Connecticut western news., 1873-10-31
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HOW kxO SsSnvo0' HR@ CONle
 EDITOR CONN. WESTERN NEWS: As most
 of us at this time are laying In our stock of
 coal for the winter, and the signs of the
 time warn us to be economical in it's con {, sumption to help those who have not had
 much expenence in burning coal and man
 aging coal stoves, will give them mine
 and the result of my experiments in that
 direction. To begin with, some months
 ago, perhaps last winter, saw an article in
 several papers (and perhaps yours, ) explain
 Ing how about one-half the usual amount
 Of coal consumed could be saved and the
 same amount of heat obtained. I looked
 upon the discoverer of the new principle as
 Public Benefactor and felt warm toward
 the several editors who SO generously con-
 tributed space in their columns to enlichten
 the public on this subject. read the srti-
 cIes and treasured them up in my mind,
 resolving when cold weather again came
 round would try the experiment
 For the benefit of those who may no,
 have seen the articles or have forgotten them, will repeat the directions for carry
 ing out the saving principle. Iu the frs,
 place after your stoves are properly put up
 ana ready for use, before building fire go
 to your tinman and have sheet iron plate
 cut just the shape of your fire grate-only
 tnne smaller-leaving small space for
 draft all around the outer edge, which would cause the coal in the fire box to i.- nlte and consume on the outside only, ,mak- Ing complete ire surface of the body of coal but leave the great mass at the centre. which lies upon the iron plate unconsumed. Ii you will consult Comstock's Natural Philosophy. you will see that several new principles were introduced I saw at one. that the theory was correct, and the princi pie could be applied. A great saving would De effected, not only in heating and cook ing stoves but the principle could,be applied to all large heaters for generating steam. smeitlng ores, &c. l at once began to de- wise improvements, and succeeded in theory asleast. l will explain ono improvement of which claim the conception.
 My theory was to make an inverted cone or iron, clay, or some indestructible mate. | rlal' and placing il in the grate, nearly fill- Ing the fire box, only leaving space for l thin layer of coNl on the outside of this in. | Yerted cope. Accordingly, about three
 weeks ago, after getting in my stock ot coal, (which was about half as large as i, would have been had It not been for the discovery Of this great saving principle, and having my Morning Glory" put up in my dining room, procured two or thre. old tin pail lids and covered the coal pra.e according to directions. then put in klndlings and started d fire. filled the magazine full of coal, calculating it would last week. As soon as the fire began to burn began to ':save coal" Irun the stove all day and saved coal" Iun if that night and stayed up by it, having sick ness in my family. It continued to ..ssve coal finally put on my overcoat it saved coal" so fast. I next put on an army blanket, and the stove continued to t save coal" About daylight saw that I r would have much more coal than should V Nast for winter consumption. Knowing f nat It would be in the way next summer t thought to try to lessen this great saving t 'rocess. l looked for the tongs to take out c ne pail lid, but could not find it, The I tove poker was also missing. I tried to s xfract it with the pot lie hook, but burned s ny fingers and was unsuccessful. The toVe continued to ''save coal" Ik.pt on ! he even tenor of my way; did not get ex- i, ited; l worked along SO during the dav d saving coal" all the time. Along toward V 'ight l saw that that system of economy & must be stopped. Accordingly, I took a c lew Japanned coal scuttle and hand shovel u nd commenced shoveling out the coals u rom the top of the fire box at the base of he magazine. It worked enactly like a
 atent poultry drinking fountain-you all V now how they work. Pretty soon the a ooms began to smell of burnt asph altam- e ou ali know how that smells. The house h 'as thoroughly fumigated, which will ward W 1T the scurvey and whooping cough. At h. nls stage the coal scu,tle unsoldered and 4 't the coals out on the floor; pail of wa A, er Judiciously applied soon corrected that n 'ife. had saved about five large scuttles cl coal within the last thirty-six hours. f, lust now confess to little, just little, n npatience-hardly perceptible - but e, 'anted to see the man who first wrote the c, rticie "How to save coal" After a while h. y stove was emptied of said coal I il ound the tin pal lids nearly ruined-bnt :, o matter, l had saved stove full of coal. Q am not saving coal now. want to see the q nan who wrote that article. Mir. Editor, can
 ou tell me who did it? All things are now
 uiet at my home. will not have coal to b ummer over, but want to see, just to W BE, the man who wrote that article, "How u Q save coal" W Salisbury, Oct goth, 1873. ti