The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-05-29


Roofing and other purposes.
Patented February 2lst, 1856
TvHIS INTERESTING DISCOVER y
- was made known to the world by the
1 Farmers Club of New York, at their meet
i INF to our Country and the e World
was earnestly discussed !; but the inventor
William L. Potter, of Clifton Park n. Y.
material for many years, and has demon
strated its utility and practicability.
Asr sue II 9I many PaTIlial failures In
and phases-in sand, granite, plaster, min
eral coal, clay of various kinds, marble
dust, soap-stone, cement, coal-tar, zvege-
table tar, asphaltum, etc.-in all. the pro-
portion and combinations that an intel
iigent and inventive mind could suggest,
also, in many combinations, before he dis
covered that natures law OF DEMONSTRATION
was exceedingly simple, requiring only
gluten to hold the particles in connection
till time and the action of the elements
firmly unite them. s-aTl
If ever a roof leaks. il will be owing to
other causes than the decay of the cover
ing. 1t will be because the water goes
round, not through il. 1t is uneQnaled as a
many years without further attention,
and should be used for that purpose in
stead of paint 1t will repair all defects in
old tirf roofs, such as rust-holes, cracks and
breaks, making them permanently water
proof, and more durable, at much less cost
than tin-smith could afford to do 1t, even
every description can be repaired much
more dttrobty and cheaply with Plastic
'Stgte than with any other material extant.
ment alike of coal and slate; and it was
discovered. not f'sveated, and scientific in
vestigation, as we'll as experience, fully es-
tablishing the fact that its exposure to
heat and cold wet and drv serves only to
reconstruct the two elements in their con-
dition-SoLID SLATE. ~ f -.-.- 81. $685.. ...,. .
Plastic SLATE Is SUPERIOR TO TIN
4. B, cause it Is a better non-conductor of
heat. The rooms under. it viii be cooler
in summer and warmer in winter.
III z. 1t will not rust. ISIS .-f9I "a
3. 1t win 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
co.. 81 ro s eaas 1osS lom f 25 S1s
z1ers OF some men who were repairing 1t.
5. 1t needs no painting, which on Tin
az gu II t fe% Years to the
s. Because IL costs halt as much, and lasts
have. at considerable expense, obtained
from 1.-The Plastic Slate Joint stock Conn
pauy, of New York, F" an exclusive; right
for Evansville and Vanderburgh County,
Ind, and am prepared to put on new roofs.
and repair old tin roofs, repair tin, zinc
and copper cutters. z y
eight dollars per square of ten feet same
applied to new or old tin roof, four dollars
per square. Cutters repaired at reasonable
1elcS DIS W Size anu at THESE al WOfk
will be kept in order accidents excepted
Poe years, at the expiration OF which time
1t will be better than when new. -
We have the privilege of referring to
the following parties for whom we have
applied the Plastic slate Roofing: r. 5.
Tenny, ESQ: John J. Deig. ESQ.,; Messrs.
Messrs. Gilbert * Co.; Mark1s norwood !,
ESQ; Josephl p. Elliott. Esq; Messrs.
Forth Bowles & Co.; Anthony Refs, Esq.
Evansville National Bank als itss; IS -
= 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 F. CLOVER
Evansville. Ind, April LIST, 1887, (apl dom