Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-07-01
MAKE YOUR OWN ICE.

MAKE YOUR OWN ICE.
Invention Enabling H0usekeepers to Foil
| The BarOns. -
The days of the ice baron are mum.
bered 1t Is mournful fact in some re.
spects, for the baron, with his NAM
moth bills and microscopical squares
OF Ice, served some useful purpose. He
was the sole support for one thing, of
certain class of joke writers, who de.
pended upon his summer advent for
the payment Of their board bills.
Humor atthe expense Of the ice baron
is always timely in the summer months
and any veteran joke served up freshly
garnished could be relied upon to tickle
the palates of the readers of comic
weeklies But oil this will soon give
way before the onward march of prog.
ress, for an invention is soon to be put
upon the marketithat will enable any
housekeeper, by the expenditure of a
sum thatis a mere bagatelle when COM
pared to the ice baron s bills, to keep
herself supplied with Ice the year
around. III
James P. O'Brien is the inventor,
and his creation, protected by letters
patent and now in process Of manufac.
ture, consists of a box about the size
and shape of an ordinary icebox. Down
the center of the box runs cylinder
for The water that is to be turned to
ice, and around this cylinder are cells
in which are placed theVchemicals
whose action freezes the water
On the top of the box is crank like
the handle of street piano. This han
die is connected with a shaft on which |
are fastened fan blades. Do you want
ice for the day? Just fill up the cylin-
der with water, says the inventor of
the new style ioehox, turn the crank for
fifteen minutes, giving yourself Just
enough exercise to make the blood cir
culate and to sharpen the appetite for
breakfast. The fan acts on the chemi-
Gals, the chemicals act on the water.
AT the end of the prescribed time take |
out your cylinder, and, presto, there
you have a round block of glistening
ice. Id
The nature of the chemicals is the Sc
cret of the inventor This secret he
will not divulge, except SO far as to
say that the chemicals have heretofore
served no useful purpose because no
use could be foundtfor them, although
they were known to chemists. 1T will
be an easy matter, in gil probability,
for chemist to anallzesthe contentsofll
ithe.icebox and discover what these
'ehemiealssaus-but it~yill DE aAmisde-J
meanor to use them except in connec-
tion with the compaag's freezers, as
they will be fully protected.
The cost of ice produced by this pro-
cess, it is claimed, will be 81 40 wear.
This is the amount the company to be
formed for the sale of the boxes will
charge for chemicals sufficient to last
a year. There is to be no other expense.
The freezer will contain compartments
for the storage of household supplies
that are usually kept in the icebox. In
addition to being in close contiguity to
the ice, the provisions will be keep cool |
by the currents of air that freeze the |
water.
Surely the ice baron has cause to
tremble in his shoes at last and the
long suffering householder to rejoice
with whoop of joy. Such thing as
ice made with neatness and dispatch in
your own house sounds chimerical, but
the invention described has so impress
ed the members of the New York
Building department that, according
to the inventor, they have decided to
recommend builders, in erecting new
houses, to include one of the freezers
in the fixtures of the building, just ne
they now include stoves and furnaces
The freezers are to be made to sell,
at the household size, for S15 each, and
will last for ten years, by renewing the
chemicals once year. These chemi-
Gals will be supplied by the freezer
company only. The company will keep
the freezers in order and the chemicals
in good condition. New York Herald.