Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1865-02-15
9u Sorts of 6uq0 8ta0irg.
Household Matters,
FILLING ICE HOUSES WITH sEow.

! FILLING ICE HOUSES WITH Snow.
As,the time is approaching when The sup
ply OF ice for the ensuing season is tosbggse
cured, I beg leave to give you the experience
of one of our "Clifton Farmers GLIB" Of Cliff
ton, Ohio. His ice-house is situated on the
side of a gravel hill, covering pit ten feet
deep and twelve feet square, and is simple
frame structure over thd pit about four or
five feet in height; the sides of the pit are
boarded up, and the drainage is through the
gravel.
Finding It expensive to haul ice from the
neighboring ponds and rivers, he last winter
filed his house with snow, after the custom
prevailing in Switzerland and California, (for
my friend is traveler) simply rolling it up
in masses, and with wheelbarrow convey
ing to the house-frst lining the sides of the
pit with straw, and after it was filed, cover
ering the snow with the same material, thus
filling his house without cost, and securing an
abundant supply of good ice for his large
family during the whole summer. The snow
settled down into a compact mass, when the
spring and summer heats affected i, and a
portion still remains at the bottom of the pit
as solid as a glancier Of the Tr5um
Sap, IN Country Gentleman
HOW TO TREAT FROZEN LIMBS.
TIE New York Eveniug Post. in an arti-
Gle on this subject, says that frozen limbs
should never be rubbed. The juices of the
feshy tissues, when frozen in their minute
sacs or cells, at once become in each OF those
enclosures crystals. having large number of
sharp angles and points. and hence rubbing
the flesh causes them to cut or tear their way
through the tissues, so that when it is thaw-
ed, the structure Of the muscle is destroyed.
The proper mode Of treatment is thus stat
ed:
When any part Of the body is frozen, it
shouts be kept perfectly quiet till it is thaw-
ed ont, which should be done promptly
As freezing takes place from the surface in
warjly, so lhawiug should be in the reverse
order: from the inside outiyardly. The
thawing cut Of portion Of flesh without at
lie same lime putting the blood from the
heart into circnlalian tLroasb-it.- -rrnduoes
modification; bnt 10y keeping the more ex-
.erual parts still congeaed till the internal
heat and The external blood gradually soften
the more interior parts, and orodlce circula-
zion Of the blood as fast as thawing takes
place. most Of these dangers tre obviated.
MCFFiING TIE CRACKS OF a DOOR IN WINTER.
Dress out some wooden rods about half an
inch or more square, and cover them with
strips Of wooden cloth. Strips oflist wound
around these will subserve a good purpose !;
NOW close the door and nail he strips on the
door, not on the casing, as is usually done,
close in the corners on the sides and at the
bottom and top. A door can be made air
tight or wind-proof more perfectly by mailing
the strips on the doors, than to nail them on
the casing, as tits usually done. When muf-
lcs are put on a door in this way, door will
shut easily but very close and tight It
would be a good Improvement to fasteu them
on with small scre vs., as they could be more
readily taken off in warm weather.