Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1876 — Soft Water for Family Use-How to Make a Cistern. [ARTICLE]

Soft Water for Family Use-How to Make a Cistern .

T , " without an abundance of soft water is not ep§ily acmmtxsstisasat clouds so frequently let fall copsousshowy ers of pure soft water upon thtefal/ ghd why they continually the eawes of CMfKAEgS TUSKS ffista-HfiaiS Keeping them continually saturated by im/m/m a problem squally" difficult' of Wuticirrwhen it tattjt te, tunted Lrttr a cistenraUHnade of So mucli neglect to put up the troughs is not as PMM#4fcth MP pf%(‘ rv, allow themselves L^J^EOToffiW 1011 an abundance walir "uring a lifetime, it :flSto-iM9»w{.fMICT stamial cistern is mUdr less that o£ Ettnaftßft&mra water-if made large enough, and it ia aiwavfAMpJUhjMfve WIJ (Oerj(fcj many bf'lne surface wells tnrougnout uiie is the most need of water, and often rejaraEMHtf while Wbisllft llpes swap pip portion to theuixea from which it is gathered, and of the soap, by combining with the fat

nUUalmffM, vMiHijWiiilisae tA I SWAP without difficulty. Hard waters heifeWilWrl Ot^MtWISBS^S posited unpn the interior of the boiler, bor and soap in the laundry and in«th*i wtSiM and chapping of flje skin, when exposed to the cold, gdry wi&dAwhidb bresotfrer quent in thi#Vf>mifrf." *ute * fit the large amount of soap required in the ordifflVwWWvhtSF lip ybenf me pores of the opposite Jv the aliove are ner! Dig near the kitchen, so that the ommm excavation about ten feet in deptli. and as KPBN3T ■ito vantemth -down the fc'ftlls 'Wifljir* r 'nHe circular form insures a* sfro*ger wail .than a,|W Surface. Wall witb Wckbats, as these will make a smoother wall than wholes brkk. and lay them in cement, fMortai- made of common lime will answer for this purpose, 4 however. 'Pf* wall should 'be'; gradually cfcpw* hs toward the surface of the ground until an *NjNarfure is i6ft large'ehough to admit the workman, and then should be (extended kbqhtjn|swo f abdVe sS As topliiit 4f!“ fllß*g in. A frame shouffi then he placed around it, fljlod in with dirt,, aruL a plat, form piabed over the white. 5 * & i.» Assuming that a supply of clean, sharp WaOMand a - barrel jbf' water IJtne have 'beMfairovLded; mix in small quantities at h time, as the mortar wftl smin a few tiQb& w sussunta on wcoat of mortar, let stand twentv-four hburs M and-adcl anothcri.i Do apt Jettbl dAyf but kedpUie clstern-oov* ered a day or two until tlie mortar hardens jiiiA let. m water ip if DoTtoiTtnprevent niefalling of tnl water fSGaKWWITT-IWMfJ Where bricks are scirce the plastering flg& bpsdone 1 - directly on the earth with ; but it' is; bettor to have td arch Averthetop With, by <?omtiiii^'at^v^icli^^iu^ 1 !" distance of a masou and the job may "! * * jFI ™ T • urn ETtiSr**-.!