Part 37
French brandy peaches, 181.
French charlotte, 145.
French chicken pie, 89.
French hungary water, 254.
French icing for cakes, 220.
French oyster pie, 30.
French peas, 48.
French lamb cutlets, 58.
French pie, (raised,) 100.
French stew of rabbits, 84.
French way of dressing a shoulder of veal, 62.
French method of washing coloured silks, 300.
Fresh butter, to keep for frying, 248.
Fritters, (Altona,) 133.
Fritters, (bread,) 136.
Fritters, (green,) 136.
Fritters, (indian,) 137.
Fritters, (sweetmeat,) 135.
Fritters, (Washington,) 134.
Fritters, (wine,) 135.
Fruit stains, to remove them from doilies, napkins, &c., 276.
Game, a nice way of cooking it, 98.
Garden ants, to destroy, 280.
Gelatine blanc-mange, 151.
Gelatine custard, 132.
Giblet pie, 103.
Gingerbread, (carraway,) 226.
Ginger crackers, 224.
Gingerbread, (Flemington,) 223.
Gingerbread, (molasses,) 226.
Gingerbread for a sea-voyage, 225.
Gingerbread, spiced, 225.
Glass-stopper, to loosen, 267.
Gold or silver embroidery, to clean, 307.
Gooseberry champagne, 230.
Gooseberry pudding, 118.
Gooseberry-water ice, 159.
Grapes, iced, 183.
Grapes in brandy, 182.
Grease, to extract with camphine oil, 263.
Grease-balls, to make, 263.
Grease, to remove from a stove-hearth, 274.
Green custard, 130.
Green currant wine, 230.
Green fritters, 136.
Green gages, preserved, 178.
Green gages in brandy, 181.
Ground-nut maccaroons, 209.
Ground rice pudding, (excellent,) 124.
Grouse or moorfowl pudding, 103.
Gumbo, (chicken,) 90.
Gum arabic paste, 258.
Hair, an excellent way of improving, 259.
Hair, to have it very good, 260.
Hair-brushes, convenient ones, 318.
Halibut, stewed, 25.
Ham pie, (French,) 85.
Ham, potted, 85.
Ham toast, 86.
Hands, to make them smooth and white, 281.
Hanover pudding, 109.
Harlem cakes, 188.
Hearth in summer, 341.
Hem of a silk dress, to strengthen, 326.
Hints on calves’ feet jelly, 164.
Hippocras, 234.
Hoarhound candy, (fine,) 292.
Honey cake, (fine,) 200.
Household tools, 347.
Ice-cream, (biscuit,) 161.
Ice-cream cakes, 205.
Ice-cream, (chocolate,) 160.
Ice-cream, (peach,) 160.
Icing, (almond,) 221.
Icing for cakes, (French,) 220.
Icing for a large cake, 218.
Iced grapes, 183.
Iced jelly, 158.
Imitation lemon syrup, 238.
Indian fritters, 137.
Indian pudding, (fine,) 116.
Indian pudding, (peach,) 115.
Indian puffs, 132.
Ink, to carry while travelling, 319.
Ink, durable--to use, 265.
Ink, (very fine,) 266.
Ink, (sumach,) 266.
Jam, (barberry,) 174.
Jam, (damson,) 175.
Jars, to clean, 268.
Jelly, (black currant, fine,) 174.
Jelly, (red currant, excellent,) 173.
Jelly, (four fruit,) 174.
Jelly, (iced,) 158.
Jelly, (orange, very fine,) 171.
Jelly puffs, or Sunderlands, 146.
Jug of molasses, to prevent its running over, 294.
Kentucky batter-cakes, 186.
Knives, paste for cleaning, 272.
Lace, (black,) to wash, 305.
Lace, (thread,) to make it look like new, 301.
Lady’s pudding, 128.
Lady’s shoe bag, 317.
Lamb cutlets, French way, 58.
Lamb, stewed, 58.
Lavender compound, (fine,) 293.
Lavender water, (fine,) 254.
