ts on floors can be removed by scouring them with sand wet in oil
of vitriol, and water, mixed. Rinse them, when the ink is extracted,
with strong pearl-ash water.

424. _To remove Paint and Putty from Window Glass._

Put sufficient pearl-ash into hot water, to make it very strong of it;
then saturate the paint which is daubed on the glass with it. Let it
remain till nearly dry, then rub it off hard, with a woollen cloth.
Pearl-ash water is also good to remove putty before it is dried on the
glass. If it dries on, whiting is good to remove it.

425. _To cleanse Feather Beds and Mattresses._

When feather beds become soiled or heavy, they may be made clean and
light by being treated in the following manner: Rub them over with a
stiff brush, dipped in hot soap-suds. When clean, lay them on a shed, or
any other clean place, where the rain will fall on them. When thoroughly
soaked, let them dry in a hot sun for six or seven successive days,
shaking them up well, and turning them over each day. They should be
covered over with a thick cloth during the night; if exposed to the
night air, they will become damp, and mildew. This way of washing the
bed ticking and feathers, makes them very fresh and light, and is much
easier than the old-fashioned way of emptying the beds, and washing the
feathers separately, while it answers quite as well. Care must be taken
to dry the bed perfectly, before sleeping on it. Hair mattresses that
have become hard and dirty, can be made nearly as good as new by ripping
them, washing the ticking, and picking the hair free from bunches, and
keeping it in a dry, airy place, several days. Whenever the ticking gets
dry, fill it lightly with the hair, and tack it together.

426. _To cleanse Vials and Pie Plates._

Bottles and vials that have had medicine in them, may be cleansed by
putting ashes in each one, and immersing them in a pot of cold water,
then heating the water gradually, until it boils. When they have boiled
in it an hour, take it from the fire, and let them remain in it till
cold; then wash them in soap-suds, and rinse them in fair water till
clear. Pie plates that have been used much for baking, are apt to impart
an unpleasant taste to the pies, which is owing to the lard and butter
of the crust soaking into them, and becoming rancid. It may be removed
by putting them in a brass kettle, with ashes and cool water, and
boiling them in it an hour.

427. _To temper Earthen-ware.