The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1863-03-04

Sweet gum bark dyes cotton dove color.
Use copper boiler. spoonful Of copperas
to three gallons of dve. and scald in the
dye for twenty minutes; rinse in cold wa
ter. To produce another shade rinse the
cutton stuff in cold lye water, aud hang to
dry 10 the air. a faf.
Guinea corn.--The seed dyes wool lead
color. and will not dye cotton. Use an
iron boiler, little copperas and rinse in
.lye. ls
Maple.-The bark both dyes wool and
cotton fne dark shade Of purple. Use an
iron boiler and two ounces of copperas to
four gallons Of dye; scsid in hot dye for
twenty minutes and rinse in cold water.
Beach.-rhe bark dyes dove color. Use
an iron boiler and one ounce Of copperas
to fuur gallons of dye rinse in cold water,
or in dye for another shade.
Sumach.-The leaves and berries dye
black. Use an iron boiler, and fur ounces
Of copperAs 10 four gallons Of dye. Boil
the cotton yarn or cloth in the dye for an
hour, and rinse in cold water. eg
Walnut.-The bark and roots dye cotton
fawn brown and root color. according 10
the portion Of bark or Of roots and copperas
used. The leaves boiled into dye color
cotton purple and wool black; when used
without boiling the leaves dive Woul fawn
coler. The green shells Of the full grown
nuts dye black with cnpperas. What is
dyed black must be rinsed ia cold water
ths couan 10 be dyed purple must be rms
ed in I've. The lawn. brown and root cDlar
Il must be rinsed in cald water. The pro-
portion Of cupperas used for black is tive
ounces 10 four gallons of dye tar the other
shades use much less copperas.
i To make e"ld dye for wool GIL a tub
with alternate layers Of walnut leaves and
waul, then pour on wafer all all is cover
ed. The next day take out the wool aud
Law il in the sun. then replace il in another
Tub with alternate layers of fresh walnu
leaves. Strain of the water from the ole
walnut leaves AMI pour il over the WOO
and fresh walnut leaves LET it remain agai1
! till the next day. Repeat this process lo'
one week. adding as muck water frum day
I 10 day a. to make the dve sufficient 10 CO
YER the wool aad fresh leaves. TINS Is |
| fine. permanent fawn colored dye.
Modder dyes wool red. Mix four quart
! of wheat bran with four gallons Of water
! and set ii To- fermeat. When II j. quit
: sour strain of the water and dissolve ia !
. lump OF alum the size of iawPs egs
!; set the liquid on the FIRE in capper ket
: tie, and jast before il bulls mix well into
: half pound Of fresh maddrr for ever
:. pound Of wool. Then put into the dye ii
4 vet wool or worsed stuff TO be dyed. an
let il remain immersed in the dye for a
A hour. turning and pressing il frequently
g during which hour the dye must be keT
il very hot, but must not bull. lest the cole
i. should be furnished. When the wool
n taken frum the dye pot il must be rinse
n Immediately IN cool strong lye, or in lin
water, aud then dried.
a Spanish Brown is used for diving cotto
Ie red. Put paund of Spanish Brown, pow
K dersd. iato little bag. and rub il out IN
nl gallon Of hot water till the bag is complete
!. " emptieL Of its contents. Then put u
u colton yarn into the painted water, AZ
10 rub the culnf into the yarn tlll all the COLI
e. ing matter IL transferred from the water
the yarn. After which put two TAB
le spaonfuls oil linsced oil into the water Al
~ boil the yarn IN il for fifteen minutes. III,
ir hang the yarn 10 dry. III the linseed I
IN cannot be obtained, boil the painted va
"a IN new milk lnr fifteen minutes.
er SolferIno Plnk.-Cut piece out Of d
cad OF pumpkin large enough to adm
ID the hand. take out all the seeds and lea
Of the strings in. Mash poke berries in
in pulp aud fill cavity Of the pumpkin vi
III them. stir them up we'll with the strin
J. and put The worsted yarn into the mixtuI
ur then cover IL up close with the piece
ed pumpkin that was cut out. The next d.
or take out the yarn and dry il in the Al
to when dry put the yarn back into the pun
n. kin as before, and cover il up again {