South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-12-09
Farmer and House. Keeper.

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Coffee Cakc.-This ia one of tho
best of plain CAKES and is very easily
made. Take one cup Of a,ronr coffee
infusion, one cup molasses, Quo Gun
sugar, one-half cup butter, one epr
and one teaspoonful salaratus. Add
spice and raislns to suit tho taste aud
enough Hour to make n rcsonablv
thick batter. Bake rather slowly in
tin pans lined with buttercd paper.
Puff Pudding Measure eight tn.
blespoensful OF Hour, put it in an ear
then dish aud warm il in the oven.
then stir in one pint of sweet milk.
three weil-bcaten eggs, ono teaspoon
ful of salt; Beat the yolks and whites
separately. Take six or seven ten.
cups and butter them welt and ill a.
bout two thirds full OF the mixture.
Bake IN a quick oven Cor twenty min
utes- For the sauce bave ono cup of
hot water, six tablespoonsful of sugar
let this come to boil, then add ono
egg, stir constantly, add a piece OF
butter the size of an, egg, aud flavor
with lemon, vanil,.. or nutmeg. Ii
you prefer sour sauce aid table
spoonful of vinegar.
The easiest method of removing
rust FROM iron is rubbing il with n
rag dipped in oil of tartar. The rust
will disappear Immediately.
If ink has been spilled on rosewood
or mahogany furniture, half tea
spoonful of oil Of vitriol in tum.
hlerful of water, applied with feather
will quickly remove it.
Potato water in which potatoes
have been scraped, the water being
allowed to scttle, and aftcrward strain
ed, is good for sponging dirt out of
silk.
To keep dried fruit from becoming
worny, after being prepared, as it
should always be before putting away
by scalding. as you put it in sacks
scatter among 1t pieces OF sassafras
bark from the root. Tie closely; it
will keep for years.
To remove paint spiashed upon
whdow-panes, use hot solution OF
soda and rub with soft flannel.
An Ohio farmer says: Il can make
more pork with clean, shelied corn
soaked twelve hours in pure spring
water thar l can with new, soft corn;
keep my pigs in better condition,
and my feeding floors and pastures
will not be covered with cobs.'
The best beef isyoung beef, reacI-
ing its greatest point OF superiority at
from two to three years The Same
is trne OF sheep and swine. As IA
general rule "a $50 pound pig is better
III quality and more profitable than "a
hog weighing 500.
External Use Of Castor Oil. The
Lcndon Medical journal gives reports
from various practitioners who have
found purgaiivc results follow the in.
JUNCTION or castor Oil One writer
states that he has frequently applied
this oil to the abdomen, under spou-
glopilino or other waterproof material.
i'll cases where the usual way OF adj
mlnlstering by the mouth seemed un-
desirable, ~ with the mos saiisiacto-
ry consequences. In case uf ty-
phoid fever, also, half an ounce of
castor OIL was applied in this manner
under a hot water fermentation, the
effect OF this being as Represented to
relieve the constipation and tympani.
tic disteuIion that had been present,
without undue purging or irritation
Of the bowels.
Buttermilk as Vcrmin Destroyer.
The Chambersburg Valley Spirit
says; Mr.. jacob Oyler, OF Falling
Spring, practical farmer, says, after
trying various remedies to destroy
verinin on live stock the use Of batter
milk was suggested 10 him lie has
tried it many times and it has never
failed. lie simply gives the animal
afflicted by the verfnin aihorough rub
blng from head TO foot with butter.
milk, and one application usually pro-
duces the result desired. Mr.. Oyler
believes that many animals have been
permanently injured ~ the use Of
many Of the remedies compounded
and sold for this Purpose. Bnt,errnilk
~ perfectly harmless. II sleeks tho
hair and aids the growth, and, al
together, seems to be the simplest
and beet application that is now used
for tue purpose VIC have named
A hannel cloth dipped into warm
soap suds and then into whiting and
applied to paint, Will instantly remove
al grease and dirt. Wash with clean
water and dry. The most delicate
paint will not be injured, and will
look ike new.
Wsshiug vs Sbcaring Sheep. Tho
custom washing sheep before shear
ing IL opposed by most Of orr practi-
cal woOlgrowcrs, who Say that Is in.
furious 10 the ebeep and n needless ex-