The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1862-02-04
THE CONF EssrONs OF A TEAKETrLE
OR A HIN L TO HOUSEWIVES.

Everybody said so, and we all know VIII
everybody saws must be true, especially VIII
every lady says. Now, what every lady "a
was this, that was a ''iove Of tea kettle
| am not vain tea. kettle; and, although
say It. who shouldn't say it, in my youth
vas pretty. All! you may laugh, but you
be old somr day depend on it. '.T'w
Well, promised You my history, and no,
III tell il, if You'll only listen.
was made of copper, and no sooner wa
The last polish put upon me, than my owner
a furnishing ironmonger, placed me in a cor
spicious position in his shop window. M
bright appearance and neat shape very soor
attracted the attention Of passers.by. Ever,
one admired me. and some pleased me b.
openly expressing their admiration One da,
young lady-evidontly newly married de
clared L was n glove of tea kettle" ano
.havrng satisfied the ironmonger as to hi. de
mand for me, rcqueste | should be forthwith
sent to her house Hore went. and had
the satisfaction OF hearing both tho cook and
the housemaid speak favor bly, If my appear
ance; and that's great thing, mind, for a
kettle. was very comfortable in nv new
abode, and each evening, when filed with
BY the side Of a cheerful fire. soon sang awav
to my master and MISTRESS satisfaction, and
my own content.
went smoothly on, until one day my mas
ter having received an appointment abroad,
resolved 10 dispose Of his household goods,
myself among the rest. A lady residing in
a neghboring village purchased me, and wa
soon packed uff. Somehow or other speed
lv found that, although the water was daily
filled with was clear and bright-more spark
ling indeed than that [ had been aces stoned
tot made me feel very uncomfortable about
the stomach, accompanied with tigh sort Of
feeling, and a thickesing Of my inside, togeth
er with great dsincination to boil and sing
as | wont.
My mistress constantly complained Of me !;
and as for the cook, she was positively rude,
for on more than one occas ion she shook her
f~, at me and exclaimed. 'Drat that kettle,
twill never biler Ny ailm mt increased, and
| continued to get worse, and my owner re
quested the cook To call in doctor. smith,
rr-idiug hard by. was my medical attendant,
and he undertook 10 effect my cure; he saw
at once that il was not fault did rot boil,
that was coated inside with substance
foreign TO nv ature, which ho termed "iur."
Taking me to his smithv, he set to work with
hammer a. chi-el, and speedily removed the
cause OF all my troubles Bnt oh, the rene
DIV was as bad rs the disease; my poor sides
were so battered and bruised that felt sure
that when reached hom, should be dis
missed to the kitchen, and never more be
summoned to the tidy parlor fire; 9nd. more
over, one small ho!d was knocked right
through me, which panied me much, that,
however, was pa'ched up, and, as | di ut
complain, no one n ticed it, Although the
"lur" was removed, | was left very rough in
my inside, and being once more brought into
daily requslIion, soon bccamc as bad as ever.
Nei hbors were consulted, and all sorts of
remedies p opposed for my cure; one, that po
tatoe peelings were TO be boiled in me; an
other a marble, and so forth; but no govi
came OF them, and | continued to Ct so bad
an! clogged up with "fur," instead of hold
ing three quarts, hardly co Id contain as
many puts. One day. a travelling tinker hap
p"ned to pass through our village; he was
loquacicuS fellow, and soon made the acquain
tance of my mistress cook; she happened to
mention me to him, and he undertook to put
ment fcr her she parted wit me, and next
day was miles away, in n large manuraclur-
inc town, never more to return. for the tink
or was not accustomed TO the method Of busi
ness according to the rule of naeum and tuum.
He's on sold me for half my wei yht's value t
chemi t, who, taking off my lid, exclaimed,
"Ah, my poor, fellow! you've been badly us
ed, can see."
His symIathizing tone Induced me to open
my heart to him, and to tell him my whole
history from tic very first.
| see how il is" SAID he, "but we'll soon
have it all right. understand you to say.
that the water you were first supplied with
seemed to be very pure and soft, though not
40 sparkling Al bright as that you were fill
ed with 10y YOUR second owner. We'll, that
is quite in accordance with chemical facts; the
water rom the pump Of your seco Il mistress
owed It's brilliancy to the quantity o. lime 1t
held in solution. Rain water, caught in
clean vessels away from large towns, is the
purrst water that can be procured, without
rosoriug to artificial means; aud -th 6 al
though pure, will not sparkle as spring water,
for the reason that it contains no lime or sa
line matter possessing the power of r. fracting
light The water used by your first mistress
contained liule or no lime, and all went on
we'll You see the old proverb mot to trust
too much Appearance will apply to water
MS we as men. But how came it that bright
aud sparkling water caused such disturbance
of your stomach and coated your inside with
fur nearly an inch thick 7" asked my new
m ster.
Or course l could no, say; and so he con-
tinu"d:
"Ill tell you. The water used At the house
of your second mistress contained goo lily
quantity Of lime-carhonate Of lime, or CHI TX
dissolved during its percolaton of the earth
this, from its perfect solution, would render
It sparkling. Now, my good friend, you
have helped to enliven many Christmas
party with the bo: water you have supplied,
and cannot fail to have observed that when
the guests were mixing their loddy, how much
sooner the sugar dissolved in hot water than
in cold; so it ia with substances generally
they are more readily soluble TO hot fluids than
in cold" no rr-.
"Yes, I've remarked that, sir" said |.
slime however, is an exception; at orli
nary temperstore pint Of water will dissolve