against the wall, as one can get at both 
sides of the leather better. After J had 
finished my harness I got my boots and 
shoes and oiled them with it in the same 
way with my paint brush, without even 
soiling my fingers. The oil can be applied 
by this means, without removing the 
shoes from one’s feet, and can be applied 
lightly or more thoroughly as you wish, 
and can be used around the edge between 
the upper and the sole better than any 
way I have ever found. The best water 
proof application I have tried for this 
purpose, is beef tallow with some bees¬ 
wax and a little rosin added, and melted 
together and applied with the brush I have 
described; and I would recommend adding 
a littte lamp-black to the mixture, for if 
worn in the wet the boots or shoes usually 
turn red, and this will blacken them again. 
Do not put in but a little rosin, as too much 
would make the leather stiff; and do not 
apply the mixtnre too hot, or it may burn 
the leather; and this mixture should be 
warmed into the leather by holding the 
boots near the fire until it melts, always 
being careful not to burn them. Do not 
leave the brush in the grease while it solid, 
ifies in cooling, as when you melt it next 
time it may injure the brush, but lay it 
aside, or what is much better, tie a string 
around it and hang it up. With the use of 
this preparation, thick boots or shoes can 
be worn in the water for some time without 
* 
being wet through. An occasional use of 
the harness oil I have described will soften 
the leather and make it more pliable if the 
use of the other preparation makes them 
uncomfortably stiff, and which it will not 
be likely to do. This harness oil is per¬ 
fumed in some way so the smell is not at 
all offensive, but on the contrary is quite 
agreeable. 
.Henryville, Ind., Mar. 5th, 1884. 
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