Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-04-07
TALKS WITH THE BOYS
Inventions Generally ths Result Of
Observation of - 4t2re = Ways
1fs.s ios - srtinei.slis a .lsafsset4rsd ne
sr.aaazloa "a flltAy Batse sad -
Efaa.lorss..alaaa fat,s tsli1te1iag trys-
-. 8leess-Fish Ponds E.e.

hixa4ay "a Easa &c freezes aa Ene Ice
...u 10 4s elear as rh4g s,ll srom tbs river.
ha saair gaa olteu E9ndsrel ~ tn.st
Wouldn't it --eiu rea, sn4bls O. expect the
Ice e. 0e che same eo.or - ths ~agsrr v bY
isa't isf
Taa1's TIE keynote 81 my subjecE. Dame
Nature has sane very eurio1s ~ays my
toy. and this IS ooe ol "a sn- Ia summer
she helgs that mud siuaile - nlake itself
offensive 20 the eye and the uose-in
-infer sac al ns p1r.nes i1. When her
cold. frosty nngsrs begin 70 aaboie Ia the
~a.ers - the sl9a IS and ponds and
bayoas she begins = purify. As the
fTevzus process - esilrie1 on the water -
rehned. and asa the lee coiaes yuu 500 u
clean and tralisp parent. Nature may not
ne able 10 sqaeezs oa- al the weeds and
Sucks rom tlis poad zee, bot 10 would sur
prise p3o CO. sec what shs aoes cast aside
il tns process II purificatlon-
The first hins ~ how 70 make artificial
ice must have CONE n'om uau v ao had
closely stut.r Natures ways Before the
var an Che .c. used in he sJutl Vas
shipped from th r-A. aad it had =
ready sale AZ 8. pes in poaads- Many
ships sers engaged ia the trade. load
lue ths leo on tae New Easlasd coast
AMI delivering b. A. Charleston, Savan-
nah. Mobile. Calves on and o.hsr poiats
Much of this ice Vas naturally lost ia the
haniing, and the higb price made II an
article of laxIry The inyentlon Ok
urosess IS va ch $50 could 10 Turned Oas
ia large quantities AZ v'ry low rates
was. therefore. hailed with great salts
faction There Is not now a city OF any
size ia tho South without its manufac-
tory, and ice can De had at rstail for 81
"a II - per 10 pounds. No Northern Ice
can find market except along the sea-
board. / haze seen, on the~e different
occasions, humps u Northse4 leo and
cakes OF artificial ice placed side by side
IN the sun. and "a each instance the artih-
eiaI ast. much the longest
And now as TO the manufacture: There
are two processes, but We Will take the
simplest, which Is call the ammonia
process. The building may be an old
barn OF rough she'd, and the engine OF
fror. ton % twenty horse power. As |
saw the operation IN a Georgia town tAey
pumped their water from canal, and it
was TOO anu ~ for a dsh % live in. Fill
a barrel with 10 70 stand over night, and
there would be two inches of mud in the
bottom OF the barrel next morning.
The wator IS first pumped into large
condenser. aud j. thcre purified and passed
u condenser number two. IL Is again
purified and then pumped into the
baths. EacA bath IS a huge, square bin,
provided with aper. ures for holding nine
ty-six tin moids These mOlds are sixteen
inches long. eight wi1c and four thick. and
arc open az the top Each can, when filed
with water Is placed ia a bin IN COM
partment by itself, and a large lid shuts
down over ali. As The water reaches tho
molds It Is so clear and transparent that
you could easily perceive a grain Of sand
a. tho bottom 0f the can. Through the
bins and around the cans ammonia gas is
constantly circulating in pipes, and salt
water Is churnei about and Kept in con-
slant motion i,y means oi paddles u orked
by machinery
IL taxes seventy pounds OF salt TO make
a bath" for three bias holding 2SS holds,
AMI it IS renewed once "A week. One BAR
rel OF ammonia will last a small factory
like the one | am describing about ten
days.
full ot water. and 10 is only about half an
hour before the men begin to take oIt ice
The molds are lifted out Of the bin and
carried 70 vat Of not water and dipped
This loosens tie ice, and 1t is flung on
table. Each cake weighs tweaty pounds,
and three OF them are placed together TO
freeze solid. This makes a cake sixteen
inches long. twelve inches thick and TWEEN
ty-four inches wide. It s so perfectly
clear that Il reflects your image like a
glass, and you can read newspaper print
through three feet of t.
There j. the engine pumping up the
muddy water at one end of the old build
inx. aud the men handling the purest,
incest ice YOU ever saw at the other, while
I between them are only a sew tanks and
I pipes. It seems wonderful, doesn't ty
In sumner It IS a common thing in New
I Orleans and othsr Sou hern cities TO see
blocks Of artificial ice in the windows of
restaurants " th qraI rabbits and other
game frozen ia them. One who does not
understand that il il artificial ice is fain
o. wonder how on earth the articles got in
there
/ And in connection with this ice question
F want 20 drop a hint 60 tne farmer boys
F of tn North. There il hardly a farm in
an7 county On whicn dsh pond can not
b. made. You want clean. clear water TO
feed it. II the inlet is a creek you must
arrange matters ia such a way that. dur
I Ing higher water. when tie water is
muddy. it can De diverted from the pond
A iume or race. or pipe from the creek 70
the rona can b. closed ~ at any time.
Perch. bass rnsliet. suckers. ball heads
T PIKE and other varieties viii I've and
I thrive on the farm. aad in time the iarner
{ VII have ssh G sell Ar tn ID sfes- market
+ There = amusement. recreation and profit
/ al IN 1ua anil wh m winter colces this
T same poai wi Viatd ali the - wanted at
the farm -htuss iiri1r thc sum ner. There
are many Oh sae.e isn ponds ln The Seufh.
and thc owners are mazinz biz money
T from tao sac ~ dss alone. I have seen
fhem ed PSI a pipe runnin. from a wind
mil AMI tans long say ~. sl.d again
hy n a1me iea.ling ~ 5 tr-ek ANY nat
ural sink or BASIN WI uaks he lake If vou
ran set wafer enauzh. ami th fsh should
he fed new sn1 then wi.a bread crumfs.
The arfffr-s N.r who ID .if .-l freo trts vi fiI