Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-10-14

by MRS HARRIET BEECHER STOWE.
A celebrated British philauthro pist who
had devoted much. study to the, dwellings
of the poor. r.gaye.it as his opinion that Tem-
perance societies wete o hopeless undertake
ing ia London unless these dwellings under-
went a. transformation. They were SO
squalid, so dark. so comfortless. so constants
ly pressing upon the senses foulpess, pain
and Inconvenience, that " was only by be-
ing drugged with gin aud opium that their
miserable inhabitants could end heart to
drag on life from day to day. He had
himself tried the experiment OF reforming a
druukard by taking him from one of these
loa,bsome dens and enabling him TO rent q
tenement in block ofmodel lodging houses
which had been built under his supervision.
The yonng man had been designer of
figures for prints; he was of delicate
frame and nervous, susceptible tempera-
ment. Shutan Que mi,erable; room with
his wife aud little children, without the
possibility ofpure air, with only filthy, fe,idl
water 10 drink, with tho noise of other
miserable families resoundiug Though the
thin partitions, what possibility was there
Of doing any thing except by theabelp OF
stimulants,- which for brief hour lifted
him above the perception of these miseries
Changed at once to d neat fat, where, for
the same rent az his iormer den, he had
three good roems. with water for drinking,
house service aud bathing Fl eely supplied,
and the blessed air ard sunshine coming IN
through windows well arranged for ventila-
| lion. he became 10 O few weeks a new man.
In the charms of the little spot which he
could call home, in its quiet, aud order,
his former taleut came back to him, and
he found strength in pure air and pure wa
ter end those purer thoughts of WHICH they
are the emblems, to abandon burning and
Supplying sumulants. t.a aer,U .sanl
b a .44,Fj57 AIR. usdr'o 9''-3c
The first object Of house ia shelter from
The elements. This oij'ct is effected by a
tent or wigwam which Keeps off rain and
wind The FIRST disa Vantage OF this shell
ter is, tha, the vital air which you take
into your lungs, and on the parity Of which
depends the purity OF blood and brain and
nerve, is viiisted. In the wigwam or tent
you are constently taking in poison, with
every inspiration. Napoleon had his army
sleep without tents lie stated that from
experience hefound it more healthy, spd
wonderful have been the instances of deli
cate persons gaining constantly in vigor
from being obliged, in the midst of haid
ships, to sleep constantly in the open air
Now the FIRST problem in, house buildi0g il
TO combine, the advan,ages.ofg shelter with
he fresh elasticity of outdoor air. i an
not going 10 give here q treaties on yentila-,
,ioas but merely to say in general
terms that the FIRST object y of "a
house builder or contriyer should beyto
make q healthy house, and the Grst requisite
of healthy house lisa pure, sweet, elastic
air.
In the planning of a house thought
should be had as to the general disposition
Of the windows, and the quarters from
which fayorhg breezes may be sexpected
should be carefully considered. 20 Windows
should sbs shrowh quite through aud uerossi
The house, How often have we seen pale
mothets aud dropping babies, flaming aadI
painting daring some of oar hot days, on
ihe ,sunoy Aide Of aghodse, while the lbrce7el
that should have cooled them beat in vain
against dead WALL a Oael longs sometimes
to usck holes through partitions aud let ip.
tbe air OF Heaven 1oIisJni sdi mOll aobao.
No elher gift Of God SO precious SO 10,
spl lag, is, tIe4ted With hsspch utler irrevsri
euee aud eonIempt 10 the pp.ioaai Of Us
mortals as this same air. Of Heaven A
sermon on oxygen If one had q preacher
Who understood the subject might, DO more
to rspFess sin, than the most orthodox dis
cSprss 70 show when, and how, and why
slp came. Isl lamina tgoj1r9 sitr O0S II
Little Jim who, ffesh from bis sfternoon's
ramble in the fields, last evening said lhia