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Ice! Ice!

D. W. C. "Ice! Ice!." New-York Saturday Press. 29 Jan. 1859: 1.
Type: 
newspaper
Genre: 
poetry
Abstract: 

The ice from Winter's frozen rivers and lakes is harvested and transported "in iceman's wagon" to "Broadway, and street, and lane" for use the following summer "within the silver pitcher," "upon the brow of fever," and in many other places.