Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1885 — Never! [ARTICLE]

Never!

Never make tea in a tin pot. The tannin, which is acid, attacks the tin and produces a poison. Never use water which has stood in a lead pipe over night. Not less than a wooden bucketful shodld be allowed to run. * Never use water from a stone reservoir for cooking purposes. Never allow fresh meat to remain in paper ; it absorbs the juices. Never keep vinegar or yeast in stone crocks or jugs; their acid attacks the glazing, which is said to be poisonous. Glass for either is better. All cooking utensils, inclnding-iron pots, should be rinsed after washing and carefully wiped on the inside with a clean, dry cloth. A soapy or greasy dish cloth should never be used for the purpose.