The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-01-30
KENOsEIA WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 80, 1862.
The Confession of a Ten-Kettle; Or a
Hint to Housewives.


Everybody said so, and we all know wha
everybody says must be true. especially VIVA
Ievery lady says. Now, what every lady salt
was this, that I was a Love of Il tea-kettle;
I'm not a vain kettle; and, although l say it
who shouldn't say it, in my youth acas pretty
All! you may laugh, but you'll be old some day
depend on it.
'Well, promised you my history, and nov
I'll tell it if you'll only listen.
was made of copper, and no sooner was th'
last polish put upon me, than my owner, fur
mshing ironmonger, placed me in consplc
uious position in his shop window. My bright
appearance and neat shape very soon attracted
the attention of passers by. Every one admir-
ed me- and some pleased me by openly express
ing their admiration. One day, foung lady
evidently newly married declared ] was q
''Iove ola tea Kettle" and having the iron
monger as to her demand for me, requested
should be brought forthwith to her house
| Home | went, and had the satisfaction of hear
ing both the cook and the housemaid speak IA
vorably of my appearance; and that's great
thing, mind, for kettle. l was "ery comfort.
| able in my new abode, and each evening, when
filled with water pure and soft,and placed upon
the hob by the side of cheerful fire, soon
sang away to my master and mistress's salts
faction. and my OVID content
ter having received an appointment abroad, re-
solved to dispose of his HOUSEHOLD goods, my
self among the rest. A lady residing i'll a
neighborlng village purchased me, and was
soon packed off. Somehow or other speedily
found that, although the water l was now daily
| filled with was clear and bright-more spark
hing indeed than that had been accustomed
tot made me feel very uncomfortable about
my stomach, accompanied with tight sort Of
feeling, and a thinckening of my inside, to-
gether with great Discrimination to boil and
| sing as l was wont.
| Ny mistress constantly complained of me-
and as for the cook, she was positively rude,
for on more than one occasion she shook hel
fist at me and exclaimed, Dart that kettle
twill never bile" My ailment increased, and
/ continued to get worse, and my owner re.
quested the cook to call in a doctor. A smith
residing HARDLY, was my medical attendant,
! and he undertook to effect my cure; he saw at
once that it was not my fault did not boil -
| that was coated inside with substance for
eign to my nature which he termed "fur.
Taking me to his smithy, he set to work with
hammer and chisel, and speedily removed the
cause of all my troubles But; oh the remedy
was as bad the disease; my sides were so bat
| tered and praised that felt sure that when L
went home / should be dismissed to the kitch-
en-, and never more be summoned to the tidy
parlor fire; and, moreover, one small hole was
nocked right through me, which panied me
much; that, however, was patched up, and as
didn't complain, no one noticed it. Although
the fur was removed, was left very rough
in my inside, ana being once mole brought in
to daily requi sitlon; soon became as bad as ev-
en- Neighbors were consulted, and all sorts of
remedies proposed for my cure; one, that po-
| tatoe Feelings were to be boiled III me- anoth-
! or marble, mi forth hut GOOD came
of them, and | continued to get so bad and
ciogged up with fur, instead of holding three
quarts, l could hardly hold many pints.
One day a travelling tinker happened to pass
through our village; he was a loquacious fell
| low, and soon made the acquaintance of my
mIstressess cook; she happened 20 mention me
/ to MIN, and he undertook 80 put me to rights III
| half AZ hour In an evil moment Tor her she
parted with me, and next day was miles
! away, III a large manufacturing town, never
mo lie to return, for the tinker was not accus-
toned to the method of business according to
| the rule of nleum and tuWm He soon sold NE
/ for half my weights value to a chemist, who,
! taking Offmy lid exclaimed ''Ab, my poor tel
! low! you have been badly used, l can see"
| HIS sympathIzing tone induced me to open
my heart to him, and TO tell him my whole his
tory from the first
II see how it is, !" said he, "but we'll soon
have it all right. understand you to say that
the water you were first supplied with seemed
very pure aud soft, though not as sparkling
and bright as that you were flied with by your
second owner Well that Is quite III accor-
dance with chemical facts; the water from the
pump of your second mistress owed its brilan-
cy TO the quantity of lime it held III solution
Rain water, caught in clean vessels away
from large towns, is the purest water that can
be procured, without resortlng to artificial
means; and this, although pure will not spar
kle as spring water, for the reason that 1t con-
taius no lime or saline matter possessing the
power of refractlng light. The water used by
your first mistress contained little or no lime
and all went on well. You see tie old proverb
not 10 trust too much to appearance, will APP
ply to water as well to men. But how came
1T that bright and sparkling water caused such
disturbance of your stomach, and coated your
inside with 'furr' nearly inch thick? asked
my new master.
OF course l could not say and so he cOntin-
ned
Hi Ell. Jou. The water used at the house
of your second mistress contained goodly
quantity of iime-carbonate of lime,or chalk
dissolved during its percoation OF the earth;
thus from lis perfect solution, would render 1t
sparkling. Now my friend, you nave helped to
eniven many Christmas party with the wafer
W
observe that when the guests were mixing their
toddy, how much sooner the sugar diss Owed III
hot water than in cold SO it is with substances
generally; they are more rapiply soluble IN
hot fluids than in cold
Eyes I've remarked that, sir" said |.
Lime, however,is an exception; at ordinary
Temperature a pint of water will dissolve fully
eleven grains of lime, where at its boiling point
the same quantity will not take up seven. vi
hrIil ND ft,llV ont
urated with the lime, or its carbonate, you
we've daily filed and as it became hotter and
hotter. down and down went the lime, leaving
day by day an additional coat on your poor
sides; and as a very small SNOWFALL will, when
set IN motion, increase to a monster, so the
con ,inued daily film of limy deposit increa5-
ed to lnconvenient and uncomfortable thick
ness, and ultimately brought you to grief, for
this thick deposit or furr.' by reason OF its be-
ing bad conductor Of heat, prevented lta pass
age through you to to the WATER 1t would not
boil and you got blamed"
| you know best sir, and no doubt 1t as you
say" was all l could give utterance to.
| But to the point" he continued. Iou
are nearly half full of this troublesome stuff
and no doubt all good housewives will be re-
| io,ced to learn an easy remedy. This limy de-
posit. though hard and troublesome to remove
! by hammer and chise is easily got red of by
chemical agency Hydrochloric acid'-(Giv
ing a vince at this hard name, my master no
ticed it. and said, Don't be alarmed it is com
monty called the spirits OF salts. will remove
the ause of all your troubles in a very few
minutes, without injury to yourself, and thai
we Il at once prove"
Accordingly, my good master sent to a drug
gist bottle, and procured half a pound Q
salts, costing but few pence; he placed me II
the open air, and having diluted the ''spiri
wi tn a pint or so of water, poured into me
Oh. what commotion il did produce! laugh
now; but really was alarmed at the eff-rves
cence that took place within me but as in ;
moment the 'Iurr' began to get less and less
felt relieved, and my spirits began TO rise &C
cordingly My master shook me about nov
and then, taking care, observed. to avoid tn
fumes that arose and in few minutes ex
claimed, Gan right, old fellow | can see you
copper; now you'll do. Come with me TO thu
pump. and a douche will set you quite t.
rights - For ten minutes l was under hydro