No. 6. 



Rules for House-Wives. 



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Salt?, and is often used for bed-bug poison.) 

 Chalk and water renders it perfectly inert, 

 forming an insoluble salt of lime. Magnesia 

 is also a good antidote. 



For Tartar Emetic in poisonous doses, 

 Peruvian Bark and water renders it harm- 

 less; if that cannot be procured, use a strong 

 decoction of tea until it can. 



For Saltpetre, (which is also sometimes 

 mistaken for salts) a prompt emetic of mus- 

 tard and water — afterwards mucillages and 

 email doses of laudanum. 



For Opium or Laudanum in over doses, 

 an emetic of mustard, constant motion in a 

 wagon or otherwise, and the stomach pump, 

 where it can be obtained. 



For Lunar Caustic, (the principal ingre- 

 dient in indelible ink,) common salt forms 

 an insoluble substance which is harmless. 



For Corrosive Sublimate. — (This is the 

 most common bed-bug poison, but it has pro- 

 bably destroyed as many persons as bed-bugs.) 

 The whites of eggs mixed with water is the 

 best and most effectual remedy. This should 

 be given until free vomiting takes place. 

 (Albumen renders this poison harmless, the 

 wliites of eggs are mostly albumen.) 



For ani/ of the Salts of Copper.— The 

 same remedy as the last. 



For Arsenic. — Three or four cases ai*e re- 

 ported as having been cured by doses of Mag- 

 nesia. But the only sure antidote is the 

 freshli/ preparedilydrated per Oxide of Iron. 

 This is not always at hand, and cannot well 

 be prepared e.tcept by a physician, or an 

 apothecary. 



Rules for House- Wives. 



1. When you arise in the morning, never 

 be particular about pinning your clothes so 

 very nicely; you can do that any time. 



2. Never comb your hair, or take off your 

 night cap till after breakfast. It is your busi- 

 ness to take time by the foretop, and not let 

 him take you so ; therefore keep all right in 

 that quarter till ten o'clock at least. 



3. \^^llen you begin the business of ijour 

 toilet, you may do it before the window or in 

 the front entry ; but the most proper place is 

 in the kitchen. 



4. Never have any particular place for 

 any thing in your house ; and then you may 

 rest assured, that nothing will ever be out 

 of place ; and that is a great comfort in a 

 family. 



5. Never sweep your floor, until you 

 know some person is coming in; he will 

 then see how neat you are : and, besides, 

 in such cases, even your enemies cannot 

 shake off the dust of their feet, against you, 

 though they may the dust of their clothes, 

 with which you have covered them by your 

 sweeping. 



6. When you have done sweeping, leave 

 your broom on the floor, it will then be iiandy : 

 and being always in siglit, and in the way, it 

 will be constantly reminding your husband, 

 when ho is in the house, what a smart, nice, 

 pains-taking wife he has. 



7. Never follow the barbarous practice of 

 brushing down cobwebs. A man's house is 

 his castle : and so is a spider's : — It is a viola- 

 tion of right ; and a shameless disrespect to 

 the fine arts. 



8. Keep your parlour and bed-room win- 

 dows shut as close as possible in dog days ; 

 this will keep tlie hot air out — and you will 

 have excellent fixed air inside. 



9. Keep your summer cheeses in your bed 

 chambers ; — they enrich the qualities of the 

 atmosphere ; and if a stranger should lodge 

 in one of your beds, if he could not sleep, he 

 could eat for his refreshment. 



10. Never teach your daughters to mend or 

 make any of their own clothes: it is " taking 

 the bread from the mouth of labor" — besides, 

 it will make them crooked and give them sore 

 fingers. 



11. But if they should insist on mending 

 their own garments, they should do it while 

 they are on ; tjiis will make them fit better : 

 and girls can't leave their work : if they 

 should attempt it, their work would follow 

 them. 



12. If your husband's coat is out at one 

 of the elbows, don't mend it until it is out. 

 at the other ; then the patches will make it 

 appear uniform ; and show that you are im- 

 partial. 



13. Never spoil a joke for a relation'' s 

 sake ; nor suppress the truth for any body's 

 sake. Therefore, if you don't like your 

 husband as well as you ought — out with if, 

 and convince him you are not a respecter of 

 persons. 



14. You should endeavour not to keep your 

 temper: let it off as soon and as fast as you 

 can; and you will then be calm and quiet as 

 a bottle of cider after the cork had been drawn 

 half a day. 



15. If, on any particular occasion, you are 

 at a loss as to the course you are to pursue, 

 in the management of yourself or your family 

 affairs, take down the paper which contains 

 these rules, and read tJiem over and over till 

 you have satisfied your mind — and then go 



on. 



Poor Richard. 



"An Excellent Pickle for Butter. — 



Take two pails of water, too quarts fine salt, 

 one-fourth of a pound of loaf sugar, two 

 ounces of salt petre, well boiled and skimmed. 

 Cover the butter with this pickle, and it will 

 keep sweet the year round." 