Laudanum, remedy for an overdose, 291.
Lemon cakes, (small,) 200.
Lemon juice, to preserve, 246.
Lemon kisses, 206.
Lemons and oranges, to keep, 247.
Lemon pickle, (fine,) 55.
Lemon puffs, 201.
Lemon syrup, (imitation,) 238.
Letters, 350.
Lettuce peas, 48.
Lettuce peas, (plain,) 49.
Light paste, 140.
Light seed cake, 214.
Linen, cold starch for, 298.
Lip glue, 256.
Lip salve, red, 289.
Lobster patties, 32.
Lobster rissoles, 34.
Looking-glasses, to clean, 269.
Maccaroni, (cauliflower,) 40.
Maccaroni pudding, 128.
Maccaroon blanc-mange, 149.
Maccaroons, (chocolate,) 207.
Maccaroons, (ground-nut,) 209.
Maccaroons, (lemon,) 209.
Macassar oil, 252.
Mahogany, to take out white marks from, 274.
Marmalade, (pine apple,) 168.
Marmalade pudding, 113.
Marrow pudding, 123.
Medicated prunes, 291.
Meringued apples, 154.
Meringues, (rose,) 202.
Meringues, (whipt cream,) 203.
Merino, to braid, 330.
Merino dresses, to work in cross stitch, 330.
Merino, to embroider, 332.
Mice, 280.
Milk of roses, 259.
Millefleurs perfume, 253.
Minced beef, 72.
Minced veal, (excellent,) 62.
Mince meat, (very fine,) 137.
Mince meat, (temperance,) 138.
Mince pudding, 121.
Molasses cake, 227.
Molasses bread-cake, 228.
Molasses gingerbread, 226.
Molasses, to prevent a jug of it from running over, 294.
Muff, to keep, 312.
Muffins, (bread,) 188, 229.
Mushrooms, with birds, 98.
Mushroom omelet, 43.
Mutton cutlets, stewed, 60.
Mutton, (fillet of,) 59.
Nectar, 235.
Nice family dinners for spring, 377.
Nice family dinners for summer, 378.
Nice family dinners for autumn, 379.
Nice family dinners for winter, 381.
Nice way of cooking game, 98.
Notions, 217.
Oil, (antique,) 253.
Oil of cassia, 253.
Oil, (Macassar,) 252.
Oil, to extract it from a floor or hearth, 274.
Olives, (beef,) 75.
Olives, (pork,) 79.
Onion custard, 57.
Opodeldoc, 290.
Orange flummery, 152.
Orange jelly, (fine,) 171.
Orange juice, to keep, 245.
Oranges and lemons, to keep, 247.
Orange marmalade, (fine,) 170.
Orange milk, 236.
Orange puffs, 202.
Orange syrup, 237.
Orange tarts, 141.
Orleans pudding, 108.
Oysters, broiled, 30.
Oysters and fowls, 88.
Oyster loaves, 28.
Oyster omelet, 28.
Oyster pie, (French,) 30.
Oysters and sweetbreads, 68.
Oyster suppers, 393.
Oyster toast, 30.
Pain in the feet, to allay, 283.
Paint, to remove from the wall of a room, 275.
Palmer cakes, 214.
Paper knife, to use, 346.
Parchment glue, 256.
Parsnips, to keep fresh, 248.
Partridges in pears, 96.
Partridge salmi, 97.
Paste, (gum Arabic,) 258.
Paste, (light,) 140.
Paste, (transparent,) 139.
Paste, (perpetual,) 257.
Patterns, cutting them out, 325.
Patties, (chicken and turkey,) 63.
Patties, (lobster,) 32.
Peaches, (brandy, fine,) 179.
Peaches, (brandy, excellent,) 179.
Peaches, (brandy, the French way,) 181.
Peach cakes, 199.
Peaches, (dried,) to stew, 184.
Peach ice cream, 160.
Peach jam, 177.
Peach pickles, 56.
Peaches, preserved, (very fine,) 177.
