WATER-CRESSES. — Medi- cinally it acts as a gentle stimulant and diuretic. The expressed juice which contains the peculiar taste and pun- gency of the herb, may be taken in doses of 1 or a ozs. Eat the plant also at meals. It is famous for purifying the blood, and the cure of scurvy. WATER GRUEL, to Make. —Boil a table-spoonful of oatmeal in a quart of water for 1 hour, or till it is fine and smooth. Take off the fire, and let it settle ; then pour it into a china bowl and add sugar, sherry, and nut- meg to your taste✪ Water Gruel. WATER MUFFINS. — One quart of flour, half a teacupful of yeast, a tablespoonful of salt, warm water enough to make a thick batter✪ Water Muffins ; beat It with a spoon. Let It rise eight hours. Bake in muffin rings half full, and bake them fifteen or twenty minutes, WATER PIPES, to Manage in Winter. — In frost cover the water pipes with hay, or straw bands. WATERPROOF BOOT SOLES. — If hot tar and rosin be applied to boot soles, it will make them waterproof. Apply it with a piece of old flannel, or doth, and dry it in by the fire. The operation may be repeated 2 or 3 times during the winter, if neces- sary. It makes the surface of the leather quite hard, so that it wears longer. Oil or grease softens the sole, and does not keep the water out. WATERPROOFING, for Boots and Shoes. — Linseed oil, 1 pint ; oil of turpentine, or naptha, pint ; yellow wax, {4 lb. ; burgundy pitch, H lb. Melt together with a gentle heat. For use, rub into the leather before the fire. WATERPROOFING Shoes. — Melt bees* wax and mutton suet, and when you take from the fire, add a tea- spoonful of turpentine. Or, India rubber and gutta percha, dissolved in good naphtha. Or, yellow wax, 4 ozs. ; rosin, 4 ozs. ; linseed oil, 1 pint ; oil of turpentine, of a pint. Melt over a slow fire, and when melted, take from the fire, and add the turpentine, and stir well. Remember that it is very inflammable. When required for use, melt and apply. WATERPROOF CLOTH.— Apply to the calico or linen 2 coats of boiled oil, a little rosin or burgundy pitch, and a small quantity of turpen- tine. Hang up to dry. WATERPROOF CLOTH.— To 1 oz. of melted white wax add 1 quart of spirits of turpentine ; when thoroughly mixed and cold, dip the cloth in it and hang it up to dry. WATERPROOF COMPOSI- TION.— Mix gas tar, common oil, and slaked lime, and use as paint, ap- plying 3 or 4 coats. Petroleum oil, and Noway tar might also be employed with advantage. WATERPROOF PAPER.— Brush sheets of paper over with boiled oil, and suspend them on a line until dry. When prepared properly, these WAX 417 WHI sheets are useful to tie over pots and jars, and to wrap up fresh blacking, &c. WAX, Black, to Make.— Take 2 ozs. of bees’ wax, K oz- of burgundy pitch, and melt them together, then add 1 % oz. of ivory black, ground very fine and dried. WEAK EYES. — Wash fre- quently in cold water, or in a decoction of the plant, eye-bright. Or, dissolve 4 grains of sugar of lead and crude sal- ammoniac, in 8 ozs. of water, to which add a few drops of laudanum. Bathe the eyes with it 3 or 4 times a day. Or, bathe the eyes frequently in salt and water, or in weak brandy, salt, and water. WEEDS and WORMS, to Destroy. — Sprinkle the walks with Salt, and then water it. Observe not to throw the salt upon the box edging. WEIGHTS, Average.— lbs. I Peck of Potatoes = 20 I II of White Turnips II l6 I ft

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WATER-CRESSES. — Medicinally it acts as a gentle stimulant and diuretic. The expressed juice which contains the peculiar taste and pungency of the herb, may be taken in doses of 1 or a ozs. Eat the plant also at meals. It is famous for purifying the blood, and the cure of scurvy. WATER GRUEL, to Make. —Boil a table-spoonful of oatmeal in a quart of water for 1 hour, or till it is fine and smooth. Take off the fire, and let it settle ; then pour it into a china bowl and add sugar, sherry, and nutmeg to your taste. WATER MUFFINS. — One quart of flour, half a teacupful of yeast, a tablespoonful of salt, warm water enough to make a thick batter ; beat It with a spoon. Let It rise eight hours. Bake in muffin rings half full, and bake them fifteen or twenty minutes, WATER PIPES, to Manage in Winter. — In frost cover the water pipes with hay, or straw bands. WATERPROOF BOOT SOLES. — If hot tar and rosin be applied to boot soles, it will make them waterproof. Apply it with a piece of old flannel, or doth, and dry it in by the fire. The operation may be repeated 2 or 3 times during the winter, if necessary. It makes the surface of the leather quite hard, so that it wears longer. Oil or grease softens the sole, and does not keep the water out. WATERPROOFING, for Boots and Shoes. — Linseed oil, 1 pint ; oil of turpentine, or naptha, pint ; yellow wax, {4 lb. ; burgundy pitch, H lb. Melt together with a gentle heat. For use, rub into the leather before the fire. WATERPROOFING Shoes. — Melt bees* wax and mutton suet, and when you take from the fire, add a teaspoonful of turpentine. Or, India rubber and gutta percha, dissolved in good naphtha. Or, yellow wax, 4 ozs. ; rosin, 4 ozs. ; linseed oil, 1 pint ; oil of turpentine, of a pint. Melt over a slow fire, and when melted, take from the fire, and add the turpentine, and stir well. Remember that it is very inflammable. When required for use, melt and apply. WATERPROOF CLOTH.— Apply to the calico or linen 2 coats of boiled oil, a little rosin or burgundy pitch, and a small quantity of turpentine. Hang up to dry. WATERPROOF CLOTH.— To 1 oz. of melted white wax add 1 quart of spirits of turpentine ; when thoroughly mixed and cold, dip the cloth in it and hang it up to dry. WATERPROOF COMPOSI- TION.— Mix gas tar, common oil, and slaked lime, and use as paint, applying 3 or 4 coats. Petroleum oil, and Noway tar might also be employed with advantage. WATERPROOF PAPER.— Brush sheets of paper over with boiled oil, and suspend them on a line until dry. When prepared properly, these WAX WHI sheets are useful to tie over pots and jars, and to wrap up fresh blacking, &c. WAX, Black, to Make.— Take 2 ozs. of bees’ wax, K oz- of burgundy pitch, and melt them together, then add 1 % oz. of ivory black, ground very fine and dried. WEAK EYES. — Wash frequently in cold water, or in a decoction of the plant, eye-bright. Or, dissolve 4 grains of sugar of lead and crude salammoniac, in 8 ozs. of water, to which add a few drops of laudanum. Bathe the eyes with it 3 or 4 times a day. Or, bathe the eyes frequently in salt and water, or in weak brandy, salt, and water. WEEDS and WORMS, to Destroy. — Sprinkle the walks with Salt, and then water it. Observe not to throw the salt upon the box edging. WEIGHTS, Average.— lbs. Peck of Potatoes = of White Turnips ft

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