tine. one and oue-quar.
Ter cups OF moiasses, two teaspoonfuls OF
cream tartar, one of soda. one and a half
tesspoonfuis of nutmeg, one tablespoon.
ful OF cinnamon and cloves, one aud one.
half cups OF raisins, half pound Of citron.
Que pound of ourrants, and four cups of
Hour. IL makes deep loaf. Bake very
slowly for few hours. Half the rule ia
good for u smaller loaf.
WALNUT CAKr.--One cuprul of milk.
three quarters Of a cupful OF butter, two
cupfuls of graduated sugar, three cup
fuls Of fiour, three even teaspoonfuls of
baking powder, three eggs, not quite :
cupful of the kernels-of English walnuts
broken up. In the FIRST place, beat but.
ter and sugar together; next beat the
milk in slowly then beat separately
the yelks and whites of the eggs. Add
all together, putting the broken nuts in
after all the other ingredients have been
thoroughly mixed, bake in square pans.
Frost both cakes with icing, and put one
cake on top Of the other. Divide the
frosting into small squares, laying half
a nut in the middle of each square.
To cure sore throat, wrap flannel
around the throat, keep out OF drauehts
and sudden changes of atmosphere, and
every half hour take pinch of chloride
OF potash, place ii on the tongue and al
low il to dissolve in the mouth.
According to the Lyon Medicale. DR..
Grellety has observed that hiccough in
children was Immediately stopped by
giving them lump of sugar saturated
with table vinegar. The same remedy
was tried on adults with similar ms. an-
taneous success.
CoUGH MIXTyRE.--The whites Of six
fresh eggs beaten to froth with half a
teacupful of tine white sugar; add Juice
OF four lemons, three tablespoonful pure
honey, quarter ounce OF laudanum beat
all together, bottle and cork tightly
Take teaspoonful whom the coughing
comes on shake we'll before taking
crushed sugar rolled fine with a roller
is the best TO use.
LAMP CEaENT.-Where the tops OF
lamps have become loosened, it is not
an easy job to mend them, and many
have been disappointed in attempting to
cement them by the use of Plaster Of
Paris. 1t is said that by boiling three
parts of rosin with one part of caustic
soda and five parts Of water, and mixing
with one-half its weight of plaster of
Paris, one will make cement which is
not permeable by petroleum. 1t sets
firmly III short time, and is not good
conductor.
A Coon CURE FOR CATARRp.-A good
cure for catarrh is crushed cubeb berries
! smoked in pipe, emitting the smoke
through the nose. After a few trials
this will be easy to do. If the nose is
stopped up so that it is almost impos-
sible to breathe, one pipeful will make
the head as clear rs bell. For sore
throat, asthma and bronchitis, swallow
1t is the best remedy in tho world for
| offensive breath, and will make the most
/ foul breath pure and sweet. Sufferers
from that horrid disease, liberated ca
tarrh. will find this remedy uneaualed.
and months use will cure The most
obstinate case Eating the uncrushed
berries is also good for sore throat and
bronchial complaints. After smoking do
least fifteen minutes, aud let the pipe be
a common clay one, new and clean.
PEPPER VINEGAR. TO make pepper
vinegar get bird-pepers. They can al
ways be found at drug stores Soak
them over night in salt water, then drain,
put into bottle and cover with good CT
der vinegar.
CHiLBLAINs.-C hilblains are trouble
some and painful. but they may be.ef-
fectually cured by frequently soaking the
feet in water in which turnips have been
boiled. If very bad, make poultice of
mashed turnips and bind il on the parts
affected.
USES or BUTIERxILK. Battle the face
III buttermilk, sour of course it is not
quite agreeable we know. Take a soft
rag and dip it into the buttermiik and
wash every part Of the face, neck and
hands. IL there has been O greater ex.
poSure TO the sun than usual after wash.
ing the face well, squeeze out the cloth
and just wipe the skin off, and let il re-
main on without washing till morning.
You Will be astonished how soon The
freckles and tan will disappear. For
keeping the hands aud skin soft there l.
nothing equal to buttermilk. When
one gets burned with the hot sun one or
two ba,hngs in butterInilk will Cause
The smartIng To oeaae lako clll tI.n Ia.