184 SOAP FOR GREASE, TAR, PAIXT, &C. 



out of any kind of goods wlien properly ap- 

 pliad. By pouring it in a flat pan you can cut 

 your soap into cakes of any size. 



SOAP FOE GREASE, TAR, PAINT, &c. 



Take 1 quart 95 per cent, alcohol, 2f pounds 

 best home made soap; cut the soap into thin 

 shavings, then put the soap and alcohol into -a 

 pan or vessel over a slow fire, and let all dissolve 

 hefore it boils; when dissolved boil a few min- 

 utes, then pour the soap into a pan, and when 

 cooled off cut into cakes. This prei^aration is 

 excellent for washing dirty clothes and will not 

 require near the labor that the common soap 

 does. For cloth, silks, &c., you may take less 

 soap. It may be used in the same manner di- 

 rected for the other soap. _ . 



REMEDY FOR ITCH No. V. 



• Take broad dock roots and lard sufficient to 

 form a mixture, boil it until it forms a salve. — 



