The daily Chattanooga rebel. [volume] (Griffin, Ga.) 1864-1865, 1864-08-27
Valuable aud ExpeditiOus Method Of Pre-
pairing Leather

Lieut.. II. w. Fields, 18th Va. Infaatry, has
furnished for publication, the following valuable
and expeditions rocipc for preparing Leather, dress
ell with the hair He vouchcs FOR the stability
and duration If Che leather thus prepared, and
fcrs high authority for the truth OF his averment,
"A we'll t" soldiers ho have worn shoes made
from il.
We therefore rublish it for ,hS benefit Of farmers
aud in'liv ials who may have hides Go tan, and
recommend that they test it. Tho hides not
only quickly tanned, but the leather when prepared,
bears most favorable comparison with the best
produced by the long and tedious process in vogue
in England and in this country. Many Of the SOL
'crs in ono. if not i'll more If the brigadcs Of this
army have used shoes made from this leather for
months past, and pronounce them superior, rs re-
yar,s comfort and quality, 10 the English aud
American Army shoes:
NODE or PREPARING LEATHER DRESSED WITH
iiAIa on.
LIST ii hides are old, hard and dry, soak them
in pure water ahout&eo or three days.
I'd. When we'll soaked when fresh hidcs flesh
them thoroughly.
Sd. Prepare pickle made Of :; lbs. alum, and
Io.; eo,n'n"n sae. I" punt Of water, enough to
For every largo single old hide, 81 lbs. alum aud
lbs. salt. snay lie necessary, .rhcreas for small
calls hide, ID. nlum and Two lbs. salt may be
enough.
But for n pack of % hides unassortcj, Of all
sizes and conditions the average is Us above.
i,h. Soak the lc-hed' hides in this pickle from
to 10 days, more "r es', according to condition Of
hides.
9Th. Soak them again or lays in pure water
to take Gu, the salt.
9Th When about half dry Freak them with the
proper curriers' breaking knives.
7th. Smoke them, tho flesh side down, say or 10
days hard wood, hickory oak Smother,
continuing 10 break aud roll and grind them in sue
cessiua.
sth Boil the Ncatsfeet for oil safe tho oil and
iuhricstc the hides with the jelly and greasy water
9th. Drsss and a,S 81 Oft.
The small hides, thin and fresh, can be finished
in from to 8 days Medium size hides. in good
condition. from 12 to rs days. Tho largest and
worst conditioned hides can be finished in from Is
TO 90 days. 1t is recommended to take from Is to
lime water first. until tho hair slouehs but then
you must be carcful>,o thoroughly work the lime
out; or it will cat tho ibrU Of the leather.
The leather is best with the hair II makes
the best and most comfortable shoss-solev aud .tl
Put the hair Of tho upper inside: and Of the coles
put upper sole hair out, and outer sole hair In
thus fill the soles with tho be-, Of IYaaer prooing
ind making the ssles the elastic and lasting
With the hair it is especially the bost for sad
die covers, stIrup feathers, Aharacks, traces, horse
collars gloves .cn,inei coats, haters, trunk
covers and every uso known.aIeter.trr5 Erpres'
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A CANINE vEyERAx.-We saw Mt Battery Glad
den yesterday, SAYS the Mobile Register, curiosi
~ in the way of a small dog. We have read Of
the ''6c du Regiment" and In the carly part OF
this NO have seen genuine Vivaudiercs march
route for the front but we wcre yesterday In
troduced to "chicn du Regiment" in the shape
of fierce. little specimen, who At tho moment he
pointed out to was bristling his back and
trying to get up fight with another deg I've tunes
rs big himself.
He had Loot his left hind leg below tho kncc.-
That was shot OF at Shiloh. lie bad aLolc through
his ear, deno by u miunie at Eicksburg, On his
b.dy wcre the marks Of a terrible wound received
from piece Ct shell also ut Vicksburs. He be-
lonze to tho ed Louisiana, and has been with the
rsyioont since is fOrsscd. As The 'AiOg q
the Regimrnt" he u Of course q great pet, s,d he
has game look and men tts1f docs NO disc iit to
that fighting corps.
pie are looking to the Chicago Convention and
the defeat Of Lincoln for delversncc and peace
Leaning on . broken rocd, for peace can only
come by negotiation, and the snrest means to in
duce them TO trest with is 70 prosecute the war
with vigor and whip the Yankees wherever and
minstraiion at the North will bring peace or even
hasteu il and more than that no Change i At al
probable. Lincon's reelection il about - esr.
tain anything can be that IL four Moutha die
tant.-R a1eiyh 1.f CO. Itegres.
. ~ The Chicago correspondent Of the Sc. Louis
Democrat. under date ofJuiy L. writes - Sollsws
Now, am not Ysnkee bot viii beard q
guess that the candidate will be selected fv0 Ne
following, with . chance strongly - fav0p q tie
first Willard Fillmore, Pra.kln liesss, 81 JeAes
Guthrie, Of Kentucky. has tho inside 1Aek. Mr..
Fillmore, feet, lies there Pdu in BGlale. ready
TO spring upon the county from his reAreaA H
is like . stone ready for the builder. who must
have il to complete his ediiicc.