Welcome to Ed and Sophie Withers who have joined this week, and welcome back to Stephanie - thanks for the Bute MI look-up offer - I trust subscribers will respect her limit of look-ups for specific people - i.e. no blanket requests. As always, if you haven't already contributed, we hope to hear from you soon. ****** ****** ****** Care of clothing 1880's style: "OLD BLACK SILK DRESS, TO RENOVATE. - Dissolve some glue or gum-arabic in boiling water. Mix with sufficient cold water, and sponge the dress all over with it on the wrong side; dry the silk, sprinkle it a little, roll up tightly in a towel, let it remain thus for several hours, then with an iron, only moderately hot, iron it carefully out, and your dress will be as good as new." While there may have been a need for such instructions for a young widow resident in the towns of Rothesay, Millport and perhaps Brodick, what use would they have been out on in the farms occupied by most of our ancestors? Or is that a too simplistic view of the situation ? ****** ****** ****** >From Archive CD books ... The History of Scotland SPECIAL OFFER For a very limited period buyers of this CD will only be charged HALF PRICE In eight volumes, this is the major work of John Hill Burton 1809-1881 Scottish Historian and Lawyer who originally published these volumes 1853-1870 appointed Historiographer Royal for Scotland in 1867. see Scotland history & topography page at: http://www.rod-neep.co.uk/books/new/index.htm ****** ****** ****** Feel free to join in and present your own items. Peter Cook cookfmly@bigpond.com List maintainer and Co-host with Barbara < babrown12@optonline.net > of the ButeshireGenWeb mailing list.