Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-01-28
FILLING ICE HOUSES.

Livery Earlllcr ought 10 nave, aliu uliuOuDt-
cdly has, good ice house; and at this sea.
son, when the time for gathering in the ice
crop is ut hand, and the following instruc-
Hl tI4Hs fiji fri qAe9S It aMaX will he read hH
1T sometimes happens, that the best ice
in the whole season is made III the month of
December. 1t is always well to secure the
first good ice that makes, say, one foot III
thickness. This, if it bcpcrtect,' clear and
free from frozen SHOW, is thick enough, and
sooner the crop is secured the better.
"Thc first business is 10 cut the ice into
suitable blocks for packing WEea there is
no machinery to be employed in handling
the blocks, two feet by three will be toand
i. convenient size Ior a house twelve feet
square, as they will make Il perfect fit in the
packing. The ice should be marked of
with some sharp tool, and a creyicc made
TO b. followed with Il coarse Saw--;s cross
cut saw. with one handle out, or III old saw
mill plate with 4 handle added, will answer.
The saver should follow the marker as
closely as possible, to make straight edged
blocks.
I'm selecting ice for cutting, take that
which is perfectly clear and solid. Air or
dirt. frozen in. will not keep SO well. Ca'e
should be taken also to keep the blocks
clean while laying them in. After the first
layer of blocks is. put down, and the saw
dust or sca-wrcd is packed in solid at the
sides, the small creviccs around each block
should be filled up with pounded ice or dry
snow. II the weather is ntcnsrl : cold, 4
! very little waer y" used at the cracks
to make the union perfect. The more com,
p.eteIy YOU call exclude air from the bod,
Of the ice, the better it will keep.
"lIaving finished the first layer, sweep of
clc.n aud put in the next, which cement to.
gethcr with the pounded ice like the first
! Continue this process until the last layer.
which cover with saw dust, or straw, or sca,
; weed, if more convenient. eighteen inches III
| thickness. If the ice house is properly y
made and good ice put i'll it in this manner
! you will find it very little diminished next
May, when yon open it to get the first block
for the refrigerator
Novel MEETING.-Dr. y. attended
masuucrade ball. In the molly and happy
throng he falls in with a fair pilgrim in black
silk, whose charming person, snow-whlte
neck, and bcwitcllingly coquettish airs awak
cn in his soul the most raptuous love. She
casts upon him looks of the most anguish
iur tenderness he revels in the hope o
having made a b!issful conquest. lie mus
ters up his courage, and ventures to address
her.
"Who art thou, lovely mask?" asks DIR
X. almost melted in the glow of love.
as it possible you do not know nc
Doctor 2" Iisps the lady in black silk.
"No, upon my honor | do not know
thce?'
"Bethink yourself, Doctor
''Ah thou art surely the gracious iair.
who has appeared to me today: tor tn
fourth time. to open to lie tho gates OF bliss
"Y ou mistake, Doctor, am no fairy"
"Ah who art thou, then?'
81 am the well known lady to whom yo
have now these nine weeks been indebtc
in the sum of two dollars and seven shl
lngs for washing and ironingn
The Doctor stood like 4 pctriiied herring
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: a GsM.-An eminent modern writer bca,
! tifnlly says :-"The foundation of domcst
! happiness is faith in the virtue Of woman
i the foundation political happiness is conf
II dence in the integrity Of man; and tt
S foundation of all happiness, temporal an
$ eternal ,-rcliance OH the goodness of God
3 TIE less man does, the more fuss
makes. A hen with one chicken does MOI
i" scratching than if she were blessed with
/. family Of fifteen.