South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-10-27
Farmer and House. Keeper

| hisiN PuFFs.-Two cggs, one-half
cup OF butter, three teaspoons baking
powder, two tablespoons Of sugar, two
cups OF flour, ono cup OF raisins. chop
ped fnc, one cup OF milk. Steam one
half hour in small cups. Eat with Ii
quid sauce made OF melted butter, su.
gar AMI flour cooked. Add vinegar IL
desired.
! GREEN TOMATO PicKLEs.--Takc a gall
| Ion jar, put into II layer OF sliced cab
bage about an iuch thick and sprinkle
over little salt. then put in layer OF
sliced tomato and same qaantity OF salt.
Thus alternate until the jar Is full. Let
stand over night aud in the morning
pour Off the brine Take good cider
vinegar enough TO cover the tomato and
cabbage. tie Ave cents worth of cloves
and cinnamon in bag, put into tho
vinegar and bring TO o boil, add ten
cupful OF sugar and pour over tho pic
kle. Put weight on top and in few
days IL will be ready for use.
SAID TO BE Gooo APPLE JELLY.
"A lady correspondent sends the fol-
lowing which may interest many house.
wives at this season: A beautiful and
delicious jelly may be male OF any sour
red apples. such as Spi,zerbergs. Bald.
wins, or Northern Spy's. Wash. quar-
ter, and core without pairing. and cook
until the whole mass has red tinge
and is soft. Pour into colandcr. drain
off the juice. and run il through jelly
bag. Boil again one halt hour. Meas
ure. and TO every three cups Of juice al
low two cups OF sugar. and boil again
fifteen minutes. If highly favored jel-
ly is liked, lemon or vanilla may be nd.
ded before it is turned into the cups.
Most jelly recipes give an equal meas.
ure OF sugar and fruit juice, but in ma
king jelly OF winter apples | have found
two OF sugar TO three OF fruit give q
good. fl run jelly that will cut smoothly
with knife.-Er.
PUMPKIN PIES WITHOUT EGGs.-Pre-
pare the pumpkin in the same manner
you would when you use eggs; take n
tablespoonful of flour TO pie mix IL
with milk, stir In the prepared pump
kin. and when baked you will not be a
bile to tell any difference in the pies
made with eggs and those made with
-four.
To remove freshly spilled ink from
carpets take mp as much OF the ink "a
possible with teaspoon then pour cold
sweet milk on the spot and take up with
teaspoon as before. Keep pouring
on the milk until IL becomes only slight
ly tinged with the ink then wash with
COLI water, rubbing only little. -Ne,q
York Times.
GRAPE LEAVES FOR PICKLEs.-A wri.
ter in the Country Gentleman recon.
mends theuee Of fresh green grape leaves
to place on top OF pickles in jars in
place of flannel or other cloth usually
employed. lie claims the leaves will
preserve the vinegar sharp and clear and
impart q nice favor The leaves should
he rinsed 10 pure water and left TO drain
before use. and occasionally changed.
They exclude the air. and besides inn
parting a delightful favor To the pickle
GAUGE IL IS trouble 10 the housewife
OH cP PEPPERMTHT IN NEURALGIA.
-Di. MEREDITH, in the Birmingham
Medical ReUiew, recommends oil Of pep-
permint as an external application for
allaying the neuralgia pain so often com,
planned Of in cases OF Herpes soster lie
has used IL with great relief To the pa
tient even when the eruption was out
in fresh hprid condition. lie thinks
that tue value OF this remedy in rcIiey-
ing neuralgia pain deserves TO be bet.
tee known.
AcoNITE In DYsEsTERY.-Dr. Oxen
reports the results OF one hundred and
fty-one cases OF Acute Dysentery treat
cd with Acouite. lie was induced to
look about for another treatment than
the conventional one with ipecsc, on &C
count of the nausea which often attends
the latter. and which often drives hospi-
tai patients. especially. 90 rebel against
n repetition Of tic dose. DR.. Owen
gave the tincture Of the British phaf-
macopeia, which is Of QUO sixth Tho
strength Of Fleming's tincture. Ho gave
one minim every fheen minutes for TIE
first Two hours after that, ono minim
every hour. This would make thirty
minims IN t1entv-four hours. DR.. o.
wen feels that his experience in one
hundred and City one cases justi6es him
IN speaking quite positively in favor If
the treatment. IN his paper I've ri YES
very good analysts Of his results.-N y.
Medicai Journal
a Missouri farmer writes: As soon
as I find an animal In distress from
bloa,, from eating wet grass or clover,
vet IL along the back with cold we'll.
a
blanket Of several thicknesses over tue
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