South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1885-02-20
Farmer aud House.Keeper.

CHOCOLATE CUsTAKD--A lady in
CONNECTICUT recommend. the following
r.cips for his delicious castarh: One
quart of milk, three level tablespoon Ia $
oi corn starch, four !evel,sh'-s,ooniu, .
o! grated chocolate. stir the grated
chocolate into the Iiik, heat 10 boiling,
then adj the c,tn starch, dissolved in u
li't!e milk. Let t. cook a moment. then
take from the fire, add salt sugar and
vanilla To taste. SSeeteu aud f,vsr
one cup OF cream, or even half q cup
will answer. Te-t 1t with an egg heater
and put il on the custari when cold.
Eggs will absorb bad odors from
nasty bay i! the latter is usei for pack>
iDg. It's no, e. n rally known tina. eggs
are very much like butter or cream in
their euscertibil,ty TO surrounding in.
fiaepces Of this kind. Eggs i, grocery
where there is sait fish, tobacco, kero-
sene, and such things. sometimes be
come affected IL they arc near these
goods very long.
A farmer In Plymouth, y. IT,, raised
last year four hundred bushels Of onions
on less than an acre IL lind.
II is asserted that "hero il net one
farm hand ia 10000 that knows how to
feed live Stock
Sprinkle little lime lair slacke J
over tic potatoes in your cellar. I, will
tend 10 prevent rot aud purify tho air Of
the cellar.
The Ohio Agricultural Experimen,
Station calls attention to the fact I a,
in its experiments potatoes raised from
large. whole seed ripeneI uine days
earlier than those from eeed cut to single
eyes.
Should you run out OF axle grease
some busy time, mix two parts of lard
with one each of black lead aud whea,
-four and apply.
Use the curry comb lightly. When
it is used roughly it is a source OF great
pain.
Never clean a horse in the stable.
The dust fouls his crib and makes III m
loathe his food.
A HINT FOR WAKEFUL PEoPLF.-
When nervous wskefulness ensues a.
night time, when there is q desire to
sleep. but on account Of q peculiar state
of min end bory rest will not come,
Inhalation Of pure air is a safe and eff
cient soporific. 1t is observed in these
conditions that a person only brea,bes
halfway. and that the oxygen in the
lungs is kept exhausted. A phvsici:n
recommends few full respirations as
the best remedy for this kind OF wake
fulnese. which is produced frequently
by the coalition of the Atmosphere as
we'll as state of the mind.
A REMEDY FOR DPHTHERIA.-Num
bers OF children are suffering from
diphtheria and tho skill Of the best
physicians frequently prove, useless
against the attack of the dread disease.
1t often happens that simple remedy
ID of more value in some cases than the
most skili'ui treatment, and just at this
time all suggestions which bear the evil
dence of worth are interesting and valu-
able. A communication to the Pest.
Dispatch gives a remedy which the
writer declares was tried with success
in the case of the son Of one Of the city
letter carriers, and which is believed TO
he very effective. II is at least harmless.
AMI there can he no i'll result from
test OF its efficacy.
The recipe is as follows: Place black
oxide to the depth of half an inch 10 sn
ordinary tumbler ard put in enough
muriatic acid to form a paste. This
mixture should he placed on the a nor OF
the room or, what is even better. under
the bed occupied by the patent. TIE
fumes OF the mixture will rise and will
he broathed by the sufferer; in this way
the germs Of the disease will be killed
and relief will be afforded in few
hours time.-St Louis Post Dispatch.
Il.
ia good time 10 prune small branches
off apple and pear trees.
A little lirssed meal, given occas.
ionally will help TO keep horses coat
bright and glossy.
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