Well, Folks, instead of writing individual replies, permit me to just post the directions for mixing the soap on this list. It will save me a lot of time. (We'll get something stirred up on this list yet) I've already given you the ingredients so here's how to make the soap. "First, cut the soap up in small pieces, then pulverize the Borax, Rosin and Sal Soda, and put in the vessel in which the compound is to be boiled. For soft soap boil about 35 minutes. For hard soap boil one hour, not longer. It can be perfumed to suit the manufacturer, using 1 ounce of perfume to every 25 pounds of soap. For perfuming, use Oil Sassafras, Oil Cloves, &c." Do you think maybe I owe the heirs of McCampbell $25 for releasing this information?:):) Hope they don't adjust it for inflation (since 1879). Additional instructions hand written on back: "Boil slow and stir while boiling. Keep soft soap in a covered vessel. Boil until about as thick as molasses, then pour out and let cool, It thickens and hardens in cooling." If you don't know how thick molasses are, it's about twice as thick as heavy syrup. Edna