MY FARM OF EDGEWOOD 



giving, for purely economic reasons, a certain 

 Swiss aspect to the building, and a pleasant 

 souvenir of a sunny Sunday in Meyringen. 

 These broad windows, it must be observed, 

 have no cumbrous lintels of stone — for none 

 such were to be found upon the farm ; but the 

 superincumbent wall is supported by stanch 

 timbers of oak, and these disguised or con- 

 cealed by little projecting rooflets of plank. 

 Thus far, simple economy governed every part 

 of the design; but to give increased architec- 

 tural effect, as well as comfort, a porch, with 

 peak corresponding in shape to the gable, was 

 thrown out over the principal door to the 

 south ; and this porch was constructed entirely, 

 saving its roof, of cedar unstripped of its bark. 

 If it has not been removed, there is a parsonage 

 house at Ambleside in the lake country of West- 

 moreland, which shows very much such an- 

 other, even to the diamond loophole in its peak. 

 Again, the chimneys, of which there are 

 two, instead of being completed in staring red, 

 were carried up in alternate checkers of cob- 

 bles and brick, the whole surmounted by a 

 projecting coping of mossy stones. In view 

 of the fact that this architectural device de- 

 manded dexterous handling, I cannot allege 

 its economy; but its extra cost was so trifling, 



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