South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-04-06
Farmer and House Keeper.

Farmer and House Keeper.
! BAKED APrLEs.- Baked sweat apple,
are far better than preserves. AMI giva
n splendid relish - bread and butter.
The best way to cook them, according
( to my fancy, 10 To wash the apples in
pure water. put them into . long Rus
sian iron dripping pan. and pour water
enough into tho pan TO stand half an
ZACH deep all over tho pan; act them
in moderately hot oven and let them
bake slowly. The water keeps them
from scorching or cracking. When
done tho skins will he a mass OF wrius-
les. With a fork take them on. care.
fully from the pan and set them in \
cool place till needed for the table.
Served With sweet cream they arc vary
! too.hsome, tut they are COOL enough
without. AMI they are harmless att
Gle Of food anil easily discsted. This
! Is altogether preferable To any other
method Of preparing this delicious fruit
/ for the table.
A DISTRESSING CAsE.--Wo learn
from letter written 10 Mr.. John Z.
Iirkie. resi,ins near this place. by MIR.
Abraham Rite, of Goodwiu's corner,
Union Co.. Indiana. that Mr.. Joseph
Penticost lost ttroe OF his family. his
wife, and two children, In the space OF
ten days, from the following cause, as
supposed By tho attending physicians:
In cutting ham for their meals, Mrs.
Penticost sliced OFF .mall pieces aud
gave them 10 tho children to eat raw.
AS they desired to- do. ana she ate soma
herself. They were taken sick. Ply.
sicians were called in. but failed to nnd
a remedy. When the second Que died,
the doctors CIT several small pieces
from the muscles Of the arm aud back.
and on applying n nagnifying glass.
found them full! Of trichna, or ha:rlike
parasites, moving around.
The fact should cause people to he
cautious about eating raw meat. Fry
ing, broiling. or cooking meat has the
effect OF killing these parasites. and In
that condition they are harmless. A.
void eating raw mcat.-,Shen. Vailoy.
1t is bad policy to wash harness with
soap as the potash Injuries leather. II
The harness becomes rusty, rub OF tho
brush and apply dressing of grain
black, followed with oil or tailow, which
will tastcn the color and make tho
leather pliable.
Tomatoes will not do we'll on q poor,
stiff soil. The fruit will be small in
sizs and quantity AMI poor in flavor.
For rich flavor aud smooth fruit, man
ure the soil with well-rotten Stable ma.
nure p'owed under, Unleachcl wood
ashes makes COOL additional dress.
ing.
To CLEAN LAMP BURNERS. -keroscns
oil is geueraIy used for lights in tho
country, and the cleaning Of lamp
chimneys is quite tiresome. but must
be attended to every day. The burners
often get oct OF fix. and Il is very vex-
atious TO keep them in running order.
When they get clogged and will not
turn UP or down, and are all covered
with SCOT and gum, do not throw them
away. but take O. little irOa kettle and
put in 1t pint Of wool ashes and u
quart OF water PIT in the burners anil
put them on the stove, aud let them boil
live or ten minutes; take them out,
! and with soft rag wash them clean
and dry them well They arc tieu "a
good Us new, aud will TO another six
months. II is very little trouble to d.
II. end saves much veyation. After
one has tried i. once she wild not be
apt TO forget il. Nice looking, clean
lamps arc quite ornamental, while
smokey chimney and bad smelling bur
ners are not agreeable.
a Cure for SCiatica. "A cure for
/ peural2ia anil sciatiCa--and, as 1 su,
: told, an unfailing Oue-is too valuable
not TO be recorded. An English officer,
I who served with distinction in the war
! With Napoleon, was once laid up in
small village in France with a severe
attack Of scatics. II so happened that
I At I'll at time q tinman was being en-
/ ployed in The house where he lodged,
and that this tinman. having been him
self soldier, took on interest In tho
officers case, and gave him the cure
which, in this instance, succeeded i'm =
med.ately md forever, and which I am
about 10 set down. II is ut anyrate so
simple as 10 be worth q trial. Take a
moderate sized potato, rather large than
small. and boil IL in one quart Of water.
foment The part affected With the water
in which the potato has been boiled a.
hot ss IL can be borne ct night before
! going 70 bed; then crush the potato
and put IL on the affected part az
I poultice. Wear this al nigh: and IN
1 the morning beat the water, which,
] should have heon prs eorved ovaf o0.fg.
and again fomont the part With il Is hot
as eau be borne. This treatment must
he perssvered with for several days. IL
occasionally requires to he continucd
Tor as much as two Or three weeks, but
IN the shorter or longer time ithas never
Jet failed TO DO successful. Vanity Faif.
Mention - made Of o neR kind of
horseshoe, composed CT 3 thicknesscs
OF cowhide compressed into steel