Gazetteer and business directory of Montgomery and Fulton counties, N.Y. for 1869-70, Part 8

Author: Child, Hamilton, 1836- comp. cn
Publication date: 1870
Publisher: Syracuse : Printed at the Journal office
Number of Pages: 644


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72. A person entitling himself to a reward lered for lost property, has a lien upon the property for the reward ; but only when a itufte reward is offered.


73. Confession by a prisoner must be vol- matarlly made. to constitute evidenceagainist 1.1:11.


57. The deed of a minor is not absolutely 74. The defe Mant in a snit must be serv- ed with process; but service of such pro- rose upon his wife, even in his absence from void. The court is authorized to jeto : from the instrument. whether it je voyfor not, according to its term- being favoraby ! the State, is not, in the absence of statito- or uufavorable to the interests of the hutnor, ry provisions, enfficient.


51


LAW MAXIMS.


35. The measure of damages in trespass for entting timber, is its value as a chattel on the land where it was felled, and not the market price of the lumber manufactured.


TS. To support an indictment for mali- cions mischief in killing an animal, mal- ice towards its owner must be shown, not merely passion excited against the animal itscif.


6. No action can be maintained against a sheriff for omitting to account for money obtained upon an execution within a reas- chable time. He has till the return day to render such account.


TS. An interest in the profits of an enter- prize, as profits, renders the party hold- iwy it a partner in the enterprise, and makes him presumptively liable to share any loss.


59. Males can marry at fourteen, and fe- malus at twelve years of age.


8). All cattle found at large upon any pub- lic rond, can be driven by any person to the public ponud.


81. Any dog chasing, barking, or other- isise threatening a passer-by in any street, lane, road, or other public thoroughfare, may be lawfully killed for the same.


82. A written promise for the payment of such amount az may come into the hands of the promisor, is held to be an instru- inent in writing for the payment of money.


83. The declaration of an agent is not ad- missible to establish the fact of agency .- But when other proper evidence is given, tending to establish the fact of agency, it is not error to admit the declarations of the agent, accompanying acts. though tend- ing to show the capacity in which he act- ed. When evidence is competent in one respect and incompetent in another, it is the duty of the court to admit it, and con- trol its effects by suitable instructions to the jury.


84. The court has a general power to re- move or suspend an attorney for such im- mioral condnet as rendered him unworthy of confidence in his official capacity.


55. Bankruptcy is pleadable in bar to all actions and in all courts, and this bar may be avoided whenever it is interposed. by showing fraud in the procurement of the discharge, or a violation of any of the pro- visions of the bankrupt act.


Si. An instrument in the form of a deed. but I'mited to take effect at the termination Of the grantor's natural Hfe, is held to be a dred, not a will.


ST. A sale will not be set aside as frand- Heat, simply because the buyer was at the inde unable to make the payment serend Hipote and knew his inability, and did not intend to pay.


89. Contracting parties are bound to dis- close material facts known to each, but of which either supposes the other to be igno- rant, only when they stand in some special relation of trust and confidence in relation to the subject matter of the contract. But neither will be protected if he does any- thing, however slight, to mislead or deceive the other.


90. A contract negotiated by mail is formed when notice of acceptance of the of- fer is duly deposited in the post-office, pro- perly addressed. This rule applies. although the party making the offer expressly re- quires that if it is accepted. speedy notice of acceptance shall be given him.


91. The date of an instrument is so far a material part of it, that an alteration of the date by the holder after execution, makes the instrument void.


92. A corporation may maintain an action for libel. for words published of them and relating to its trade or business, by which it has incurred special damages.


93. It is unprofessional for a lawyer who has abandoned his case without trying it, a term or two before trial, to claim a fee conditional upon the success of his client, although his client was successful.


94. Although a party obtaining dances for injuries received through the default of another, was himself guilty of negligence. yet that will not defeat his recovery, unless his negligence contributed to cause the in- jury.


95. A person may contract to labor for an- other during life, in consideration of receiv- ing his enpport ; but his creditors have the right to inquire into the intention with which such arrangement is made, and it will be set aside if entered into to deprive them of his future earnings.


96. A grantor may by express terins ex- clade the bed of a river, or a highway, mentioned as boundary: but if without language of exclusion a line is described as 'aiong.' or ' upon,' or as . running to' the highway or river. or as . by,' or . running to the bank of' the river: these expres-ions curry the grantee to the center of the high- way or river.


