The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-09-22
Useful Receipts.

hlECMArIsM.-Ihe Edgefield Is. C.)
Advertiser says that gentleman who has
tired The snhioined recipe, pronounces it
good, and desires it published for the
Oenellt OF all sufferers under this terrible
maiady: One teaspoonful of aloes dis
solved in one pi"t oi wlrskey, the best; {;
one teaspoontul Of tar,aric acid dissolved
in one pint of water. Mix the two, and
take one tablespoonful of the mixture
three times u day. Take water with tar
taric acid in it, as drink while using
the medicine.
PREsERvING FRUIT WITHOUT SUGAR.
10 preserve iru; fresh for winter use.
put 1t in bottles, fill them up with cold
spring water, tie down with a bladder
tightly; put them in kettle or copper of
cold water up TO The neck Of the bottles.
with bay TO steady them; let them sim
ner for quarter Of an hour, but not boil;
;e: them cool in the wafer; wipe the bot
Ties, and put away in dry place. On no
account open them Till their contents are
wanted :or eating.-Cotioge Gordencr.
WnTrEwAsH.-An excellent whilewash
tor ce'Iings or walls can he made Of Paris
white, S3 pounds, costing 81, and Coop.
ers white glue, pound, costing so cents.
Put the glue TO soak in cold wafer
over night; in the morning slowly heat
until dissolved in the water. Sir Paris
white into small quantity Of hot water.
- hen mix both, and add hot water to
reduce to proper milky consistency, and
apply with a brush. 1t is probably bet
ter TO keep the liquid warm over a fire,
or hy the occasional addition of hot water.
"A single coat Of this is described rs
being equal to a double coat Of lime
whltewash, while it is far more brilliant
and pure, and will not rub of.
BLrsTERED HANDS AND FEET.-As e
remedy against bstering of hauds in row.
ing or fiv fishing, DC, or feet IN walking.
the quickest is, lighting raIow candle,
and letting the taIow drop into cold wa
tel 60 purify it, it is said from sal), then
rubbing The taIiow on 10 the hands or
feet, mixed with branay or any other
strong spirit. For mere tenderness moth.
ing is better than the above, or vinegar
little diluted with waller. This, for the
mo'I part. is if | remember rightly, a rem
edy OF Col. Thornton of pedestrian celeb
ntv. Let every one ,rv it. 1t never has
failed with me.-LondoR F.cH.
brGs.-WNe" travelling, II aunoved
hy bedbngs, rub camphora.ed spirits on
ihe arms, legs, d., and the bugs will not
bite.
To GRow GRAPE CUTTrNGs.-Have
YOU II cho:ce grape cutting that YOU wan,
to @row! Then go TO The woods, dig
some roots Of wild grape vine, cul them
into pieces of about six inches long, cul
your choice grape vine or cutting into
pieces OF only one, or at most, two buds =,
insert HE lower end 10y The common cleft
grating method into the pieces of wild
vine root; plant in earth, leaving The bud
Of the cutting just level with the top Of
the ground. Every one so made will
grow, and in two years become bearing
plants.
MnDEw.-I give my wife's cure for
mildew in cotton clothes. She had
Ohrough the negligence Of help,) the
worst case of mildew ever saw. She
boiled the article in I've, made of wood
ashes. then spread it out on lhe grass. ex
posed 20 the sun, and kept il wet by
sprnkilng with I've and soft soap suds,
until the mldew entirely dissppeared.-
There is no humbug about this.-Rval
NeT Yorker