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The roof of a farmer's house ought then to be high, so as to give 

 him an ample garret — that useful store-house of country varieties. It 

 ought to be rather steep, to bear and carry off rapidly the burdens 

 of heavy snows and the violence of wintry storms. It ought to be 

 strong, and little liable to speedy decay — that the purse may not be 

 called on for frequent repairs. 



The flat roof comes to us from southern countries and mild climates. 

 In town-houses, and ornamental villas, in the classical styles let the 

 architect satisfy the demands of art with such a covering to his house. 

 But in the exposed farm-house, in our blustering, sturdy weather of 

 the north, the farmer should have none of it. He must nestle ujider 

 the high and broad roof which properly belongs to a northern climate. 

 {Fig. 4.) This has all the beauty of thoroughly answering its pur- 

 pose, and conveying at a glance the most complete notions of comfort. 



{Fig. 4.) 



When it is desired to render a l^rm-house ornamental, it is the 

 most fatal, though the most common of all mistakes, to suppose it 

 should be done by the imitation — the mengre imitation — of some gen- 

 tleman's fine house. It is a mode that is never successful. It is the 

 old story of the jay in his borrowed peacock's plumes. Every one 

 detects and exposes the want of fitness and propriety. Fluted col- 



