Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 56
a smithy, and equip it in allrespects as well as their ingenuity and limitedresources would permit. The first thing they did was to dig a charcoalpit, into which they piled several cords of drychestnut wood, setting the sticks on end in aconical heap. Over this they placed a layer ofturf and a… … Cv MAKING A HUNDRED-DOLLAR CASTER. in about the upper opening, or chimney, wereset on fire. These burned briskly at first, andthen died down to a wreath of smoke, whichwas left to sweat the wood for three days, afterwhich the holes at the base were stopped andothers made half-way up the pile. Late…
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