The Old Salt Kettle.

The picture of the large kettle is taken from one that was used to boil salt water three-quarters of a century ago. It was used at the "salt lick" where McCuneville now stands. The Manufacture of salt began in 1826 and continued for some time. But the simplicity of manufacture was unequal to more ad- vanced methods and it was discontinued. Nothing remained but a stone chimney that stood for forty years, as a monument of days of yore. But the old kettles still exist. The writer knows of at least three, yet doing service in the way of watering troughs or for boiling water at butchering time. 115

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