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For Cleaning Mahogany Tables
To a quart of cold drawn Linseed oil add a pint of vinegar half an ounce of Rose Pink four ounces of alkanet Root and half an ounce of gum arabic dissolved mix them well together in an Earthen Pot let them stand three or four days and it will be fit for use
Diretions for useing the oil
Rub a Small quantity over your Table with a Linen Cloth and let it remain on twenty four hours then rub it of with a different Cloth and rub the Table well with a clean one This should be repeated very often or every time the Table is dirted or stained
For Cleaning Harness
Half a pint of Turpentine Three Table spoonfulls of the Black Japan Ink tow ounces of Beex wax one ounce of Drop black a few drops of oil of time 
For Cleaning Brass one ounce of sweet oil one ounce of oil of time half an ounce of Turpentine and one ounce of Rotten stone

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For Cleaning Mahogany Tables To a quart of cold drawn Linseed oil add a pint of vinegar half an ounce of Rose Pink four ounces of alkanet Root and half an ounce of gum arabic dissolved mix them well together in an Earthen Pot let them stand three or four days and it will be fit for use Diretions for useing the oil Rub a Small quantity over your Table with a Linen Cloth and let it remain on twenty four hours then rub it of with a different Cloth and rub the Table well with a clean one This should be repeated very often or every time the Table is dirted or stained For Cleaning Harness Half a pint of Turpentine Three Table spoonfulls of the Black Japan Ink tow ounces of Beex wax one ounce of Drop black a few drops of oil of time For Cleaning Brass one ounce of sweet oil one ounce of oil of time half an ounce of Turpentine and one ounce of Rotten stone