OrillUat Whitewash. fc-
Many have heard of the brilliant stWco
whitewash on the east of the president
house at V ashington. The following is a
recipe for niakin-r it. with
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improvements learned by experiments :
1 ako half a bushel of nico unslacked
lime, flack it with boiling water, coverin?
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. 45 P""-"' lo KLeP m the steam.
Strain the liquid through a fi lift fti At; a -mb
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strainer, and add to it a peck of clean salt,
previously well dissolved in warm water;
three pounds of ground rice, boiled to a
thin paste, and sth red iu boiling hot, half a
pound of powerful Spanish whiting, and
a pound of clean glue, which has been
previously uissolveJ by first soaking it
well, and then hanging it over a slow Are,
in a small kettle within a lanre one !'.!!, I
with water. Add live nations f 1...1
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to the whole mixture : Mir it well nnd lot
it stand a few days covered from dirt, h
should be put 011 quite hot ; for this pur
pose it can De Kept in a kettle on a por
table furnace. It is said that one pint of
this mixture will cover a souare vard on
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the outside of a house, if properly applied.
Brushes more or less small mav be used.
according t the nealnesu of the job requi-
reil. It answers as well as oil paint for
wood, brick or stone, and is cheancr. It
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retains its brillancy for many' years.
