The new household receipt-book : containing maxims, directions, and specifics for promoting health, comfort, and improvement in the household / by Mrs. Sarah Hale.

  • Sarah Josepha Hale
Date:
1854
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Credit: The new household receipt-book : containing maxims, directions, and specifics for promoting health, comfort, and improvement in the household / by Mrs. Sarah Hale. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    THE NEW HOUSEHOLD RECEIPT-BOOK. PART I. HOME AND ITS EMPLOYMENTS. House-Cleaning—Repairing Furniture—Washing—Mending Glass, China, &c.—Dyeing—Blacking for Boots, Shoes, <fcc.—To Destroy Insects— The Kitchen, <tc. House-Cleaning.—The spring is more particularly the time for house-cleaning, though, of course, it requires attention monthly. Begin at the top of the house: first take up the carpets, and, if they require it, let them be scoured; or, as carpets are sometimes injured by scouring, they may be well beaten, and, if necessary, washed with soda and -water. Remove all the furniture from the room, have the chimneys swept where fires have been kept, and clean and blacken the grates. Wrap old towels (they should be clean) around the bristles of the broom, and sweep lightly the ceiling and paper; or,