Carpets to Clean , Carpets to Scour

CARPETS TO CLEAN

Ingredients .- 1/2 lb.of washing soda , 1 lb. of yellow soap , 1oz. nitric acid , 1 gallon of water

Mode -- Melt the soap and soda in the oven ; then mix with the water and add the acid ; with a clean scrubbing-brush wash the carpet from seam to seam with this , doing only a small piece at a time and rinsing and drying it a quickly as possible

CARPETS TO SCOUR

Ingredients -- 1 pint of ox-gall , 3 gallons of soft water

Mode -- After the carpets have been well beaten and freed from dust and grit , lay and nail them and scour them quickly with the mixture , which should both extract the grease and refresh the colours , it is to mix but a small quantity and wash a small piece at a time , then as the water gets cold and dirty it can be thrown away