Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1884 — The Way to Make Ice. [ARTICLE]

The Way to Make Ice.

“That must be a curious process, the manufacture of ice,” said a Chicago man to a resident of Austin. “Yes,” replied the Austin scientist, “do vou understand the philosophy of it?” “No, I never saw one of the machines, and never had the thing explained to me. “Well, you see,” observed the phil“they have a kind of tank.” “Yes.” i ! “And they fill that tank about twothirds full of water.” “Yea; what then?” “Why, then they freeze it.” “Oh!” exclaimed the disgusted Chicagoan, “that’s it, is it? I had afi idea that they boiled it.” —Texas Siftings. ■