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[top corner is torn away rendering some words illegible]
Milk Paint
that case, it would by uniting
with lime, form an Earthy salt,
which could not resist any degree
of dampness in the air.
Milk paint may
[otherwise?] be used for outdoor
[objects?] by adding to the ingrediants
[?] ounces Each more of oil and
[slaked?] lime, and 2 ounces of
Burgundy pitch. The pitch should
be put into oil that is to be added
to the milk and lime, and then
dissolved by a gentle heat. In
Milk cold weather, the milk and
Paint lime must be warmed, to prevent
the pitch from cooling too suddenly
and Enable it to unite more freely
with the milk and lime.
The milk paint used
for indoor work dries in about an
hour, and the oil which is Employed
in preparing it, Entirely loses its
smell in the soapy state by which
it is reduced by the lime. One Coat
to cover old paint, 2 for new
wood. Milk paint ay be colored
just the same (in distemper) as
common paint. The foregoing
receipt will cover about 25
square yards.
April 2d 1890
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Remidy for Cholera 199
The Sun Remidy for the Cholera
is as follows
Equal parts of the Tincture of
Opium }
Capsicum } Copied Sept 15 1892
Peppermint } from Commercial Journal
Rhubarb }
Camphor }
Address of E J. Harris
E. J. Harris
The Farnkam
Surrey
England
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Marks & [and] Numbers on Watch belonging
to my daughter Louise
On back case 1013 also inscription
Inside T. W. C. Co. 14K
On Front R.W.W.Co. Waltham
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Marks on Mays Watch
53495. Nickel Case. Open Face
The latter part of January and Early
part of February 1893, were noted
for heavy snow & [and] fronst. The glass
was 6 degrees below zero Fahrenheit
one morning only
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