STANDARD RECEIPTS. 519 



Prepared Fire Kindler. Take one quart tar, three pounds resin; 

 melt them; when cool add one gill spirits of turpentine, and mix as much 

 sawdust, with a little charcoal, as can be worked in; spread out while 

 hot on a board; when cold break up in small lumps about the size of 

 hickory nuts. They will ignite with a match and burn with a strong 

 blaze long enough to start the dry wood used as kindlings. 



To Make Canvass "Water-Proof. It is convenient to have a 

 large canvass to throw over a load of furniture or other material that 

 rain would spoil. To make such a canvass v7a*Lcr-proof is very easily 

 done. Use: 



4 pounds White Lead. 



1 pint Turpentine. 



J ounce Wliite Vitriol. 



^ ounce Sugar of Lead. 

 Thin with boiled linseed oil and apply with a paint brush to the can- 

 vass or linen. 



To Clean Sheepskin Wagon-Rugs. Make a very strong 

 lather, by boiling soap in a little water, mix this with a sufficient quan- 

 tity of moderately warm water, to wash the mat or rug in, and rub 

 boiled soap on those portions of it which require additional cleansing. 

 When the mat has been well washed in this water prepare another 

 in the same way, in which a second washing must take place, followed 

 by a third, which ought to be sufScient to cleanse it thoroughly. Rinse it 

 well in cold water until all the soap is removed, and then put it ia water 

 in which a little blue has been mixed, sufficient to keep the wool of a 

 good white, and prevent its inclining to yellow. After this it should be 

 thoroughly wrung, shaken, and hung out in the open air with the skin 

 part towards the sun, but not while it is scorching hot, otherwise the 

 skin will become hard. It must also be shaken often while drying, for 

 if not it will be quite stiff and crackly. It should be frequently turned, 

 being hung up first by one end and then by the other, until it has dried 

 thoroughly. 



To Prepare Sheepskins for Mats. Make a strong lather with 

 hot water, and let it stand till cold; wash the fresh skin in it, carefully 

 squeezing out all the dirt from the wool; wash it in cold water till all 

 the soap is taken out. Dissolve a pound of each of salt and alum in two 

 gallons of hot water, and put the skin into a tub sufficient to cover it; 

 let it soak for twelve hours, and hang it over a pole to drain. When 

 well drained, stretch it carefully on a board to dry, and stretch several 

 times while drying. Before it is quite dry, sprinkle on the flesh sid* qne 



