The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, Friday, August 2, 1889 Home-Made Fire Extinguishers. 8/2/1889 Fire extinguishers of various sorts have for some time been hawked about the country and sold for considerable prices. The following receipe is the basis and make-up of pretty much all the extinguishers no in market. As given below, the article is inexpensive and easily prepared. Dissolve 10 pounds of common salt and five pounds of sal ammoniac in three and a half gallons of water, then put in bottles, which may be distributed about the house, three or four in a room. In case of fire throw one or two bottles into the burning place with force enough to break them, and any ordinary fire early treated with this dose will be put out. Transcribed by Ruth Barton -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT