New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-22
"JOHN PAULv on "FIRE Potts.
THE STORY OF A FURNACE.

THE STORY OF FURNACE.
ais 1t good furnlss, sarl Be GORE. It's itself
thatu burn two tons week for yer, an II yez can't
git hate out Nv that, the devils In It u
II was the courteous Partisan In charge OF the hoss
whnh wo contemplated buying-and subsequently
bought-who spoke. / had asked about the furnace,
1t good one, would it warm the house CONF
forablyl
We moved in-I do not mean into the hrnaoe-buf
into the house-tho latter part of February Ths
weather was not very cold, but the flrnace-I mean
the house-was. But when the sun shone VIC wene
out and sat the front steps, where we found our
selves quite comfortable When the sun ddnt shIne'
We went down into the cear-we soon discovering
that that the comfortable part OF the mousse
Tho furnace got I'm some very good work there.
However, also discovered that this was not an
unmlxed blessing. Potatoes and other vegetables
would not keep Even canned things shrunk Tho
rosiest checked apples soon became so wrnkled ana
yellow that we wondered the ashman could like them.
as he evidently did Concluding that apples In such
state could not be heahfnl, we finally determined
build a closet for the ashman's sake. Later on We
built
1t was finally suggested that we put vegetables
inside the furnace. We did one zero highland
they froze. This worse than having them wilt.
Finally we wrote to the =" manufacturer of furnaces.
etc. asking respectfully II he had not made
mistake In this instance, putting refrigerator or one
other OF his and forths and not furnace, into tho
house.
In response gentlemanly superintendent put
In an appearance. He said, this was Tot re-
frlgerator OF their iron monuments OF grace
full design, for graveyards' 1t was really furnace
But his predecessor-hc had Just been appointed
superlnendcnt-had made mistake In setting the
furnaces In the entire row of houses In whlch ours
was one. It should have been set nine and han
inches further north than 1t was And u s'ooh
north by east Its proper bearings were north oy
east, half east-a little eastery, If anything anu
there something the matter WIN the co'u-
air was %
was, but one would only cost thirty l"ol cents
q foot. Besides, his predecessor carried the coid @f
In at the top Of the brick-work; recent sceh'hc eA
perIments had demonstrated that It ought to be IN
Produced below. And bargain was maze ior IT,
The work was done in Jnne-done and paid for.
do not remember the exact cost of resettng but we
didn't TO Newport that yearmn9t Seca" S9eys
place, where there less fashion and frivoy for
US and sand for the children you Know"
The superintendent told on leaving to let him
know II we had any complaint to make Of the furnace.
We had none whatever Starting fire TO test tho
draught, we were agreeaby surprised to find how de-
llghtful the temperature Outside Of the house
the thermometer stood at So inside 4 registered bus
q trfe above Co. Ii is true we had quite hrc on az
the time and the Thermometer hung In front OF
"rcgster, on the floor, but IL went but ltta
In any other part of tho hOuse-unless, Indeed, We
carried up stairs. There seemed to be little need
really going into the country, but growing COOL
ness between neg hbors and us-thc party -waliS
very thin POSSIBLY they are called "party-was'
because the inhabitant Of one house cannot give
party without all the Others getting the benefit oil ~
warned lis that 1t might be advisable to go.
l might well state right here that at the time or
resetting the furnace also built a large brca
store-room In the cellar, for the benefit OF the
ashman than to keep out the hot air
But If comfortable In June the house was not In
November, still less so in December, and-though ono
would never thought It possible-stll less COM
Portable in January. Blasts OF cold air came from
the registers, and sent for the superintendent
Some time in February he looked In. After blowing
on the fingers which in spite OF our warm
ing he had persisted In exposing before our oreD
register, explained that he thought few mistakes
had been made. Tho cold air should be Introduced
at the middle Of the brick work, the furnace had been
moved a half inch too far north, and the whole thing
should stand a little to the northard OF north by east
rather than to the eastar of it, As for the cold
air box, that had been made small A few hundred
dollars, less. would remedy all defects and no
was confident when he got through with the job-he
indicated the fourth of July the probable time-t
might run into Augustine thought We would nos
then complain OF a lack OF warmth.
on the whole thought we'd not bother about
1.-THE more especially as We contemplated selling
And staggered along under the accumuia cd burden
Of cold added povcrty-comfortng ourselves that
If had poor furnace we certainly mad hfaCcia's
refrigcrator-until the present winter.
have spoken OF poverty. If IT puzzles you 70
know how a man who occasionally writes Tor Ius
TRIBUSL and has had several poems In the bfc aDrao
department OF The Century, to say nothing Ok
sporadic Jokes In Iarlers Drawer can be poor, leo
me eXplan-nOt how my poems and Jokes came 10
be, poor thai | neither explain nor UNDERSTAND.
The editors think the fault IS NINE. but think us all
owing TO the furnace That there's anything wrong
with my cold-ar box or that look 100 lar either
northerly easterIy, do not believe, IA,
My poverty comes of the amount OF coal which lhas
furnace has consumed. Ana here, toO NoH nave ~
exclamation the present codi-lanlne II y NOT thas
The miners have struck, Il is simply that that fur
mace has empticd the yards faster IMAM me Pr teoIy
could mi them. And the coal, the less heat, Az
the while.