St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-02-19
HIS FoRGETFULNEss.
Mr.. Hairless Has Trouble with His
Furnace.

II
81 don't know what's the matter with
that bloody furnace" said HAIRLESS on
one Of the cold mornings experienced a
few days ago. The condemned thing s
burning coal like an ocean liner trying
to break record, but this old barn
would freeze ice if it was placed near
enough to the register"
well, DEAR" said Mrs. HAIRLESS, in her
persuasive tones, "there's no use get
ting profane over little matter like
| that"
Who's getting profane? only wish
could swear enough to keep warm.
I'm hot under the collar, but that's the
only place. I don't know what to do,
ard the children sitting around here
with their wraps on. It's enough to
make one forget all they ever learned
at Sunday school,"
"Maybe the furnace is bursted or
there are few dampers turned on or
Off that shouldn't be-"
"Bursted? Now, what an idea. Just
like woman for all the world. Didn't
[ run that furnace all last winter, and
did we not have house that was warm
as toast when the thermometer was
down to zero? Bursted! Why, a fur
mace can't burst. 1t amt a boiler; it's
furnace Say, have you stopped up the
registers with old carpets to keep the
dust out, Ike you do the chimneys in
summer timer
''Why. dear, no, of course not. You
know we couldn't get carpets through
all those little pieces of ornamental iron
work There isn't room, even if we
wanted to keep the dust out. Maybe
you've got daanper turned on and all
the heat is going up the chimney"
"Woman, you only make matters
worse by your idiotic suggestions
There's no way for the heat to go UP
tie chimney. That's for smoke. The
heat ought to come up the registers
but think they've been connected with
refrigerating establishment some
where or other"
rs the coal all right ?" ventured Mrs
HAIRLESS. in a modest and deferentia.
tone. Maybe the fault is there"
Sure. The coal is the same we bought
and used last winter. Something is
wrong somewheres, and you women are
to blame. That's sure, for left the
furnace all right when cleaned it Out
in the spring"
81 think I'll GO down and examine it
said the patient little woman. maybe
there's something can do"
sWell, go on. Anyhow you can't
make matters any worse, that's dead
sure thing. 4 woman's never satisfied
until she takes a whack at thing, nc
matter il it's running locomotive OF
an electric light plant. Go on.'
Within five minutes the furnace was
pouring out volumes of heat. The chill
dren had removed their wraps and
HAIRLESS was smoking in peace and hap
piness.
.Whatche do to that thing?" said Kar.
less. in n humble tone.
Il just turned those little hampers in
the flues that take the heat to the diff
ferent rooms"
'.Werc they shut?' he said.
.Yes. You remember when you fixed
the furnace last spring the directions
said to close those hampers SO the dust
couldn't come into the house in the sum
mer, and you closed them. Iguess thai
was all that was the matter"
Maybe you're right. Seems to me
there was something of that kind on the
directions, but have so much business
on my mind that little trifies like that
escape me. But you women should re-
member those things"
Commercial Tribune.