Mrs. Winslow's family almanac and domestic receipt book for 1874.

Date:
1874
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Mrs. Winslow's family almanac and domestic receipt book for 1874. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Brown’s Bronchial Troches. Cure Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Influenza, and any Irritation or Soreness of the Throat, relieve the hacking Cough of Consumption, Bronchitis, Asthma, and Catarrh, clear and give strength to the voice of Singers, and are indispensable to Public Speakers. Hints. If your flat-irons are rough and smoky, lay a little fine salt on a flat sur¬ face and rub them well; it will prevent them from sticking to anything starched, and make them smooth. Rub your griddle with fine salt before you grease it, and your cake will not stick. When walnuts have been kept until the meat is too much dried to be good, let them stand in milk and water eight hours, dry them, and they will be as fresh as when new. It is a good plan to keep your different kinds of pieces, tape, thread, &c., in separate bags, and there is no time lost in looking for them. Oat straw is the best for filling beds, and it is well to change it as often as once a year. Cedar chests are best to keep flannels, for cloth moths are never found in them. Red cedar chips are good to keep in drawers, wardrobes, closets, trunks, &c., to keep out moths. When cloths have acquired an unpleasant odour by being from the air, charcoal laid in the folds will soon remove it. If black dresses have been stained, boil a handful of fig leaves in a quart of water, and reduce it to a pint. A sponge dipped in this liquid and rubbed upon them, will entirely remove stains from crapes, bombazines, &e. In laying up furs for summer, lay a tallow candle in or near them, and danger from worms will be obviated. To prevent metals from rusting, melt together three parts of lard and one of resin, and apply a very thin coating. It will preserve Russia iron stoves and grates from rusting during summer, even in damp situations. The effect is equally good on brass, copper, steel, &c. The same compound forms an excellent water-proof paste for leather. Boots, when treated with it, will soon after take the usual polish, when blacked, and the soles may be saturated with it. Throat Affections. A physician writing from Newfane, Hew York, speaking of the beneficial effects resulting from the use of “Brown's Bronchial Troches,” says, “For alleviating that horrid irritation only felt by those who have suffered from any Bronchial Affection, and for Hoarseness, and Sore Throat, too, I am free to confess (though I am an M.D.) they answer all you claim for them.” The remarkable properties of “ Brown's Bronchial Troches ” have been thoroughly tested since first introduced. The demand for them has steadily increased, and purely upon their own merits. They have found favour with those who, from Pulmonary, Bronchial, or Asthmatio complaints, require them. For Coughs and Colds they are efficacious. ?/