South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-12-22
Farmer and House Keeper.

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Farmer and House Keeper.
MARBLE CAKE (dArk. )-One CUP OF
brown sugar, one half cup Of molssses,
one half cup OF butter. one fourth cup Of
milk. yelks OF four eggs, two teaspoons
full Of cloves. two OF cinnamon, two nut
megs, one teaspocnful Of baking pow
der, two cups Of hour.
PoTAro CAKE.-Mash cold boilsd DO.
tatoes with pepper q salt, mix Ia . very
small proportion OF -four and little
yeast; mix this into the proper consis-
tency with thin cream or milk, roll out
to the thickness OF an inch and cut Il to
the size OF the frying pan; grease this.
lay In tho cake and cover with plate
Wien one side is cooked, turn it over
and fry ill done.
STRAINED LKxoNApK.-Lemona In
tended for sick person should be strain.
cd. This is particularly necessary IL
there is any trouble with the stomach,
as the tough abres Of tho lemon are
hard 70 digest
VARIETY PUFFs-Use ono egg, ono
pint OF Dour. one pint OF milk, and bali
teaspoonful OF salt; beat the egg. add
half of the milk. and then stir In The
fiour and finally stir In the rest OF tho
milk. Pour into gem pans, butterei
and heated, and bake twenty minutes,
The Household.
LEMON TARTs.--One cupful Of sugar,
one cupful OF water, one lemon cut ND
line, and little piece OF butter. Boil
1t mp, and then take tablespoonful OF
corn.starch. we. II, aud put with tho
rest IL will look quite clear when dore.
Bake in patty pans Rarai Neto Yorker.
ORANGE JELLY.-Jelly which does
not require any boiling will he q new
and popular dish for many house keep.
ers. Take four large oranges, CRATE
the rind of two of them, use the juice
and pulp OF the others, and the juice
and pulp OF two lemons also. Soak
half box o! gclatino in half pint OF
cold water, sweeten TO the taste, put
with the juice OF the fruit aud then add
two-thirds of pint OF boiling water,
Strain into molds,
CoCoANUT PUDpINo.-A quarter of a
pound OF butter, yelks OF i've eggs, a
quarter OF O pound Of sugar; add q lit.
tie OF the coccanut at time, one-hslf
teacupful of cream. Do not bake too
long, or the favor will be DESTROYED.
Use one cocoanut. After 1t Ia baked
beat the whites Of the eggs with five Ia
biespoonfuls Of sugar. Spread over the
putding and bake light brown.
IRISH SrEw.-rake cold inca. that
has been left from roast and cut int,
small squares; put iuto q stswpan with
sliced raw potatoes and onions; season
with salt and pepper. and mix a table
spoonful OF -four with two OF wa ter and
stir in while cooking.
A tcaspoonful Of charcoal In half
glass OF warm water often relieves n
sick headache. L. absorbs tue gases
and relieves the distendsd STOMACH,
pressing against the nerves that extend
from the stomach to the head.
Honrseness anil tickling in the throat
are best relieved by the gargle OF the
white of an egg beat ca to a frotb in
half glass OF warmed, sweetened VA
tor The Household.
II chicken cholera gets a foothold in
a flock the only safe way is to kill or
destroy them, thoroughly clean the
hem house and premises, aud wait few
months before going into the business
again.
VINEGAR FOR THE Sick RooM.-
There 10 French Legend connected
with the preparation called Yi.,aiore a
qudTtre yo,eurs. During the plague at
Marseilles band Of robbers plundered
the dying aud the dead without injury
TO themselves. They we're imprisoned.
tried and condemned 20 die. bu, were
pardoned on condition Of disclosing the
secret whereby they could rsnsack
houses infected with the terrible scouroe
Thoy give the following recipe, which
makes delicious aud refreshing wash
Tor the sick-room Take OF rosemary.
wormwood, lavender, rue, sage and
mint large handful Of each. Place In
stone jar and turn over IL one gallon
OF strong cider vinegar, cover closely
and keep near the FIRE for four DAYS.
then strain and add one ounce Of pow
dered camphor gun Bottle and keen
tightly corked. II is very aromatic.
cooling and refreshing In the sick .room.
and is Of great value to nurses.
Durable Covers for Bureau and Wssh
stand Tops are made Of what is COM
monty called butchers linen. Fringe
out the edges TO the desired depth /;
then an inch or two from the edge.
where the fringe begins, draw out
threads, and make sort OF hemstitch
catching the threads together at inter.
walls; this may he done with colored
working cotton. or with some of tbo