Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-04-10

MONITORS FOR BREAKFAST
One cup water, two cups of milk
three cups -four, bit of salt beat
quickly, and bake in hot oven,
having the roll-pans heated first.
SIMPLE AND DELICIOUS MUF-
FINs.-One quart Of flour, one tea
spoonful salt, half Sill yeast, one
pint warmed milk, less two table
spoonful mix at night, ADD beat
until light I; in the morning, drop
the well risen dough 10 buttered
cups.
OLD-FAsHIoNED TAPIocA PUD-
DING.-FWo eggs, one quart of
milk, one cup tapioca +; spice, of
nutmeg and cinnamon TO taste !;
also, sugar and bit of salt, and
small teaspoonfuI butter, melted.
Wash and soak the tapioca in very
little water till rather tender, then
put in the milk, and p c- IN back
Of stove and soak one tluc; then
melt butter IN dish ACT pour in
The beaten eggs, milk Well sweet.
enec, and spice; bake oae hour
quite slowly.
VIRGINIA BIsCUIT.-One quart
-four, one half teaspoonful salt,
one-quarter pound butter; mix
the -four and butter,' with the
hand, together, and moisten with
water; roll it out very thin three
times, and beat with roIIing-pin
each time; roll .,S thin as sheet
of paper; cue with saucer and
bake in sheets. These are partic-
ulary nice for lunch.
GINGER POUND CAKE Take
one cupful of butter, one cupful of
sugar, one cupful of molasses, three
cupsful of sifted -four, three eggs,
one teaspoonful of cream tartar,
one small teaspoonful of soda dis
solved in one cupful of milk, one
.easpoonful Of ginger, and one ia
blespoonful OF cinnamon are very
good.
Corn STACH CRACKEys, Meas
ure three cups -four, V.ie of Peer
less corn starch, half teaspoonful
OF salt and helping one of bak-
ing powder. Sift these together
four times, then rub in a table,
spoonful Of butter anu half as much
lard and mix into stiff dough
with sweet milk. Knead enoug b
to make the dough smooth and
firm but do not handle unnecessa-
rily. Roll thin, cut, prick with
a fork and place on tins let stand
five minutes then brush the tops
with milk and bake ten minutes
In hot oven.
A good way to keep hens free
from lice while setting is to put
two or three tobacco leaves in
their nests, which will! drive out
the vermin if infested with them.
Another good plan is to sprinkle
sulphur literally through their
feathers or in their nests.
The red spider may be banished
from plants by the simple process
of cutting off the infected leaf A
leaf once attacked soon de, lays and
falls off; but then the animals re-
move TO another. BY carefully
pursuing this amputation plants
will become remarkably healthy
The best way to preserve manure
Is TO haul it on the field on which
it is needed as fast as it accumu.
lates. Have a wagon or sled al
ways ready on which to throw
the manure as it accumulates and
haul it out when there is a good
load, and spread it at once. This
is the lstest improved plan.
A correspondent of the Massa-
chusetts ploughman' gives the fol.
lowing cure tor collie in horses
which is convenient at all times
and easily applied. He says be
has never known it fail: Spread
teacupful of salt upon the back
OF the animal over the kidneys
and loins, and keep it saturated
for 20 to so minutes, or longer il
necessary. If the attack Is severe,
drench with salt water. | have
valuable bull, weighing ninteen
or twenty hu dred pounds, which
had a aevere attack Of collie a year
ago last summer. l applied salt
to his back as above, and it being
difficult to drench, we put wood
en- bit into its mouth, keeping il
open about two inches and spread
salt upon his tongue, which to-
gether with the salt upon his back
relieved him at once, and within 8
very short time equilibrium APP.
peared fully restored. / have fol
several years past successfully an.
piled this treatment to the Other
animals in my herd.
An Indiana grape-grower, VIII,
covered fifty punches off concord
with paper bags Axe inches, when
the berries were about the size o.
nooc follc tho Nauy Vo.t~ n