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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 24, 29 January 1867, Page 2

We understand says the Weekly Despatch, that a gentleman residing in the neighborhood of the river Esk, has after repeated observation and experiment, discovered that the solid refuse of shale used in the manufacture of paraffin oil is a most perfect purifier of the filthiest water. A few days ago, a quantity of the sewerage water of Musselburg was experimented upon by. throwing into it some of this shale refuse. After being allowed to settle, the water was found to have been completely purified. The bottles, one of them filled'by the sewerage and the other with Crawley water, as used by the inhabitants of Edinburgh, were submitted to an eminent medical practitioner, who, upon being requested to select the one preferable for drinking purposes, unhesitatingly chose that which had been purified by the shale refuse. Lord Brougham has talked with a lady who lived in the reign of Charles 11. That lady was his great r great aunt, who ! died at the age of 106, in the year 1789. Reflection by an Irish lover: It's a great pleasure to be alone, especially when you hare your sweetheart with you.