South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-07-15

Mrs. Johnson's Mountain Cake
One cup of butter, cream it well one
pound of powdered sugar, whites OF
ten eggs, teaspoonful of cream of tar
tar dissolved in teacup of milk, half
q teaspoonful of soda rubbed i'm three
cups and half of flour; bake in four
lelly-cake pans. IciNG.-The whites
OF three eggs, one pound Of powdered
sugar, and flavor with vanilla. When
the cakes are cold ice them and fla.
vor with lemon.-American Farmer,
Citron Preserve.-First, peel and
cut the citron in pieces an inch square:
then boil in water until soft; drain off
the water and add one pound of su.
gar to each pound of citron; to every
five pounds of the preserve add ono
! pound of raisins, one lemon sliced.
J an ounce of whole cloves, ounce of
stick cinnamon dissolve the sugar,
and when hot add the fruit and sim.
mer slowly for two hours.
Whortleborry Cake. Ono cup but
ter, one cup sweet milk, two cups SUI
I gar, one teaspoon soda, three cups
Hour, one teaspoon nutmeg, five eggs,
one quart ripe huokleberries, thickly
dredged with -four, and added after
all the other ingredients are mixed.
Picking Berries Heat tho amount
of vinegar required, sweetcn, then turn
: in the berries, let heat through. then
turn into jar and set in n cool place.
Simple, but L think they are much
better than to spoil tho berry flavor.
with spices. One lady acquaintance,
IN canning borrios, never heats her
! cans. Setting them on a marble, sho
/ pours the scalding fruit into them, &
says she never breaks can that way,
as the cans heat gradually from tho
! bottom.
About Eggs.-We have seen dys-
peptics who suffered untold torments
with almost every kind of food no
| liquid could be taken without suffer-
ing bread became q burning acid
meat and milk were solid liquid fires;
and we have seen their torments pass
away and their hunger relieved by
living ON the whites of eggs which
have been boiled in bubbling water
/ for thirty minutes. At the end of q
week we have given the half yolk of
the egg with the white, and upon this
diet alone without fluid of any kind,
we have seen them begin to gain flesh
and strength, and quiet, refreshing
sleep. After weeks of this treatment
I they have been able, with care, to be-
gin upon other food. And all this
without taking medicine. Hard boil
! ed eggs are not half so bad rs half
boiled ones, and ten timos as easy to
digest as raw eggs, even in egg. nogg.
Exchange.
Household Hints.-Never iron
calico dress on the right side ifirop-
cd smoothly on the wrong side there
will be no danger of white spots and
gloss, which gives new dress done
up for the first time the appearance
OF timc.worn garment.
An excellent housekeeper, and one
who is careful about many things.
says: Do not iron n red tablecloth at
/ all; wash it carefully in warm suds
mot hot, rinse well, and when ready
to hang on the line take great pains
to pull it so that it will keep the prop
or shape. 1t will retain its color much
longer than if ironed.
To Wash Lace Curtains.-Sfake
warm suds and put your curtains in
it in the evening. Let thom soak till
morning, then squeeze them with
your hands; use no washboard; be
careful not TO rub them don't wriEa
them, but squeeze them out then put
/ boiling water over them and let them
stand an hour or two if they don't
look clean soak in suds and squash
again blue aud make starch pretty
stiff take three thicknesses Of sheets
TO prevent carpet from getting wctl
aud pin them on the carpet straight
with the seam, the curtains at the
same pin across the end, then the
sides pin every four inches. When
dry they will be ready to put up. Do
not iron.
Mix little sulphur with salt and
feed occasionally to sheep. 1t will
effectually destroy sheep ticks. The
same remedy applied to cattle troub-
led with lice will soon rid them Of
vermin. The use Of sulphur with
salt we'll rcpays the trouble Of Keeping
a supply for cattle and sheep. If q
mixture Of one part of sulphur with
seven Of salt be freely applied there
will be no trouble with vcrmin.
Pastures.-The longer we live the
more highly We appreciate fall sown
I rye for winter and spring pasture
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