Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-10-14
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life by setting out two little evergtesn tress
within q foot Of each sof their ffont win
dows,s hat these trees wilhgrowl aud Ia.
crease ill ibeir front rooms will be 'hrooded
over by a sYmbre, slidiog shadow. At only
for ravens to croak in 80 177H
'l One would thiuk by the way some peo.
pie ahasienito convert avery narrow front
yard into ., dismal jungle, that the only
danger of our New England climate was
Eunst, oke, -,
Ah, intbose drilling months which form
ct lest one half Of our life here. what sui.
len, censorous. uncomfortable, unhealthy
thoughts are bred OF living In the dark,
chilly rooms, behind suchrdiipping thicketsi
Oar n igbbor, fanlts there assume O deeper
bue-seems dismal thing our very 70.
liglon grows moldy. NJ, ~ c..s E.o,s.
My idea of house is, thai as fac as Ia
consistent, with, shelter and reasonable
privacy, ii should give you on first enter
ing, an open, breezy outdoor freshness OF
sensation ~ Every wind6w should be d
picture; sun and trees and clouds and green
grass should seem never to be, far from us.
Our house, may shade, bus not tdarken uf.
Our house shall have bow windows, many,
sunny and 'airy--not for the purpose Of
being cleaned aud shut up, bu tic. be open
and etijoved. There shall be largo veran.
das above and below, where invalids may
walk dry shod aud enjoy open recreation in
wettest weather psoIn9 short, 4 will try to
haye"ouri ihouse'combine as fsr as possible,
The sunny, joyous, fresh life Of a gipsy in
the fields aud woods, with ths. quiet and
neainess and comfort and shelter OF q roof,
.5sw edi ,oa 80
sbn.g ssf talFmI"AATIERi iaaur7sgoD saT
And now Leone 10 tho next great yital
clement, f9b WHICH Soar house mpst pres
| yide7z5z""Mater. water, eYerywbere;;' il must,
be plentiful, IL must be easy to get sat, it
must be p1re. Oar ancestors had some
excellent itless inssho me living and house
tulding.C Their qhcuses were, generallys
speaking. very seusibly con,riyed--sroomy,s
airy a1d eomtortable;g bnts in stbeic water
arrangements they had little mercy on wo.i
manklud, b, The well was out in the yard
and 10 winter one must founder through
snow aud bring up the ice-bound bucket
before one could ti the kettle for break.
fast For q sovereign princess of the Ro.'
public, this was hardly respectful or re-
spectacle. w ellis have come somewhat
nearer n modern times; bnt The idea of
constant supply Of fresh water by the
simple farming Of o stop cock has not yet
visited the great body of our houses
Were we free TO build Sour house jdst as
We wished it, there shoud1be q bath room
to every Two, or three ihmates, and the hot
aud cold water should circulate ito every
chahoer' .,asp be AID oi bsa7elsl hse .E7b
BATH ROOMS. gssoi sss s9azl.
A Among oar m~st Jes, we lay BY a gener-
1 Gus sumsior plumbingaraLss US have our
bath rooms aud QUE arrangements' for
cleanlipess and health 10 kitchen and /,
pantry, aud afterward let the quality, of
our lumber and the style Of our furnishings
he according to the sum We, have Left
The power to command warm bath in
the house at any hour Of day or night, is
better in bringing up q family OF children.
than any amount OF medicine. In three.
Iquarlers of childish ailments the warm
bath is an almost immediate remedy, !, But ,
he causes, -colds, ncipient feyeTs, rheuma /,
tisms, conyulsions. nearalgias innumerahe
are washed off 10 their first beginnings, aHd
run down'the lead pipes into oblivion. - -
Have you then, oh my friend, all the water in
your house that you eau afford, and enlarge
J our ideas OF Tho worth of IL that you
|lmay rfford a'great ,deal.' A bathing room
ia nothing to1ryou, that req ares an !
hour Of lifting ssnd 6rea making to /
prepare it for use The apparatus, is too /,
cumbersome--yousdo not turn to it,, But
when your chamber opens upon q neat,
quiet little nook, and yon have only to
turn yoar stop cock, ard alEis ready, your
remedy ia at hand, y on use it Constantly. .
You art walked in the night byaia iscream,
and 6nd little Tom sittiago supa wild with !
burning fsversi la three miDutes, helis lin
the, bath, squeted aud comfortable yop get
him back cooled aud ,rapquil. TO bis little
4 crib, and in the morning be wakes as il /,
nothing bad happened. NO. -" a''s ' '''o
Why should not 50 invaiaable and simple
a remedy for disease, such q presefvative of
health, such comfort, such "a stimulus be
considered as much latter of course ia a
house aasoa kitehenne nehimney2sslyA AT least,
! there should be one bath room algays, in
order. 50 arranged that all the, family can :
have acc ,ss to il if one can not afford the .
luxury Of many. a''~ =.
A house in which water is universally
and skillfally distributed is so aloca easief
tostake car essof sas almost to verify this a
saying of o, frisnd .athatl his house saWas lsoY
conlrived that il did its iown. .bworko ~ tOas B
had belleg do, wlhout carpets On The fpors,
without stuffed sofas aud rocking chairs,
| and secure this. -.
One Of the Assistant Com Commissioners ahisii sf Of
The Ffeedmen's Bureau remarks In note
which has been 6auded Ito us: / Suppose
we shalttura over our work soo1foh sSfase
o6iosrs--then. alas for the poor Afficsuil-E Z
Thsreasons forIhis supposiiion ara not Civ
en-. and We must refuse 10, bslievaithst anyii
such, policy is conlsmplated If the Frsed-,,
1 mems Baresp is to pc. dissolved. or, which
is the same ihpg, II its duties arc to be in- /,
| trus ed tc Rebel State eoficers, The condition