Peach wine, 231.
Pears, (brandy,) 180.
Peas, with lettuce, 48.
Peas, (French way,) 48.
Peas, stewed, 47.
Perfume, (millefleurs,) 253.
Perpetual paste, 257.
Persicot, 235.
Phials, to remove the odour from, 267.
Piano, marking its keys, 345.
Pictures, taking care of, 313.
Pie, (clam,) 31.
Pie, (French ham,) 85.
Pie, (giblet,) 103.
Pie, (raised French,) 100.
Pie, (rice,) 100.
Pie, (thatched house,) 99.
Pie, (tongue,) 86.
Pigeons with ham, 102.
Pigeon soup, 13.
Pigs’ feet, fried, 79.
Pine-apples, an easy way of preserving, 168.
Pine-apples, the best way of preserving, 169.
Pine-apple marmalade, 168.
Pine-apple pudding, 111.
Pistachio cream, 156.
Plate powder, 271.
Plain dinners for spring, 369.
Plain dinners for summer, 371.
Plain dinners for autumn, 373.
Plain dinners for winter, 375.
Plum-water ice, 158.
Pomatum, (excellent,) 259.
Pork, (Italian,) 78.
Pork olives, 79.
Portrait painter’s travelling box, 314.
Potatoes, to stew, 50.
Potatoes, to improve when old, 51.
Potatoe-flour pudding, 130.
Pot-pie, (beef steak,) 71.
Potted ham, 85.
Powder for cleaning gold lace, 271.
Prickly-heat, cure for, 288.
Prunes, (American,) 183.
Prunes, (medicated,) 291.
Pudding, (almond rice), 112.
Pudding, almond, boiled, 112.
Pudding, biscuit, 113.
Pudding, charlotte, 126.
Pudding, cherry, 118.
Pudding, chicken, (rice,) 91.
Pudding, chocolate, 127.
Pudding, Columbian, 107.
Pudding, corn meal, (excellent,) 114.
Pudding, cottage, 117.
Pudding, cream cocoa-nut, 110.
Pudding, currant, 118.
Pudding, gooseberry, 118.
Pudding, ground rice, (excellent,) 124.
Pudding, Hanover, 109.
Pudding, indian, (fine,) 116.
Pudding, lady’s, 128.
Pudding, lemon, boiled, 129.
Pudding, maccaroni, 128.
Pudding, Marietta, 108.
Pudding, marmalade, 113.
Pudding, marrow, 123.
Pudding, mince, 121.
Pudding, moorfowl, or grouse, 103.
Pudding, Orleans, 108.
Pudding, potatoe-flour, 130.
Pudding, raspberry, 117.
Pudding, raisin, 120.
Pudding, tapioca, 123.
Pudding, temperance, (plum,) 120.
Pudding, transparent, 123.
Pudding, Turkish, (rice,) 110.
Pudding, venison, 82.
Pudding, venison and chestnut, 83.
Pumpkin mush, 368.
Putting away woollens, 310.
Quinces, 170.
Rabbit soup, 10.
Rabbits, (French stew,) 84.
Raisin pudding, 120.
Raspberry cordial, (fine,) 239.
Raspberry pudding, 117.
Raspberry vinegar, (fine,) 240.
Raspberry vinegar, (French,) 241.
Red cabbage, stewed, 39.
Red custard, 131.
Red lip-salve, 289.
Remedy for arsenic, 290.
Rennets, 163.
Rheumatic pains, relief for, 284.
Rhubarb bitters, 294.
Rhubarb cups, 147.
Ribbon sack, 316.
Rice-bread, 189.
Rice-flour bread, 190.
Rice-flour batter cakes, 190.
Rice croquettes, 92.
Rice-flour pound cake, 210.
Rice sponge cake, 211.
Rice pie, 100.
Rice pudding, (chicken,) 91.
Rice pudding, (Turkish,) 110.
Rings, brooches, &c., to clean, 270.
Ripe currant pudding, 118.
