South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-03-03
S Vol. l6-NO. SO.
Farmer and House Keeper.

Al little salt, one teaspoon, of soda:
mix as soft as possible, roll thin:
sprinkle with sugar; slightly roll out,
and bake in quick oven.
Pork Chops and Apples.
chops fried and served with apples
are not to DO fraNned on; put tho
meat in the frying pan, and then
scatter little sage aud pepper and
salt over IL; cook thoroughly if il is
fat enough so that there is plenty o..
gravy, Fry the sliced apples in that;
If not. add lump of butter, brown
the apples aud lay them over the
pork.
German Toast .-Toon egg beaten
well add one cup of sweet milk or
cream; season with little salt and
pepper. Cut stale bread in slices, dip
IN the milk 10 moistcn, and fry on q
griddle. This is q nice dah for
breakfast
Apple Custard.-Beat one cup OF
sweet cream TO stiff froth with an
egg beater; beat five eggs very light
and NIX with the cream; crate four
large tart apples and dissolve three
tablcspoonsiul of gclatine in little
warm water; stir this into the cream,
then add the grated apples.
To wash windows, put little
spirits Of ammonia on sponge, and
rub over the glass touching every
part OF the window, then rub quickly
with soft paper till dry. This treat
ment gives q beautiful polish TO the
glass and does away with the use of
soap and water. Rub both sides of
the glass.
To Tell Good Nutmogs Prick
them with pin. If they are good
the OH will INSTANTLY spread around
the puncture.
a mat or cover OF felt or cotton
flannel will add greatly TO the appear
ance OF table cloth, making il look
much heavier and handsomer, and
preventing any noise when dishes are
set down on The table.
All iron ware needs thoroughly
cleaning every time it is used, and
none more than gridiron. The bars
should be kept perfectly clean and
buttcred every time they are used If
one desires II steak cooked to per.
fiction.
If stone china is used the glazing
seldom cracks, and if the dishes are
carefully washed aud aired each time
they are used, and once week boil
ed III little lye water, they can be
kept sweet till destroyed by accident
or carelessness.
An almost certain cure for SICK
headache is Z toaspoonful Of salt dis
solved in two or three tabIespoonsful
! OF water. After taking IT lie down
Tor while, and in an hour or two
one feels as good as new. We lave
proved the efficacy OF this remedy bv
repeated sand have known others
to do so, and give it for the benefit OF
those who are sufferers from this af-
Fiction. Rural World
"A Soak for Seed Corn CORES.
pendent OF an exchange has tried
soaking eeed corn in solution of
chloride OF lime. and says Of it: by
soaking seed corn for seven hours in
a very strong decoction of chloride OF
lime, corn can be forced ahead TO ma
turlty two OF three weeks sooner than
it Will mature otherwise besides.
he thinks, il renders the seeds almost
almost proof against the depredations
Of gOphers. The lime warns M the
germ Of tue seed, and sends il up
quickly, giving it two or three weeks
tie start OF corn planted in the ordi-
nary way, thereby insuring against tho
frost at the close Of the season.
Charcoal for Sick Animals In
nine cases out Of ten when an animal
ia sick, the digestion is wrong. Char.
coal Is tho most efficient and rapid
corrective The hired man came in
with the intelligence that one Of the
finest cows was very sick, and q kind
nelghbor proposed the usual drugs
aud poisOus. The owner being III
and unable 10 examine the COW. con.
Guided that the trouble came from
over eating, and ordered teaspoon.
iGl OF pulgcrized charcoal TO be given
10 water. II was mixed, placed in a
Junk bottle, the head turned down.
ward. In five minutes Improvement
was visible, and in q few hours the
animal was IN the pasture quietly
| grazing. Another instance of equal
success occurred with a young heifer
which had become badly bloated by
eating green apples after q hard wind.
The bloat was 50 severe that the sides
were as hard as a barrel. The old
remedy. saleratus, was tried for cor.
recting the acidity. But tie attempts
to put u down always raised coughing
and II did little good. Haif tea
spoonful Of fresh powdered charcoal
was given. Ia six hours all appear
ance OF the bloat bad gone, and tho
hei'er was well.
Try eating onions and horse radish
10 relieve drpraioot s,vcIIt,,,..