Ingredients
- one half pound transparent glue
- a pint of limestone water
- one tea-spoonful of vinegar in a pint of limestone water
Directions
1
Sixteen pounds of Paris white, one half pound transparent glue. Cover the glue with cold water at night; next morning, carefully heat it, without scorching, until the glue is dissolved. The Paris white is stirred into hot water, until it is the con- sistency of milk, and then the dissolved glue is added to it.
2
One tea-spoonful of vinegar in a pint of limestone water, will antagonize aU its iU effects upon the bowels of those who are unaccustomed to it. — Dr. Hall.
3
As much powdered alum as wiU rest on a dime, stirred in a pail of water, wUl clear it in five minutes. — Dr. Hall.
By Vehling, Joseph Dommers, 1879-1950. fmo ·
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