Rissoles, (lobster,) 34.
Rissoles, (veal,) 64.
Rock-fish, stewed, 25.
Rolls, (long,) 191.
Rolls, (potatoe,) 191.
Rose meringues, 202.
Rosolis, 234.
Run-round, cure for, 285.
Rye batter cakes, 187.
Salmon, baked, 20.
Salmon, stewed, 19.
Salmon, roasted, 20.
Salmon-trout, baked, 23.
Salt of lemon or stain-powder, 262.
Sandwiches, (biscuit,) 85.
Sauce for mutton that has been boiled in soup, 17.
Scolloped tomatoes, 44.
Sea-bass with tomatoes, 22.
Sea-voyage gingerbread, 225.
Shad, to keep without corning, 26.
Sheep’s-head fish, (or turbot,) baked, 22.
Sheep’s-head fish, (or turbot,) boiled, 21.
Shoe-bag, (a lady’s,) 317.
Shoes or boots, to render water-proof, 274.
Shoulder of veal, (French way,) 62.
Silk dress, to clean, 300.
Silk shawls or scarfs, to wash, 299.
Silks, French method of washing them, 300.
Silk dress, to strengthen its hem, 326.
Silver, to clean expeditiously, 272.
Silver, a good way of cleaning, 271.
Silver, a wash for cleaning, 271.
Smoked beef, to stew, 74.
Soap, (Columbian,) 255.
Soap, to perfume, 255.
Soufflé pudding, 125.
Soup, almond, 16.
Soup, autumn, 8.
Soup, chicken, 11.
Soup, clam, (excellent,) 14.
Soup, clam, (fine,) 13.
Soup, cocoa-nut, 15.
Soup, duck, 12.
Soup, French white soup, 15.
Soup, rabbit, 10.
Soup, spring, 7.
Soup, summer, 8.
Soup, turtle, 34.
Soup, winter, 9.
Soup-meat, 16.
Spanish blanc-mange, 147.
Spiced gingerbread, 225.
Spermaceti, to take out of a hearth or floor, 274.
Spinach, (French way,) 45.
Spinach, stewed, 45.
Sprained ankle, relief for, 284.
Stains, to remove from silver, 270.
Standards, to embroider, 336.
Stove-hearth, to remove grease from, 274.
Strawberries, an excellent way of preserving, 176.
Strawberry cakes, 198.
Strawberry-water ice, 159.
Sugar cake, 227.
Summer hearth, 341.
Sunderlands, or jelly-puffs, 146.
Suppers, (oyster,) 393.
Supper-parties, 392.
Sweetbreads with cauliflowers, 67.
Sweetbreads with clams, 68.
Sweetbread croquettes, 65.
Sweetbread omelet, 69.
Sweetbreads with oysters, 68.
Sweetbreads with tomatoes, 66.
Sweetmeat dumplings, 133.
Sweetmeat fritters, 135.
Sweet omelet, 145.
Sweet potatoe cake, 212.
Sweet potatoe pone, 189.
Syllabub cake, 151.
Sydney Smith’s salad-dressing, 51.
Tabouret, (directions for making one,) 339.
Tapioca pudding, 123.
Tarragon sauce, 54.
Tea parties, 390.
Temperance mince-meat, 138.
Temperance plum pudding, 121.
Terrapin veal, 63.
Tetter, cure for, 287.
Thatched house pie, 99.
Thread lace, to make it look always new, 301.
Toast water, 243.
Tokay wine, (domestic,) 233.
Tomato chickens, 90.
Tomato sweetbreads, 66.
Tongue pie, 86.
Tongue, toast, 84.
Tooth-powder, 256.
Towel-case, to make, 318.
Transparent paste, 139.
Transparent pudding, 123.
Trout with cream, 23.
Turkey, boned, 104.
Turkey patties, 91.
Turkish rice pudding, 110.
Turtle, to dress, 34.
Vanilla blanc-mange, 148.
Vanilla cream, 157.
