WINDOWS. 



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instances this is done because in large cities owners and 

 occupants of houses have an aversion to horse-stable win- 

 dows facing them. Many suits at law have been brought 

 against the owners of stables by persons living opposite to 

 these windows, and we are sorry to say the result is gener- 

 ally in favor of the plaintiffs, thereby compelling the build- 

 ing up of the windows and darkening the stable, to the 

 inconvenience of the stable men, and also to the injury of 

 the horses, particularly of their eyes, as dark stables are 

 one great cause of weak eyes and blindness. To obviate 

 this difficulty, and as we know of no law preventing a fix- 

 ture to the stable of whatever de.vice or pattern one may 

 choose, we would select the plan here illustrated, where 

 neither glass nor horse can be seen from the outside. 



(a) represents the window closed; (?/) the window opened; (c) the ratchet to 

 regulate and hold the window open. The arrow in figure (b) shows the direc- 

 tion of the air. 



