The record-union., 1892-02-04
forty-eight hours of steady boiling to ex-

1orty eight hours of steady boiling to ex-
tract all the oil from fifteen eggs.
Every half hour the oil is skinned
| from the water and placed in a small iron
Kettle that is about eight inches in dame
ter and eighteen inches deep. Consider
able OF the boiling water is carried into
this kettle with the grease When the
OIL has been extracted from the eggs and
placed in the small kettle, a lid is placed
upon 1t and Theoretically sealed with red
sealing wax. A slow and steady fire is
then kept under the kettle until all the
water III the oil has evaporated through q
small pipe that enters the side of the ket-
tie near the top, and which leads to a
worm that rests in barrel of constantly
running water. From tube at the bot
tom OF the worm the condensed water
drops INTO a glass jar. To the top of this
small particles of oil rises, and when it
has cooled it is taken off.
hen water ceases to drop from the
tube at the bottom of the worm it is eyi-
dent that there is no more water i'll the
kettle, and the fire is Immediately drawn
| from beneath it. and it is deluged with
cold water until it is thoroughly cooled.
From the kettle the oil is removed and
| placed i'll a shallow tinpan with handle
and q wide spout in it. The pan is placed
over fire, and when the oil is thinned it
is poured through cloth, linen of very
fine texture, into glass jar. When thus
! CtdTIltt IL HatS LIIS appearance OIL VaS6llno.
! In this shape it is marketed.
Rattlesnake oil is used as a remedy for
| rheumatism, and it is one of the ingredi-
ents employed in the manufacture of
/ some OF the patent medicines found in
! the market for neuralgia, rheumatism
and obscure diseases of the joints It is
! powerful irritant. and when a drop of it.
is applied to the flesh it has about the
same OBJECT that the application of a coal
OF fire would. For this reason the manu-
| facturers of this oil are obliged to exer-
! else the greatest care, and while working
at the kettles they invariably wear gloves.
and when their face is not protected by
! beard they cover the lower portion Of it
with loose cloth fastened in place by an
! elastic band.
SO persistently has the rattlesnake been
| hunted in this vicinity, he is now but
rarely found. Now and then one is cap
! tured iii some isolated locality among the
! ledges and in the swamps. In the central
! part of the State this species of serpent is
! common, and hunters there procure a
! great deal OF rattlesnake Oil during the
/ year.
! Next to the rattlesnake in Importance
! to the hunter Is the polecat. The pelt of
/ this obnoxious animal brings from 81 80
/ to s. readily, and the fat Of the animal
produces a grease that sells for from so
cents TO 10 cents Il pound. A great deal
! of this grease is consumed by New Eng
! land people, who believe it TO be a SOW
! ereign remedy for Group in children and
! for hoarseness and soreness of the chest
/ in adults. The grease is applied warm to
! the throat and chest of the patient, and
as virtuous remedy it has triumphantly
/ stood the test OF many generations.
! AS heating article this grease pos
sesses great merit and it is used by apoth-
! ecarieS in the manufacture of ointments.
/ The pelt Of the black polecat is quite val
I liable, and it is of,en manufactured into
/ muffs and boas and sold for monkey skin.
/ The men who follow this business of
! hunting are retiring in their habits of liv-
! ing. They dwell IN poorly constructed
nuts among the hills, and are only seen
! in town when they have something to
sell. 1t is estimated that each of them is
i worth $4,000, and it has all been made at
! this peculiar business in the last dozen
! years.-Philadelph Times.