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of his own house. It carried me right home, but I am happy 

 to say when I called to sec my wife and told her I was going to 

 get a man to plan the house, she said, " I wish you would let 

 me do it." I said, " I want to have you." And so we just 

 put our heads together and planned that house, and the only 

 problem I have never been able to solve is where to put the 

 cellar stairs. We couldn't find a place in the house to get them 

 in, so we made a crooked pair of stairs to get down cellar, to 

 save room. I have wanted to tear those stairs down for over 

 a year, but my wife says, " Would you change those after 

 twenty years of occupancy? Not a thing in it have I wanted 

 to change in all those year's." Just as soon as I could get a 

 man to do it I brought water into the house, and it has been a 

 wonderful blessing. I don't know how any one ever lives with- 

 out it. My neighbors don't have it, and a great many of them 

 go to the well. 



I am thankful I have heard Miss Van Rensselaer, and shall 

 report her when I get home. 



Mr. Platt. a year or two ago, before the Connecticut 

 State Grange in Hartford, Dr. Smith of Higganum, a good 

 physician, presented an essay on the model kitchen. One 

 prominent way in which he made it was to have a revolving 

 cupboard in the kitchen to contain the pots and kettles and pans, 

 and perhaps the flour. That was to have it convenient and save 

 steps; and he did away with the cupboard under the sink, and 

 made the kitchen more sanitary. I would Hke to ask the lec- 

 turer if such a revolving cupboard has been put in use and 

 found a desirable thing. I never saw one, and I don't know 

 where you could find one. The doctor himself said he didn't 

 put one in his own house because his wife objected to it for 

 some reason or- other. I would like to ask the lecturer if she 

 ever heard of one. 



Miss Van Rensselaer. I did hear of one, but I have 

 never seen one ; but I don't see why it wouldn't be a good thing. 

 One great difficulty in all of these things is very often the 