97. The court will take pains to construe the words used in a deed in such a way as to effect the intention of the parties. how- ever unskilfully the instrument may be drawn. Bat a court of law cannot exchange an intelligible word plahdy employed in a I deel for another. however evident it may be that the word need was used by mistake for another.


98. One who has lost his memory and 1. derstanding is entitled to legat profe- s. No man is under an obligation to tica, whether such lors is occurinned by mike known his circumstances when he is his own misconduct or by an act of Provi- buying goods.


Idence.


52


LAW MAXIMS.


90. When a wife leaves her husband vol- untarily, it must be shown, in order to make him liable for necessaries furnished to her, that she could not stay with safety. Personal violence, either threatened or in- flicted, will be sufficient cause for such sep- aration.


100. Necessaries of dress furnished to a discarded wife mast correspond with the pecuniary circumstances of the husband, and be such articles as the wife, if prudent. would capect, and the husband should furnish. if the parties lived harmoniously together.


101. A fugitive from justice from one of the United States to another, may be arrested and detained in order to his surrender by authority of the latter, without a previous demand for his surrender by the executive of the State whence he tled.


102. A watch will not pass under a be- quest of "wearing apparel," nor of " household furniture and articles for fami- ly use."


103. Money paid for the purpose of set. tling or compounding a prosecution for a supposed felony. cannot be recovered buck by a party paying it.


104. An innkeeper is liable for the death of an animal in his possession. but may free himself from liability by showing that the death was not occasioned by negligence on his part.


105. Notice to the agent of a company is notice to the company.


106. An employer is not liable to one of his employees for an injury sustained by the latter in consequence of the neglect of eth- ers of his employees engaged in the same i general business.


107. Where a purchaser at a Sheriff's sal. has bid the full price of property undet the erroneous belief that the eagle would df- vest the property of all liens, it is the duty of the court to give relief by setting ankle the sale.


108. When notice of protest is properly sent by mail, it may be sent by the mail of the day of the dishonor : if not. it must be mailed for the mail of the next day : ex- cept that if there is pone, or it cion - at An Unseasonably early honr. then foire mit-t be mailed in season for the next parvible mail.


109. A powder-house located in a populous part of a city, and containing large quanti- ties of gunpowder, is a nuisance.


111. A man charged with crime before a committing magistrate, but discharged on his own recognizance, is not privileged from arrest on civil process while returning from the magistrate's office.


112. When one has been induced to sell goods by means of false pretences, he can- not recover them from one who has bona fide purchased and obtained possession of them from the fraudulent vendor.


113. If the circumstances attendant upon a sale and delivery of personal property are such as usually and naturally accompany such a transaction, it cannot be declared a legal fraud upon creditors.


114. A stamp impressed upon an instru- ment by way of seal. is good as a seal, if it creates a durable impression in the texture of the paper.


115. If a party bound to make a payment nue due diligence to make a tender, bat through the payee's absence from home is unable to find him or any agent authorized to take payment for him, no forfeiture will be incurred through his failure to make a tender.


Government Land Measure.


A township, 36 sections; each a mile square.


A section, 610 acres.


A quarter section, half a mile square, 100 acres.


An eighth section, half a mile long, north and routh, and a quarter of a mile wide, 80


A sixteenth section, a quarter of a mile share, 40 Acres.


The sections are numbered from one to thirty-six, commencing at the northeast corner, thus:


nwn e


6


5


4


3


2


SWIS C


8


9


10


11


12


18


17


16


15


14


13


19


20


21


22


33


21


30


23


26


25


31


32


33


31


35


36


The sections are all divided in quarters, which are named by the cardinal points, as In section one. The quarters are divi- won in the same way. The description of a to were lot would read: The south half of the west half of the southwest quarter of session 1 in township 24. north of range 7 west, or as the case might be ; and some- times will fall short, and sometimes overrun


110. When the retter of 3 the time of the sale. the !! son, unindor-ed by the partire ment, the presumption is that the par. ment was intended to be she'str ; and though the note should be dirhonored. the purchaser will not be liable for the value of f the number of acres it is supposed to con- tin.


the goods.


