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To Take Ink and Stains out of Linen.
Dip the spotted part in pure melted tallow, then wash out the tallow and the ink
will come out with it. If you get a stain of fruit of any kind on linen, boil a
little new milk, and dip the parts in and out for a few minutes; this must be
done before any water is used, or it will not be likely to succeed. Oxalic acid,
or salt and lemon juice are good, and care should be taken to rinse the articles
well after the application.
Herbs, Gardens and Yards.
If you have a garden, be careful to raise herbs, both for cooking and to use in
sickness. Parsley, thyme, sage and sweet marjoram occupy very little room in a
garden, and cannot very well be dispensed with for kitchen use; and every family
should have a bunch of wormwood; it is a fine tonic, either made while fresh,
cut fine, with cold water, or after it has been dried, made with boiling water.
Tansey is also a useful herb. Hoarhound is excellent for coughs, and is
particularly useful in consumptive complaints, either as a syrup or made into
candy. Balm is a cooling drink in a fever. Catnip tea is useful when you have a
cold, and wish to produce a perspiration, and is good for infants that have the
colic. Garlic is good for colds, and for children that have the croup; you
should have some taken up in the fall to use through the winter. The root of
elecampane gathered in the fall, scraped, sliced, and strung with a needle and
thread to dry, will keep its strength for several years, and is useful for a
cough with hoarhound. Rue is a valuable herb; a tea made of it and sweetened is
good for worms.
It is not expected that persons living in a town
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