Buckeye Cookery

Tried and approved: the great American housekeeping bible of 1880.

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TO SOFTEN WATER

Hard water is rendered very soft and pure, rivaling distilled water, by merely boiling a two-ounce vial, say, in a kettle of water. The carbonate of lime and many impurities will be found adhering to the bottle. The water boils very much quicker at the same time.

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