Vanilla flummery, 153.
Vanilla syrup, 236.
Veal, (fillet of,) corned, 61.
Veal loaf, 60.
Veal, minced, (excellent,) 62.
Veal olives, 64.
Veal, shoulder of, (French way,) 62.
Veal dressed as terrapin, 63.
Venison pie, 80.
Venison pie, (plain,) 81.
Venison pudding, 82.
Venison chestnut pudding, 83.
Vial, to remove the odour from, 267.
Vinegar, (good,) 241.
Vinegar, (molasses,) 242.
Vinegar, (raspberry, French,) 241.
Vinegar, (raspberry, very fine,) 240.
Wall paper, to take off, 275.
Washing chintzes, 307.
Washing black-lace, 305.
Washing coloured cravats, &c., 310.
Washington fritters, 134.
Water-ice, (cherry,) 159.
Water-ice, (damson,) 159.
Water-ice, (gooseberry,) 159.
Water-ice, (plum,) 158.
Water-ice, (strawberry,) 159.
West India cocoa-nut cake, 210.
Whalebone and hooks, 324.
White fricassee, 93.
White lace scarf, to wash, 306.
White fur, to clean, 312.
White satin ribbon, to wash, 298.
White-wash brushes, to clean, 264.
Whipt cream meringues, 203.
Wild ducks, stewed, 94.
Wine fritters, 135.
Winter soup, 9.
Wonders, 215.
Woollens, to put away, 310.
Working slippers, 327.
Worms in garden walks, to destroy, 281.
Yellow colouring for walls, 263.
Young corn omelet, 39.
ADDITIONAL RECEIPTS.
Almond ice-cream, 429. -- Another way, 430.
Alpisteras, (Spanish cake,) 439.
Apple jelly, (excellent,) 432.
Apple pudding, (Yankee,) 405.
Apple tapioca, 416.
Asparagus, (a nice way of cooking,) 443.
Asparagus, (French way of dressing,) 443.
Autumn leaves, 425.
Axjar pickles, 448.
Backwoods pot-pie, 487.
Beans, (pickled,) 450.
Beans and peas, (to keep,) 452.
Beef gumbo, 445.
Beef-steak pot-pie, 411.
Boston rye and Indian bread, 462.
Breakfast rolls, 414.
Brine for bacon and ham, 447.
Buckwheat batter pudding, 414.
Buckwheat cakes, (excellent,) 476.
Buckwheat porridge, 416.
Buena Vista cake, 395.
Cabbage, (fried,) 446.
Cabbage, pickled, (excellent,) 407.
Cabbage soup, (fine,) 406.
Canvas-back ducks,--to broil, 424.
Carolina grits, or small hominy, 491.
Carolina corn cakes, 480.
Carolina rice cakes, 480.
Carolina way of boiling rice, 442.
Cauliflower, to fry, 446.
Cherries, (pickled,) 452.
Chocolate ice cream, 430. -- Another way, 431.
Charlotte russe, (chocolate,) 429.
Charlotte russe, (lemon,) 428.
Charlotte russe, (Madeira,) 427.
Charlotte russe, (orange,) 428.
Charlotte russe, (rose,) 428.
Chicken pot-pie, 412.
Cinnamon bread, 399.
Cold pudding,--to cook, 417.
Corn, (Indian,) to boil, 487.
Corn-meal breakfast cakes, 474.
Corn-meal pudding, (baked,) 485.
Corn-meal yeast cakes, (dried,) 457.
Corn oysters, 489.
Corn porridge, 489.
Corns,--relief for, 424.
Currant raisin jam, 402.
Curry balls, 444.
Damsons or plums, (pickled,) 451.
Dumplings, (green corn,) 488.
Egg balls, 444.
Egg pone, 463.
Eggs, to keep, 418.
Farina, 435.
Farina flummery, 436. -- Another way, 437. -- Another way, 437.
Farina gruel, 436.
Farina panada, 436.
Farina pudding, (baked,) 436.
Farina plum-pudding, 437.
