Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-09-01
4 FIRST RATE EHITEWASH.

We have tried various preparations for white
washing ceilings, and the walls of unpapered
rooms, but have never found anything that was
entirely satisfactory until the present spring.
We have now something that affords a bcauti-
full, clear, white color, and which cannot lie
rubbed of.
We procured, at paint store, dollars worth
Of first quality 'paris White'-33 lbs, at three
conts per lb.-and for this quantity, ore pound
of whito glue, Of the present quality, usually
called Gooper's glue, because manufactured hy
Peter Cooper, Of New York. Retail price 81
cents per pound. For one days work, half
pound of the glue was put i'll tin vessel, AMI
covered with cold water over hight. In the
lnosning this was carefully heated until dis-
solved, when it was added to lG lbs. Of the
Paris White, previously stirred in moderate
quantity Of hot water. Enough water was then
added to give the whole a proper milky con-i>-
tency, when it wax applied with brush in the
ordinary manner. Our 80 lbs Of Paris White
and l lb. Of glue sufticed for two ceiling. and
the walls and ceilings Of seven otlcr smaller
rooms.
A single coat is equal to q double coat OF
limo wash, while the white is far more lively OF
brilliant than line. Indeed the color is nearly
equal to that of "Zinc White" WHICH costs at
least four times as much. We arc satisfied, by
repeated trials, that no wlitewaSh can be made
to adhere firmly without glue, or some kind OF
sizing, and this will invariably be coloretl. III
time, with the calStic lime. The Paris White,
Oh the contrary, is simply pure washed chalk,
and is entirely inert, producing no caustic effect
on the sizing
Any of our readers who try this, and are as
we'll pleased with it as we are, will consider the
information worth many times the cost of an
entire volume of the -igricuh.riA. Had we
known Of it when We first "sct " ilUusc-kccp-
ing" it would have saved us much labor, and
the annoyance Of garments often soiled 10y con
tact with whitcwa>h-not to mention the say
ing of candles, secured by having the ceiling
always white enough to ref,ctInstead Of absorb
ing the rays Of light-dm. Ayric1tltRrisl.
Pre- APPLE MELoS-Ilow TO Cook, &c.-Lct
tue melons remain on the vines until they begin
to turn yelowish-tllen gather them carefully.
without bruising, and put them away in cool
place for winter use. When you wish to cook
them, peel off the skim and cut up the melon
small, taking out the seed, soft pulp, if any,
SC. Put them in preserving kettle, with just
enough water to keep them from burning, and
stew over tolcrably brisk fire for 3 or 4 hours,
or until the whole is reduced TO soft PUPPY
mass, free from Jumps, and thoroughly done"
You have, then, substance resembling green
apples stewed, and by adding 4 little sugar and
lemon juice to it, and making it up with the
crust in The usual way, it is impossible to tell
it from fresh apple pie. The lemon juice IS
necessary to give it favor as it is rather nsipid
without it.
If you desire pumpkin or cus'ard pie Of the
melons, stew as above directed, but amt Tie
lemon, and brig the pulpy mass to the proper
richness and consistency by the addition Uf >u
gar, milk and eggs. Little of either OF these
ipssedients will be found neceSsary-only sufii-
tcient 80 give the melon color and flavor. If
skilfuhy prepared, these melons will be found
an important auxiliary to the housewife, during
several months in tbs fall and winter. We have
kept them sound and hard until March.-Soutk-
ern Cultiralor.
"IHcLINE THINE EARn'-To cure tho head
ache, in Mexico, they give teaSpoonful of rum,
poured inta the ear! The head should be bent
down on the side from which the pain proceeds,
(ssys Thompson, the Mexican traveller,) and,
after receiving tho fluid, the patient should re-
main quiet till the pain subsidies, which is usu-
ally in three or four minutes.
MUcx-f muck were not fertilizer, still it
is valuable as an amendment to light, especially
sandy soils. 1t stiffens and gives consistency to
the mass, and s very retentive of moisture
more so than anything else. 1t is also impossi-
ble to dry it so'that there will not be twenty
per cent, of water left in it. Muck thus not
only helps to give consistency to light soil, but
it also enables it to withstand drought.
PRESERVING BUrTER-The farmers of Aber.
deem, Scotland, are said to practice the following
method for curing their butter, which gives it
great superiority over that Of their neighbors:
"Take two quarts of the best common salt,
oae ounce of sugar and one of saltpetre; take
one ounce of this composition for one pound of
ba,tor; work we'll into the mass and close it up
for use. The butter cured with this mixture ap-
pears of rich and marrJwy substance and fine
color, and acquires a little hardness Dr. An
tlerson says; q have eaten the butter cured with
The above composition that has been kept for
four years, and it MAS rs sweet as at first 1t |
must b. IL, ted, howtr r. that butter that is thus
cured requires to sad three weeks or month
before it is usel. If it is sooner opened, the salt
is not sufficiently blended with it, and sometimes
The coolpess of the nitro will be perceived, which
,otally disappears afterwards"