Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million Containing Four Thousand Five Hundred and Forty-five Receipts, Facts, Directions, etc. in the Useful, Ornamental, and Domestic Arts

PART I.

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HOME AND ITS EMPLOYMENTS.

House Cleaning--Repairing Furniture--Cleaning Stoves and Grates--Mending Glass, China, &c.--Coloring and Polishing Furniture, &c.--Removing unpleasant Odors--Fires--Water and Cisterns--Carriages and Harness--Washing--To remove Stains--To clean Silks, Lace, &c.--Paste, Glue, and Cement--Dyeing--Blacking for Boots, Shoes, &c.--To destroy Insects--The Kitchen, &c. _Page 9 to 88_