A GOOD WHITEWASH.

Wairoa Bell, Volume V, Issue 178, 30 December 1892, Page 7

A GOOD WHITEWASH.

Salt and Lime,—A few years ago it was decided to whitewash the walls and ceiling of a cellar to make it lighter. For this purpose a suitable quantity of lime was slacked- A workman who had to carry a vessel cf common salt for some other purpose stumbled over the lime cask, and spilled some of his salt into it. To conceal all traces of his mishap he stirred fix the salt as quickly as possible. The circumstance came to light afterward ; and this unintentional addition of salt to the lime excited the liveliest curiosity, for the whitewash was not only blameless, but hard as cement and would not wash off. After this experience a mixture of milk and lime and salt (about three parts of stone lime and one part of salt) was employed for a court, or light well. To save the expense and trouble of a scaffold to work on, it was applied with a hand fire engine to tha opposite wall. The result was most satisfactory. For years the weather had no effect upon it; and a good and cheap means of lighting the court was then obtained;