South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-04-21
Farmer aud House Keener.

of cracker dust; tie yolks OF two ergs.
thin with milk. and when il swells
add more milk until OF the right con.
sistency salt. and when ready to bake
add the whites of the eggs beaten
stiff.
Lovers of Chocolate i'm any ana
every form can make this addition Ia
common cnstard pie: Beat an egg
to stiff froth; then add pulvcrized
sugar and grated chocolate. with a
halt teaspooniul of vanilla: spread
this on the top of the pie and let it
| harden Tor moment in the oven -.
Or, you may prepare it IN still anoih-
er way: Put the chocolate III basin
on the bnck o. the stove, and let il
melt lido not put drop OF water in iil:
when melted, beat the one egg aud
some sugar IN with IT, In the latt er
case it will be regular chocolate.
brown in color, and in the other a
sort ola gray.
Salt Mackerel, and, indeed any salt
fish, may be eaten with impnpity
when properly cooked and served up
with lemon. A fresh lemon. sliced
and laid over dish of properly cook
ed maekerel, emits an olor. when
mingled with the fishy odor, that is
to most persons absolutely agreeable,
and IN some persons even whets the
/ appetite. Ii the juice of the emou
be now pressed out on the fish, the
taste is very much improved.
Washing Dishes Fill dish pan
full of hot water and add half cup
of milk. 1t solteus the hardest water.
gives the dishes clear, bright look.
and preserves hands from the rough
skin, or ehapping, which comes from
using soap. 1t cleans the greasiest
dishes without leaving the water COY,
cred with scum.
For bad breath Three hours after
breakfast take a teaspoonful OF the
following mixture ChIorate Of potas.
81, two drachms; sweetened water,
four ounces. Wash the mouth occa-
sionally with the same mixture. ans.
the breath will be as sweet as an in.
fant's of two months.
The Currant Caterpillar.-TLe
| gooseberry and curraut caterpiIu,s
are great pests TO American liuit
growers. Tho following recipe Tor
dealing with these pests is given by a
! County Down man, which he states
he has used there thirty years, an
never failed with il until 1879, when
the daily rain washed the salt oil the
leaves before it had time TO dry or
act on the young caterpilars. Mix
one pound Of common salt with eight
gallons OF cold water, but be careful
not to exceed that quantity. About
the second week in May or as soon as
perforated leaves are observed, choose
. dry day and syringe the bushes with
the mixture. Repeat the swinging
IN week or ten days should more
perforated leaves appear. This mix.
turc, although destructive to young
caterpiIars, Will not kill old one s;
these must be hand picled
How to Keep a Horse from jump,
ing Some time ago gentleman was
riding out with friend aud observed
that one Of his horses had n hole in
each car. On enquring the cause, lace
learned that il was 10 keep the horsa
from jumping Why nc said. "a
horse don't Jump with his cara 'You
are much mistaken replied his friend.
"a horse jumps as much with bic ears
az with its feet Unless he can have
free use Of bis ears he cannot Jump.
lie ties the two ears together, aud no
has no more trouble with tbe horse.
The following recipe for keeping
machinery from Fusting is worth nol-
/ ing: Take onchaif ounce Of camphor,
dissolve In one pound OF melted lard.
take Of the scum and mix in as much
fine black lead as will give it an iron
color. Clean the machinery and smear
with this mixture. After "a hours
rub off with soft linen cloth. u will
keep clean for months under ordinary
circumstances.
Hog Cholera. An agricultural ex-
change soys: every paper 10 the r.
nited States ought occasionally 20 keep
The fact before lt3 readers that burnt
corn Is certain and speedy cure for
hog cholera The best way is to make
q pile Of corn on the cobs, cfectually
.cJrch Il, aud then give the affected
logs Tree access % it. This remedy
vas discovered by II. Il. Lock at the
time bis distiiIery was burnt in Lew
isto0n, III, together with large lot
of store corn, which was so much in
juTed as TO be undt for use, and greed
lily eaten by the hogs. several Of which
we're dying daily A.tcr tho second
day not % single hog was lost, and tho
I disease entirely disappeared. The re-
mcdy has been tried in % number Of
cases SINCE, and has never failed.
To clean lamp chinueys. hold them