South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-11-07
USEFUL.

CANcER.-A jeweler, who had bad
cancerous pimple on his cheek, having
occasion to dissolve some gold in nitro
muriatc acid, rubbed it several times un.
consciously, with his impregnated fin
gers; and was surprised to find it speed
| lily change its appearance, and shortly
disappear. Nj. Recamier, suspecting the
cause, made several uniformly successful
experiments of the sams nature; and
thus has accident discovered new caus-
tic for cancerous affections. The pro-
portions he adopts are one ounce of the
acid TO six grains of chloruret ofpure gold.
| Met.
Economy and ConJort.-As the
season has arrived when every propri-
etor must procure shoes for his slaves,
| we think it not amiss to publish the
following recipe for making an elias
tic paste with which to saturate them.
The tendency of which is, irst, to
make them perfectly waterproof; Sc
condly, to make them last as long a.
gain as they would without its use, and
thirdly, to make the hardest leather
son and plant, aud, therefore, more
| easy and comfortable TO the feet. We
have said that it will make the leather
"perfectly waterproof" and in so say
ing we speak from experience, having
| gunned in pair of boots saturated
with this mixture for years from early
dawn, till near night, day in and day
out, during each return of the Wood.
cock season, the better part Of which
time were half knee deep in mud and
water, and came out with our stocks
ings as dry as when We entered the
willow bottom. The following pro-
portions will answer for SO pair Of
shoes.
Take OF. Gam Elastic, cut it up
into fine shreds, put it into gallon jug,
add three quarts of Seneca oil, let il
stand three or four days when the gum
will have been dissolved and the paste
| fit for use. Stir before using, then rub
the uppers and soles of the boots or
shoes we'll with it, three or four times,
before the fire, wherever tina leather
will absorb it. The degree of cor,torl
which this mixture will enspTe 70 the
wearer Of heavy shoes or Boots. can
only be realized on trial. II might be
used with an equally good effect upon
the harness and gearing Of work hors-
es, and we have no doubt would make
one pair last as long astwo.
Having given this recipe, We feel
it due to candor to say that tie meri.
ofits discovery belongs to Mr.. Gideon
3. Smith of this cily.-Ban. Farmer
and Gardener.
ECONOMY OF HAVING BRICK OvENs--
The quantity of fuel consumed in baking
any given quantity of bread &c. before
Kitchen tre. will heat brick oven that
WIN BAKE the same quantity. at one ba-
KING, THREE TIMES, and 1t Will not re-
qu'Io one half the time and attention to
! bake the game. Besides, all articles ba-
ksd in brick oven are much better than
1t bakei before fire, and ifyou add to-
gether the saving, in fuel and time, for
one year, it will be found that the saving
to a family will amount to enough TO
pay the expense of building an oven eve
ry year. The clear gain IN a family of a
common size cannot be less than from
eight to ten dollars a year. This will
buy two barrels of -four, or about as
much coffee as such a family would use
in year. Is not this a matter, thea,
worthy of universal attention we ask
both the rich and the poor to consiler it.
w heellng Times.
TOMATO GREEN. The Georgia Cou-
rier, says the juice OF the vine of Toma-
to--Whlch haa been lauded by a DR..