Show prom the former fanner I 1 paints and painting I 1 no ko class of information is more difficult to be obtained by the farmer than facts relative to the most economical and durable kinds of paints of these wo we now abw haiean have aal L endless variety and the recipes of cheap warranted to stand as w ell as those of a more costly kandare kin dare nearly eod less but W still ill a majora it 0 of f them when put pat in worse akan than useless in our oar present article artice we shall place before our readi I 1 ers era such ascertained aftos as have hare come coma i 1 within our knowledge comroe icing with the higher priced kinds and including as aa great number of paints vehicles aa as may be I 1 treated of in in a single article the first 1 of these then ihen is 1 lead this is the carbonate carbona ae of lead and is made by various ard processes asses some of W which hieb form a of lead having a heavy body and aad covering at a single coat when used used with linseed oil but that made mad e by other processes such as the p dess require requires saix six eight or more coats to cover but when a cover is so obtained it is is more las lasting i and permanent than any other kind as it i seems rate more closely with the oil a sort sart of varnished sur surface fabe holding tai fhe e oil upon the surface oatlie of the wood and 7 no dusting tioff bv ot exposure to sun and air in indeed deed this property properly of white lead to td pa part tt with its beldom occurs to joany auy great extent with pare white lead when made by any of the improved processes now in use of tons of df are annually ground by the white lead manufacturers for the adulteration of white lead this material when mixed with oil has no body and therefore is only used to enable the manufacturer J ta 9 sell his bis leid lead at a lower price B is one of the heaviest va in gerals and therefore its it presence in in white lead cannot be detected det by its is weight white lead thus adulte adulterated is materially lessened in value and still very little white lead can be pr brocard procured ocard not so adulterated I 1 other manufacturers use the sulp sulphate liate of beld I 1 as a divisor this also is without body or olber value except to give the th 0 lead ae a d a dead white appearance by rendering the crystalline structure I 1 r does not assist at all in covering the surface sui fice upon which it is placed ed being transparent or nearly so when mixed with ith oil when any of the earths are mixed with white lead that are not alkaline in their composition such as terrace terrade Ter terra rade de lessal tetra terra de sienna umber and a variety of other earths earth occasionally used to tint white lead they add materiale mater iAly to its lasting power there are I 1 many dryers dr ers mixed with white abit lead and some of t these hese injure the quality boiled linseed oil will dry much more rapidly thai haq the raw oil but will not got jast lasic so 10 long aig sugar of lead sulphate of zinc xiaq and a number of other substances are occasionally used as dr dryers y ers but the latter ones named materially injure the quality of the paint and cause it tle the sooner to part with iti it oil white wh it e lead will bleach in a pure I 1 atmos phere become white loosing its oil and eventually brush brash off the surface like chalk or lime and in an impure atmosphere re it alian gos go s color and becomes dark this abi 8 is d due u e to the th e presence of the theas gas known as sulphur meled hydrogen thus we find that p paint aint in iii t ie of privies alvies i i cesspools ces spools barnyards barn yards and other local localities aties where noxious vapors vapor are being given oft off becomes darl darker er and in some cases nearly black 1 1 oxide of zinc zin thai paint is ra rapidly eidly going 0 into general u uc xe it has I 1 r many advantages ovar u h 1 at il noa will M arvi it I 1 1 we have many deposits den sits of I 1 zinc ore I 1 in 34 pennsylvania I 1 ind and new which whish are not e easily converted into info metallic zinc but mav may I 1 7 b by y distill distillation aaion be caused to yield field up ap th their air zinc in n the form of white oxide and this manufacture may be said C ai d to be b e in its infancy many totis tons are efow now manufactured per day I 1 the C chief improvements in its manufacture rite are the invention of mr sam wetherill now of bethlehem B ethle bm pennsylvania and the oxide of zinc made by him is even superior to the famed silver white of the french blanc d argent which is a zinc white this pigment undergoes no change in color by the action of ted hydrogen or other causes it if holds bilas oil as well as white lead tind and when properly betly made as by bt the process of mr wetherill it is the most permanent and best white lead known many of the tin colors which fade rapidly when mixed with w white hits le adare nearly or quite permanent when mixed with the white oxide of zinc 1 I 1 some years since since we discovered a method by vt which a neutral chromate of zinc could be made at about the same cost US as a chromate chr mate of lead or chrome yellow as it is called the color is much more beautiful and it I 1 does not fade br or change by being b eing i covered as is the case with the chrome yel I 1 I 1 I 1 i 1 cheaper paints all ali those tho Q