Little Falls transcript., 1886-07-02

n II, Vi. a,s /, SaI
fot fnal ,1s ysss as l,r
aisS SIiots syet y IN
/ Il f5tl3 seoTieeis
iisOrsser ana IL
h citys it gIiir stree torn
upf from one end tt,s The her " sth if,es
slnyiIk hy Tie sI,slvsies and GIFT houses are
ssttirneti tors rom nit to ne liai.
,the plu,Il,ers rutting isl pes and nd just y
ing crates and stow es FOR naI Iural gas. q
The trouble id they Sntay SO long ~ ith us ];
1 it takss them from two 10 lpIlr weeks
4 accortiit.g to the size of ti,s house and
number OF Ares used 8fs ith about
twenty 1layyies Mt one IS door saIsd :half as I
vnanf ltlinbers iu ones hou uaa. imagine
III alIe scene il yo,1 can. But II they ara ],
through at last, & SoW cornes be Gas I1l-$
speett,r, then the Fire Marshal, and after
tanlllining things pronounce them all l
safe. Then all hands fall to work mailing
I tlownthe boards on. the floors and dtacKing
slowr, the carpets and trying to bring order
out OF chaos as speelily as possIbla WI ben
AL that is through With we sweep down
sthe SCOT from the back walls Of the CRATES
ssnd Whitewash them, then put u g lighted
taper into the crate, that has been lied
i with cr,lcibles, such as are used for snlelt
ing purposes, and with g Httle hratss key
e tnrn on the gas. In iRst about five.
Il minutes he stones are red hot, with tiny
tongues OF blue flames leaping up.thro.,gh,
and it ia one Of the pretJiest fires that you
could wish TO see, giving out d more
intense heat than a coal fire, and tscan be
regulated just :as s it is desired In the
range or stove for cookingit IS Invaluable.
= One can qrnuierate it to exactly the right
heat then we do not have TO rake down
ashes, to make dust all over our dishes on
Z. the stove hearth, or shovel in coal just at
Y; the wrong time. And in our CRATES we have
! no ashes TO take out and need wash up the
fcartbs but once q week, instead of once a
g day. All, these benefits we have, aside
from the labor of carrying, coal from the
cellar or coM house. All t}lat slaTish
yYer,k is a thing Of the past; ahd Itreally
think housekeepeps in Pittsburgh and
Allegheny City appreciate it more thar,
anywhere else HOusekeepers living in
clean cities, or. better still, IN the country
/ and villages have not, the reuotesta idea
what it is like to he byIied alive IN dirt
with Sb way out but sto dig out witt
scrubnng brush and broom, for the SCOT
BE- and snloke OF this place is of q Gas;;'
greasy nature, that win not wash Oh very
READILY. but has to lie scrubbed with 10
water, soap and brush. With NATURAL ga
that hard labor will be done away with
The gus is said to cost the consumer 'fs!
than coal, but, as we are new II. the -s,u;5i
ness yet, that remains to be seen. ~
While possessing all the virtues n'.s
good qualities that we have tried - SHOW
p natural gas has, also its htlA vices, a
tiero is ,lo rose Without q thorn. Some
times ON a cold morning we cannot ssa
enough force to get the breakfast. Ihe1
we have to skirn,ish around and hunt Il
all oil stove or something ot that sort t
make our morning coffee Oh. Then aga i,
if we do not 90 about the lighting Ct
very carefully, it viii flash out into OF
faces. 1t will be no unusual thing TO sei
the wife going about enc week with on
side burned of Of her frizzes, and Il
husband the next with ,wliskers {
"A, 1nustache singed OF. . Then another dlav
= back, which. is literally drawback
"..Warps and draws our f'rnit1lre tnd tclaci
picture frames uutn l;.s>y fall apart ;sn
ARE useless. We an' <.;s,isod to hec
vessels filled with wal: q sfarY room,
absorb In measure til @.ry, hot air, 4
4. course we Can have to" Vessels {
~, ornamental as we desire. And last bt
= least, it is explosive and l,3t always III tt
}housesof those,who are using it, tor il
L, runs past your house and the pipes lea
d you are Just as liable to get it INTO yor
cellar ais not and it being sodorless cannt
gi be detected until going into the cellar vii
Salight The moment it comes in conta
with fame 1t explodes, sometimes XII
t Ing. the person carrying The light, shatte
ing the building and tearing thing
mp alta terrible rate. We are Tor
8.xitying ourselves with g safety I'M
4 but whether II proves any safer tnan
common one we win be better able to te
! q after the catastrophe. It is 5certainl
calculated to make one feel little shak.
i as il they were living above a powdt
:, mine, not knowing what minute some OF
I will drop q spark or5a hammer and bio
us mp; but then. we are willing to take a
these risksin order to have the natural ga
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