Show curing smoky chimneys A correspondence of the scientific benwa ime caw cau furnishes the following experience my lay theory theore is the higher the chimney if I properly built and of 0 the right size the belter the draft As an illustration of the above I 1 will state a fact that occurred a few years ago while I 1 was engaged in chimney buim buu ing A gentleman came tome to me and said he hi had two tivo chimneys on the two wings of his house that smoked 0 cd very badly they leey were 11 II afeei high above the roof an andon don one efthem of them lie had tried a sto stovepipe store pipe 10 feet long iong with a cap on the top to turn with the wind yet it smoked worse than before lie ile now wished over 9 or fixed so as to prevent smoking but auld not have the job done unless warranted to 10 cure I 1 undertook the job the tile size of the chimneys was 20 by 32 binche on the inside I 1 took them down only to th the roof and commenced laying them up drawing in gradually till the size was reduced to 4 by 12 inches on the inside then carried them up straight to within 18 inck inch inch ps s of the top then laid out again in laying on three courses os of brick to increase the size to 8 by 10 inches on the inside then drew in on three co courses back to the size of 4 4 by 12 inches and laid another course perpendicular to the lasta last the whole hight being only five fik e feet above the roof ne neither ither of those chimneys has ever smoked sinco that time tibe timea a period of ct eleven years |