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Show BRILLIANT WHITEWASH-. Tnc following Very excellent and iii straetivc . reniari? ' arc cojiied from the-Drstrtt the-Drstrtt X(tti Masv liato heard of thp brilliant stucco stuc-co whitownsh on the cast, end of the Trcsi-dcutfs Trcsi-dcutfs house at Washington. Tlicfolfow. ing is a receipt for it; it is gleaned from tho N&tii&nl Ittftffigtnctr, with jOine additional ad-ditional improvements learned by experiments: experi-ments: r , , "Take half a bashel of nice unpacked lime, alaefc it.with boiling water, cover it during the process to keep in the steam. Strain the liqntd thr0ugh a find sieve or Straiqcr, abd add to it a peck of salt, previously, well dissolved iu warm water; three pounds of ground rice, boiled to a thin pa8teand. stirred in boiling hot; half a pound of powdered Spanish whiting, and a pound of clean glue, whicli lies bceu previously dissolved by soakjng it welt, and then hanging it over a slaw fire, in a small kettle Within a largo cue filled with water. Add five gallons of hot water to the mixture, stir it-well, aud let it stand A few days cpvered.from the dirt. "It should be put on right hot; for this purpose It can be .kept in .a kettle on portable furnace. It is said that about a pint "of this mixture will cover a square yard apod the outside of a house if properly prop-erly appticd. Brashes mora or less small may be used according to tha neatuess of the job required. It answers as well as oil palut for wood, brick or stone, and is cheaper, llrctaius, its brilliancy for many year. There is nothing of the kind that wilt compare with it, either forlosideor outside walls. J,Colorlng matter may o put in and madoof any' "shade you like. Spanish : brown stirred in will make red piuk, more of loss- deep according jto Uie quantity. delicate tinge of this is'rery pretty, for Inside walls." iFiuply' pulverized, common, clay, well' mUid ''with Spanish brown, make a reddish storib color. Yellow ochre stirred In makes U color generally, esteemed prettier, In all these cases the darkness of the? shades, of conrs? Is deterniined. by the quantity M coloring ;iied. It is SlfV fiCiilt tflf innk'o' rules, because .tastes arc dilferfinti'lt wbildbn- best to try tjpetl-incuts: tjpetl-incuts: nn. a shingle aud let It dry Vf have, becti told, thai .greetunnst, not ,be mixed Willi liiiie. The Hint, destroys the color;, and the; w(or m an.eltcct.on the whitewash, which aVcsncrfttlrtnd peel. ,W.hcn walls h:Vc been bnllly smoked anil ydit wljh-tdhao tficm.a" cjeatt hi(tk (s well to sq'ezVliidig bniirdlly thrpncli a bag Jlntd the nte.r Jon use, Uforo It fit stirrtiri.the whole mltttire, 'jra largVr 'quantity than Dvc gnlfoiM tie wanted, the samjprAiwirttoulionld be absor??id J jlve cbtindcnTly rceomaiTii ''.tii:u of; "the Tori-going highly conimtuded vvliitij., Whsh, i uhiiSti all cnsei where point is; tip nstdf-fecliiig assured that it will an-' sweras grtod n-purj'ijjsi! ay paint, it not bettVr; and that too not only at afar cheaper rotp.'lwt With the additional nd. VniiUge of befngalmostchtirelycomiosd' of ingredients within our reach without ;the,fxpc(idTt'nra 'of inbacy, It is Said tti be.u(oiiedHrtthfcnd retentive of its color lahil' abetter prcMrvntivo of brick, stoi and plaster on ndobio walls, nnd. ufsa-of w4w'iyork,,jthan jwint If siiqh are the facts, and we sec m reason to doubt, cs pccmlly in Utah, where imported lead, i jo po.or und tile climate so trying upon painty we nrge nponnll coueernvd, the ira-portanee ira-portanee of ttt.bnce. giving thl.H whitewash a thorough trial on .the walls. of Jiousej, inside as.well as' out on barns, hcds, had other outhouses, Or fences, gatc,nnd, In short, wherever paint is. now nscd, except ex-cept .on funiltnro, sasbj &c. |