The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-01-26
Roofing for Buildings.

reference to cheap roofs, and the COST OF
some, as reported in the Prairie Farmer,
as being from FIVE to six dollars per 100
feet. Now, speaking from experience, |
think can tell of a covering for roofs
cheaper than any of that kind, and at the
same time not liable to any of the objec-
tions allowed to exist in those of which
you speak, while it is of material less
destructible from exposures incident to
all roofs, than that 81 oxen of there.
The roofing planks or boards should be
of hemlock, laid close together, and at
least three nails driven in the width of the
planks or boards wherever nailed, to pre-
vent warping from the heat of the SUM-
Over these may be applied coat of coal
tar for the purpose'of furnishing through
out the whole fastening to the covering
to b espoken of, as the sun as it beats on
the roof while the tar is not yet thorough
ly dried in, renders it sufficiently liquid
to cause an adhesion to be effected be-
tween it and the covering.
The best material to cover with is
twilled cotton cloth, costing here general
ly not to exceed eight cents per yard, and
possessed of sufficient body to retain,
without allowing to pass through it coal
tar mixed with cement (Rosendale. or
fine brick dust, laid on with white wash
brush. Over the whole while yet new.
sand can be sifted; this serves to keep the
covering in its place and to prevent
the wind, from CT clevices below the roof,
from raising the roof covering, and when
thoroughly dry, cracking the coating on
it.
This kind of roof, unlike those referred
to in the beginning to this communication,
will be good and permanent where those
are nearly worthless, viz. on steep roofs,
and certainly there more than on fiat or
shed roo!s, costing less tLan one-third of
those The cloth may be laid crosswise
the len 9TH of the boards or not as the ma
ker wishes-should be laid on the surface
of the roof boards, without any raise, and
Tapped at least one and half or two in
ches, using tacks of the size of those used
commonly in fastening down carpets, driv-
en- pretty close together; the hemlock
being possessed of great retentive power,
no fear of their drawing out need be en-
tertained, and as for rusting, the tar rem
ders that impos ,ible. covered roof of
upwards of 400 square feet in this way
at cost of about 81, so, which has now
been in use three years and upwards,
showing slight defects occasionally, but
which are wholly attributable to my want
of experience in laying it down. never
having heard of any thing before like it,
and believe, the first of the kind in this
region of country.
Hoping that the information communi-
Gated, may be Of use, to many, On whom
Mammon has not smiled benignly, l will
farther say, that in answer to any inquir-
les through your paper, I will communi-
cate, if agreeable, to you, any information
which my experience, since acquired, will
allow srs ...s... l.. Wv.
Bet1eIem, Dec. 1858. .s.
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Sailing BEEF FOR SUMNER UsE.-Fer
100 lbs. beef take 16 quarts fine Aston
sack salt and 4 ounces saltpeter; cut the
meat and pack it in edgewise, after rub
bing the pieces all over with the salt; and
after a layers completed, take an axe or
mall, and pound down solid. Then
sprinkle en- G little saltpeter and ELL up all
interstices with salt, and SO On until the
cask is full Those who do not like salt
petre may omit it without injury to the
meat.
I have salted my beef in this way for
fifteen years. 1t needs no soaking be-
fore boiling, and will be tender and sweet
the year round. By this way of sailing,
it makes its own brine, and never wants
repacking- the brine scalding If
the brine should not cover it in the spring,
sufficient may be added for that purpose
A. WANzER. Sherman, Conn., Country
Cert.