A Great Advance in Sanitation. 
 
 ALL THE CONVENIENCES and ADVANTAGES of THE 
 WATER CLOSET PROVIDED for the COUNTRY. 
 
 The Atmosphere free from Poisonous Gases 
 and Germs of Disease. 
 
 -^WflE WELD KEPT FROM POLLCITIOj^N- 
 
 HEALTH PRESERVED AND LIFE SAVED. 
 
 The principle of the Odorless Privy is that of a 
 bottle with a tightly fitting stopper. 
 Whatever is contained in such bottle 
 must cease to be offensive. 
 
 The cut represents a back side view of the Odorless Privy, 
 and gives a general idea of its construction. The seat occupies 
 the ordinary position in the building ; the hopper is attached to 
 
its under side, and is sufficiently long to extend a few inches 
 below the sill. An air-tight valve closes the passage through the 
 hopper, and is operated by a handle in a cup-like depression of 
 the seat. The valve moves in a horizontal plane close to its bed, 
 in order to remove all that rests thereon and precipitate it into the 
 vault. The hopper is so shaped as to afford the least chance to 
 become foul. Its lower end makes an air-tight connection with a 
 barrel or other suitable vault placed below the privy building. 
 When the barrel is to be removed for emptying, the hopper is 
 withdrawn from it by means of two levers situated below the seat, 
 as the following cut illustrates : — 
 
 A tightly fitting cover closes the barrel, which is then removed 
 without producing any odor at the house or during transpor- 
 tation. 
 
 Instead of a portable vault, a stationary one can be used, and 
 perhaps preferably in cities. In this case, an opening with a tight 
 cover should be provided, through which the contents of the vault 
 can be pumped. 
 
 The hopper can be located on an upper floor by extending a 
 pipe to the barrel or vault ; in this way all the convenience of the 
 first floor is secured. 
 
o 
 
 The Need and Advantages of the Odorless 
 Privy are Apparent. 
 
 Some one has said : 
 
 “ The test of a nation’s civilization is not in the grandeur of its 
 public buildings, but in the neatness of its privies.” 
 
 A recent writer, speaking of the evils of the present system, 
 says : 
 
 “ The privy stands, perhaps, at the bottom of the garden, fifty 
 yards from the house, approached by a walk exposed to the public 
 gaze, bordered by grass, wet except during the sunny part of the 
 day, overhung by shrubbery and vines which are often wet. In 
 winter, snow drifts block the way, and during rain, there is no 
 shelter from any side ; the house itself is fearfully cold, if not 
 drifted half full of snow, or flooded with rain. A woman who is 
 comfortably housed during stormy weather will postpone the ex- 
 posure that such circumstances require. 
 
 “ 1 pass over now the barbarous foulness and odor. It is only 
 an unavoidable evil that these have been tolerated. But I cannot 
 too strongly urge attention to the point taken above, and insist on 
 the fact, that every consideration of humanity and of the public 
 welfare demands a speedy reform of this abuse.” 
 
 This reform can now begin, for, as one of its endorsers says, 
 “The Odorless Privy meets with all the requirements of sanitary 
 conditions." 
 
 r I71io Sjinilary Commode 
 
 is constructed on the same principle, but is portable. Its system 
 for disinfection is perfect, and it is the best thing for the sleeping- 
 room, sick-room, and hospitals ever invented. 
 
4 
 
 The State of New Hampshire. 
 
 Office of State Board of Health, ) 
 Concord, April 12, 1886. j 
 
 Prof. E. R. Angel/, Derry, N. H. 
 
 Dear Sir, — I have examined with much interest and care 
 your Sanitary Commode, and am convinced that it is an exceed- 
 ingly valuable invention. Your Odorless Privy, which is constructed 
 essentially upon the same plan, must prove to be of great value 
 wherever water-closets cannot be introduced. 
 
 As a sanitary invention, it is capable of doing much to reduce 
 the prevalence of disease generated by the old privy system ; and 
 if its use were made obligatory at camp-grounds and other public 
 resorts it would be almost a guarantee against filth diseases, like 
 typhoid fever, for instance. 
 
 The ease and facility with which complete disinfection can be 
 practiced, commends it above any similar inventions that I have 
 ever seen. In the interests of sanitation, I take pleasure in 
 endorsing it in the highest terms. 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 Irving A. Watson, Secretary. 
 
 To the Public : 
 
 Derry, N. H., May, 1886. 
 
 Hitherto no great advancement has been made in the construc- 
 tion of the privy vault. It has continued to pollute the well by 
 saturating the neighboring soil with filth, and to poison the air with 
 foul odors and germs of disease. Much thought has been devoted 
 to improvements in the construction of vaults by those engaged in 
 sanitary reform, and many complicated and expensive devices 
 have been gotten up to obviate the above-named evils. 
 
 The Odorless Privy Vault and Sanitary commode invented and 
 perfected by Prof. E. R. Angell. of Derry, and which have been 
 thoroughly tested for nearly a year, seem to fully supply the needs 
 of the country homes, and of all places not having the advantages 
 of water. 
 
 Every house ought to be furnished with one or both. 
 
 D. S. Clark, M. D. 
 
 For further particulars, send for pamphlet. 
 
 PROF. EDMUND. R ANGELL, 
 
 Patentee and Manufacturer, 
 
 Derry, N. H. 
 
 Charles Purlieu, Printer, Main Mreet, Derry, N. 11.