The complete servant / Being a practical guide to the peculiar duties and business of all descriptions of servants, from the housekeeper to the servant of all-work, and from the land steward to the foot-boy. With useful receipts and tables

by servant Samuel Adams; Sarah Adams

Mix 2 pounds of pipe clay, 4 ounces of Fuller’s earth, 4 ounces of whiting, and a quarter of a pint of ox galls.

TO TAKE GREASE OUT OF LEATHER BREECHES.

The white of an egg applied to the injured part, and dried in the sun, will effectually answer this purpose.

Another Method.

To two table spoonsful of spirit of turpentine, put half an ounce of mealy potatoes, add some of the best Durham mustard, with a little vinegar; let them dry, and when well rubbed, the spots will be entirely removed.

TO CLEAN LEATHER.

Take of French yellow ochre, 1 lb.
sweet oil, a dessert spoonful

Mix well together, so that the oil may not be seen: then
take of pipe-clay, 1 lb.
starch, ¼ lb.

Mix with boiling water, when cold, lay it on the leather; and rub and brush it well when dry.

TO MAKE SCOURING BALLS.