Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-01-12
Mr.. AND MRS. 6owsER.
some Useful Suggestions Concerning the
Management of Coal Stoves.

atih thnt SUOMI haN "A uhHHtIods anu
sinister enemy. Afcw days ago. when
IL was time to put up base burners. he
said 10 me:
Mrs. Bowser. do you know what
makes heat?''
Goal and wood. | suppose"
Has combustion any thing to do
with itp''
Il suppose so"
Don't you know so? II not. why
don't you find out? There Is no ex-
cuse for ignorance in this day Of the
world. II combustion causes heat
what naturally follows2"
1T naturally follows that II does"
Yes. and II naturally follows that
you dent know enough TO come in
when 1t rainsl ! was going TO talk To
you about the purchase 81 a coal stove
two or three of them. but it would
be useless. Some minds can't COM
prehend any thing beyond ar old
crazy quilt and a bias-eyed baby!'
Il know n coal stove when | see II,
Mr.. Bowscri'
'Ohl you dop What is the prin-
ciple-tho great fundamental prime iple
-of n baso-burner?'
''Why. you put in the coal. and the
fire heats the room"
''Umi Very smart What causes
the coal to burnP'
1.-THE fire."
Mrs. Bowser!' he said In his most
solemn manner. lit was a good thing
you married mel II you hadn't You
would never have known n sand-pile
from a circus. Don't you know-that
Is. can't | make YOU comprehend
that there must be ~draughts. lues.
checks, over-currcnts. under-currents.
combustion, differentiation. cogs.
raichets. shakers, dumps aud a dozen
other things about a base burner
such n base-burner n we wantp II we.
have perfect combustion what fol
lowsp"
We've are glad"
'Oh. we arel Well. it's no use to
waste further words on youi II you
were n widow you'd rush OIL and buy
the first base burner you set ewes on.
and you'd never give a thought rs to
whether 1t consumed three or thirteen
N of coal for the winter. | shall
purchase such stoves ms I see fit"
They came up in n day or two. three
Of EN-. One WAS for the sitting-room.
another for the hall. and the third was
TO go upstairs. A man came along to
put them up and start the fires. He
showed mo about the hampers and
checks, and when Mr.. Bowser come
home every thing was bright and
cheerful. and the stoves had not given
me n moments uneasiness.
who started these fires?" demand
ed Mr.. Bowser. almost before he had
crossed the threshold.
why, the man who put up the
Stoves
He did, ehe And what does he
know about starting n fire in n coal
stove. I'd like to know? He ought to
be discharged for his assurance"
HE seemed to know all about it."
well seeming to know and know
ing are two very different things. It's
"a good thing | arrived rs | did, or the
house would have been blown up or
burned down Let me at this stove"
Aud ne began showing and pulling
at doors and checks aud hampers in
the sitting-room stove. and then went
the rounds of the house.
The combustion was scarcely ten
per cent" ho observed as he went
back to the sitting-room, while the
waste of fuel was fully ninety. Didn't
you notice the imperfect circulation of
the hot air CURRENT"
mo. dear"
That because you never notice
any thing until YOU hit il with your
nose! l have got every thing nicely
regulated now, and | want TO see il
You haven't got brains enough to-
MI Bowser, the gas is leaking
Can't you smell it ?" ! interrupted.
1T must be, he replied. as he
shifted around, and he ut once made
n o Of the house. Before he got
back | had TO open the door, and baby
Was deathly sick.
From seven until ten o'clock that
evening MIR. Bowser was engaged in
pouring coal into the feeders. dump
ing 1t out of the fire-pots and scatter
ing it all over the house. and we final
" went 10 bed in the cold. He de-
eiared that the chimneys were choked
up the stoves constructed on wrong
principles. and the coal full Of slate.
and when he left the house in the
morning it was with the assertion:
I'm send n boiler-maker up hear to
look those Internal things over. |
don't believe the iiues are largo enough
TO furnish the proper pressure"
When he had departed. cook and |
soon had every fire alight and burn
ing nicely. and we hadn't touched the.
stoves again. when Nc. Bowser came
up TO dinner. He made an inspection
OF each stove. came back to the sitting
room with a self-satislied smile on his
face. and giving baby a chuck under
the chin lac said To me:
Mrs Bowser. let this be a great
moral lesson to you to cultivate the
virtue OF perseverance,. Suppose | had
given up this fight in despair and ac-
knowledge that | couldn't run a coal
stoveP What sor Of a picture would
this house have presented to-dayo"-
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