The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-07-12
Great Discovery.

CODtpteJe hec06utLOn tb ICo0JJng!
THE PLASTIC SLATE For
Roofing and other purposes.
Patented February 2ist, 1865.
TyHHS INTERVENING DISCOVERY
u was made known to the world by he
ing in the latter part of June, 1865, and it,
Importance to our country and the world
was earnestly discussed but the inventor,
William l.. Potter, of Clifton Park, N. Y,
has been carefully experimenting with the
material for many years, and has demon
strated its utility and prac~ticabiltty.
After suffering many partial failures In
compounded of lime in all its various forms
and phases-in sand, granite, plaster, min
e gas coal. Gay 0a c cam , x cnslsfar ma Yeee-
table tar, asphaltum, etc.-in all the pro-
portions n combinations that an intel
ligent and mind could suggest,
for fourteen gears. He tried the slate-stone
also, in many com~binations before he dis
covered that natures -aw DEMONSTRATION
was exceedingly simple, requiring only
gluten to hold the particles in connection
till time and the action of the elements
firmly unite them.
II ever a roof leaks, it will be owing to
other causes than the decay OF the cover
ing. 1t will be because the water goes
round, not through it. 1t is uneQu0Ied as a
many years without further attention.,
and should be used for that purpose in
stead of paint. 1t will repaira all defects in
old TN roofs, such as rust-holes, cracks, ID
breaks, making them permanently water
proof, and more durable, at much less cost
than a tin-smith could afford to do 1t, even
In his imperfect man Old roofs of
every description can be repaired much
more duT0bty and cheaply with Plastic
Slate than with any ogher material extant.
Coal-tar is found to be the yiscious ele-
nent alike of coal and slate; and II was
discovered, not tnvented, and scientific in
vestigatiOn, as we'll as experience, fully es-
ta~blishing the fact that It's exposure to
heat and cold, wet and drv, serves DOLLY to
reconstruct the two elements in their con-
d~ition-SoLID SLATE.
PLASTIC SLAIE Is SUPERIOR TO TIN
1. ecaus it is a better non-conductor of
heat. The rooms under it win be cooler
in summer and warmer in winter.
2. 1t will not rust.
8. 1t will not break or crack open like tin
4. 1t is less dangerous. DIR. Tyng's church
one of the finest in New York, was burned
In November, 1865, causing a loss of $ZJO,-
| ziers of some men who wore repairing it.
5. 1t needs no painting, which ON nm
amounts In a few years to the entire cost
6. because e costs hayf as much. and lasts
Thave. al considerable expense. obtained
pauy, of New York" an exclusive right
for Evansville and Vanderbpr gh County,
and r ana a% ola are tIn coz Is p repair tin, zinc
Present price for new Plastic Slate Roofs
applied to new or old tin roof, four dollars
| rates a. to size and at these prices all work
| will be kept in order laccidents excepted
| fve pears, at the expiration OF which time
It viii be better than when ,ew.
We have the privilege of referring to
the following parties for whom we have
Tenny. ESQ; John j. Deig, ESQ.,; Messrs.
| Reitz and Haney; VIM. Heilman, Esq. /;
| Messrs. Gilbert & Co.; Mark sherwood,
| ESQ: Joseph p. Elliott, ESQ.,; Messrs.
Forth, Bowles 81 Co; Anthony Refs, Esq. /;
Evansville National Bank.
Orders for roofing or repairing may be
left at my Lumber Yard Office. corner of
| Main and Seventh Streets, or with my
Agent, Charles NJ. Tileston, Esq.
JOHN +. GLOVER.
Evansville. Ind. April LIST, 1867, (apl d6m