Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-08-31
NUMBER 35.

NJ D.. .t--' 'n. ,tf. f-t-ift .tf'+ Q"
put on right hot; for this purpose it can be-
kept in kettle on portable furnace. II is
said that about one pint Of this mixture will
cover square yard upon the outside of a
house, if properly applied.
Brushes more or less small may be used,
according to the neatness of the job required.
1t answers as we'll as oil paint on wood, brick
Or stone, and is cheaper. 1t retains its brill
fancy for many years. There is nothing that
will compare with it. either for inside or OUT
side walls. Coloring matter may be put ip
and made of any shade you like.
Spanish brown stirred in will make red or
pink more or less deep, according tothe guam
tity,. A delicate tinge of this is very pretty
for inside wallis Finely pulverized common
clay, well mixed with Spanish brown, before
it is stirred into the mixture, makes lilac
color. Lampblaok in moderate quantities
makes slate color, very suitable for the OUT
side of buildings, Lampblack and Spanish
brown mixed together produce reddish stone
color. Yellow ochre stirred in makes yell
low wash; but chrome goes further, and makes!
color generally esteemed prettier. In all
these cases, the darkness of the shade will of
course, be determined by the quantity of ool-.
oring used. 1t is difficult to make rule, be-.
cause tastes are very different it would be
best to try experiments on shingle, and let
it dry. We have been told that green must
not be mixed with lime. The lime destroys
the color, and the color has an effect on the
witewash, which makes it crack and peal
When walls have been badly smoked, and
when you wish to have them clean white, IL
is well to squeeze indigo plentlfully througk
a bag into the water you use before it Is stirred
in the whole mixture ''
If larger quantity than five gallons is
wanted, the same proportions should be Oh
served. ...a.. .r77 :. .-o - 'slsa
About thirty cents worth of ,coloring mat.
ter is seficient for tho above quantity. A lit
tie Princes brown mixed in gives handsome
lilac shade. s.-
EvERGREENs.
If pine grows long and spindling cut off
the leader and the top, and the leaders on
the first and second tier of side branches
Select one of the branches that can be best
spared and tie to the stump of the upright
shoot Nipping out the central bud when two
or three inches long will answer to make the
tree bushy Spruce and frs will form lead
ers for themselves, and if the leader shoots
up too strong, Or the upper side branches ex-
tend out too far SO as to oyerop the lowest
ones, which they should never do, cut the
limbs back the same US we would for a fruit
tree or Towering shrub. Spruces, hemlocks
and arbor vitas can be trained singly by the
use of the shears as we want them, or in the
form of hedges, as easily as deciduous trees ov
bushes. "" ~
THE GARDEN .prH ~
"My God, my garden and my grave is now
all have to live for, was once said by p
Gus churchman who had spent toilsome life;
and was ready to depart with Simon's prayer
upon his lips. In the quiet of his garden
there was MUCH to attune his heart to the
great change through which he must SOON
pass, through the grave to the inetfable pres
ence. In his garden he would be surrounded
by 'horal apostles" as Horace Smith called
them, that would silently preach to him many
lessons of truest wisdom; for, in the words Of
Allan Cunningham: ...,-,.-,,.J. ,sy
There is u lesson in each flower,
A story in each stream and bower;
In every herb ON which you tread, ~ 'ff
Are written words, which, lightly read
Will lead you from earth's fragrant sod
To hope, and holiness, and God!"si 'A T''
Indeed, the occupation that is to be found
in the garden brings not only health to the
body, but to the mind also;. H'' ''-.fs,i'
In the eastern suburgs of London profess
sional hortcuturist has long since adopted
the benevolent and prascworthy scheme Of
giving employment in his gardens to those
Young thieves who wish to leave off their sim
ful course of life and take to, honest labor
labor which no one seems to give them, and
the lack of which, therefore, throws them
back into their old evil ways r'ar-7s, IN
..,.,.i. Oh. VALUE OF swAIIows si51T arL
AS proof of the valuable services rendered
by swallows, it is estimated that one of. these
birds will destroy, at q low calculation nins
hundred insects per day, and when it is con-
sidered that some insects produce as many
as nine generations in summer, the state of
the air, but for these birds, may he readily
imagined. One kind of insect alone might
produce h6O,Q7O, ,4S9O09,O 100000 of its race
In a single year. - .c'fr.4f''i r't s'''
tr. ..... [For the Telegraph.
Mr. EDITOR Allow me through your paper
to call the attention of our cltiEens, and more
particularly the attention of strangers to the
beautiful and highly cultivated public grounds
of Pomeroy ! fear but few appreciate the
DeautleS OF tnese detectoote sPVee, anu WI"
therefore particularize, -u'
8, And first-The Academy grounds. These
are regularly laid out in a sub periangular
shape, and bounded on two or more sides by
precipioe of "old red sandstone" which ma
ture kindly placed there for the purpose
The remaining sides Gnde6nite in number,)
are bounded by "Mosaic work" in beautifully
waving lines which would bear some resem-
bance to modern fences, were it not for the
many interspaces which, in true republican
style are constantly patent both to quadrapeds
and bipeds Suffice it to say the decoration
Of the grounds comports Tin excelenttaste9
with the Outlines - ssrs 81. u1 ',sn,stL
And seccndly-The Courthouse square,-l
will not stultify myself, Mr.. Editor, by attempt.
ing to give the outlines Of o $qnme, several
of whose sides are boupdless and theremain
ing ones unboundable--bu shall content my
self by naming o few of the beautiful iQdigi-
nous plants growing SO luxuriantly therein
And ths fish which challenges our admiration
is the magnificent, melio .genio clio pro.gpepo.
dillon which the common people call Fenlc.
uEs CAMS or dog fennel This is a beautiful
plant bearing small yellow blossoms, howeis
inc through the entire summer salstiee' and
F, .,J,o,,,t Grorrant olor-eSDeCially