53


DECIMAL SYSTEM OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.


THE DECIMAL SYSTEM


OF


WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.


AS Authorized by Act of Congress -- Approved July 28, 1836.


STANDARDS.


In every system of Weights and Measures it is necessary to have what are called " Standards," as the pound, yard, gallon, &c. to be divided and multiplied into smaller and larger parts and denominations. The definition and construction of these Standards involve philosophical and scien- tific principles of a somewhat abstruse character, and are made and procured by the legislative department of the proveri- ment. The nominal Standards in the new system are the METER, the ARE. the LITER, and the GRAM. The only real Standard, the one by which all the other standards are measured, and from which the system de- rives its name of ". Metric," is the METER.


THE METER


Is used for all measures of length. distance, breadth, depth, heighth, &c., and was in- tended to be, and is very nearly, one ton- millionth of the distance on the earth's surface from the egnator to the pole. It is abont 3938 inches, or 3 feet. Binches and B eighths, and is to be substituted for the yard.


THE ARE


Is a surface whose she is ton Meters, and is equal to 100 square Meters or about 4 -aiutare rods.


THE LITER


Is the unit for measuring solids and capa- ity, and is equal to the contents of a cube | already been adopted, must greatly over. whose edge is one-tenth of a meter. It is about equal to 1 quart, aud is a stand?' am cable, dry and liquid measure .. D


"A cubic Meter (or Kiloliter) is called a stere, and is also usedas & standard in cer- tain cubic measures.


THE GRAM


Is the Unit of weight, and is the weight of a cube of pure water, each edge of the cube being one one-hundredth of a Meter. It is about equal to 15 grains. It is intended as the Standard in all weights, and with its divisions and multiples, To supersede the use of what are now called Avoirdupois, Apothecaries and Troy Weights.


Each of the foregoing Standards is divi- ded decimally, and larger units are also formed by ianltiples of 10, 100, &c. The successive subordinate parts are designa- ted by the prefixes Deei, Centi and Milli ; the succes-ive multiples by Deka, Hecto, Kilo and Myria; each having its own nu- merical signification, as will be more clear- ly sven in the tables hereinafter given.


The termis used may, at first sight, have & formidable appearance, seom ditlienit to pronounce, and to retain in memory, and to be, therefore, objectionable ; but with a lit- te attention and use, the apprehended dif- fientty will be found more apparent thin real, as has been abundantly proved by ex. perience. The importance, also, of com. formity in the use of commercial ter the part of the United States, WHA practice of the many nations in which ... system, with its present nomenchet we, his balance the comparatively slight objection alluded to.


54 DECIMAL SYSTEM OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.


TABLES.


OLD.


MONEY.


NEW.


4 farthing make 1 penny.


10 mills make 1 cent.


12 pence 1 shilling.


10 cents 1 dime.


20 shillings 1 pound.


1


10 dimes " 1 dollar.


LONG AND CLOTH MEASURE .- NEW.


10 millimeters make 1 centimeter. 10 centimeters


1 decimeter. 10 decimeters 60


1 METER. 10 meters 1 dekameter.


10 dekameters 1 hectometer,


10 hectometers .6


1 kilometer.


10 kilometers


1 myriameter.


SQUARE MEASURE .- NEW.


100 square millimeters make 1 square centimeter,


100 sqhare centimeters 1 square decimeter.


100 square decimeters ..


1 square meter or CENTARE.


100 centares


1 ARE.


100 ares


1 hectare.


:27" The denominations less than the Are, including the Meter, are used in specifying the contents of -urfaces of small extent ; the terms Centare, Are and Hectare, in expres- sing quantities of land surveyed or measured.


Theabove table may, however, be continued beyond the Meter, thus :


100 square meters make 1 square dekameter.


100 senare dekameters 1 square hectometer.


100 square hectometers 1 square kilometer.


100 square kilometers


1 square myriameter.


CUBIC MEASURE .- NEW. For Solids.


1000 cubic millimeters make 1 cubic centimeter.


1000 cubic centimeters ..


1 cubic decimeter or liter.


: 1000 cubic decimeters 1 cubic meter or stere.


. 1000 enbic meters .4


1 cubic dekameter.


1000 cubic dekameters


1 cubic hectometer.


1000 cubic hectometers ..


