Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-02-24

Yon know best what you can and ought 10 af.
ford then decide, with striel integrity, accord
: ing TO your means.
PUPLIC Ls..-YENTILATION. -
| From Henry Ward Beecher in the lndepcndeni.1
Ouehtnoi such places as New-IIayen, Bridge.
port. Hartford, Springfield. Pooahkeepsia, 10
have public halls bearing some relation 10 ihe
taste and public spirit Of the citizens / .f,.J
IL they do, viii they not procure one thing
Ia supply Of air. Il is astonishing that Ged
should have set such an example before Us, and
provided such wondrous abundance Of ais.-and
men take no hint from il Of The prme,necessiiy
Of this substance for health, Brightness, and
enjoyment. Almost without single .excep-
ton, new hallsnnd old ones are tareHilatea.
The eowmittee will appoint you 10 an anger
hole IN some corner Of. the ceiling, and tell -voti
that arrangements haso been made for renlila.
tion You might as well insert Roase-aauI
in dam TO supply all Lowell with waller. for
lis mills! These contemplate li,itle holes,
hardly big enongh Tor fat rat to run in with
out disaTanging his sleek fur, are hardly
enough for one breaiher, and they are SCI 10 do
the work OF a thousand -peoplel Besides, 40
provision is made for the introduction OF. Gesa
air from below, to supply the place Of that
which is supposed to pass Off ,The,air trunk
of furnaces ought, to be double the. isuai size.
and the hot air trunks that lead from tl,e furu-
ace chamber 10 the room should be four Zines
as large as is usual, 50 that large yolulnessof
mild air can come in instead Of fierce currenis
Of intensely hot air out Of which the moisture
has been dried, and oxygen burnt BY. coniac,
with red bot furnace. A room that will seat
thousand persons should have not less than
foT venti-ducts, each, one Of them larger ilIan
mans whole body. They can be placed at
The four corners Of the building :, OF they NAV
be arranged TO 60 along the sides Of The wall
the number being increased as the diameter
of each is diminished. But The square inches
of the mouths Of the venti-dueis should be al
least one-fhird igreafe- than of the mouths Of
the heaf-frnlks which come from the furnace,
As soon as a speaker begins, he usually finds
his cheek flushed, his head full and ihrobbinH
bad air is at work with him The blood
that is going to his brain has not been purified
in his lungs by contact with good air. Ii has
diminished stimulating power il is The frs,
Stage Of snff6cation. For all that is done
when man is hung, is TO prevent the passage
Of air down his windPipc. And if you cor
rupi the air ill il ceases 10 perform vital fbue-
tion,y ii is the same thing in effect; 50 rhat's
public speaker in tainted atmosphere, is going
through a prolonged process Of atmospheric
hanging.
The people, too, instantly show signs 0f DIS
iress. Women begin to fan themselves; !; ch1-
dren grow sleepy and wcll-fed men grow wIed
and semuolent. How people can eopsent 10
breathe each others breath over and over aad
over again, we never could imsgine. They
~oald never return to a hotel who're. they were
put inin bed bet~een sheets that had been
used ny travellers b,fars thsm.--nc, they mus,
have fred sios. They ~ould GO without
lood rather tAsu saf "a pl.ie usod hy several
parties hef'as 80. cisan ffcsh plates sre
ndisFensitis - ~h'l - teliraie of heir
'uisije ~ ~ b asuih. ,Aey Win lake
,ir iu,o tiris ~. i. s.ren ers.,hsd over
weuy ss-ss. , - y o. ,essnas. ana thai
airiy rrsAs go : Irnos and nstAins dis
Tusil ,hssn ~ FFeF-sai % open window
md let 10 ciela lat fcsA ar, that brings np
oai-colisTs, and tiiaza Iowa scowls, and suiia-
'le lips p0ut, ard lind tonguet deelsfesifAt
hey will nos eotO soeh . place uEHinsifstlioy
o not have these nsHers regulated beiiF Cor
he health Ala.i k...-... z. n--s.,,sr
"orders of the day - said Mrs. Pasiine,ou
Q friend who bad taken a seat with her in
he gallery,of the Senate chamber al lhe, same
me laking her knitting from the. Old black
ridicnle.n ''orders Of. the day, indeed nero
ley are talking about the State being rich as
Jew, ,aud yet they are all The iiDo doing bus.
lsss BY orders, though they have good many