South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-02-06

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DRrsD ArPLE CAKE.--Two tescup.
fuis dried apples, soaked over night AMI
chopped hne; stew them in two Gun.
fals OF molasses until well cooked
Then take two eggs, one cup butter,
one OF sour cream. one Of sugar. A. little
sait, 1.-TWO tcaspoonfals OF soda. site
some -four with the frat before mixiu1
With the rest spices to taste tho mora
the better. This makes an excellent
cake. iN
DRrED PRAcH Pupp mo. Take one
pint OF dried peaches and scald an,
stew Till done. and have plenty or juice
sweeten with one cup or sugar; mako
batter OF small teacupfsl OF butter.
milk anti ono half tesspoonful of soda
and salt to taste; thickcu with -four
very stiff, drop this In small Jumps i'm
tho peaches. which must DO boiling
cook about twenty minutes, AMI servo
with cream and sugar or sauce.
RICE PUDDING WITHOUT EoGs-Ono
cup boiled rice. one aud onc.half or two
cups milk. sugar TO taste, n few raisins.
flavor; bake very slowly.
To Cook PouLTRY OR MEATS Quick.
LY.-Any kind of poultry or meat may
be cooked quicker by adding two table
spoons OF vinegar TO the wnter. in which
tits boiled /; IL will also remove faint Of
fish. fiesh. or fowl, by soaking it in it
and scraping.
CREAM FRrrrERs.-Beat three cggs
to froth. add half pint OF cream, The
same OF milk, n ,easpoonful OF salt, ono
pint OF -four, two toaspoontuls baking
powder; stir to smooth halter; fry In
not lard the same as doughnuts. These
are good hot or cold. Serve with sweet.
cncd cream or msplc molasscs.
To KEEP ANTS Our.-Ants are kept
out of drawers ard other places by spr.
its or camphor. Saturate piece of fian.
mel with 1t and put il in the place infcst.
ed by them. IL IL also . sure remedy
against moth.
Never blow down lamp chimney to
extinguish the flame. for 1t is quite liza
BILE TO return the compliment and blow
you up.
Cure FOR CoSsuMpTIoN.-The fol-
lowing has been tried by a gentlemanof
this city, who. it was thought. had tho
consumption, and found to be an ex.
cellent remedy:
Take two fresh hon eggs, dissolve
shell ana all In the juice of n dozen
lemons, add one pound rock candy, one
pint best whisky or brandy, one gill
best olive oil. quarter pound OF licorice,
one drachm each OF Irish moss, slippery
elm, and fax seed. pound all hut tho
liquids in mortar, mix IL together and
strain it, and then add one quarter or
an Indian turuip. This receipt has
cured colds in their most desperate form.
If with 1t WOODEN stockings aud thick
soled shoes are worn, there Is no cause
OF fear from colds. Attr. Gazette.
The UTILIZATION OF SAwpUsT.-A
demand having been publicly made for
some means of utilizing sawdust, n wri.
ter in the Truth" SAYS: It is a we'll
know fact that sawdust by itself alone
has been successfully used in growing DO.
tatoes. For this purpose it is only ne.
ccssary to lay on the open ground, in
rows from two to three feet apart. tb,
potatoes that are TO be planted, and GOV.
or the same with bed Of sawdust. saw
from six to twelve inches thick. IL the
season is favorable. il is astonishing how
this method succeeds. Perhapsi il IS pre-.
ferable to prepare the soil by blowing
and pulyerizing, TO open burrows three
or four feet apart and place in burrows
four-inch layer Of sawdust, on this Law
the potatoes, lay on another layer Of saw
dust, and over this layer of soil. Saw
dust may also be employed with advan.
tage about frmt trees mixed with tho
soil it enriches the latter, and placed on
the surface IL maintains moisture and
prevents the growth Of many trouble.
some weeds. Sawdust rots as soon az
any other vegetable matter, and mixed
with he soil it keeps it mellow. TT three
or four cart-loads Of sawdust to the aero
be thrown on poor land, and cultivated
the same year, it will render il fortile.
TO utilize feathers Of ducks, chickens
and turkeys, generally thrown aside as
Fefuse, trim the piames from tho stump,
incloso them in tight bag, run tho
whole as If washing clothes, and you will
secure a perfectly uniform and light
down, excellent for quilting coverlets
and not few other purposes.
Some important observations in re-
gard TO wbooping cough have lately
been communicated TO the New York
Academy Of Science by DIR Henry A.
Mott. Jr. They indicate that the Iii
sease is due 10 fungoid growth which
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