1 cubic kilometer.


1000 cubic kilometers 1 cubic myriameter.


For Dry and Liquid Measures.


10 milliliters make 1 centiliter. 10 centiliters


1 deciliter. 10 deciliters ..


1 LITER.


1 10 dekaliters .. dekaliter. 10 liters


1 hectoliter.


10 lectoliters 1 kiloliter.


10 kiloliters ،٠


1 myrialiter.


[NEPA LATER, the standard of Measures of Capacity, usually in a cylindrical form. is equivalent to a cubic Decimeter, or the one-thousandth part of a cubic Meter, the contents of which are about one quart.]


The Kiloliter, or STERE, is a cubic Meter, and is used as a unit in measuring firewood and luniber.


10 decisteres make 1 stero.' 10 steres ..


1 dekastere.


ALL WEIGHTS .- NEW.


10 milligrams make 1 centigram. 10 contizrasis ..


1 d cigram. 10 dreierims


1 GRAM.


10 gmh-


1 hertogram.


10) hectograms


66


1 kilogramı.


10 kilogramıs


1 Inyringram.


10 myris .. ats


1 quiniat.


10 quintals .


1 millier or tonneau.


1 dekagram.


10 dekagrams


55


DECIMAL SYSTEM OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.


PRONUNCIATION OF TERMS.


TERMS.


TERMS.


ENGLISH.


Meter,


Stare.


Millimeter.


Mill-e-mec-ter.


Are.


Centimeter,


Sent-e-mec-ter.


Centare,


Sent-arc.


Decimeter,


Des-e-mee-ter.


Hectare,


Hect-are.


Dekameter,


Dok-a-mee-ter.


Gram,


Gram,


Hectometer,


Hec-to-mec-ter.


Milligram,


Mill-e-gram.


Kilometer,


Kill-o-mee-ter.


Centigran,


Sent-e-gram.


Myriameter,


Mir-e-a-mec-ter.


Decigram,


Des-c-gram.


Liter.


Li-ter.


Dekagram,


Dek-a-gram.


Milliliter,


Mill-e-li-ter.


Hectogram,


Hec-to-gram.


Centiliter,


Sent-e-li-ter.


Kilogram,


Kill-o-gram.


Deciliter,


Des-e-li-ter.


Myriagram,


Mir-c-a-gram.


Dekaliter.


Dek-a-li-ter.


Quintal,


Quin-tal.


Hectoliter,


Hec-to-li-ter.


Millier,


Mill-i-er.


Kiloliter.


Kill-o-li-ter.


Tonnean,


Tan-no.


Acts and Resolutions of Congress. canse the weights or measures expressed or


PUBLIC- No. 153.


AN ACT to authorize the use of the metric systera of weights and measures.


Be it cnocted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Ameri- cu in Congress assembled, That from and af- ter the passage of this act, it shall be law- ful throughout the United States of Ameri- ca to employ the weights and measures of the metric system ; and no contract or deal- ing. or pleading in any court, shall be deemed invalid or liable to objection, be- | system.


referred to therein are weights or measured of the metric system.


SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the tables in the schedule hereto annexed. shall be recognized in the construction of contracts, and in all legal proceedings. as establishing, in terms of the weights and measures now in use in the United States, the equivalents of the weights and med -- ures expressed therein in terms of the me- tric system ; and said tables may be lawful- ly used for computing, determining and ex- pressing, in customary weights and meas- ures, the weights and measures of the metric


MEASURES OF LENGTHI.


METRIC DENOMINATIONS AND VALUES.


EQUIVALENTS IN DENOMINATIONS IN USE.


Myriamerre,


10,000 metres,


6.2137 miles.


Kilometre. ..


1,000 metres,


100 metres,


Dokametre,


10 metres,


333.7 inches.


Metre,


1 motre,


33.3 inches.


Dacimetre,


1-10th of a metre,


3.936 inches.


Centimetre, 1-luth of a metre,


0.3937 inch.


Millimetre,


1-1000th of a metre,


0.0394 inch.


MEASURES OF SURFACE.


METRIC DENOMINATIONS AND VALUES.


EQUIVALENTS IN DENOMINATIONS IN U'SE.


Hortare,


10:000 square metres,


2. 411 acres.


Ar ...


100 square metres.


