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Bark Shanty Soap, or 'Washing Made Easy.
Good bar soap, 41bs.; washing (sal) soda, 3 lbs.; freshly burned stone-lime (which is also called " quick-lime "), l lb.; salt, 2 ozs.; soft water, 5 gals. Directions—First, put the stone-lime into one gal. of the water, which is boiling hot; and, after stirring it a few times within an hour or two, let it settle, then pour off the clear liquid into a suitable sized kettle to hold all, and add the balance of the water; cut the bar soap into thin slices, and put it with the soda, into the kettle, and boil until the soda and soap are fully dissolved, then stir in the salt, and pour when a little cool, into suitable jars (a pine half-barrel will do very nicely), and keep covered for use.
Remarks. —This soap will save much of the rubbing of the clothing if a cup or two of it, according to the size of the washing, is dissolved by stirring it into cold water enough to cover the clothes, and they are soaked over night in
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