The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-12-12
English Prejudice Against Pipes

The worst Of these changes is that Eng.
lish people chatter and shver, and sneeze
and blow their noses, IN determined sort
of way, as il there was no remedy for it
ALL
Why don't you have fre2 said one
day to lady who was sitting with blue
knuckles in drawing.room that felt like
a refrigerator.
WbatP she c,ied fire 10 September
/ never heard of such thing. Fancy ones
coal bill
But, said |, what if September IS as cold
as December?
Oh, l never begin fires till. at the very
least, the end OF October, she answered; ;
not TIL November. II | can possibly help
il.
II is not a question Of dates. said l., but
of temperature, l should think,
l wouldn't break through my rule for
the world, she replied; my mother always
followed it, 80 shall /, and she looked
over my head "a tlegrand air OF the reg
ulaiion Primrose Dame Fancy FIRE in
September | never heard OF such q
thing,
And so it is, think yon will fud, with
most English people They prefer to
shake and quiver with cold sooner than
begin fires before the regular date for
hem.
Even then the fires do not do much |
good. As general thing. do pot sup
pose there are worse warmed houses in |
the world than English houses, except,
perhaps, the huts Of the Esquimaux. An
English fire is not intended to warm the
house or room in which it Eurnes. II is
only meant to sit at-a sort OF spot where
you eau warm yourself by drawing your
chair up to it, or standing with your back
to it, whenever, after sitting out in the
room away from it, you have got chilled
through and through,
It's unaccounta table to me that you don't
have your houses warmed by hot air or
hot-water pipes, | heard an American
gentleman ouce say to the English owner
of one OF the finest houses in the SOUTH
,rn counties, at which be was staying on
! visit. 1t would save you extensively 10
Tres.
i wouldn't have snch thing 10 my
iouse, replied the Englisbman with
mort, imagine the stnffy airl And fancy
living up ones fresl- -ones cheerful 6re.
,lace Of a winters night The blszing I
ogs are one Of winters greatest charms.
To look at, said the American; not TO !
eel. An oil portrait Of FIRE inserted 10 :
rate wonld give as much heat twelve feet q
way from il.
But who wants 10 get twelve feet away
rom III exclaimed the EnglshmsD; no e
ne Is such fool rs that. ! should think. I
,raw your chair up to it As close as c
on like. That's the way we do 10 Eng 8
nd. 4
II there are a dozen people 10 the room =
bat are you going TO do1 All draw up
, the freS Take pretty big fireplace, /
lould judge. You can't squeeze in over
,nr in front Of any fireplace I've seer, y
hen you consider the ehsirs Going TO
I the other eight freeze before your face c
1d cyesS
The Euglishmaa looked cornered for y
lb
what2 Ehf oh and smile III up bis q
zee rs hsppy though, came 10 ! Is rescue a,
first eome, hfst served. That's ny :.
otto.
Now, J, Is curious thing that, about I
L mouths after this. the Enylish man let .
s house for year aud went abroad. The !, \
sopIe who took IL bad boi-alr pipes put :
10 the hop's q tier own earense and
itboui The gieJee of the owaer. Al !,
. their ieseney vas up sn i the Eng. = :
'hmta birs 10 possession stsin. ysi ! !,
syin, IL the & zig aborhood. aud one day : !
ent over 10 call. H..