Farmer’s Indian pudding, 483.
Fig marmalade, 433.
Filet gumbo, 406.
Flummery, (red,) 434.
French mustard, (fine,) 418.
Frying fish, 448.
Gazpacho, (Spanish,) 441.
Green corn dumplings, 488.
Guisada, (a Spanish stew,) 440.
Hog’s head cheese, 447.
Hoe cake, (common,) 466.
Hominy, 491.
Hominy cakes, 491.
Ice-cream, (almond,) 429, 430.
Ice-cream, (lemon,) 431.
Ice-cream, (orange,) 431.
Icing,--warm, 399.
Indian batter cakes, (very plain,) 470.
Indian bread, or pone, 460.
Indian rye bread, 461.
Indian wheat bread, 462.
Indian corn, (for keeping,) 492.
Indian crumpets, 474.
Indian cup-cakes, 478.
Indian griddle cake, 468.
Indian dumplings, (very plain,) 469.
Indian flappers, 473.
Indian-meal gruel, 465.
Indian hasty pudding, 465.
Indian light biscuit, 478.
Indian mush, 464.
Indian muffins, 470.
Indian boiled pudding, (very nice,) 484.
Indian rice cakes, 475.
Indian slap-jacks, 473.
Johnny cake, (plain,) 468.
Johnny cake, (very nice,) 469.
Kentucky sweet cake, 479.
Lancaster gingerbread, 398.
Lard, (to prepare,) 446.
Lemon honey, 401.
Madison cake, 481.
Madeira cake, 427.
Madeira ham, 408.
Melon marmalade, 404.
Missouri cakes, 472.
Mushrooms,--broiled, 412.
Mushrooms pickled, (an easy way,) 413.
Nantucket pudding, 482.
Ochras, dried, 445.
Oil for kitchen lamps, (cheap,) 423.
Onion eggs, 444.
Onions, to pickle, 451.
Orange honey, 402.
Ovens, hints on heating, 455.
Peach mangoes, (fine,) 449.
Pear marmalade, 433.
Peppers, to pickle, 450.
Pine-apples,--to keep without cooking, 403.
Pine-apple marmalade, (fine,) 403.
Pisto omelette, (Spanish,) 440.
Plums and damsons, (to preserve,) 451.
Pollo valenciano, (Spanish,) 440.
Pork and beans, (excellent,) 493.
Pumpkin Indian cakes, 475.
Pumpkin Indian pudding, 486.
Raisin currants, 402.
Red flummery, 434.
Rice blancmange, 435.
Rice waffles, 454.
Rye batter cakes, (nice,) 477.
Rye mush, 466.
Roxbury tea cakes, 438.
Saccatash, (for summer,) 489.
Saccatash, (for winter,) 490.
Samp, 491.
Samp pudding, 483.
Scotch short cake, 453.
Silk,--new way of washing, 421.
Snow cream, 400.
Spanish salad, 441.
Spermaceti,--to extract, 423.
Stair-carpets,--to save, 421.
Terra firma, 417.
Terrapin pot-pie, 410.
Terrapins,--a new way of dressing, 409.
Tomato marmalade, 405.
Tomato marmalade, 433.
Tomato paste, 445.
Virginia griddle cakes, 471.
Wafer cakes, (fine,) 397.
Washington pudding, 419.
Wine jelly, 431.
Yeast cakes, (dried corn-meal,) 457.
Yeast, (excellent home-made,) 458.
Yeast powders, 396.
A. HART, LATE CAREY & HART,
HAS RECENTLY PUBLISHED THE 10TH EDITION OF
THE HOUSE BOOK:
A MANUAL OF DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
BY MISS LESLIE.
PRICE ONE DOLLAR.
THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF ITS CONTENTS:
Accidents from fire, 147.
Alabaster, (to clean,) 199.
Anthracite coal, 129.
Anthracite coal grates, 129.
Ants, (to destroy,) 114.
Aronetta dye, 98.
Astral lamps, 156.
