South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-08-05
Farmer and cuse-Keeper.

Farmer and HouSe-heeper.
Honey Ginger-snaps. ps.-Ohe pint Of
honey, three-fourths of n pound Of
butter and two teblvspoonsful of gin.
ger; boil together a few minutes, and
when nearly cold put in flour until It
issstiF; roll out thinly and bake
quickly.
Wild Plum Jelly.-Pour boiling
water over your plunis, turning it OFT
immediately-this is for the purpose
of extracting the bitter taste in the
skins. Steam the plums in STONE jar
or covered pan over boiling water,
until they crack so that the Juice run:
oAt. Put them into n coiander and
ilet them drain, but do not press Atehs.
Boil this Juice twenty minutes, mean.
HG''SsantiaS tGe ovss ba6Sh&fiof t&af a6}
YOU cannot bear your hand in it. Put
the hot sugar into the boiling juice,
and boil all together a few minutes.
Apple Pancakcs.-Make one quart
of batter rs for any other pancake, and
add one cup of finely chopped apple
The batter must be stirred each time
spoonful is taken out III order to
cqualize il
Dutch Pancakcs.-1wo eggs welt
beaten, two tablespoonful of sugar,
two cupsfu! of milk, two tablespoons
ful of shortening, a little salt, one tea'
spoonful cream Of tartar, n half teA>
spoonful of soda, three cupstul OF Hour.
Bake in quick oven, having your
gem pans very hot when the batter
is peurcd in.
TO yurify Rancid Bntter.-Let
the butter be melted and skinImcd,
as for clarifying, then put into it n
piece of bread we'll toasted all over,
but not burnt. In n minute or two
the butter will lose its offensive taste
and smell, but the bread will become
perfectly fGtid. This is the French
mode.
Charcoal and its Uscs.-Charcoal
laid flat while on burn, will cause
the pain to abatc. Tainted meat,
surrounded with it, is swectencd;
strewn over heaps Of dccomposcd
ne.ts, or over dead animals, it tprcvehls
any unpleasant odor. Foul wator is
purified by it. 1t sweetehs offensive
:,ir if placed in Iow',trnys-afodnaa'
apartments. 1t is so porous that it
:.bsorbs and condcnscs gases most
rapidly. One cubic incll of fresh
charcoal will absorb nearly one hun.
drcd cubic inches Of gaseous ammo.
nia. Charcoal forms al unrlvaIed
uoultice for malignant wounds and
sores. In cases of Whnt is callct!
'proud flesh it is invaluable. IT hurts
no texture, Injuries no color, md il
simple and safe sweetencr and
disintectant.
Coal oil will take out Ink stains,
even ater they hcve becn Washed with
soap. Pour on the oil, and rub thu
spot in the hands; ifit does not Ie.
move it the irst application, try more;
the second application will remove it
entirely.
Chloride OF Limc.-A French jbuf-
nal states that chloride of lime scat:
tered about where rats and mice fire.
oucnt will cause them to desert tho
spot. A solution Of it brushed over
plants will cfcctually protect thcm
from insects. Ifscattcred over ground
infested with grubs, it will free it en-
tilply. DuncIcs Of cotton or tow
smcared with n mixture OF chloride OF
lime and hogs lard, and tied about III
different parts OF 4 tree, will guard it
against the attack Of insects, slu5s,
erubs, etc, and drive away those al'
ready in possession.
white worms or any other worms
iu pots may be destroyed, by sticking
three or four common matches dowH
into the soil also one or two up into
the drain opening. The phosphorus
OH the match is certain death to anl'
NAL life and powerful fertilizer for
plants.-Vick's Magazine.
A Simple Cholera Curc.-Pitts.
burgh LEADER ITS SIM said the
late Rev. DR.. Wm. Tracy, who spent
the whole of lis adult life as a m is;
sionary to India, and who had expe.
ricncc of many hundreds of cases OF
cholera, 'for any one to die OF chol'
era. If at the first premonltory
symptoms lie iies down at once and
submits to a treatment the principal
part of which CONSISTS of patient
and persistent rubbing Of the abdomen
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