Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers

Wash for Hearths

Mix red ochre in milk, and put it on the hearths with a brush.

Blacking for Boots and Shoes

Take one ounce of vitriolic acid, one wine-glass of olive oil, two ounces of ivory black, an ounce of gum arabic, a quart of vinegar, and a tea-cup of molasses; put the vitriol and oil together, then add the ivory black and other ingredients; when all are well mixed, bottle it.