Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1892 — One Use for the Onion. [ARTICLE]

One Use for the Onion.

St. Louis Globe-Democrat. A very convenient mucilage can be made out of onion juice by any one who wishes to use it. A good-sized , Spanish onion, after being boiled a short time, will yield, on freing press-1 ed, quite a large quantity of very ad- j hesive fluid. This is used quite ex- ; tensively in various trades for past-4 ing paper on tin or zinc, or seven glass, and the tenacity with which it holds would surprise any one-dh making the first attempt. It is the qheap- j est and best mucilage fpr. huch pur- | poses, and answers just as well a* many of the more costly and patent cements. Some of the cements sold by street fakirs at ten cents a bottle consist of nothing but onion juice and water, and, the bottle and cork cost \ a great deal ■more than the contents.