South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1885-03-20

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Cocoanut Cream Cake.-Four ia
blesroontuls OF butter 70, ked to a
cream. two cups of white sugar, one
cSp OF sweet milk. the whites OF four
eggs beaten TO a frotb, four teaspoon
iuls OF baking powder in four cups OF
sified flour; bake in tour or five square
tins lined with CREASED white paper.
The Cream : The whites of tao eggs,
tive tablespoonfuls of sugar, one cup
OF swte ct mil half cup of cocoanut,
tHo ,ablespoonfnls of corn starch mix
ed with little of tue milk; mix all
together in pan and set it over
kettle OF boiling wa er. stirring con
stantly until it thickens. When both
the cake and cream are cool. put to.
gether Frost the top and sprinkle
cocoanut over il.
Surprise Pudding. TO s ounces Of
fine Hour add 6 ounces of curran
aud OF suet chopped fine; make
these into a crust with little water,
and line mold or pudding bowl with
1t. Then take unces OF loaf sugar,
pounded, the juice aud rind of two
lemons,and add five eggs we'll beaten.
Beat all the ingredients ell toy, Their.
aud pour the mixture into the lued
mold, and boil for half an hour.
Apple Dumpiings.-Bntter and I'LL
large deep pie platter with sliced APP
plies Place over it laver of biscuit
dough cutting Slit IN centre for the
escape OF air. and bake. When done
loosen at the edges, and, turning "a
large dinner plete over it turn them
Upside down and you have it on the
dinner plate: cut same IA pie. and
eat wi h sweetened milk or cream.-
This way saves time i.akes Il more
pala'able Il! pearance on the taSle thank
the old way OF wing them wrapped 4
in dough and decorated with the M
print OF tue cooks finger. ~
For BurIs.-If you get half pint
Of cold drawn linseed oil aud some
clean linen rag, pour your oil over the
rag until 1t Is perfectly saturated;
have ready gaiiipot or other clean
vessel to let the Oil drop into; take
the rag up. with some tongs, set it
light, hold it over and let the burnt
OIL fall into the vessel; keep on until
tho whole is burnt, then strain and
bottle Keep u feather in the bottle,
and when any one meets with an ac-
cideLt apply the oil to the burn with
the teaihc., afterward satnratipg a
piece OF llGf.and wrapping up the in
lnred part with it attend to and dress
it frequently. This is II very old but
safe aud excellent recipe. No house
wife should be without it. The cost
is tritling compared with its useful
ness and beneficial effects.
Why purchase inferior nutmegs when
their quality can be tested If they
are good. by pricking them
with pin2 If they are good the oil
will Instantly spread around the pune
.ure.
Some one who knows SAYS tina
hemorrhage OF the lungs or stomach
may be quickly stopped by small
doses OF salt instead of whiskey, so Of
ten used.
A dec cotton of the dry pods of the
white soup beans boiled slow
ly for three hours, is reported to cure
Is / g b > disease of the kid
neys and dropsy as well, No other
liquid should be taken.
To stop the nose from bleeding,
stick wad of bro WIN paper as far up
under the upper lip as possible.
Starch black calicoes with starch
made of weak coffee.
CosT OF DRINKING Some wears ago, |
says Pomeroy's Democrat. we had in |