The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-01-25

| from the northeast or southwest. 80 We oct
more sun in the morning ON one side and cool
| in the afternoon, and the reverse on the other
side. Rooms facing southwest are ovens in
Summer and ice houses in winter. Here he
illustrated the action of the wind by chart
clump of evergreens should be planted ON
the southwest TO break the wind. Brick is
the best material. for brick walls are more
permeable to air. Dry brick and mortar al
low ready passage to air. The DIR. here gave
! some experiments to show that walls breathe.
that is that air will pass through dry brick
walls but not through damp walls. One-half
pound of water in each brick will make over,
one hundred barrels of water in the house of
given size. Wallpaper should not be sized.
Walls should be SO that air can be breathed
through them. Paper must be permeable by
air. We have skin. but we must breathe.
A Good house must breathe. Wood is perme-
able by air if we take il lengthwise of the
grain. But while walls must breathe they
must not blow. They should be rat-proof.--
When building stop every hole and cut of
every hollow space. Rats and mice will never
gnaw through brick and mortar. No half
stories. Don't build sweating-boxes. Have
a good fireplace. 1t makes cheerful house
and gives good ventilation. And when made
use the fireplace The housewife will never
ing YOU the rheumatism. Ventillate. We have
any amount of air and We need not contain
mate it. 1t washes and puriies Us every day.
Why exclude it Thousands of consump-
tives 90 to the grave every day because they
did not breathe good air. Never mind If they
do accuse you of being brought up in a barn.
No air should ever be breathed twice. The
housewife will not allow anything else SO.
dirty in the house az the air we breathe. BE
We clean" What is said of the soul Is evenly
applicable To the body. - But We can't ana
lyze the air. Take the napkin off your nose
and smell. Do you build houses TO live in or
to smother in =? When men have houses of
oak they will have the constitutions OF reeds,
and vice versa. Neighbor Jones lived hearty
until he moved into his new house. and then
he sickened and died. Don't allow cold air
to blow on you. Ventillate your houses
Ventilation is change of air i'll any space so
as TO be continually sweet. Gro down cellar
and see that it is clean. the walls dry and 10
sitting odors prevalent. They could tell ter-
ribe tales of warning. Moldy cellars are hot
beds of disease. Let in the sunlight. We
keep our houses too dark. We need an owls
eyes TO go around our houses III daylight
" But it will fade the carpets" Better 10 fade
the carpets than the children. Cit down some.
Of the trees or burn up the kolse. J cut away
some of my finest evergreens till the sun cod
shine on every wall some hour i'll the day.
Pure water is the one great indispensable
luirement II it receives the drainage of the
and the privy-vault IL will not be.
very healthy for family use. Every well and
IS surrounding ground may be compared To
IN inverted cone, of which the bottom of the
we'll is the vertex. Ii the water is clear it
must also be clean. Try this test Fill two
quart cup two-thirds full of water put in
of the clearest white sugar. and
ct it away for few days in a warm place
f it remains clear. all right. If il becomes
milky, look out. Make a good sink. Don't
brow out Stops. make this plea for farm
RS homes because the nation depends on the
'eope. The Astors stand alone as a family
hat has been able to hand the same vocation
own through three generations. See what
he farmers have done i'll our history. But
hey must come from healthy homes.
AGRICULTURAL QUEsTIoNINGs.
DR.. T. Il. Harrison said: The Committee
nay have given me this subject because | am
Yankee. 1t may be because this assemblage
eeds catechising. More probable because |
m young and children and fools ask ques-
ons that the wisest heads can't answer
Why are we here What has called the farm
rs out ? Why have the Professors OF the
rgest Agricultural College in America left
leir coy seats at Lansing TO come here to
lstruct us III science Why do we wish 10
now more of the underlying laws of agricu-
ire Why these brilliant discussions p
armers are i'll transition state. Are not
lie dark ages of hand implements vanishing
way Thought now reigns as king. Farm
$ have solved many of the problems. and
ley will solve them all. Mental sparks will
i've more dollars into the farmers pockets
IAN hard blows from the hoe or ak. Why il
that some good people consult the almanac.
e perihelion or aphelion or the phases of
e moon as to when they shall kill THEN
)gs! The moon was never intended to tell
e size or number of potatoes III the hill
ccurate records are kept III meteorolgy and
tronomy. Why do another shiftless lazy
ass trade off their farms for patent right
some big swindle They soon learn to ru-
mate on what they have done. Like small
TX ii never comes but once to the same
ace. Why do men sign notes or obligations
at they know nothing about Why do they
ow confidence men to impose upon them
i'll the community submit, or will these
gh-toned thieves be placed behind the iron
ling at Jackson, to ruminate upon the I'M
rtainties of making living?
Would it not be well before investing in
issouri and Texas lands to look up the old
eds For these old deeds in the hands of
me previous owner may come up some
ne. How many farmers know the cost OF
oducing ton of hay, or bushel of wheat,
the raising of calf or colt ? Would not
Q agriculturist be benefited by knowledge
these things Men in other professions
IKE accurate calculations of their expenses,
d why should not the farmer Is it not
much to his interest ? Why do so many
rmers have SO much business in town p
obably listening to the gossip of the place
discussing theology, and then enjoy going
me and doing their chores in the dark OF
king about with lantern. AS is noticeable
Is is poor class of farmers, and their
ildngs show it. Their fences are poor and
down. giving the cattle and hogs
rec use of corn fields. Their stables are
Z cleaned out more than once a month. the
Z sty has no floor, and is in such state of
IN as to be barely habitable for swine. No
nder these farmers are III favor of black
gs. Their barn yards are one sea of liquid
lnure and are only navigable by lake steam