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ing to see how little fuel it consumed. It cost 

 $215. 



I have now to confess to a small extravagance. 

 I contracted with a carpenter to build an orna- 

 mental tower, fifty-five feet high, twenty feet 

 across at the base, and fifteen feet at the top, 

 sheeted and shingled, with a series of small 

 windows in spiral and a narrow stairway lead- 

 ing to a balcony that surrounded the tower on a 

 level with the top of the tank. This tower cost 

 $425 ; but it was not all extravagance, because a 

 third of the expense would have been incurred 

 in protecting the engine and making the tank 

 frost-proof. 



To distribute the water, I had three lines of 

 four-inch pipe leading from the tank's out-flow 

 pipe. One of these went 250 feet to the house, 

 with one-inch branches for the gardens and lawn ; 

 another led east 375 feet, past the proposed sites 

 of the cottage, the farm-house, the dairy, and 

 other buildings in that direction ; while the 

 third, about 400 feet long, led to the horse barn 

 and the other projected buildings. From near 

 the end of this west pipe a 11-inch pipe was 

 carried due north through the centre of the 

 five-acre lot set apart for the hennery, and into 

 the fields beyond. This pipe was about 700 feet 

 long. Altogether I used 1100 feet of four-inch, 

 and about 2200 feet of smaller pipe, at a total 

 cost of $803. All water pipes were placed 41 

 feet in the ground to be out of the reach of frost, 