Astral lamps, (management of,) 157.
Attics, (the) 325.
Baskets, 239.
Beaver hats, (to take care of,) 70.
Bed-bugs or chinches, (remedies for,) 105.
Bedding, 308.
Bed-covers, 311.
Bed-curtains, 306.
Bed feathers, (to wash,) 64.
Bed-rooms, (to clean,) 318.
Beds, (to make up,) 316.
Beds, (to warm,) 321.
Bedsteads, 303.
Bedsteads, (to put up,) 305.
Bees, (to keep,) 370.
Bells, 332.
Bishop’s lawn, (to wash,) 46.
Bituminous or English coal, 141.
Blacking, (fine--to make,) 73.
Blacking that will preserve the leather, 73.
Blacking for stoves, 216.
Black crape, (to remove water-stains from,) 85.
Black dye, 99.
Black dye for yarn, 104.
Black silk, (to wash,) 45.
Black silk sleeves, (to restore when faded,) 79.
Black silk stockings, (to wash,) 58.
Black worsted stockings, (to wash,) 34.
Blankets, (to keep through the summer,) 310.
Blankets, (to wash,) 34.
Block tin dish covers, (to clean,) 207.
Blond, (to wash,) 54.
Blue composition, 96.
Blue dye, 95.
Blue dye, (dark,) 96.
Blue dye for yarn, 103.
Bobbinet, (to shrink,) 62.
Bobbinet or cotton lace, (to wash,) 51.
Body of a dress, (to make,) 410.
Bonnet cover, (to make,) 353.
Bonnets, (gingham--to wash,) 48.
Bonnets, (straw or Leghorn--to clean,) 67.
Book muslin dresses, (to wash,) 43.
Boots and shoes, (to clean,) 72.
Boots and shoes, (French polish for,) 74.
Boot tops, (wash for,) 74.
Brass, (to clean,) 218.
Brass kettles, (to clean,) 219.
Bread seals, (to make,) 375.
Breakfast table, (to set,) 274.
Brick hearths, (to clean,) 201.
Brick oven, (to heat,) 145.
Britannia metal, (to clean,) 207.
Broken dishes, (to mend,) 291.
Broken glass, (to mend,) 292.
Brown dye, 100.
Brown dye for yarn, 101.
Brown linen, (fine--to wash,) 47.
Brushing a coat, 75.
Brushes, 241.
Brushes, (to clean,) 72.
Buff colour, (to dye,) 102.
Buff dye, (excellent,) 97.
Burn salve, (to make,) 150.
Butter knives, 254.
Candles, 167.
Candles, (common mould--to make,) 168.
Candles, (fine home-made,) 169.
Candles, (dip--to make,) 170.
Candles, (small wax--to make,) 169.
Candlesticks, (japanned--to clean,) 209.
Candlesticks, (silver and plated--to clean,) 206.
Carpets, 173.
Carpet-bags, 352.
Carpets, (to beat,) 181.
Carpets, (bed-room,) 178.
Carpets, (stair,) 179.
Carpets, (to sweep,) 180.
Carpets, (to wash,) 181.
Carpets, (to extract oil from,) 83.
Carpets, (rag,) 185.
Castors, 251.
Carving, 268.
Cask, (an old one--to sweeten,) 226.
Cellars, 245.
Cement for alabaster, &c., 293.
Cement cakes, 294.
Cement, (common,) 293.
Cement for iron, 293.
Chairs, sofas, &c., 296.
Chairs, (to clean,) 198, 340.
Chair-screens, 153.
Chandeliers, (to clean,) 212.
Charcoal, 127.
Chemises, (to make,) 394.
Chimneys, 334.
Chimneys on fire, 146.
China-ware, 290.
China, (to pack,) 347.
Chinches, or bed-bugs, (to destroy,) 105.
Chintz, (dark--to wash,) 39.
Chintz, (furniture--to wash,) 49.
Cinnamon brown, (to dye,) 100.
Clipping bags, 196.
