Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1856-01-26


o,eninp for admission of air should be not a
mere stove pire, but box eighteen or twenty
inches sanale, or perhaps better, two boxes Ut
tina, size, opening towards different points, TO be
used according as the wind may blow, and con-
srucied with gates or valves, to be opened and
closed by means Of cords OF rods, from within
the house.
Now an air-tight stove, though perhaps more
in use than any other, because il furnishes the
most heat, at least expense Of fuel, is general
~ regarded as the very worst enemy which we
take to our homes and fresides and as general.
ly managed, is bad enough to deserve uniyer-
sal condemnation, but with proper attention to
ventilation, is perhaps as unobjeciionable as most
furnaces.
The Primary School House here in Exeter,
a plan and description Of which may be seen in
volume five ofthe monthly ". =. Farmer, affords
the best illustration of my idea Of the hes, use
Of air-tight stoves Ii is in full view from my
window, as write, and my children attend the
school there The school-room is twenty-five
feet square, and thirteen in height. 1t has five
large windows, not double, exposed on three
Sides and accommodates siXty-two children, aud
it is warmed by a single air.tghi, sheet-iron
stove, of common size and construction, which
stands within about six feet of the chimney at
the east side of the room, with funnel enough
to go up abont eight feet, and thence 10 the
chimney. Under the stove is large register
which admits the air directly from the outdoor
world. At the west side Of the room, there is
a ven,iaior in the ceiling opening into the attic
which again is relieved Of its viliated air by
copper ventiator on the roof This simple and
cheap arrangement gives sufficient heat in the
coolest Of New Hampshire weather, and the air
OF the room, though constantly drawn upon by
some sixty little pairs Of lungs, for vitalizing
their young blood is so constantly changing, as
to give no such indication Of impurity, as occurs
to you on entering common air-tight room. in
habited by a single old bachelor and his close
stove. The whole secret of the matter is this
abundance of fresh air enters under the stove,
aud becomes warm as it is drawn up around it.
The yentiaior in the ceiling at the other end
is not mere show pipe, such as we see in par
lurs-a mere little ornamental prctence, but a
lrap-door about eighteen inches by twenty-lour,
on hinges, managed by a cord and pulleys.-
The air warmed by the stove, passes over the
heads of the children, is diiTused through the
room, and goes out at the top, to make room for
more.
! This is the best that can be done with an air
tight stove. If the heat be sufficient, as /, usu-
ally is, suppose in a wood stove, to carry of
the carbonic acid, generated by combustion,
see no objection whatever TO this mode of warm
ing room. My friend, Professor Hoyt, de-
serves the credit Of this simple but scientific ar
Iangemcnt, as he insisted upon trying it, against
my solemn protest, that no such stove could be
IN any way induced To warm SO large room
The teacher informs me that she usually keeps
the register and ventilator both open, and that
she is told by the committee that her room re-
quires much less fuel than either Of the five 9th
or schuol-rooms, in the district
And, by the way, visit to this model school,
taught by model teacher, in a room as neat
as lady's parlor, will compensate any Of our
friends for the trouble of a call as they pass
To furnaces for common houses IN the coup
try, there are several practical objections, which
most Of us can appreciate. In the first place,
the heat is not equally dillused. The vertical
pipes, or those nearly 50, take all the heat, at
the loss Of those which run horizontally. II in
cold day, you keep your register constantly
open so as to be yrey comfortable, the family in
the parlor are probably shivering with cold, and
you feel as guilty. as if you had appropriated
the coats and cloaks Of the household foT ride
OF pulled Off their bed clothing while they were
asleep, and so kept yourself warm at their OK
peuse. Again, IN the moderate and ehaugea-
bic weather Of spring, the furnace supplies, on
pleasant days, quite too much heat, while in
the seveIest cold of winter, if enough is geuer-
ated. it cannot be equally diilused.
So FAR as can learn, warming by furnace
is far more expensive that by stoves. There is
evidently great loss of heat, by generating it
in the cellar, and conducting i, in pipes through
the house. We thus warm great many bricks
and good deal of machinery, the warmth from
which never benefits US. Doubtless, this may
be in some measure compensated by tie philos-
optical arrangement Of the bes, furnaces. Ny
own house is kept comfortable, by means of a
close coal stove in the hail. an open coal stove
in the parlor, and wood stoves in all the other
rooms. except the kitchen. When built il,
in 1850, | arranged IT,, 50 that, if my notions
should change, furnace might be put in.
have no insuperable objection TO furnaces,
but am convinced, that no man, who in the
country relies on furnace alone to warm his
house, will long be satisfied. lie will find, that
stoves, or freplaces at CERTAIN seasons, are still
necessary. The woe was pronounced, not a.
galnst riches, bu, against trusting in riches, and
so think it may be against those who trust in
furnaces alone, for warmth in our changing eli
male.
Amer all, the point chiefly to be regarded is
Ventilation. Yankee ingenuity has already fur
nshed abundant facilities for heating our houses
at little cost, and whenever tho importance of
Fresh Air is fully appreciated, the demand for
the means of introducing this luxury, which is
nnIhoughI of because so common, will soon be
met by an abundant supply.
The Providence Journal apty illustrates The
anxiety of Southern disunionisls for the safety
OF the Union, by the following annecdoie'
Everybody remembers an annecdote long cur