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and put on more. To put soft soap on the place, and rub it over with a hot iron,
will take out the grease.
Wash for Hearths.
Mix red ochre in milk, and put it on the hearths with a brush.
Blacking for Boots and Shoes.
Take one ounce of vitriolic acid, one wine-glass of olive oil, two ounces of
ivory black, an ounce of gum arabic, a quart of vinegar, and a tea-cup of
molasses; put the vitriol and oil together, then add the ivory black and other
ingredients; when all are well mixed, bottle it.
To Make Boots and Shoes Water-proof.
Take one pint of linseed oil, one ounce of Burgundy pitch, two of beeswax, and
two of spirits of turpentine; melt them carefully over a slow fire. With this
you may rub new or old shoes in the sun, or at a short distance from the fire,
and they will last longer, never shrink, and keep out water.
To Make Blacking for Morocco Shoes.
Pound some black sealing wax, and put in a bottle with half a pint of alcohol;
shake it frequently, and when it is dissolved, you may rub it on morocco shoes
when they are scaled or defaced, and they will look almost like new; dry it on
in the sun.
To Grease Eggs for Winter.
In the spring when eggs are plenty and cheap, it is very well to put up several
hundred, to use in the winter, when it is very difficult to get them, even in
the country.
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