Cloak, (a lady’s--to fold,) 77.
Clothes balls, 91.
Cloth clothes, (to wash,) 35.
Clothes brushes, (to clean,) 72.
Coal, (anthracite,) 129.
Coal grates, (anthracite,) 129.
Coal grate fires, 132.
Coal stove fires, 139.
Coal spark, (to extract from the eye,) 150.
Coffee starch, 21.
Cockroaches, (to destroy,) 109.
Coke fires, 142.
Collar, (false one--to make,) 392.
Coloured dresses, (to wash,) 37.
Colours, (liquid--to prepare,) 379.
Combs, (to clean,) 72.
Combs, (tortoise-shell--to mend,) 71.
Cotton comfortables, (to make,) 313.
Cotton stockings, (unbleached--to wash,) 59.
Cotton cord, (to shrink,) 62.
Counterpanes, (to wash,) 313.
Court-plaster, (to make,) 381.
Cow, (to keep,) 355.
Cream oysters, 288.
Crickets, (to destroy,) 112.
Crockery, (kitchen,) 233.
Curtains, 188.
Curtains, (to clean,) 189.
Dairy, 359.
Dampness in beds, (to detect,) 321.
Damp walls, 335.
Decanters, (to clean,) 209.
Dip candles, (to make,) 170.
Dining-tables, (to polish,) 197.
Dinner table, (to set,) 256.
Dinner table, (to wait on,) 261.
Doilies, 256.
Doors and windows, (to stop their cracks,) 322.
Door locks, 333.
Down feathers, (to clean,) 64.
Double wrappers, (to make,) 401.
Dresses, (coloured--to wash,) 37.
Dress, (book muslin--to wash,) 43.
Dress, (painted muslin--to wash,) 42.
Dress, (a lady’s--to fold,) 75.
Dresses, (to fold for packing,) 347.
Dress-making, (hints on,) 406.
Dress, (a lady’s--to make the body,) 410.
Dress, (to make the sleeves,) 416.
Dress, (to make the skirt,) 420.
Ducks, (to keep,) 369.
Durable ink, (to make,) 378.
Dust, (to remove from a dress,) 86.
Dyes, (domestic--remarks on,) 93.
Dyes for yarn, (country manner,) 101.
Enamelled kettles, (to clean,) 220.
Entrance halls, 328.
Entry lamps, 160.
Evening parties, (hints on,) 280.
Faded dress, (to bleach,) 26.
False collars, (to make,) 392.
False shirt-bosoms, (to make,) 393
Feathers, (bed--to wash,) 64.
Filtering jars, 244.
Finger glasses, 254.
Fire irons, (to clean,) 216.
Fire irons, (to prevent from rusting,) 217.
Fire screens, 151.
Flannel, (to make up,) 396.
Flannel, (new--to shrink,) 31, 32.
Flannel, (to wash,) 32.
Fleas, 111.
Flies, 112.
Floating tapers, 163.
Floating tapers, (cheap ones,) 166
Floating tapers, (to renew,) 164.
Flower stands, 194.
Folding clothes for ironing, 26.
Folding a coat, 75.
Folding a coat for packing, 348.
Folding a lady’s dress, 75.
Folding a dress for packing, 347.
Folding a lady’s cloak, 77.
Floors, 335.
Forks, (to clean,) 213.
Fowls, (to keep,) 363.
Front doors, 330.
Fruit stains, (to remove,) 79.
Furniture, (black walnut,) 193
Furniture, (curled maple,) 193.
Furniture, (mahogany,) 192.
Furniture, (rose wood,) 193.
Furniture, (varnished mahogany, to clean,) 196.
Furniture, (kitchen,) 228.
Furniture, (to take care when the house is repairing,) 343.
Geese, (to keep,) 368.
German silver, (to clean,) 206.
Gingham bonnets, (to wash,) 48.
Gilt chandeliers, (to clean,) 212.
Glass, (broken--to mend,) 292.
Glass, (to pack,) 347.