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adopted among us. The Suffolk cheese does better than any other of this country.
To take Stains of any kind out of Linen.
Stains caused by Acids.
--Wet the part and lay on it some salt of wormwood. Then rub it without diluting
it with more water.
Another.--Let the cloth imbibe a little water without dipping, and hold the part
over a lighted match at a due distance. The spots will be removed by the
sulphureous gas.
Another way.--Tie up in the stained part some pearl-ash; then scrape some soap
into cold soft water to make a lather, and boil the linen till the stain
disappears.
Stains of Wine, Fruit, after they have been long in the Linen.
--Rub the part on each side with yellow soap. Then lay on a mixture of starch in
cold water very thick; rub it well in, and expose the linen to the sun and air
till the stain comes out. If not removed in three or four days, rub that off,
and renew the process. When dry it may be sprinkled with a little water.
Many other Stains
may be taken out by dipping the linen in sour butter-milk, and drying in a hot
sun. Then wash it in cold water, and dry it, two or three times a day.
Iron-moulds
should be wetted; then laid on a hot water-plate, and a little essential salt of
lemons put on the part. If the linen becomes dry, wet it and renew the process;
observing that the plate is kept boiling hot. Much of the powder sold under the
name of salt of lemons is a spurious preparation; and therefore it is necessary
to dip the linen in a good deal of water, and wash it as soon as the stain is
removed, to prevent the part from being worn into holes by the acid.
To take out Mildew.
--Mix soft soap with starch powdered, half as much salt, and the juice of a
lemon; lay it on the part on both sides with a painter's brush. Let it lie on
the grass day and night till the stain comes out.
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