The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-05-04
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CarclrSSucs III apparently trilllng or com
mon matters has led to tho sacrifice of
health and often He. We have all seen
this illustrated aud possibly woudero
how il was possible that o orally scusble
people should betray so great ignorance
with regard to principles which seemed
40 simple, If not self evident, to MS. 1t
does not necessarily require that very
great wisdom shOull be possessed, in or
der tc work ono's way through the world
with very tolerable degree Of comfort
aud happiness. 1t has been wisely or.
dered that a certain something, an instinct
or intuition within us, should Indicate
our path, If We would lot tho more, honest
part OF our nature speak out. r-
But there nDe causes at work to enrNct
onr destruction it wo hliudly stumhlo
against them, or without reflection or iudg-
mont place ourselves in certain relation
with them, Quo of these is, breathing an
atmosphere poisoned continually by an
agent found more or less in all modern
houses, We refer to papcrcd walls. A
good, clean papor is certainly more pleasant
Z to the eye than lssured aud smutty wall
whose scales OF limo are continually peel
ing OH and soilmg every garment with
which IL comes in contact. Aud if a proper
selection of paper is made, and there be no
other lining Of similar stuff beneath, it is
not only more pleasant TO the sense, but is
almost equal to the whitcned wall. But
here is the difficulty. Asa general rule,
one coat Of paper is put on ovor another,
as the last gets too much soilod to look
well, until several loyors cover the orig.
nal surface, thus oItou producing an actual
cause OF disease.
A iow years since wo occupied house
built some twenty years before, in old Eng-
iish style, strong aud solid, SO that il seemed
almost as good us, or better oven, than
now We were grNvely told that one room
IN 1t had seemed to be fatal to its ocou.
pants, hence tor several years it stood va.
cant, One Of the first things which ro-
ceivod attention was this illroputed depart.
ment 1t was auorth room 80 situated tina.
few slanting rays of sunlight pecrel into
a corper of it for short time only, por-
tiou of the year, entirely avoiding it rvr
months Together. WelD hero surely, WAS
one cause tor mhealthiuncss, but not
! enough. After tho cobwebs were duly
| brushed out, we searched further, A good
sized fireplace. and two large windows at
| torded entirely sufficient chance for ventia,
\ tion, so we could not look there for tho evil
! The walls next received attention, They
| were covered with u heavy volvoty green
paper, hut not only this, for upon peeng
4 oil u small section, with knife, another
/ grcon layer was found honeath il, aui be-
meath this another aud yet another. The
/ mystery was solved The cNuSe of the evil
wns ogideut Nothing woul have induced
/ us to sleep in that apartment Nono could
/ tell how much OF disease that thic&ly pa
| pcrcd wall had retained
| Mono know how much of death there
| was ~ that wall, 1t seemed as It it CAV,
/ oM a positively sckenjnS oIor, and its ea,
/ tire removal speedily followed, Thereafter
! though not so desiWhl as some others, il
ceased to have any hidden dangers or ter
ro,s, lurking TO poison The touutatn of lite
IL is u gata rule 20 choose patterns Of wal
/ paper ,cHR0W green colnrS, especially those
heavy greens, which SO ldeaso the eye, rol
they cOutaiuan active poison, iuimjoahie &
1 lie; and it is always highly improper I,
pl9co ono layer ct p0por over another
Bot er submit to the dirt an annoyance o
having the last solied paper oUtroly te
novel, ihan expose yourselves 10 tn,
chances of disease and death through ID
retention PeopieS ,ioWFam of Hedlia