The Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1852-1853, 1852-12-29
Good Paint for Brick Dwellings

Good Paint for Brick Dwellings.
A writer in the New York Tribune, re-
marking on the Milwaukee brick, as hand
some building material, ssys that it is too
expensive, and that the same effect can be
produced by cheap kind of paint, more
suitable, and far cheaper, for coloring brick
than oil paint, which is very expensive
He says. ss.I IA; q. ...,r.s...r S.. .....ss-.s,r
"Oil paint is expensive, and is not, when
on, just the thing for brick; but a paint may
be made for brick without any oil. much
better than with. The brick dwelling in
which | reside has coat Of paint upon it;
which has been there several years and is
now quite as fresh as when painted, and
likely to remain SO several years more. The
basis Of the paint is common lime mixed
with water The requisite shade may be
made BY adding colors used by house paint
ers. Sulphate Of zine is the fixing ingredi-
ent. know in my mind buildings that
have been standing quite a long time with
out the renewal of paint. The composition
costs butli tie more than common whitewash.
The same, adding Venetian red, OF yellow
ochre, or burnt sienna, as the taste of the
owner may require, and the sulphate of
zinc. This paint was highly commended
by the late Al. Downing; good authority
in such matters. 1t forms cement with
brick, with nothing but the seyerest friction
will remove. | have seen quite number
of buildings with Milwaukee brick fronts,
but have noticed dull, rusty look about the
edges offthe brick, that materially DESTROYS
the good effect of the cream color. A much
clearer and richer cream color may be OBJ
tanned BY using the common red bri,k with
this composition, with yellow ochre for the
coloring matter. For country houses. a
somewhat more lively and warmer color
may be got by the addition of Venetian red
to the ochre, in small portions"
LIFE IN MrssIssIPpI.--The hotels at jack
son are celebrated for sumptuous entertain
ments, but instead Of printed bills of fare,
they call every dish with loud voice, fre-
quently giving the price and history of the
dishes. For instance, at the Mansion House,
a negro boy takes prominent position in the
hall, and after the guests are all seated, he
begins:
"fresh butter costs 80 cents per pound ;
eggs, fried, boiled, and scrambled biscuits
made from the best st. Louis -four, and
costs eight dollars per barrel; spare ribs,
genuine Berkshire spare ribs; Southdown
mutton chops, We use no other kind at the
Mansion House; if any gentleman at break
fast wishes to buy some, let him write to
Col. o., Of Adams county, who furnishes
these. Venison, from the free state of Ran
kin, &C., &c. p. As f'
AZ McMakin's, the polite General dis
charges this duty himself, and when seated
for dinner, he begins:--Roast beef, roast
mutton, roast veal, roast turkey, boiled
ham, boiled mutton, McMakin's ducks,
Philips potatoes, Scott county peas: after
which comes old-tashioned peach pies, but
termlk, sweet milk, cheese, crackers and
molasses. Gentlemen, don't neglect my
liquors. Gentlemen, ere are great people.
WHAT A CouNrRY!-H. G. Nicholas, who
left Indiana for Oregon last Spring, wrote
home 10 his father on the 10th Of November
from Oregon City, and in his brief epistle
exhibits quite an extravagantidea of the new
country: ssael
"Such animals as are here / never heard
tell Of Cattle when they lie down it is as
much as they can do to rise again. You talk
OF your fat hogs and horses, but have never
seen any. They run out altogether; the
owners don't see them once month";
Wheat will weigh 80 lbs to the bushel; two
heavy crops from one sowing, / have seen
a field of rye that looks thrifty, that there
has been three crops taken from one sowing,
and it still looks thrifty. Two crops of po-
tatoes are taken from one planting in one
year. Onions are almost as large as my
head. A farmer works hard but one-third
Of his time. 1t is very healthy here, except
some places on the Columbia river, where
the people have the ague. Steamships and
sail vessels come to Portland city, on the
Willamette river, which is larger place
than Oregon City. The boats run to San
Francisco in four days. Flour is worth from
30 to 40 cents per lb. in the mines, and go
to 25 here A common laborer Gets from
S2 to $3.50 and boarded, and SIS in the
mines. A man or woman that don't get
rich here is not sharp. A great many are
leaving and coming to Oregon the low wa
5cs in California won't Justify them in stay
ng there. Those that have been here any
length Of time are wen off Land can be
obtained by settling on it for four years.
AFRICAN sARITnMET1o.=-Somebody gives
The following lucid specimen as an illustra-
ion of a Virginia darkey's skill at figures:
"Dey does say, dat way down in Geor-
gia, they makes nigga work s5hours ebry
lay. Now look hear, les abeen told dat
lie day hasn't got no more as 81 hours,
md Iwants YOU, Mr.. Johnsing, to splanify
@ dis chile, how dey make EN- work 25
lours.!' NJ at .k'las ttsl#E a# wsa |
ioffGolly migoty, what ignoramusses niggo
you is, Scipio; why down dare, they make |
Door nigga get up one hour before day. |
loesn't dat make 25?',sl Sipio was convin-
,ed.s ,i3aaa Boa siasi nstsa a8 oh i85t nl
Milk Cows.---The winter treatment of I
,ows should be we'll looked to. Moderately |
YARN, and well ventilated quarters, regu- |
arity in feeding aud watering, isucculent |
God night and morning, clean beds aad oc- |
'asional saltings, are necessary for their |
lealth and comfort, s,n.e gsft ,ssw A., I
EE- a committe Of the s. Carolina Leg
stature, towhom the subject was referred, !
ave reported against bill authogizing the
ale of free persons Of color for debt.