South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-04-07
Farmyr and House Keeper.

sponge dough (illc pancake 1aiter,)
one cGp CT sugar, one cup OF -four.
three eggs, beaten separately. one
half teaspoonfni OF soda, dissolved in
\ little warm water, one toaeupful ct
raisins, nutmeg. and cinnamon 10
taste. Beat sugar aud butter TO "a
cream; make il as YOU DO cake be.
fore You mix with the dough. Put
III The raisins the last thing. Let IL
rise the same as bread and bake
an hour.
Sugar Bisepits--Dissolve one toa-
cup of white sugar in q quart of new
milk; thon stir in pint Of lively
yeast with si.ted flour enough TO make
a stiff sponge; let it rise until very
light, then work into the az ongc
three-quartors Of pound of melted but
ter. with sifted flour enough 20 make
q stiff dongh work the dough thor
oughly, cnt into biscuits. let them
stand ou battered tins 20 rise, silt sugar
up0n each. and bake in quick oven.
Orange Fritters One pound -four.
one pint Of milk, with n teas Ioonful
OF salt III it, and quarter of pound
OF melted butter, and three eggs beat
en- very light. Prepare four oranges
by removing the rind ana every par
tcle OF waste pith, divided into small
pieces without breaking the skin. In
ench spoonful OF butter put piece of
orange and fly a golden brown slit
powdered sugar over ~ soon rs taken
from tile pan.
parsnip Friters.-Scrapo aid wash
tue parsnip (picl out and throw away
any little woody bitsl, boil them until
they are tender, ihon mash them until
perfectly smooth; Tor three large pars-
nips allow two eggs, one cup of rich
milk, ono tablespoonful Of butter and
three OF ho1r; beat The eggs light.
stir in the mashed parsnip, be&tlng
bard. then STIR in the milk and butter,
salt 1t well ana Try in hot lard, lust ~
you fry gr'ddle cakes or flour frittors.
To Preserve Vegetable oils.
more especially !lnseed. Simply rub
bed on to the cgg, hiuders any alte-
ration FOL a sufficiently long period,
and presents very simple aid chica-
c'oE. method. We believe thut two
coallug- Of colodion should preserve
eggs better than any otbe, method
ihat has yet been suggested. Or per-
maps single coating ofparaiiine might
De equally effective.
Two Cheap Meiiciues.-The A.
merican Farmer SAYS 'One Of the
cheapest medicines that mortal can
use is sleep II is asoyerejen remedy
for weakness il relieves languor, it
cures restiassness. uneasness and ir-
ritabiljty; II will remedy headache
aud bacKache; II also cures nervous
ness. When weary we should rest;
when exhausted we should sleep. 70
resort to stiInuiants is suicidal what
weary men need is sleep. The lack
OF sleep causes neuralgia, paralysis
and insanity. Many q person dies
Tor want o. sleep, and thc point where
many u sufferer Turns his feet from
the very gates OF death to tie open
path Of life is where he einks
TO sleep. OF almost every sick man
II may be said, 81 OF Lazarus, IL he
sleep, hc shalt DO we'll
Another cXccileu. medicine il sun.
shine. Tho world requires more OF
it, morally aud physically. II is more
soothing than morphine, more potent
than puppies. IL is good for liver
complaint, for neuralgia, for rheunla,
tlsH, for mciaEcioiy- for everything.
Male YourroouIs sunny and cheerful:
build your house 50 ~ 10 command
thc sunlight all day long
Some o. our exchanges are discuss
ing the necessity Of learning the girls
to work. An esteemed contemporary,
The Sun Of Baltimore, breaks out
By al means Jet the qiils learn
how 10 cook. What right has a yirl
TO marry and 60 into o house Of her
oyu unless s1e Auows how TO super.
intend every branch of housckecp.ng2
and Size cluUot properly sgponniend
un'es7 She has some practical kuowl-
edge herself Most men marry with
ONT thinking whether TIC woman OF
BE slp.,e Is cau1lIc Of cooking him
neal Grl II is % pity be is 50 short
sighted. as DIS health, DIS cbeorfulnos5
and indeed uI- sscCa Boo iiie depends
iu @ yoy great degree Upon The kind
Ct food he cas
NgH we ave inclined 20 think. re-
mafI- j 81 Whitman, editor Of 'he
= agricultural Department o. the
Wheeling * g.-ier that the .mpor-
'an. p.n. lgr iae fumcr's daughter
ta .ndy BE- how To- avoid work rather
to save e. There BE- too much drudy.
cfy about 90 Hlo Of tie farmers vito.
Rats iu Gtauarics IA CORE epon.
lent ~ tho Jourua. d'Agrieu.t1rc
Frog as-lro agge-;s method of get
Hng r.d Of t.o pests that has tho
advantage III having been moot sue
ce .u. .n h.s oHu case 10 3D. Co hll