Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1895 — Wet Boots. [ARTICLE]

Wet Boots.

When boots are tvet through, do not dry them by the fire. As soon as they are taken off, fill them quite full with dry oats. This grain will rapidly absorb every vestige of damp from wet leather. As it takes up the moisture, it swells and fills the boot like a tightly fitting last keeping its form good, and drying the leather without hardening it In the morning shake out th« oats and hang them In a bag near the fire to dry, ready for use on another occasion.