For Burns – Good
In one pint of linseed oil mix as much lime water as it will cut.
Source: 76: A Cook Book
Unfailing Cure for Colic in Horses
Take one dessert-spoon of copperas, put it in a piece of paper, tie on a stick and put down the horse’s throat, punching until the paper breaks. It will give relief in a few minutes.
Source: 76: A Cook Book
Cure for a Wen
Wash it in common salt, dissolved in water, every day and it will be removed in a short time.
Source: 76: A Cook Book
To Cure a Burn
Steep tea leaves, and bind on cold.
Source: 76: A Cook Book
To Prevent Bedbugs From Remaining Either in the House or Bedstead
Take two tablespoons of lard and one ounce of quicksilver; beat the white of an egg then stir them all together. With a small brush or stick put this mixture in every crack or crevice where vermin can hide; do this after cleaning house and you will never be troubled with vermin. If you have them already, use corrosive sublimate first. Take off your rings while applying this preparation as it injures gold.
Source: 76: A Cook Book
To Destroy Moths in Carpets
Wring a coarse towel out of clean water, spread it smoothly over the carpet and iron with a hot iron changing the iron often; repeat on all parts of the carpet suspected of having moths. It is not necessary to press hard. The color of the carpet will not be injured and the moths will be destroyed by the steam from the hot iron.
Source: 76: A Cook Book
For Cleaning Hair
Make a thick suds with castile soap and one pint of soft water; add one egg well beaten, two tablespoons of ammonia and two teaspoons of pulverized borax. Bottle it; pour a little on the hair and rinse it off with clean water.
Source: 76: A Cook Book