pig pigments menis aie owe their beir coloring matter t to the presence of the per oxides and per salts ale aie more per permanent manent than when they receive it fro fr from o abor other sources so prees I 1 A few y years es since mr blake discovered discover jed a dolit in ohio which when dried reground and mixed with oil save gave a black paint chieh would adhere firmly to all kinds of surfaces and in dayi drying become abala gous to slate it would even resist the action of strong heat beat and after a few I 1 coats boats were verd applied a piece bece of ignited charcoal placed upon it and ana blown witha with a bellows until it was all consumed set fire to the painted pain fea sur surface fage hence it was called a fireproof fire proof paint and to a certain extent added to the safety of buildings coated with it its powers as a nonconductor of heat beat being ing I 1 1 very great since discovery by y mr blake almost every carbonaceous iid and clayey deposit out the country cou have been experimented pap eri with as a a paint some of which answered A moderately bood purpose aad aaby others 11 hara A 0 ud valueless or uearl nearly y so the blake pai paint afif and 6 aider of the be others have beep been extensively exten sivel y used for hams harns out houses ac and with admirable effect the objection to this pigment is its dark color as none of a light color have proved permanent mr john Harold Secretary of co agricultural society eang ab lisha the following a fey years years since mr harold had geta sent a workman ork ii an to vla hs barn for a bucket abecket of blakes fire fireproof proof which he helia had dip in the farm of a dry powder 0 w d in a barrel the workman by mis 0 ta bakie ly brought brauo ht the rosendale Ropen dale hydraulic cement r mr harold mixed it with linseed oil supposing it to be the blake paint he soon sater safer a f discovered the mi mistake 1 stake but abut ta his hiir surprise found that the hydraulic cement arp ved to be an admirable paint I 1 I 1 I 1 W weare e are boag somewhat surprised at the result ag as the h hydraulic braulia i cement is ip mad ziada ly burning urril I 1 tig I 1 and a iad f grinding ridding i imp impure lD r ii limestone me stone and we shou should have I 1 supposed that sufficient in caustic us lime existed in it to have converted the oil into soap thus rendering 1 insoluble it soluble by 1 rain raia I 1 1 i the I 1 testimony of many bowe however v berj go 90 to I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 sh show that tins is ii n not i 0 t the f fact 1164 vm and t the he I 1 hydraulic I 1 axy cern cement erit as a paint has been much alie li j praised we have not tried A 10 a and there 1 I foro fore watt can on only from te of at others the want of cheap vehicles for paint and the high price of linseed oil deters many I 1 from painting their out buildings I 1 s fe fences noes lete etc and therefore cheaper debill vehicles eira ahei of the first importance among these may mat be named resin oil coal tar gas gastor tar etc I 1 six 8 ix years ago we wa procured from mr S B dunham of newark a birrel barial of oil made by the desti distillation of common resi nesip 0 this distillation was conducted at high temperature and the gas arising from the asin aissin was carried a series serbei of I 1 surrounded by a running stream of water the whole bole res result alt of the dastil distil distillation lation bein rei in the form of an oil about the dolor color I 1 of linseed oil and equaling inquanti in quantify y the whole bulk balk of the resin lesin used W we painted fences arbors etc with the 0 oil ii when used adalone alone it formed a kind of varnish when whenn I 1 I 1 dadd perfectly coating the surface of the wood and extremely hard and when applied elied to new bright wood rendering it as beautiful as when coated with copal varnish for three years it maintained i its appear anceal ance as well as anyo any ther other vain since it i has gradually sunk into the wood leav leaving ing I 1 the surface very bright instead of being be ing I 1 discolored as when it so coated when I 1 mixed with I 1 verdigris Z and other green we have fouti found d it to stand equal lor for outdoor out door use with linseed oil and it does not materi illy chapie the 60 color bor of tle the pigment with white lead however it fals fails to act we well 11 and ali also wit with white zino causing them to be sightly y dark darkened enea is no doubt that this vehicle might be prof profitably stably substituted for linseed oil at one tenth the cost for many purposes C coal al tar and gas tar have bave been used for painting fences outdoor out door buildings etc they are aie cheaper and add materially to the durability of wood giving it a dark color and an offensive odor which will protect pi many plants growing against it from many of tho the insects which ch would otherwise annoy I 1 them we should be glad to receive from our readers any practical facts rela relative tivo to iiii ks vel vehicles fieles etc I 1 I 1 washes the ordinary at whitewash white t wash is to too 0 w well understood to 6 need its f fault ault is that no vehicle has been found with which lime may be mixed which will will retain it permanently on surfaces but its preservative property on wood is very great we know of a barn in our neighborhood the