Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-01-17

~ D6Bmi IHeut win ueeFeuly IRE or sunshine
II 0oat gut Of Vita air is neglected and under
valued, His gift Of suushne appears 10 Do hated
> lhefe are many houses where not a cent has been
eXpsr dod on ventilation, but where hundreds @
dollars have been frsey layshed to keep out tn,
sunshine. The chamber, truly, is tight ~ a boz
1t has no fireplace, not even q ycnliator openin.
INTO the stoye-tlei but, oh, JOY aad glsdness Il
has outside binds and inside folding-shulten Dc
that ia the bri htest Of days We may create ther,
a d4rkpess that may be fah. 10 observe the
generality Of New England houses, spectator
might imlgae they were p,anled ior ta5 toitc
zone, where the great object IS to keep ou, iur.
aact-draught Of burning ar.
But let Us look over The months Of our caen-
oar. In Whicl Of them do we rot need Gres on
our hsar;hs' We will venture to say that from
October e June all families, whether they actually
have II or not, would be the more comfortable
Tor morning a1d evening FIRE For eight
months IN The year the weather varies on Ihe
scale OF cool, cold, colder, and ret ling AID .or
all the four o,ber monthS Nh.t /, the number u
days that Is-lly require the torrd zJn~ -ysts,a o.
shutting up houses We al know that eIueme
heat s the exception, and not the rule.
let let anybjdy travel, IS | did Las. year,
throu h the valley Of the Connecticut, and observe
the houses All clean aud white aud neat and
SeI-to-do, with their turiy yards and their bieezJ
great elms-but all shut W from basement to
attlc, as i The inmates had all cold out aad gene
to China. Not wihd08 blind open above VI
bo.ow. Is The h0use inhaJ.eda No,--yei,-
there is d fun. stream Of blue smoke from the
kitchen chimney, aua bali wiudow-b.iud open ia
some distant J4cA-p4h Of the houss. They Gre
J d. Ut b. rfNs l,
pJatotpf0uts 10 The cellar.
"I ,an tel yeu way they do !. papl," said
Jenny" l's tbc A.es, aud flies ste certainly
worthy to be one o! The plaques Of Egypt /
ciu'. Inysei5Ame people that suu. up their rooms
anu dalaeu Their houses ~ A1-ume,-do you,
mamma ?"
" ~ ID extreme c4sesi though laink there
is bu. short season wnen this 10 ntcessaryj set
.he habit Of sLuttI VI llsts be year round, and
gives 70 New Ens land villages tnal dead, silent,
cJ.I, uninhabted l5ok wl.cn Is 30 peculiar"
" The one -c. hat traye.er would gather 10
ps,a.ug through our villages would be thn, said
|, that the peops live 10 their houses and in tho
d4.k. Rarely 90 you see deoI and windows
openi people sitting at them, chairs in the yard
aal sigma that the inhabitants are living olt o.
door.
" Well" said Jenny have told you Why,
ior nave biea a. Uuce Pstef's 10 summer, ana
aunt does Der tpfing cleaning in May, snd then
shs shuts all the blds and drops all the curtains,
and toe house stays clean III October. That's
the slo,e Of Il. Il she had all her Wadogs
open, there would be palg. aad sincoWs to 5s
cleaned every weeA aud who Is 10 % ii' Fox
my part, i can, much blame her,
Wen, s4ld /, " have ml DOUBTS about the
sovereign efficacy q living ia the dAsk, even Il
he gfeaI olJsc. Ci existence we're h bs nd ol
les. rsmsmber, curng lhis sane J0urusJ,
stoJplng for DAY Or Two ~ country bgaraiug
aoass waicn was a. dafN as Egypt from cellar 10
garrett. Ihs eng, din, g.oonly aiaing.room Was
hrst closed By outa.ds uAnds, aad thsu BY npsE-
e.ra0ls paper curtains, Notwithstanding whlca j.
sWarmeI aud buz1sd Ike beehive. You found
where Tie eiAs plate was by tas buzz WAlcA our
Band made u you chaucs- - feacl IN tnG. Gr-o
ton. 1t was 4isegreeAb.r, because 10 Tue dArk
fess h.s could NOT always 0s distinguished from
hucAlsoerrIesi and couldn'. help wishing that,
since We must nave the hle,, We might ~ las.
have TIE 81. and ar to eonsoie Us under 'hsm.
