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Ransom's family receipt book, 1886

1886

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Presented as published in 1886. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
ILK PAINT.— FOR BARNS, ANY COLOR.— Mix water lime with skim-milk to proper consistency to apply with brush, and it is ready for use. It will adhere well to wood, smooth* or rough, to brick, mortar, or stone, where oil has not been used, and forms a very hard substance, as dur¬ able as the best oil paint. Any color may be had by using colors dissolved in whisky. HITE-W ASH. —VERY NICE FOR ROOMS.— Whiting, 4 pounds , _ _ common glue, 2 ounces ; stand glue in cold water over night ; mix whiting with cold water, heat glue till dissolved, and pour it hot into the former. Make of consistency to apply with common white-wash brush. TO PAINT AN OLD HOUSE.— Take 3 gallons water and 1 pint flax¬ seed ; boil half an hour ; take it off and add water enough to make four gallons ; let it stand to settle ; pour off the water in a pail, and put in enough of Spanish white to make it as thick as white-wash ; then add l/z pint linseed oilTo Paint an Old House ; stir it well and apply with a brush. If the whiting does not mix readily, add more water. Flaxseed having the nature of oil is better than glue, and will not wash off as readily. TO KILL KNOTS BEFORE PAINTING. —A mixture of glue size and red lead, or shellac dissolved in alcohol and mixed with red lead, or, gutta-percha dissolved in ether, will, either of them, make a good coating for knots, but will not stand the sunshine, which will draw the pitch through the paint. The best method is to cover the knot with oil size, and lay a leaf of silver over it. TO KILL GREASE SPOTS BEFORE PAINTING.— Wash over smoky or greasy parts with saltpetre, or very thin lime white-wash. If soap¬ suds are used, they must be washed off thoroughly, as they prevent the paint from drying hard. (27) “Painter’s Colic ” is cured by;- “ Miller’s Magnetic Balm.” NEURALGIA. Men, whether prosperous or not, are constantly fretting and worrying over their business ; women, even in the happiest circumstances, are irritated by their household cares, — all be¬ cause the nerves will not submit to a perpetual strain of any one kind. Hence, by the above slight signals, they' call for a pause, or at least a “ change.” Too often they are not heeded, and then upon the appearance of the slightest physical weak¬ ness, such as a cold, late hours, an indigestible meal, over¬ exertion, etc., etc., they rebel outright, and Neuralgia, Nervous and Sick Headache, Backache, Faceache, Toothache, and ether well-settled nervous disorders set in. If the person be also weakened by long-continued anxiety, grief, disappointment, losses in business, etc., etc,, the nervous disorder may assume several of these types at once, and threaten long duration. In multitudes of such cases Dr. Miller’s Magnetic Balm has proven such a remedy as to be known among its users as “ The Old Reliable,” “ Swift-and- sure,” etc. The sufferer need, try but once to be convinced. Bathe the painful parts well with the Balm, and also take it according to directions accompanying the bottle. It cures Diarrhoea, Colic, etc., as if my magic. PAINFUL MENSTRUATION. — The Balm ” is infallible in such cases. We have a multitude of letters from ladies in all parts of the country, whose relief from suffering they say is due to this medicine alone, and who hasten to express their gratitude.