South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-06-30
Farmer AID House Keeper.

"us' NIX WIN ~ three tablespoonful
each OF grated bread aud powdered
sugar, two ounces of melted butter.
tve ounces of raisins, and one tea
spoonful OF grated lennon. peel; beat
the whole well together pour the
mixture into but,cred dish. aud
bake i. slow oven: then turn i
our, Dust sugar over it aud serve.
This pudding may be either boiled or
baked.
Velvet Cake.-One pound of sugar.
nan pound OF butter. ono pound OF
nour, one pint of ice water, four eggs.
two teaspoonsful of ROYAL bakiny
powder sif,cd wei! with the -four
Bake in jelly cake pans, aud spread
icing and grated cocoanut between
the layers. Pastry cream may bo
used with the cocoanut instead Of the
icing. Or 1t may be favored deli.
cateiy with orange, aud put together
with orange marmlladc Ii NAV also
be baked in loaf. This cake is eS,
cellent, and is susceptible O. as many
variations as'you have originality and
good taste to bring to it.
Boiled Rice, Georgia Style.--PiclS
over the rice, wash il until tho wafer
Is clear, put it into sailed boiling wa
ter, allowing quart of water to each
cupful OF rice; boil il twelve minutes
rapidly; then drain Off wafer and
set The saucepan containing the rice,
uncovered, IN the oven for ten minn.
ties. The rice will be dry and the
grains separate. If the rice is liked
better done il must be cooked ittle
longer.
Nougat or Nut Candy. tireo
cupsiul of nuts 1--WE use pecans be,
cause they are more plentiful, but nj.
monds are best, blanch them if YOU
nse almonds; put the nuts in wood.
en- tray and with mcat-choppcr cbop
them fine. Take three cups of white
sugar, pat it IN the vessel you intend
TO cook 1T IN, put it on the stove and
stir constantly Until dissolved do not
moisten it but let the sugar dissolve
Itself as soon rs dissolved add the
chopped nuts stir them in the syrup.
Have your bread board wet. also tho
roiling-pln, and when you have stir-
red the nuts in the syrup, take it i'm
mediately off the stove, put it on the
wet board and with the wet rolling.
pin Toll it quite thin. Take a knife
before it cools (you havo to work fast
Tor 1t hardens rapidly, mark il off in
squares. Then eat and think of your
trend, way down in the sunny South.
who sent the receipt.
Coverings for Closet Floors DO
not put carpets in your closets oil
cioth or mating Is much better and
can be easily kept free from dust-
Mating, alter being swept, should be
wiped with damp CLOTH. Hot salt
and water will thoroughly cleans it
and will not discolor it.
A spoonful of tomatoes in the gra.
Wy of either roasted or fried meat is
an Improvement.
'Greasing. In using harness keep
them oiled and cleaned. The clean
ing is more important than the oilng.
In fact, the 'greasing' OF boots and
shoes, practiced by farmers IL really
detrimental to the leather. Ii may
keep them soft, but good washing
with soap suds will do tho leather
more good, and keep it softer and
more pllable than any amount of
greasing or oiling. The same may DO
SAID OF harness. Crude coal oil ia We.
ry good for harness, after they are
cleaned, ard the cost is very little.
but always remember that the cleans.
ing is more important than the 'greas.
ing. '-Ex.
A Pinch OF cayenne, or red pepper
sprinkIed over the exposed parts Of
cabbage plants is sure death to tho
cabbage worms.
When particle of dust or n small
speck OF any kind is lodged in the eve.
To remove II, take a grain Of faxseed
and insert II under the lid. 1t be-
comes glutlnOrs almost instantly. ard
draws all dust or cause OF ANNOYANCE
to the corner Of tho oye, where Il may
easily be removed.-Indianapoiis
Journal.
For earache, dissolve assafeiida in
water; warm few drops in the car,
then cork the ear with wool.
Thinning Fruit Thinning fruit ia
one Of tho practices which will repay
the fruit cnliurist for the time and In.
Dor expended IN the operation. Tho
more valuable tie fruit the better il
pays to thin II while young. Peaches
and pears being more valuable than
apples better repay the expense incur.
red The fruit should be thinned
soon after Il sets. The sooner the
young fruit ~ removed tlie less ofthe
energies OF the tree will be consum,
ed IN its useless growth, and the larger
and finer will be the DEVELOPMENT Of
tie fruit that remains.
Rancid Butter--R Rancid butieymAv
be recovered and sweetcned by wash.