South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-08-19
Farmer and House Keeper.

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beat the whole until stiff. Make a
soft custard with the yolks Of the two
eggs aud put the apple mixture in tho
custard. nA ~ ni e9
Potato Pic.-A teacupful of raw
potato grated, quart Of sweet milk
boiled together, add three eggs well
beaten. When cool nutmeg and SUI
gar to suit the taste. Bake with on
" one crust. To be enten fresh
This quantity Is for two pies.
Fig Pudding.--Six figs chopped
fine after boiling them, three cups of
bread crumbs, one-fourth pound OF
suet, one egg, one.fourth pound of
sugar, ore lemon, CRATE the rini; one
nutmeg grated; boil three hours in u
tin mould or bug. es
Southern Corn Bread. To one pint
OF corn meal partly scalded take half
a pint OF sour milk; one teaspoonful
soda, two eggs, desert spoonful melt-
ed lard and a little salt I; il the batter
is too stiff, add little more milka
have the oven hot; bake in shallow
pan.
Horse Radish Sauce.-Two tea.
sponsful made mustard, two of white
sugar, one-half teaspoonful salt, gill
OF vinegar: mix and pour over grated
horse radish. Excellent with beef.
Potato Bread For a change. n
loaf or two of potato bread, made ci.
Their with wheat or graham -four, Will
often prove acceptable. boil eight
large potatoes in sailed water, and
when soft, peel off their sims and
mash them thoroughly, either on tho
molding or bread board, with q roll.
ing pin, or put in the pot, over tho
lire, in which they were boiled, and
mash fine with potato masher.
prefer the latter way, Ms il takes ont
all the water and makes them less
pasty. Then put the potatoes into
the pan and add enough tgraham or
wheat flour TO make itxinto n thick
dough. Turn in cupful Of hot wa..
ter or milk, and when cool enough,
stir in Il cupful of home made Yeast.
or three tablespoonsful of BAKERS
yeast Add a Tablespoonful of salt
and set il in warm place TO rise. II
can rise all night. When risen, knead
the whole mass thoroughly, for upon
good kneading will depend the quail.
tiles OF the bread When it has risen
again very lightly, knead only enough
to put into well CREASED. pans. Let it
rise twenty minutes and bake i'm n
moderately hot over. Potato bread
should be made little longer thau
wheat bread. Bread made I'm tfs
way is a cheaper article than when
made entirely Of -four
A Valuable Recipe. When von
get chilly all over and away into your
bones, and begin to sniffle and almost
struggle for your breath. Just begin IL
time and your tribulations nee not
last very long. Get some powdered
borax and snuff the dry powder u,J
your nostrils. Get camphor bottle.
smell 1t frequently, pour some on your
handkerchief and wipe your nose will,
1t whenever needed. Your nose wifi
not get sore and you Will soon won
der what's become Of your cold. Be-
| GIN this treatment in the forenoon and
keep on at intervals until You o., ~
bed and you will sleep as well as you
ever did.-Ex.
The reason why cabbage emits such
disagreeable smell when boiling. il
because the process dissolves the Ga.
sential oil. The water should be
changed when the cabbage is half
boiled, and twill thus acquire a much
greater sweetness.
a Simple Cure.-Salt air is ant 10
strike out, for some people at this sea-
son, styes and boils and other beanty
spots. A simple and agreeable rem
edy Is found among other salts. Put
OF EPSON salts about as much as
makes an ordinary dose in a tunbler
OF water, cut large piece Of the
crumb OF bread and soak ii in tho
salts. Bind upon the place affected
when thoroughly moist. This il n
cooling application, and seems not on
y to be very grateful to the inaarned
skin, but TO expedite the progress Of
these usually slow aud tedious affsirs
u is said to prevent the habit Of hav-
ing such troubles. II certainly soft
ems the hard skin, and relieves tina
congestion in this way.
Colo IN 1orscs--Th following
remedy never fails to give relief In
this disease if it is promptly admins.
tered IN good time. II is one Of the
secrets Of the profession Sulphuric
ether, one pint; aromatic spirits Of
ammonia, one pint sweet spirits Of
nitre, two pints; opium, one-fourth
pound; eamphor, one-fourth pound
Mix. Let u stand IA days before us.
ing. Dose--One ounce (or less, &C.
cording to the size Of the horsal era1s.
thirty minutes until relief il afford q