People darAen tuslr rooms and shut up avery
avenue Of oa.-loOr srJoymeni, sud st anu think
U, nothing ou. lac', ties are All taey hays
.elt. No WOGder Ihey b,e9me morbid Va The
SuulsoJ.
" ell, now, papa talks Just ike man,dos,at
be said Jenny. lie hasu ttae responsibility
o! Keeping things clean. wsndsr phal he Woulc
Do, # IA were hoassAsepsr,
dot val tell you. Iwoud do the bes.
could. would shat my eyes on tly.speeA', ana
open them on the beauties oi nature. ! would
s, ,le ebeerlu. sun 10 all day .oug, N a.. bu, the
lew summer days when coolnpsI is The one thing
nsedial; Ihtse days may bs soon numbered every
year. / would MAKE calculation IN the spuns
hJw much I would cost 10 hike woman 10 keep
my windows anl paint c.sah, aud | would do win
one leis gown, and have hsfi and when | had
spent all | could aiis d ON elssnog Windows and
pant, | would harden my he.rL aud turn oft my
yes, and ENJOY my sunshine, anu my iEe,h ar,
my brssZss, and al that CA be seen larough the
pic uTe windows Of an open, airy house, and snap
my f7geIs at The hes There you alys It,
P4pa's hobby Is sunshine" s4id Marianne.
"Wuy shouldn't /, be? Was God mistaken,
when ~ made the sun Did II, max him ot
Us to hold lf.'s battle with? Is that vital power
which reaLsus the cheek OF the peach and pouri
sweetness through the fruits ana flowers, OF no
use 10 US Look al plants that grow without
sun,-wan pale, long-vsaged, holding feeble, i'm
porng hands Of supplcAuon towards the light.
Can human beings afford to throw away vital
z.ng force 80 pungenti 10 exhlllraiings You
remember The experiment Of prison, where one
row OF cells had daily sunshine, and the others
none. WIKI tue same regimen, TIE sans clean.
lness, the same care, the inmates Of the sunless
cells we're visited with sickness aud death in
double measures. Oar whols population 10 New
Eng and are gtoAning aud suffering under sill.c-
tilns, tie result e depressed ytAll y-asurllS.A
with q new achs ijr every day OF The yeag, rhru-
mauism, consumption, general debility lor all
these thOu,aa nOSlr1ms arc 0ay advertised, ],
and money enough is spenI on them 10 equip an
army, Wills We are fighting against wasting, and
throwing away with boIh hands that blessed
influence whcn comes nearest TO pure vitality OF
anything God mas given.
/ VINO is il that the Boie describes as sua,
arising with healing in bis wings? Surely that
sunshine which Is the chosen type and image OF
Ills love must be healing through all the feetsse,
Of cur daily life, drying damp aud mould, dsts.d'
ing from moth and rust, sweetening lll,ms TO-
clearing from The nerves the wpors Of melancholy
making fs CHEEKY II did not kaoW Him,
should certainly adore and worship the sum the
most blessed and beautiful inlgs Of linn among
things visible la the land Of Egypt, in the day
Of Gods wrath, there was darkness, but IN TIE
land OF Goshen there was light am Goshen
ite, and mean to walk in the light, and iorswear
the work, Of darkness.
TIA AND CoTFER.
finally, arrive u tho as. great had Of m!
subject, to wit, Tea meaning therehy,as beiJr,
observed, what our lllbernan friend did Ia thu
inquiry win y'r honor take 'Iay tay or cod
ce taJ2'
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