Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 206, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1916 — FORCOOLINGWATER [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FORCOOLINGWATER

INEXPENSIVE AND SATISFYING APPARATUS IS THIS. Comparatively Inexpensive and May Be Made Serviceable for Milk If Desired Method of Construction. How many times have we stopped at the farmhouse along our way in the hot summer time and called for a drink of water, and been told to go to the spring, or drink spring-water that had been standing in a pall £or several hours? For those wholtave not the convenience of the icehouse, or a cool cistern. the following description of how to make an inexpensive and satisfy-

ing Avater cooler will prove interesting. Any keg or barrel will do for ordinary purposes, but for the dining room or sitting room in any home the following will make a neat piece of furniture. Secure a 10 or 15-gallon cask or keg, hardwood, preferably oak. A new one, one that may be stained, filled and varnished. Next secure a stone jar, one of which the diameter is three or four Inches less than the keg, and the length of which is four or six inches less. Fill the lceg-with charcoal until the jar sets in level with the top. That is, have the tops of each on a level. If any difference, let the jar be one-quar-ter of an inch the lower. Have the jar in the exact center of the keg, and pack charcoal tightly around the jar until within two inches of the top. Then fill In the rest of the

way with Portland cement and sand, three parts sand and one part cement. Finish off smooth and level, keep a linen towel dampened and spread over the jar, hold in place by a tight-fitting cover. Fill the jar with cool water early in the morning, and it will keep cool for days. —J. W. Griffin in Exchange.

Suitable for Milk or Water.

Homemade Water Cooler.