South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-01-13
Farmer and House Keepa.

one cup whoat hour, one aud oue-half
cups corn meal, ono tablespoonful
sugar. one egg, butter half the size oil
an egg, one teaspoonful cream tartar.
one-half q teaspoonful soda, a little
salt. Bake in Tin about four inches
by eight inches.
Buns.-Two cups Of scalded milk.
cooled to blood heat one cup OF
yeast or equivalent OF compressed
yeast: mix with flour rather siiffer
than fritters, let it riso, then add two
cups OF sugar and one cup OF butter
beaten to u cream; one teaspoonful
OF soda mix with flour full as stiff IA
bread mold it we'll let it rise, then
cut out and lay in pans, and after it
has stood for rising bake it. These
taste better when eaten warm. IL
liked, stir i'll cupsGl Of huckleberrios
or the same quantity of dried currants.
Aunt Mary's Cook Book.
Lemons will keep better and fresh
er in water than in any other condj,
ton. Put i'll n crock and covered
with water they can be preserved in
winter for two or three months.
BY heating tea or coffee before the
water Is added the infusion will DO
stronger and more fragrant.
A good pickle for meat is made by
taking three pounds OF salt one ounce
OF saltpetrc throe quarters OF pound
OF brown sugar, and two gallons OF
cold water. Beef will be sufficiently
cured if it remains in this solution for
ten days.
1t may not be known to all good
house wives that they can effectuallv
remove dust from their oil paintings
by washing them with soft cloth dip
ped in lukewarm suds. Wipe dry.
To Clean Glass Globes. If the
globes are much stained OH tho out.
side by smoke soak them in tolesably
hot water, with little washing soda
dissolved in it then put teaspoon
ful OF powdered ammonia into = pan
OF lukewarm water and with toler.
ably hard brush wash the globes till
the smoke stain disappears; rinse ia
clean, cold water, and let them drain
till dry. They will be quite as white
and clear IS new globes. bait. Sun.
A simple and good thing for clean.
ing nickle-platcd articles is made ~
follows: Take half cup Of whiting
fill it with water, put it in bottlu
and add teaspoonfu! or triho moro
of ammonia.
One of the greatest hell in the lsitch.
ell IS washing or salsoda. III strong
solution is kept in bottle, and g lit
tie is used in cleansing tin or iron
ware, it will more than reward tho
housekeeper for her trouble. There
is nothing so nice for milk utensils.
If you want good starch, mix it
with cold water, add boiling water
until it thickcns, then add dessert
spoonful OF sugar and a small piecs
OF butter. This makes stiff and
glossy finish to that Of the laundry.
Gargle for Sore Throat.
one teaspoonful Of cayenne pepper,
one teaspoonful of salt, one table
spoonful OF vinegar, and half pint
OF boiling water poured over these
then settle. Gargle the throat every
half-hour, swallowing some.
Wash muslins aud caIicoes that arc
| liable to fade in starch water. Brown
linens should be stepped and rinsed
in hay water.
1t is considered by some expert.
mentors in feeding that about ono.
fifth OF ground corn passes through
cattle undigested.
Prof. Riley Gays that kerosene oil il
sure death to insects in all stages, anil
the only substance with which we
may hope TO destroy their eggs. OIL
will mix with milk fresh or sour. and
thus may be diluted to any desired
extent.
CURE FoR AsTHMA.-A lady whose
husband has suffered very acutely from
asthma, and had tried many methods or
relief, without advantage, sends tho
following :--Erhcan0e
zone very hot day when the Their
mometer stood at one hundred and
six degrees nay husband took a severe
cold, and asthma trouble commenced.
A gentleman sent him word that an
old man Of bis acquaintance had been
cured by sleeping on a pillow made Of
wild balsam, OF, as the Massachusetts,
people call it, life everlasting IL
grows wild in most places in the coun.
try, and is very sweet, and considered
by some an excellent hing for cold
made into ten Of course. We bad
not particle OF faith, but, as somo
grew close by, sent and got It. and. a.
It was not dry enough for q pillow. put
It on the floor in biz bedroom. That
night my husband did not have tho
asthma, nor Las no bad it since. We
don't expect it will last, bat wc don't
know, We are gathering more. We