South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1885-03-27
Farmer and Housekeeper.

of rich milk and add ore tablespoon
tul OF corn starch. and the yolks Of
Z eggs well beaten. Pour over the
oranges hot, and mix well then beat
the whites of the eggs light and pour
on top, set il in the oven aud brown.
To be eaten cold The Household.
Salad Dres sing-It 10 not every
cook or salad'maker. who uuder-
stands just how the various ingredi-
.nts OF Al salad dressing should be mix
ed. or how important it is To conduct
the operation with thought. The NAV.
onnaise dressing which is probably tho
best known aud the best liked. sbould
be made in THE way. Beat one raw
egg In AN earthsrn cake-dish until il
IS smooth then add olive oil, very lite
tie ut time. carefully stirring II Into
The egg with your. right hand as you
drop II in with your lett When the
egg and oil make thick mix
ture pour little vinegar over il, then
stir in mere oil, and 60 on in this
way until you have the desired guam
tity OF dressing. Season with lemon
juice, pepper. mu tard. pickles or on
ions chopped very fine. or With cslery,
"ater-cressss. parsley. capers, olives,
or With any flavor you choose. Hard
boiled eggs may be added also.
Rice GriddIc Cakcs.--Put pint OF
boiled rice 10 u pint of milk, to stand
over night, ard in the morning add q
pint and half of -four, a teaspoonful
OF salt, ana n tablespoonful Of sugar.
and q tablespoonful of melted butter.
Beat the mixture well, ard a d two
ell-beaten eggs aud pint OF milk
In which II teaspoontul OF baking pow
der has been stirred. Frs on a hot
griddle. If you have half pint OF
cream substitute it for the tablespoon
ful of butttr.-Boston Budget.
Citron Cake.-Three cups sugar.
one and a half cups butter. live eggs,
two teaspoonfuls Of baking powder;
one pint of -four. ore cup'uIpf citron
cot ia thin slices. Rub the butter and
sugar 10 Light tro.un; add The eggs,
beateii ligft3e5ls the four and powder
together: aud butter. citron. Bake
an paper-lincd cake pan, in mode
rate oven, fifty minutes.
Tea Cakc--Onc cup OF butter, one
emp of sugar. five eggs, one pint or
Hour, two teaspooufuls of baking ~
der, one cdxaf dried eusrrar.., half q
cup of nal " Bake in m lerato o. =
Ven forty ninuses.
should be- kept scrupulonsly clean.
aud should be thoroughly scaled
Whenever emptied.
An English poultryma Gays that
on the frat appearance of gapes mako
II quart Of oatmeal porridge. stir into
1t u tallow candle aud administer it 4
warm TO the cbicke. Repeat the re-
medy about every two hours. lie
states that be has never lost q single
chick from gapes since'the above was
administered.
1t is said that a gargle made Of
strong black tea, used cold night aud
morning Ia an excellent preventiveof
sore throat.
A linimeut of equal paIts Of oil Of
wlntergreen and olive oil, Oh soap lin.
iment, j. SAID TO afford almost instant
rehef from pain in acute rheumatism.
"A grease spot can be taken out of
carpet bv applying warm buckwhcat
batter The batter can be taken out
by cutting noe in the carpet where
the batter was applied.
A little boray put in the water i'm
which scarlet napkins and red. border
ed towels are 10 be washed will pro-
vent hem fading.
An intentionally tight shoe may
be made perfectly easy by laying "a
cloth wet in hot water across where IL
pluches changing several times The
leather wlIl shape itself TO the foot.
A small dose Of sulphur given once
q two or three weeks 20 pigs will
keep them free from disease and great
y increase their general thTifl.
Enslage Is specially adapted to old
cows az IT is succuIent and Is easily
digested as grass.
Mutton tallow IS good to prevent
COWS teals from cracking.
While other grains may be better
adapted TO growing stock. the popu-
lar belief that corn is best for iatteu-
ing logs 10 correct And 10 make the
hardest pork il should be fed dry aud
water be given separately.