The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

Ice! Ice!

D. W. C. "Ice! Ice!." New-York Saturday Press, January 29, 1859, 1.
Electronic Source Available
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.