The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-07-25
THE HOUSEHOLD BLESSING.
The Improved
KEDzIE WATER FILTER !
FOR
Purifying Rain, River and Hydrant
Water for Drinking, Cooking,
and Chemical Purposes.
Manufactured by
WiLLiG1I L. In0Fdhunl.

These celebrated Filters have been fully
tested by thousands Of families throughout
the United States since 1854; they have been
awarded the First Premiums at State and
County Fairs; they have received the high
est concentrations from Chemists and men
of Science, and their merit is established as
possessing every Scientific and Practical
adaptation for family use, rendering the
most Impure Rain, River or Hydrant Wa
ter free from all substances, and as pure and
clear as crystal.
Impure water, like the hard water Of wells,
is one of the chief exciting causes of disease,
creating arrangement of the stomach and
kidneys, resulting in dysentery, cholera, and
renal diseases; and In new countries, as in
the Western States, causing fever and ague
and bilious fevers.
DIR. Weiting says: "a good deal of observ-
alton and experience has convinced me that
IN those sections OF country where the soil
contains lime, and where, consequently, the
water is strongly impregnated with 1t, III
tered rain water should by all means be
used, not only for drinking, but for cooking
also. ltwOuld, In my opinion, prevent ma
ny diseases, especially cholera, dysentery,
DR.. Dewey, Prof. of Chemistry, says: "To
reason on the importance of pure water for
the health and comfort of society, or to
prove the deleteriOus effect Of impure water
on the human system, is unnecessary at
this day. Pure water cannot be procured
from wells, springs or streams in this sec
tion of the country. Our waters contain
sulphate of lime, chloride OF lime, Chloride
of calcium, sulphate of magnesia, and salts
Ofiron occasionally, all of which make wa
ter hard. Most OF the above substances rem
der water unfit for use. Besides these, there
are in the wells of ali large cities and dense
villages, great impurities from the decOmpO-
sition OF animal matter. These deleteriOus
substances inevitably find their way
through the porous earth, from vaults and
other repositories of decaying matter, into
wells, and no method can be devised TO pre-
Henry Colt, Prof of Chemistry, UniversI-
ty College, Toronto, says: Having pur-
chased one of your Rain Water Filters, l
must say that l consider it n very useful and
excellent article. The construction is sim
pie, and the large quantity Of defeating
material used is also of advantage, as tend
ing to lengthen its period of action. 1 have
tried considerable number Of experiments
with different waters, some very deeply col
ored, and Others of a most offensive OdOr, in
all cases utterly unfit either for drinking or
for culinary purposes, and in every instance
the action of the Filter was most satisfactO-
~, as producing a clear, cOlorleSS, inOdorOus
and taSteleSs water. The great importance
of pure water in promoting health is uni
versally acknowledged, and the difference
observable between those sections where
pure or impure water is used, has been con-
clusively shown by the late report of the
Cholera Commissioners. l should, therefore,
very strongly recommend the use Of Fill
ters."
As rain water becomes foul by standing,
therefore these Filters are designed for purf-
flying rain water for drinking and cooking,
so that the hurtful effects of impure water
may be avoided by families and individuals
ana to save the expenses of Well-disging.
They are constructed with n circular, oaken
case, steel bound, into which is carefully
packed n prepared compound consisting
mainly of pure charcoal and Silex. The wa
ter TO be filtered is poured in at the top,
whence it percolatcS through the packing,
They not only strain water, but they cheBiic-
ally purity ii, rendering all soft water per-
fectly pure and clear, ike that which bub-
bles from the crystal fountain.
In using water from one oil these Filters a
person may be certain that he Is drinking
nothing but pure tCdteT; while, with well
water, he may swallow minute bugs; or lar
vP, or spawn may find its way to the stOm-
ach, causing to the individual lifelong suf-
cation. Address
WIN. L. INGRAHAM,
u Exchange St., Rochester, n.