Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-02-20
"BLACK YOUR BOOTS "
POLISHING THE UNOERSTANOlN
A THOUSAND YEARS AGO.
The Mixture Used in Plny's Day Ingredi-
ents OF Modern Blacl,ing-Thc Time
when the Dld-In,hionrd Boot
Black Disappeared.


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IL appears 10 nave Oeeh customary 10
Undue SHOES WIN an OIL mixture OF some
klhd before me tlme OF i'Ilhy' That Is to
say, before the commencement OF the
CHRISTIAN era In the fifteenth book OF
ms Na'uraI History lhc great roman
book maker states mat alto recommended
inc urcgS OF thc owe q, Ter the expression
OF me OH TO ne uocd LOT annolntlng
brldle'rclhS' leather th'ngs ana shoes 10
render mem supple ne same author,
III me lnir'N .i'h DOCS OF thlN same series
OF ms, describes mixture winch appears
10 DC me very foundation OF our modern
placklhg. ms MIXTURE ne dcHhcS as
COMPOUND OF 4mphIack, gum ana VIM
csar' "hicn c!uiu DC "Scu ior cleaning
shI'S' ana lor INK 10 "rllc WIN as well
ana he makes lhucM OF the double utlIlty
OF ne INVENTION NAT very compound
win inc auul,lon OF OIL ana moIlSscS
Wo'iIa make the nIachlhS we use nova
-, nav Auch mixture was IN use IN
IIlhI uil Is SHOWN ny me uI~coNcry
among me on oman rGlna hN III Eng,
Ianu' OF ba.I'r Whlch nan ,ccil covered
"iIh oHthIH-' anu SouIc IIa@ menus Oh
Mhlcl sun! lIoN'INGu ""lI ",'Ni. ne
irHl oIacklh! was u""o.l' less RUINED on 'hc
n''' ne. WIN thG lII'I, ,I t,%'H, loL' az
l,l' Vllil' 1t ~ - 'l'"'t"' 'iV sun ~ u9h VI
lhe present u'lN was u'N"IWh: brushes
maze OF NGIcIaoIc Ii'cr a"'i Ia,I are men,
tlon'u ny iIoi'lc'' W., i'"." we "eS'S -i.1
NI,'Sn n.y. .",,', nc" ~ ',''S' '0''''
hoi ll"Nc nIc'' uaoyi i"I ','Nn',E' ..,..,
nc sun orISl'e ''uSh was hNci''c ,.i
seNcia' uilc, a." ".t' II vas H"' -.
ior polNnl,S uo., t',nc,' ~ WIS pi.y
III 'iic l'icSG"' 't"'u'i ll''' 'ilT o'i,cMihS
I
Wiale"HhG npcr p'hcN.n- oruNh was
/ pa'ch'cu nu. IL seems 10 nave "c','' d i"i
ute', TP'It gun brushes nay "'1o ucth
t ,tu anu iou'u """'i"9' MS ""ou' III
/ l0t-'
NoitIn oi"chlnS seems IT, nave poem
orl9lhaI,y composer chlG'y OF ,aIlo"'
wan ana PropapIy nam p'acN' anu was
therefore, somewhat sIiilIiaT 10 harness
oIacklhg, II was EUROPEAN lhventi9n'
ana was irs' uSe4 IN rance ana italy'
a M i.Icil'iu Martlh S2t noIu Vi 'liG
recipe Ior 1t WINE on ms '[aNeIs' anu
"heh he rctutncu " EnE anu nc iIlaue Il"
partnership Ior us nianulaCrute WIN
M 'haries i,aN' III l2ol' ms urn mas ,
s,nce nodu!'T'i "oi'u WV 'c'.uIlH un ~:
the tl'le OF l,ay -" hart'n. Aho'llcr I'M
Porta'lt oiacklhS nlaHulaGtoiy was otter
"aru es'aoi'SNeu ny WI hoocil warren
Mr. Everett who commenced business in
Kine's lead court Uolborn. Ali the
nartica connected in establishing these
par tics oohlico'ti ~ oo'api'snhS "io'o
'hIce nrIis hcqul lHis &c iol'uhco'
Each iiiahcl la'; VI cur >c, Pioi'olt' !
self. but the chief Materials namely a
hlarL coioring matter and certa;n sinh.
stances which Scnuirc a Gloss bv friction
were thn same in most cases In Enoland
thov generally consist Of hone. HACK Smrnr
or molnssrs snerm oil sulnhuric acid
and stronr virogor Tho hnrn hl,cl, in
the stutr If a Ierv Thin nowGcr and IN,
snerm oil are fist thorn, g,ly incorno.
;, u 7,,- - ; ;
odl.a and we'll .tirr,d into th, mass.
strong sulphuric acid is then gradually