roof of which is 50 years old and still remains comparatively bright at least as bright as other roofs in I 1 n the neighborhood of M 10 vears ears old the shingles were white washa ached wb when en the roof was first made and a d this process I 1 has boen been repeated hv at intern intervals of 10 or 15 years each the last adoli application lbs has enair entirely ay dicapi di disappeared sapi from the fie c sur race face of the shingles tho appearance of the roof is fair and it has evidently been benefited by these repeated applications many substances are used in connection A ith lime to render it adhesive to surf toes ices duch buch as salt glue sulp sulphate bate oi oi zinc alum and aid when a light brown color in not objectionable tio copperas may be u used sod copperas gives ives nl blasting a listing asting power not to be attained b by any of the other substances named some few years since fanny corbeau Coi beau the bond london on artist invented a i new preparation c called which for inside work is very beautiful quite permanent and receives tints more delicately than any other subs substance taneO I 1 jhb dining room loom of the alaor new york k was wab painted with this preparation and the patent for new york alone was sold for ten thousand dollay dollars d for qu aboor work it stands stand much be better ater than whitewash white wyite wash I 1 P but not so well as oil I 1 paints inta therode The mode I 1 af of preparation pa rAtion was as follows f flaws 4 it t i pure aluminous alumino ua clay was calcine ini nj re evolving ret retorts oits forming avob a white dense substance this after bein being ground and barnt re was ras mixed w with ith dilute glue water b usually lilly made by dissolving parchment cuttings tings n 61 h hatters waste in boiling water a with which the Kalso pline was mixed and then applied to the surface sm face to io be covered As ap soon as dried the surface was wetted with strong stroxie alum water this coagulated the gelatine and rendered aitto it to a great gi eat degree insoluble in water and after again becoming dry it might t be carefully washed when des desired ived this is is the only cheap white paint of which we e know 1 having the slight slightest ef claim to durability rabi tabi lity I 1 I 1 in relation to fo the resin oil spoken of above it is fair to ta say that six years after its application to bare wood it leaves the surface sur facein in such a condition I 1 that a 8 single ingle coat of white lead in linseed oil will cover it the pores of the wood still retain enough of the resinous principle to prevent the sinking C in of the 1 linseed oil 7 FD ED L SELLING DRY GOODS people ddn generally dally tb jak thatah is a very I 1 easy mai matter er to stand behind a counter and retail dry go goods but a weeks ex experience iu in the busin business ew would convince the cleverest man that it is iauch more difficult and laborious than the task of turning tu rn ing a grindstone twelve hours per diem the office of salesman embodies in its duties necessity for the shrewdness of a politician the persuasion of a love the politeness oan of a chesterfield the he patience Va of job wid and the ilie ili e impudence of a pickpocket there are salesmen who make dt it a point never to lose a ati customer s toor one of the gentlemen who ie a store in chatham street not long since wn called to show it a very fastidious and fashionable lady who dropped in while going to stewards tVs 1 iome some rich silk cloa king I 1 every article of the kind was exposed her view the whole store tor e was ransacked I 1 nothing I 1 su suited bitted the costly was stigmatized stigmatised as trach trash jevery thing bi mg was bommon aad not nort fit for foya a lady she guessed she would go 99 to stewarts the salesman pretended pretend od to be indignant di I 1 I 1 mada madam m said he be in a injured innocence inocence no cence 11 1 I have a very adry beautiful and rare piece I 1 of f good goodba a ease case which I 1 abided vew afro is 18 my mv brother in liw law but tit it w would duld 1 be useless tp 0 show 1 lf il tp to you it is the only l Y piece 1 ec el in the city 5 I 1 oh a allow I 1 K ow me to sae see ita it sh she asked in 46 RD an anxious tone and continued sl hadano had no intention of annoying you or dr of di disparaging g the merits lot your wares 9 the sales salesman nian wha vas now watched irr in breathless sgeng by lais bis folla clerks jiro pra ceedee a ir with much reluctance and alid with expressions of feor fear bat that it would be injured by g getting atiz tumbled 0 o dippl display a an ancie ancient n i piece 0 of terezi tei vesting tia had been eeik lying in the kt store fop ezi five e years and was considered to be the lady examined and much that was a 6 piece pie c e of goods that wag as worthy to bie be worn worm I 1 j how mua dh was it a yard ard 1 c 1 I 1 twenty wenty to r I 1 I 1 1 t 0 that is h high I 1 h I 1 I 1 11 I 1 i 1 1 I 1 I 1 berei TJ 1 exclaimed ala mla I 1 ha 4 1 beginning 1 to foldi it I 1 up ilk 1 I knew diew you yoaw I 1 would onla say t that A i I 1 ayi stay dont be in n so great t a hurrye hurry hur V 1 3 she cried PU 1111 give you twenty shillings 5 i IM madam adam y vba pu insult feaga in 1 out me off tards and I 1 you IOU i can mak in ak up I 1 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