Book 3 — Stopper for a Bunghole
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While we were filling our barrels at the cider mill it was discovered that one barrel had no stopper. This did not bother the cider-mill man, who took up a sound apple of about the dimensions or diameter of the bunghole and squeezed it in, tight as a cork, then shaved it off flush with the barrel staves. We started Home and rolled it around a great deal with the other barrels, yet it held as tightly as any wood stopper.—Contributed by A. A. Kelly, Frazer, Pa.
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