Contains cooking receipts, food receipts for invalids, paint mixtures, and dye mixtures for wool, cotton, and silk. Medicine advertisements: (Dr. A. Trask's Magnetic Ointment, Dr. Ransom's Hive and Tolu Honey Syrup, K. B. King of the Blood which cures all humors. and Dr. Miller's Magnetic Balm). Also, antidotes for poisons. One page on "Rules, Tables of Weights". 1884 Calendar on back cover. 32 page book.