1857. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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rooms, root cellar, coals, &c., find ample 

 accommodation therein. 



The cost of this building by a contract 

 made for its erection, at Orange, New 

 Jersey, is four thousand seven hundred 

 dollars, and the execution of the work is 

 in the best and most substantial man- 

 ner. This amount will serve as a guide 

 to estimate the cost of such a villa in 

 other States; and as one comprising 

 very many conveniences at small cost, 

 this building is offered as a fair example 

 of a rustic villa. 



We cannot copy the full description 

 and explanation of this plan given by 

 Mr. Wheeler, but refer the reader to 

 the work from which we have copied 

 the above. 



PLAN OF PRINCIPAL FLOOR. 



EXTRACTS AHD REPLIES. 



TO PREVENT DROWNING. 



When young men go into the river 

 or pond to bathe and swim, they should 

 always carry with them a long and 

 strong rope, so that, should one of their 

 number become fatigued and be unable 

 to swim ashore, they might rescue him 

 from his danger by casting him an end 

 of the rope and then drawing him ashore 

 wilhout endangering their own lives. 

 Such rope should have inflated gutta 

 ipercha or some other buoy attached to one end of 

 , . , . , • it. It is ever dangerous for even a good swimmer 



dow, is a small library. No. 4, which is thirteen L^ g^ro^ch ^eaj. ^ man struggling in the water ; 

 feet square, containing a nre-place and a recess fori 

 a book-case upon its side. 



Upon the other sid? of the hall is a 

 dining-room. No. 5, which is twenty 

 feet by fifteen, having attached to it a 

 large china pantry, No. 6, with an in- 

 ner closet, and a sash opening into the 

 staircase hall, so that dishes, &c., may 

 be conveniently passed from the kitch- 

 en. In the projection containing this 

 pantry is a store-closet. No. 7, commu- 

 nicating with the kitchen. No. 8, which 

 is fifteen feet square in the clear. 



By the side of the kitchen, and un- 

 der the same roof which contains the 

 store and china-closets, is an entry, 

 with am])le room for a sink, and open- 

 ing into the garden by means of a cov- 

 ered porch. 



In the rear of the kitchen is the laun- 

 dry, of the same size, in which are an 

 oven and wash-trays, as also the private 

 staircase to the floor above. 



The accommodation on the chamber 

 ^oor is ample for the probable wants 

 of the family ; and, in addition to the 

 rooms on this floor, is space in the roof 

 of the front gable for three good cham- 

 bers, if so large an increase be needful. 

 The arrangement of ground and 

 chamber floors shows a liberal supply 

 of all that can conduce to comfort and 

 convenience in living ; and as the cel- 

 lar, seven feet in the clear, extends un- 

 der the whole building, furnace, store- ^^^^^ ^p ^^^ CHAMBER FLOOR. 



