Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-01-06
ttsAsa Receipts.

Corns- 'HitSrH persons, say the Canad;
Farmer live In perpetual ,martyrdom from
these painful cxcrcsences How to get ri,
of them is u question they often ask very an
xiously Often the remedy tried is as bad
not worse than the disease Itself. A yer,
simple and ehectual plan, as we know by ac
tn;l experience, is to put on an adhesive
.pool plaster having a hole in the centre
and applying sweet oil TO the corn night anc
morning By persevering in this course tol
IL short time, the corn will scale off until no
!, vcstage of it is left Most druggists kee,
the plasters we refer to-; but good substitute
for them may be made with any thick clotl
cut about the size and, shape ola copper cent
with hole in the centre to admit the head
of the corn, and fastened to the place by
some adhesive substance The plaster keeps
the shoe from pressing on the tender spot
and the oil sottens and oosens the hard sub
stance Of the com. q @l
For preserving Leathcr--Thc following
articles to wit; tallow, Soap, roSa sad water,
mixed and applied according to directions,
will, according to- the'''S Shoe and Leather Re
Iprecr,n give to leather great durability, and
make it very soft and ptiable. The ingredi-
ents are prepared thus Twenty-one parts Of
tallow are melted in vessel, three parts of
foSh aadeu' ana 'he 'wo "heh meiteo mixed
ven to$e'heT' In ahother vessel seven parts
OF good wnsang soap are olssolVed IN seven
~ parts of pure rain water. After tits dis
solved and the mass heated, to the boiling
point, We add the part prepared before, let
it boil once more gently, and the preparation
is ready for use. 1t is especially adapted to
haots harness; leather nnl hpltinp
Sheep ,Skins for Mtts-stcep the skins in
water, and wash them well till they are soft
and clean; they are then scraped and thinned
on the flesh side with Aeshing knife, and
laid in tcrmented bran for u few days, after
%nlcn tlley are fahen out ana Washed a soi''-
,!oli Oh Sal' al'a ai'h ", ll . tnen lae, anu 'ne
Y4;i .i ;4''e sea''u ''',I ri, wei, .'oGu f WIKI
~. itn 80 .ho ao,,.;,,t,,,,or. ar h,,,on of
tha nl,'ni p'",J nd tho snIt sn,,,t;o, hu ajdn,,
.,hoaton I @ anmor @ wv. and l Tho yn,l.s nf curs ana
.nro,d tb;s nas+a on tho fosb sln. e1ter this
tbev are strsat Sbod anil jr:rJ anI When dry
mbbad With mm,n,re stono
M W.. aaaJ Ds,aJ w., y n d.,
10 aa"e yooa 1I'ca.s ,nfS y. w. AZ,
"icr 's'slo',aiah co"..t' neia:,sY '1an',' ,,
seilus ~ lne .sricu''''I's' le l'.'u" n.,ee
,'o? W ht sop;, lo,'.''t tstaa ;.,,m -
Dol enough nte Sh'se ,,; potatoes to stiehrn rn
one luareoi M't,'f a'SS':ileh faI' Iur J'io
!u|''sr aa'oaP oa saf inIo IL, the tl'et u'sso
,'ur Ee"ss chne ea anu ~, 'ne NE. ss, a" stan,
w ''' 1T s.1I.sl1 4, II ~ a..
necessary for The bread If there be not
enough to wet what flour is required add a
little warm water Be particular to knead it
until it will not stick TO The board or pan
Let il stand until morning in a moderately
w,rm nl.cc Tbcn mould if into loayes. let
it rise little, and bake from an hour to an
hour anda quarter, according to the heat of
til oven # T
nale,', ff;,,e, af,,he Ono am ot' molos-