South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-07-28
Farmer and House Keeper.

Corn Bread Mix three large cups
of corn meal with one of wheat flour.
a cup of sour milk, two taLlespoonsful
of molasses. and enough soda to re.
move acidity, and little salt Add
enough sweet milk Tor water may dol
TO make il as soft us you would for
soft ginger bread. Mix well, & bake
fifty 10 sixty minutes.
| NEW YEARS CooKiEs.-Onep pound
of sugar. three quarters of n pound of
butter, three eggs, teacup sour milk.
tcaspooniul of soda, half II cup Of ca
raway seeds, mace. Beat butter aud
sugar 10 cream, add eggs, sour milk
and soda, then spice and Hour enough
10 roll out thin; cut in round or
fancy shapes; roll i'll sugar instead
OF Hour. Bake fifteen minutes.
RIcE BIscuITs.--Si seven ounces
of sugar: then add 10 it half a pound
OF the best ground rice, seven ounces
OF butter, seven ounces of -four, and
mix II into paste with eggs two
are sufficient for this quantity.
CALEDONIA CREAM-Two ounces
of raspberry jam, two ounces of rod
currant jam, siftcd loaf sugar, tho
whites OF two eggs. Put all INTO
bowl, and beat with spoon for threc-
quarters of an hour. This is n mix
ture that is much used i'll Scotland "a
q delicacy.
IioRsERADlsH SAUCE.-Grate
| quantity of horseradlsh. boil il in suf-
hcicnt water to give it the consistency
OF sauce, add pinch of salt and two
or threo tablespoonsfnl of tarragon
vinegar; then stir in. off the fire,
gill of cream beaten up with yol,,
of an egg.
Waflles: Take three pints OF flour,
three eggs, well beaten, salt to suit
the taste, one tablespoonful of lard.
two tcaspoonsful of cream of tartar,
and use buttermilk and soda.
All kinds Of berry stains may DO
removed from clothing by pouring
! boiling water on, or rather throuc n
the stained spot. Hold the garment
over tub or wash bowl, and keep
pouring on the boiling water until the
stain disappears. This must he done
before soap has been used or any at.
tempt made to wash out the SPOT.
To Remove Grease Spots.-An ex-
cellent mixture 10 remove grease
spots, from boys and mems clothing
particularly, is made of four parts Of
alcohol to one part OF ammonia. APP
ply the liqnid TO the grease spot, aud
then rub diligently with sponge aud
clear water. The chemistry Of the o.
! peration seems 10 be that the alcohol
and ether dissolve the grelsc and the
ammonia forms u soap with it which
IS washed out with the water. The
result Is much more satisfactory than
when something is used which only
seems to spread the spot and make /,
fainter, but does not actually remove
| 1t. 1t oil is split on q carpet and you
Immediately scatter corn meal over il.
the OIL will be absorbed by it. Oil
may also be removed from carpets on
which you do not dare put ether or
ammonia by laying thick blotting pa
per over it and pressing hot hat.iron
on it. Repeat the operation several
times, using clean paper each time.
Cleaning Black Silk.-The Paris.
ian method of cleaning black silk is
very simple, and the result infinitely
superior TO that achieved in other
manner. The silk must be thorough
( ~ brushed and wiped with a cloth
! then laid flat on board or table, and
well spongcd with hot coffee thorough
ly freed from sediment by being
strained through mnslin. The silk is
sponged on the side intended to show !;
It ls allowed 10 become partially dry,
and then ironcd OH tie wrong side
The coffee removes every particle of
grease and restores the brillancy Of
silk without imparting TO it either
the Shiny appearance or crackly and
papery stiffness obtained by beer or
indeed. any other liquid The silk
really appears ihickened by the pro,
cess, and this good effect is permau.
ent. Our readers, who will expert
fnont on an apron or crayat. will ne
yer again try any other method.
a correspondent oftho American Ag-
riculturist claims that winding a string
tightly around the body Of limb in
June or July, will cause barren fruit
trees to yield tho following season. 49,
Let our readers try it on single limbs
and alternate trees this sumner
The string should be cut the following
! winter or early spring
It is said that the juice Of matured
cucumbers will Kill bed bugs. Wash
the bedsiead once week Cor two or
three weeks, and the thing is accom-
I piished.
/ To render thick paper quite trans.
lucent, saturate it (while warm) with
Canada balsam or castor oil.
Lime sptinkled ia fircpIaccs during
T summer months is healibfnl.