The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-07-20
Our Scrip aIuok.
To MAKE nn Unhealthy Bed
room.


healthy bed room, these are the precautions
you should take: Fas.on chimney. board
against the fireplace, 80 as to prevent
the foul mir from escaping in tho night
and OF course. in the night season
mover have door or window open.
Use no perforated zihc in pauuellng, es
pcCially avoid it IN small bedrooms. So
| you will get room full of bad air. But
IN the same room thcro is bad, worse, worst (;
your object is to have tho worst air posi-.
BIO. SnllOcating machines are made by
every upholstercr attach ono to your bed ;
Il ls an apparatus OF po'es, rings aud curtains.
| By drawing your curtains around you be-
lore yiu sleep, you insure to yourself a
cont enscd 10 iy OF foul air over your per.
son. This poison vapor bath you will find
to be most efficient when it is made of any
thick material.
There being Transportation through the
skin, 1t would not be bad idea TO sec wlIeth
,r this caunot be in some way hindcred.
The popular method will do very well ;
smother the flesh as much as possible ia
feathers. a wandering princess in some
fairy lal', camo to u kings house. The
kings wifc, with tho curiosity aud acutcnos ss
| proper TO her sex, wished TO ascertain
whether their guest was truly born prin
cess, and at the same time found out how
to sDlyo the question. She Put three pc IL
on tho young lddys Polisse aud over them
a largo feather bed, and then another
then another in fact, fifteen feather beds l.
! Next morning the princess looked pale,
and IN answer to inquiries how sho hal
passed. the night, said that she had boen
unqblo TO sleep at ali, because tho bed
had Jumps in it. The kings wifo knew
! thpn hni tIfi .rltn I,nr /
breeding. Take This hig-hborn lady ior a
model. Tho feathers retain all the heat
about your body, and stille the akin
80 far eifectnally that you awake in the
morning pervaded by q sense of languor,
which must DO very agreeable to person
who has it in his mind to be unhealthy.
In order to keep check upon exhalation
about your head (Which otherwise might
have too much the appearance of nature, }
lput on stout closely woven nightcap.
People who are at the hight of cleverness
IN this respect sleep with their heads un.
der tho bed clothes. Take no rest on n
hair mattI css 1t is elastic and pleasant,
certainly but does not encase tho body I;
and therefore, you run a risk of not awak
| lug Iangnid.
Never wash when yen go to bed you
are not going TO sec anybody, and therefore
| there is no use of washing. In tho morning
wet no moro skin than you absolutely
must that is 10 say, no more than your
ncghbors Will see during the day-tho
face and hands. So much you my do
with tolerably good will, since it is the
other parts oi tho surface of tho body more
covered and more impoded in the full dis
charge of it's functions, which has rather
the more neod of abution. 1t is therefore,
fortunate that you can leave tho other part
unwashed. Five minutes of spongng aud
rubbing over the whole body in tho morn.
ing, woull tend to invigorate the system,
aad would send you with cheerful glow
to tho days business or pleasure. Avoid
it by all means ii you desire to be un
! healthy.
DO not forgot that although you must
unfortunately apply watcr to yuur face, you
can find warrant in custom 10 excuse you
from annoying it with soaps and for the
water again you are at liberty to tako ven.
gence by obtaining compensation, damages
out of that part of the head which the hair
covers, Never wash it; soil it.; clog il
with oil or lard, either of which will answer
your purpose, as either will keep out air rs
well as water, and promote the growth OF n
thick morton Of scurf Lard in tine bod
ton with its virtues in promoting growth
of hair, there is u tale, which believe
to be no fiction; not the old and
Iproiane jest of tho man who rubbed deal
box with it over Mig 1t aud found it hair
trunk in the morning, 1t is said that the
first adventurer who advertised bears
grease for sale appended to tho laudaticu
of its efficacy a" nota bona" that gentle,
mon after applying ii should wash the
palms of heir hands, otherwise the hoil
would sprout thence also, admire thai
specuator, grimly satric at tho expcns,
both of himself and of his customers, II,
losted ut his own protensions, aud declared
by an ohlique hiut that ho did not look
for friends among the scrupulouSly clean
OF course, rs you do not show favor Il
your body, SO you will not show favor tc
our feet, Keep up due distinction be
tween tho upper and lower members
When n German prince was told conh1cn
TALLY that he had dirty hands, he replied
with the liveliucsS of conscious triumph
"Ah, do you call that dirty? You should
see my toes !" Somo people wash them once
in every month--that viii do very well or
once year, il matters little which. In what
washing you find yourself unable to omit
uso only the finest towels, those which in
tlct the least friction ON the skin.
Having mado these arrangements for
yourself, take care that they are adhered
to, so far as may be convenient throughout
your household, Hero and there put
numerous slecpcrs into single room
this is u good thing for children, when yol
require To blaueh them, aud rendor then
dolicate but you must take care not IA
carry this too far, otherwise you will
render thom paSty, potbelhed and do,
formed, II was this practice which was 81
successful at footing in thinning the pop
ulaton. by all means let baby have
foul air, not only by tho use of suIiocating
apparatus, but by causing it to slcop
where there are four or five others ia a
wellclosed room, So much is due to the
maintenance of our orthodox rate of iu(au
mortality Foreign Paper.
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A LAWYER and doctor were disputin.
tho other day about a bill follow oweC