The hair should be cut close, and round the spot it should be shaved off, and the part, night and morning, bathed with a lotion made by dissolving a drachm of white vitriol in 8 oz. of water.

"I reckon he hates me," thought Hiram, pouring vitriol into his own wounds, "and I reckon he's got good cause to.

Or mix 1/2 lb. of oil of vitriol with 6 gallons of water, and apply, taking care not to get the vitriol on the hands or clothes.

Cut the weeds down to the ground, and run a skewer dipped in vitriol through the roots.

Or mix 1/2 lb. of oil of vitriol with 6 gallons of water, and apply, taking care not to get the vitriol on the hands or clothes.