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Recipe for Inside Paint

A cheap inside paint, and by no means a bad one, especially where the smell of oil or turpentine would be objectionable, or in any case where lead paint is not desirable, may be made by taking eight ounces of freshly slaked lime, and mixing it in an earthen vessel, with three quarts of skimmed sweet milk. In another vessel mix three and a half pounds of Paris white with three pints of skimmed milk. When these mixtures are well stirred up, put them together, and add six ounces of linseed oil. Mix these well, and it will be ready for use. This preparation is equal to oil paint, and is excellent for walls and ceilings. Any shade may be made by the addition of dry pigments. - PAINTER-TURNED-FARMER.