The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-10-19
Concerning Door Bells.
BY OF Il GEORGE.

bciia>t. Which the GtlnGflltT> nave never taken
hold Of. 1t is not in religion. nor is it in tenn
perance. 1t is not in the suppression of crime
nor fast driving. 1t is not in watering milk
nor in three ladies walking arm in arm abreast
on the sidewalks. But it is. something that is
nearer to our daily life than any of these 1t is
something that has probably been the cause of
more cursing and has led to more profanity in
our community than all else put together. 1t
has caused more unhappne>s in families. and
swelled the number of old maids more than the
war of the rebellion. And briefly stated if is
bell pulls and door bells.
The ideal door bell is a little attachment af-
fixed TO door, whereby those inside can be in
formed that some one outside wishes to come
in. and when he who is outside hopes to inform
those inside that he wishes to come in. But
the real door bell is no such an institution 1t
Is a delu>ion. snare, Il sham and hollow
mockery. From a careful census taken Of the
door bells in Belfast. it has been found that not
one in ten are i'll working order OF those
which do not work 20 per cent. of them have
been out of order since the surrender OF Lee. %
per cent. for over two wears. and the other 10
per cent. Were not hung right in the first place.
and never have rung. And it is 4 singular mat
ter of history that a bell pull once out Of order
i never repaired. The women are in great
measure responsible for this safe of things
Did YOU ever hear a lady relate her experience
after She has been ont of an afternoon making
calls? oh" She says, Il had <pi~oim luck
made ten calls and left nine cards Most of
those called on We're at home hat ! could not
make the door bell ring" And those on whom
the calls are made are fully a. we'll satisfied rs
the caller. They DO not want their afternoons
sewing broken in upon. and from behind the
blind they see the caller go up to the door. but
rs the bell does not ring. they are not supposed
to know that any one i there. \ woman was
never known to inform the man If the house
that the door bell was out of order. could ~le
have hcr way She would never have one on The
door AT all. When She really wants to see 4
friend or neghbor She lust throws the corner
of an old shawl over her head and runs in the
back door without knocking, but when she d,.s
,ot want 10 see her She dresses up and GOES 10
the front door, and rings a bell that docs not
respond.
But there is another >iir ~ this question.
which the single lt,ir, Seem 10 ignore. As
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brittle rompo~ition break, on cInsr Il, tl,.,>l,.
ana miles, Mn have :, Iponkc, yyr.urL IN. i
pair of Gas longs. Won cannot ring thar d, II any
more than Won can = chicken. neck than !. =;
roo.t ont Of your reach. The third ben i. the
old fashioned Kind. where Tho beIl i III onr cnd
Of the house AND i connected with th,, DuII In
ayirr. When first HING these brus u~laIN
rin.r. but aft,r = little u.,. fine wire. becomes
stretched. and fine hangers rat puIled ont and
the ringer is rather surprise, when lie syrl>p>
the bell knob ana riNes 4 Strong pulI. ~ hNr.
from one to three feet Of wire come out
through the door easing. and 10 lind himself
making a >cric, Of backward revolutions down
over the door step, and banking After H.
gaining consciousness, he polcs fine wir, bark
throlIrl t,e hole. rrplacrS tbr Knob and ...,.t~'
if for another caller. ana tbrn vatrh,, flir
locals in fine n.,u., ia sea. who th,. newt or, was
that WAS hurled into >nacc ly thi, wonderful
household cont,iyanre
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to in order tn hothp, thn. ,.,llrr .tn,,u I,n,.
Will he buiIt and thp caller will 90 inside. only
to find ont that the bell pulli, out.idr, Another
door will have blinds. which Are fastened back
liz :, Strino ana the heIl NM Min he behind tho
blind when the only way to oct at il i by unity
ING the string and closing the blind \nothrr
device i the ,yir, srrrrn ,lnor rhi, /. fine
most tantalizin~ of all for the screen door i
closed and bottled on the. ins c and tb,r,. ith-
In an inch Of YAM, tinrrr il M haII IN th. frnnt
door. staring at Won through thr meshrs of ll,
wire. and Won can mo mnrr GOT voI,r hmm, ON if
than Won can It dividend from a Maine mine.
Occasionally ynur deem .ur>ine will hn hn,rj
hy same ,.un inside ,yhn win r,n, IN tbn lun,.
ma ion yn,, th,t III Van h,I r,,tL.d w.. lu,,.