Contatre.


1 square metre.


119.6 square yards. 1.550 square inches.


Myrialiter,


Mir-e-a-li-ter.


ENGLISH. Mee-ter.


Stere, Are.


0.62131 mile, or 2.280 feet and 10 inches. 398 feet and one inch.


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DECIMAL SYSTEM OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.


MEASURES OF CAPACITY.


METRIC DENOMINATIONS AND VALUES.


EQUIVALENTS IN DENOMINATIONS IN USE.


Names.


No. of liters.


Cubic Measure.


Dry Measure.


Liquid or Wine Measure.


Kilolitre or stere,.


1000


1 cubic metre. ..


1.808 enbie yard,


261.17 gallons.


Hectolitre .


100


.1 of a cubic metre ..


2 bna. and 3.35 pecks,


. 26.417 gallone.


Dekalitre, ..


10


10 cubic decimetres, .. 1 enbie decimetre, ...


0.908 quart,.


2.6117 gallons. 1.0567 quart.


Litre. ...


1


Decilitre,.


0.1


.1 of a cuble decimetre, .


6. 1022 enbic inches,


0.815 gill.


Centilitre,


0.01


10 cubic centimetres, .


0.6102 cubic inch,


0.838 fluid onnee.


Millilitre,


0.001


1 cubic centimetre, .


0.061 cubic inch,


0.27 fluid drachm.


9.08 quarts ..


INTEREST TABLE.


57


WEIGHTS.


METRIC DENOMINATIONS AND VALUES.


EQUIVALENTS IN DE- NOMINATIONS IN USE.


Names.


No. of grams.


Weight of what quantity of water at maximum density.


Avoirdupois weight.


Millier or tonneau, .


1000000


1 cubic metre,.


2204.6 pounds.


Quintal,


100000


1 hectolitre,


220.46 pounds.


Myriagram,


10000


10 litres,


22.046 pounds.


Kilogram, or kilo,


1000


1 litre,


2.2016 pounds.


Hectogram,


100


1 decilitre,


3.5271 ounces.


Dekagram,


10


10 cubic centimetres,


0.3527 ounce.


Gram,


1


1 cubic centimetre,


15.132 grains.


Decigram,


1-10


.1 of a cubic centimetre.


0.5432 grain.


Centigram,


1-100


10 cubic millimetres,


0.1543 grain.


Milligram.


1-1000


1 cubic millimetre, .


0.0154 grain.


INTEREST TABLE.


At Seven per Cent. in Dollars and Cents, from $1 to $10,000.


AM'NT.


1 day.


7 days.


15 days.


1 mo.


3 mos.


6 mos.


12 mos.


$


$ C.


$ C.


$ c.


& C.


$ C.


$ C.


$ C.


1


00


0016


0135


033


-2


0012


0015


14


3


001


003X


0134


0514


10%


21


-1


0036


01


02:3


07


11


·


03


0832


17%


35


0


00


0032


0132


01


1214


14


15 12


31 %


63


10


0911


011.2


03


5.5


175


35


70


35


70


1 40


1 05


2 10


=


01


0631


15


5%


1


11:3


3 50


5 25


10 50


21 00


1


1


8 75


17 511


35 0


1000


1


5


11 663


35 00


20 00


17 50


52 50


105 00


11


70 09


110 00


5000


1


87 50


175 00


19.00


1 91


13 61


17


58 33


115 00


350 00


·


024


0135


0


00


011


01


09


52%


1 40


3 50


100


1 75


3 50


7 00


11 00)


1


5.34


1: 50


35 00


70 69


210 044


59


136


01%


1016


21


42


00


01


02


49


$100


1416


12


1 75


11 00


(1)


03%


53


MISCELLANEOUS.


Discount and Premium.


When a person buys an article for $1.00- 20 per cent off, (or discount.) and sells. it again for $1,00, he makes a profit of 25 per cent. on his investment. Thus: He pays 80 cents and sells for $1,00-a gain of 20 cents. or 25 per cent of 80 cents. And for any transaction where the sale or purchase of gold, silver, or currency is concerned, the following rules will apply in all cases.


RULE 1st .- To find premium when dis- count is given: Multiply 100 by rate of discount and divide by 100, less rate of dis- count.


