Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million ...T.B. Peterson, 1857 - 721 pages |
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... flannel or sponge , and soap and water , and , as fast as one person cleans , another should follow , and with clean cloths , wipe the paint perfectly dry . Let the windows be cleaned , and scour the floor . Let the furniture be well ...
... flannel or sponge , and soap and water , and , as fast as one person cleans , another should follow , and with clean cloths , wipe the paint perfectly dry . Let the windows be cleaned , and scour the floor . Let the furniture be well ...
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... flannel , and then with a dry plain one ; but use little wax , and rub only enough with the latter to give a little smooth- ness , or it may endanger falling . Washing now and then with milk , after the above sweeping and dry - rubbing ...
... flannel , and then with a dry plain one ; but use little wax , and rub only enough with the latter to give a little smooth- ness , or it may endanger falling . Washing now and then with milk , after the above sweeping and dry - rubbing ...
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... flannel into soda and water , wash it off quickly , and dry immediately , or the soda will eat off the color . Some persons use strong soap and water , instead . When the wainscot requires scouring , it should be done from the top ...
... flannel into soda and water , wash it off quickly , and dry immediately , or the soda will eat off the color . Some persons use strong soap and water , instead . When the wainscot requires scouring , it should be done from the top ...
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... flannel , and then wash them over with pipe - clay mixed in water . When dry , rub them with a coarse flannel . 15. To take Oil and Grease out of Floors and Stone Halls.- Make a strong infusion of potash with boiling water ; add to it ...
... flannel , and then wash them over with pipe - clay mixed in water . When dry , rub them with a coarse flannel . 15. To take Oil and Grease out of Floors and Stone Halls.- Make a strong infusion of potash with boiling water ; add to it ...
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... flannel slightly wetted in this mixture ; and when dry , rub them with flannel and a brush . Some persons recom- mend beer , but water is much better for the purpose . 21. To Color or Paper the Walls of Rooms . — If a ceiling or wall is ...
... flannel slightly wetted in this mixture ; and when dry , rub them with flannel and a brush . Some persons recom- mend beer , but water is much better for the purpose . 21. To Color or Paper the Walls of Rooms . — If a ceiling or wall is ...
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Page 574 - I see by little and little more of what is to be done, and how it is to be done, should I ever be able to do it.
Page 697 - Mile {1 Degree of a Great Circle of the Earth An Inch is the smallest lineal measure to which a name is given, but subdivisions are used for many purposes. Among mechanics the Inch is commonly divided into eighths. By the officers of the revenue, and by scientific persons, it is divided into tenths, hundredths, &c.
Page 654 - Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness.
Page 584 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horseshoe nail.
Page 582 - Richard likewise observes, he that hath a trade hath an estate, and he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honor; but then the trade must be worked at, and the calling well followed, or neither the estate nor the office will enable us to pay our taxes. If we are industrious we shall never starve; for as Poor Richard says, at the working man's house hunger looks in, but dares not enter.
Page 587 - Experience keeps a dear School, but Fools will learn in no other, and scarce in that; for it is true, we may give Advice, but we cannot give Conduct...
Page 583 - Today. If you were a Servant would you not be ashamed that a good Master should catch you idle? Are you then your own Master, be ashamed to catch yourself idle, as Poor Dick says.
Page 207 - Society is not at hand) into one nostril, carefully closing the other and the mouth; at the same time drawing downwards, and pushing gently backwards, the upper part of the windpipe, to allow a more free admission of air: blow the bellows gently, in order to inflate the lungs, till the breast be...
Page 697 - Be not angry at table, whatever happens, and if you have reason to be so, show it not; put on a cheerful countenance, especially if there be strangers, for good humor makes one dish of meat a feast.
Page 583 - Methinks I hear some of you say, Must a Man afford himself no Leisure ? I will tell thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says, Employ thy Time well, if thou meanest to gain Leisure; and, since thou art not sure of a Minute, throw not away an Hour.