Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-04-03
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grating pound Of old cheese with brea
CRATER into quart Of milk. in which
must be left for period Of fourteen hour:
1t should be stirred quite often. A poun
Of unslacked lime, finely pulverized in
mortar IS then added. and the whole
thoroughly mixed by beating. Th.
done, the whites Of twenty-five egg
are incorporated with the rest, and IL
whole is ready for use. There is anoLht
cement for the same purpose which is use
hot. 1t is made of rosin. beeswax, bricl
dust, and chalk boiled together. The SUI
stance to be cemented must be heated, an
when the surfaces are coated with GENE,
they must be rubbed hard upon each othe
as in making glue joint with wood.
WATERPROOF PAINT FOR CANVAS
The following is q cheap and simple pr
cess for coating canvas for wagon tor
tents, awnings, &c; it renders it impc
meabie to moisture, without making it st
and liable to break: Dissolve sOfs soap
hot water, and add thereto q solution
sulphurate of iron. The sulphuric &C
combines with the potash of the soap, al
the oxide Of iron is precipitated with
fatty acid as insoluble IRON soap. This
washed and dIied, and mixed with linse
OIL The addition of dissolved india-rubI
to the oil improves the paint.
For WORMS IN HOEsES.-A correspt
dent of the uaias Farmer furnishes t
following:
No. 1. Take of alum, sulphur and CT
peras one fourth pound each mix
give one tablespoonful every alternate d:
for a few days, or longer if necessa
No. ;. Give nuX yomica IN every feed (
or fifteen drops. according to age; give
for three days, or every other day foi
week. No. 3. Ljnseed oil one pint, spf
OF turpentine one or two tablespOonfi
according to age ; give every other day
a week. II No. 1 fails TO effect a CT
after a fair trial, Try No. 2 Use No. :
/ a last resort, specially if the patient b.
youngster.
| DESTROYING GRAPE CURCULIOs.-
Ohioan says The only ehectual met
of destroying them that l could disco
was the old applicable to all the tribe,
Of jarrjus them down and destroying th,
use two frames made Of a square of (
common plaster's laths, nailed at the
ners and lined, with white cotton clio
Join the two squares together, leaving
aperture on one side to slip beyond
stakes. Hit the stake a smart blow
the mallet, and kill as fast as they fall.
smaller square held in the other h
under the vines, striking the stake or tr
with maliet in the other, will gathI
great many, although of course a por
OF them will escape. But they quickly
on the vines again and are ready for
next catch. Operate after the dew is
One person can go over a great manyv
in a day, and by following it up for n
days they viii be found to have sens
diminished -
PAINTING BOUGH BULDNGs.-Be
the active farm business begins, the !
viii have a little time TO Xix up the f
buildings. \ good paint is made in
mauner Take two ounces Of sal-ammO
aud two ounces OF potash. dissolve the:
three quarts of water; add one guar
raw Iiuaecd oil, then take, say ten poi
dry red paint, and add water to NAL
thin enough 10 put on with a whitley
brush. Add one gill turpentine to the
seed OIL II red does not suit, add
thing to alter the color. Paint mad
above will be almost as bright in te
twelve years on rough buildings. as Y
first put on To make the building E
you may paint the corner boards
white lead and oil.
COLORING KID GLOvEs.-AccOrdir
Reimen's Journal Of Dyeiag, the glove:
to I've smoothly fitted on 4 wooden f,
and the coloring solution is to be bru
on the different colors being prodace,
follows
Biack-The glove is brushed with al
hol. dried, and when brushed with a
coction of locwood, and after ten mir
the logwood liquid again applied af,e
minutes more dipped into solution offs
yitroI. and then brushed off with
water Tfthe color is not IS dark as
sired some dec0clion OF fustic or querc
nav be added TO the !Ogwood liquid.
trate Of iron may also be substituted
advantage for green vitroL When
glove begins TO dry it is rubbed with
fine olive oil and French chalk, and
placed between hannels, and then PIE
again well rubbed with olive oil an
chalk, and draw upon the wooden
None Of the coloring solution must I
the interior during the operation.
Brown-A decoction of fustic, b
wood and logwood, with some
is brushed OF. The shade d.
must regulate the proportions of the
| gradients. To darken the color a
| quantity Of green vitrol may be used.
! Morocco-red-A decoction of cocl
with the addition of a little chloride
and oxalic-acid. The shade may be
| ny deepcned by the addition ola littl
wood.
/ Gray-A dccoction Of sumac, and
/ sequent treatment with weak soluti
green vitroI greenish-gray being obt
by addition OF fustic and logwOod, or
and precipitated indigo to the sum
quid.
ANY Of the aniline colors, in sol;
may be employed hy simply brushing
on without further treatment. In p
brush a sponge may be employed
more suitable. The favorite blueis
NAV be impaired to the black gl0
washing them OF with ammonia aft
orinr, The stitching may be pr,
white. if desirable, by coating wit
paste with some tat in it.