RULE 2d .- To find discount when pre- mainm.is given, Multiply the rate of interest by 100, and divide by 100, plus the rate of premium.


Suppose A has $140 in currency. which he wishes to exchange for gold, when gold is 27 per cent. premium, how much gold should he receive ? In this case the pre- mium is given, consequently we must find the discount on A's currency and subtract it from the $140, as por rule 2d, showing the discount to be a trifte more than 21 per cent. and that he should receive $110.60 in gold.


5 pr ct. Dis. allows +5% pr ct. Pre. or profit 10 ** 66 .. :


+11


15 ··


66 11716 66


66 66 64


30 - 100 A dagger (+) denotes the profits to be a fraction more than specified. A (*) denotes profits to be a fraction less than specified.


'Table of Weights of Grain, Seeds, &c.


. ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF NEW YORK.


Barley weighs


48 1b. per bushel. ..


Beans


Buckwheat" 48


64


Clover Seed


66


. .6


Flax Seed*


55


.6


6.


Oats


.32


Peas


.00


..


Potatoes


46


50


Timothy Seed


Wheat


* Flax Seed by cust'm weighs 56 Ib. per bush.


Facts on Advertising.


The advertisements in an ordinary i'm- ber of the London Times exceed the. The annual advertising bills of one London firm are paid to amount to $200.000: and three others are mentioned who each annually expend for the purpose $50.000. The ex- pense for advertising the cight editions of tto " Encyclopedia Britannia" is said to have been $15,000.


In large cities nothing is more common than to see large business establishments, which seem to have an immense advantage over all competitors, by the wealth, expe- rience, and prestige they have acquired, drop gradually out of public view, and be succeeded by firms of a smaller capital, more energy, and more determined to have the fact that they sell such and such com- modities known from one end of the land to the other. In other words, the establish- ments advertise; the old die of dignity .-- The former are ravenous to pass out of ob- seurity into publicity ; the latter believe that their publicity is so obvious that it cannot be obscured. The first understand that they must thrust themselves upon public attention, or be disregarded; the second, having once obtained public atten- tion, suppose they have arrested it perma- uently; while, in fact, nothing is more char- acteristic of the world than the case with which it forgets.


Stephen Girard, than whom no shrewder business man ever lived, used to say: I have always considered advertising liber- ally and long to be the great medium of success in business, and the prelude to wealth. And I have made it an invariable rule too, to advertise in the dullest times as well as the busiest ; long experience having taught me that money thus spent is well laid out ; as by keeping my business continually before the public it has secured me maany sales that I would otherwise have lo=t.


Capacity of Cisterns or Wells.


Tabular view of the number of gallons contained in the clear, between the brick work for each ten inches of depth :


Diameter


2 feet equals


Callons. 19 30


2%


44


316


60


4


97


5


148


10


612


66


201


١١


66


8


313


396


914


451


10


459


11


502


13


10


14


..


959


15


1101


1954


3059


25


331 66


66


66


6924


*13 66 66


Corn weighs .. 58


66


Rve


66


59


MISCELLANEOUS.


Brilliant Whitewash.


Many have heard of the brilliant stucco whitewash on the cast end of the Presi- dent's house at Washington. The follow- ing is a recipe for it : it is gleaned from the National Intelligencer. with some addi- tional improvements learned by experi- ments: Take half a bushel of nice un- slacked lime, slack it with boiling water, cover it during the process to keep in the steam. strain the liquid through a fine sieve or strainer, and add to it a peck of salt, previously well dissolved in warm wa- ter ; three pounds of ground rice. boiled to a thin paste, and stirred in boiling hot ; half a pound of powdered Sparish whiting, and a pound of clean glue. which has been pre- viously dissolved by soaking it well, and then hanging it over a slow fre. in a small kettle within a large one filled with water. Add five gallons of hot water to the mixture, stir it well, and let it stand a few days cov- ered from the dirt.


It should be put on right hot; for this purpose it can be kept in & kettle on a portable farnace. It is said that about a pint of this mixture will cover a square yard upon the outside of a house if proper- ly applied. Brushes more or less small may be used according to the neatness of the job required. It answers as well as oil paint for wood, brick or stone, and is cheaper. Ir retains its brilliancy for many years. There is nothing of the kind that will compare with it, either for inside or outside walls.




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