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In the first place, we think a farm-house should be unniistdkeahly 

 a farm-house. That is to say, it should not be a citizen's dwelling- 

 house, or a suburban villa, set down in the midst of a plain farm. 



Nothing has been more common for the past ten years, than to see 

 a good substantial farmer building a large plain dwelling — unobjec- 

 tionable enough as a plain dwelling— but to which he has been per- 

 suaded to add a Grecian portico — {Jig- !•) — ^copied from a great 

 house of the neighboring town or village* 



{Fig. 1.) 



The portico is very well where it belongs — ^as a part of a hand- 

 some villa, every part of which is carefully finished with correspond-' 

 ing elegance. It has nothing whatever to do with a true farm-house.' 

 It is too high to be comfortable by its shade or shelter. It is too' 

 costly and handsome, to accord with the neat and rustic character of 

 a farm-house. But it has been the fashion of the day, and, if the 

 farmer has not reflected for himself, it is ten to one that he has fallen 

 a victim to it, instead of employing the more comfortable and more 

 characteristic verandah. {Fig. 2.) 



