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The Air-tight Stove.— A City Street 



Vol. VII. 



For the Farmers' Cabinet. 

 The Air-tight Stove. 



Mr. Editor, — I am indebted to the pages 

 of the Cabinet;' for a knowledge of the Air- 

 tight stove, and can best repay the obliga- 

 tion, by endorsing your endorsement in com- 

 mendation of it, to the letter. But I have 

 made an addition to the one I have, which 

 will prove of great importance to those who 

 have already purchased, or intend to supply 

 themselves with these incomparable stoves, 

 in the shape of an oval drum, one-third the 

 size of the stove, which stands between it 

 and the fire-board, to arrest the passage of 

 hot air into the chimney; by which, I find 

 that nearly a third part of the fuel is saved. 

 The drum is not quite so high as the stove, 

 but it is furnished with a partition down the 

 centre, inside, closed at the top and open at 

 the bottom ; thus the current of heat from 

 the stove, is first forced against the top part 

 of the drum, and then downwards to the bot- 

 tom, from whence it rises to the top on the 

 other side of the partition, before it is per- 

 mitted to escape into the chimney; all which 

 causes a vast amount of caloric to be dissemi- 

 nated around the room; and thus, in a mea- 

 sure regulating the draught of air in the 

 stove ; preventing too strong an ignition, as 

 is sometimes apt to take place, if the door 

 be left too highly raised. And need I do 

 more to recommend the use of this stove, 

 with the drum attached, to the attention of 

 your readers, than state the fact, that the 

 consumption of wood in my stove — the fire 

 continuing day and night, and never going 

 out during the whole time — was exactly 

 half a cord of hickory wood in three months. 

 The peculiarity of this stove is, that the use 

 of it may be continued long after others 

 shall have become too hot for service, in 

 consequence of warm weather: as it is 

 often, that even during the summer and late 

 spring, and early autumn, a fire on a damp 

 and cold evening is found desirable ; and 

 here it may be obtained, by igniting a few 

 chips or small pieces of wood for a few min- 

 utes; which can be instantaneously extin- 

 guished, by merely closing the door. In 

 short, I have no doubt the use of the Air- 

 tight stove will be found invaluable in ward- 

 ing off attacks of chill and fever, which 

 often arise from sudden change of weather, 

 from warm and dry to damp and cold, par- 

 ticularly on the evenings of spring and au- 

 tumn. In justice to the inventor, however, 

 it must be observed, that many stoves, bear- 

 ing the name of Air-tight, are not of the 

 proper pattern; mere external imitations, 

 and by no means answering the proper pur- 



pose: the only security is in applying to the 

 manufacturing agent, W. W. Hughes, No. 

 45, Walnut street, Philadelphia, where they 

 may be obtained of the best materials, supe- 

 Hor workmanship, and warranted perfect. 

 Mr. Hughes is also agent for the manufac- 

 ture and sale of Espy's Ventilator : can any 

 of your readers inform me whether or not 

 the invention is proof against a chimney 

 which is an inveterate smoker, as I am tor- 

 mented almost beyond endurance, with one 

 of those " evils of life," for which I have 

 never yet been able to find a cure. 



Medicus. 



Philadelphia, March 27th, 1843. 



A City Street. 



BY MARY HOW1TT. 



I love the fields, the woods, the streams. 

 The wild flowers fresh and sweet, 



And yet I love no less than those, 

 The crowded city street! 



For haunts of men, where'er they be, 



Awake my dearest sympathy. 



I see within the city street, 



Life's most extreme estates; 

 The gorgeous domes of palaces, 



The prison's doleful gates; 

 The hearths by household virtues blest,—. 

 The dens that are the serpent's nest. 



I see the rich man, proudly fed, 



And richly clothed, pass by; 

 I see the shivering, homeless wretch, 



Willi hunger in his eye ; 

 For life's severest contrasts meet, 

 Forever in the city street! 



And lofty, princely palaces— 



What dreary deeds of woe, 

 What untold, moral agencies, 



Their secret chambers know! 

 Yet is without, all smooth and fair, 

 As Heaven's blue dome of summer air. 



And e'en the portliest citizen, 



Within his doors doth hide 

 Some household grief, some secret care, 



From all the world beside; 

 It ever was — it must be so; 

 For human heritage, is woe. 



Hence is it that a city street, 



< an deepest thought impart; 

 For all its people, high or low, 



An- kindred to my heart; 

 And with a yearning love I share, 

 In all their joy, their pain, their care! 



John Wilkes said, " the very worst use 

 you can put a man to, is to hang him." 



