South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-05-20

pound of gelatine with a little cold
water; put it in a pan with quarter
pound grated chocolate, one ounce
sugar and one pint of milk; stir till
il boils. Break theyolks Of four eggs
in basin stir with wooden spoon.
When the chocolate boils allow it to
stand Que minute. then pour il on tho
yolks, return to the pan aud stir till
it thickens, not letting it boil; pour
into wet mold.
Farina Jelly.-Boil one quart Of
new milk; while boiling sprinkle in
slowly quarter ola pound of farina.
Continue the boiling from half an hour
to whole hour. Season with five
ounces Of sugar and n tablespoonful Of
vanilla. When done turn into n
mold and place it ON ice to stiffen.
Serve it with whipped cream.
Homemade Candy. ALL children
arc fond OF candy, and if pure q mod
crate amonnt Is not injurious. In
these days of adulteration, that made
at home is safest to give them. 1t Is
n simple matter TO make chocolate
caramcls; all that is needed is one
cup of sweet milk, one cup of molas-
ses, half cup of sugar, half cup of
grated chocolate, piece of butter tho
size OF walnut; stir constantly and
let it boil until it is thick, then turn it
out on to buttered plates; when il be.
gins to stlffen, make il i'm squares, SO
that it will break readily when cold.
Cocoanut caramels arc made of, a cup
OF sugar, two tablespoonfuls OF flour,
the whites of three eggs beaten stiff
bake on buttered paper in n quick
oven. Nice white candy is easily
made. Take one quart of granulated
sugar, one pint of water, two table
spoontuls OF vinegar; boil just rs you
do moiasses candy, but do not stir it;
you can tell when it is done by trying
it In cold water. Pull it rs if il wcro
molasses candy; have dish near by
with some vanilla in it, and work in
enough to flavor it as you pull; put
II In q cold room, aud the next day
you will have delicious candy.
For children, q nearly infallible pep
tic corrective is fast-day passed in
cheerful outdoor exercise.
The Family Physician says: Diges.
ton requires leisure. Never eat un.
til you can be sure of leisure for di-
gcstion. After rest then give an hour
of exercise to every pound of food.
1t is said that if, when bread is Ia
Al
turned topside down in the hot tins
and are allowed to stand few min.
utes, the crust will be tender and ca
silly cut.
For Rheumatism A large piece of
flannel well sprinkled with saltpeter.
Corn tea for q sick person: Brown
and pound in mortar one cup OF
sweet dry corn pour on this two cups
of boiling water, and steep fifteen
minutes. This is very light and nu-
tritious, and can be taken when tho
patient is very weak. :.
| CURE FOR Messrs.
Editors American Farmer, Baltimore:
| enclose a receipt for the cure OF
dlphtheria give by an old gentleman
OF Charlottesville, Va, good many
years ago, who stated that he had Of
ten known it to be tried III cases of
diphtheria and never without success.
For the benefit of the many suffer-
ers from this scourge / send it tha.
you may give it publicity through the
columns Of THE AMERICAN FARMER.
REciPE.--Take handful of alder
root, a handful of dogwood root, and
a handful Of the bark Of persimmon
root: boil with a pint of vinegar
down to half pint then add very
little water, small lump of alum,
and little honey. Use frequently
as a gargle. VIM. Baird.
Essex Co., Va.
To make dish-washing easier, and
TO keep the hands from getting rough,
add say half cup of sweet milk TO
the dishwater. II is SAID to do better
work than soap.
Chopped onions are readily eaten
by chickens and arc supposed to be
good for them. So is raw meat,
chopped fine.
A correspondent Of an exchange
makes the following statement in re.
gard 10 an experiment which is SO
easily tried, and for which such good
results arc claimed that il ought to 30
generally tested / firmly believe
suuflowers are preventers of the evil
results Of malaria. Ny location ap-
pears TO be the natural home Of ma
laria judging from It's situation and TO.
biographical character, but while neigh.
bors within aquarter mile radius have
suffered from malaria my family have