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opens into a sung bedroom 9 by 8 feet, lighted by a 

 window in rear ; and adjoining this is a side entry 

 leading from the end door, 9 by leet in area; thus 

 making every room in the house accessible at once 

 from the kitchen, and giving the greatest possible 

 convenience in both living and house-work. 



"The roof story is partiticiied into convenient-sized 

 bedrooms; the ceiling running down the pitch of the 

 roof to within two feet of the floor, unless they are 

 cut short by inner partitions, as they are in the 



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largest chamber, to give closets. The open ai-oa in 

 the center, at the head of the stairs, is lighted by a 

 small gable window inserted in the roof, at the rear, 

 and serves as a lumber room; or, if necessary, a, bed 

 may occupy a part of it. 



" In rear of the main dwelling is a building 44 by 

 16 feet, occupied as a wash-room and wood-house. 

 The wash-room floor is let down eight inches below 

 the kitchen, and is 16 by 14 feet, in area, lighted by 

 a window on each side, with a chimney, in which is 



set a boiler, and fireplace, if desired, and a sink in 

 the corner adjoining. This room is 7 J feet in height 

 A door passes i'roiu this wa.4i-room into the wood- 

 house, which is 30 by 16 feet, open in front, with a 

 water-closet in the further corner. 



"The cellar is 7 J feet in height — and is the whole 

 size of the house, laid with good stone wall, in lime 

 mortar, with a flight of steps leading outside, in rear 

 of the kitchen, and two or more sash-light windows 

 at the ends. If not in a loose, gravelly, or sandy 

 soil, the cellar should be kept dry by a drain leading 

 out to the lower ground. 



"The building beyond, and adjoining the wood- 

 house, contains a swill-house 16 by 12 feet, with a 

 window in one end; a chimney and boiler in one cor- 

 ner, with storage for swill barrels, grain, meal, pota- 

 toes, &c., for feeding the pigs, which are in the ad- 

 joining pen of same size, with feeding trough, place 

 for sleeping, &c., and having a window in one end 

 and a door in the rear, leading to a yard. 



" Adjoining these, in front, is a workshop and tool- 

 house, 16 by 10 feet, with a window at the end, and 

 an entrance door near the wood-house. In this is a 

 a joiner's work-bench, a chest of working tools, such 

 as saw, hammer, auger.s, itc, &c., necessary for repair- 

 ing implements, doing little rough jobs, or other 

 wood work, &c., which every farmer ought to do for 

 himself; and also storing his hoes, a.xes, shovels, ham- 

 mers, and other small farm implements. In this 

 room he will find abundant rainy-day employment in 

 repairing his utensils of various kinds, making his 

 beehives, hencoops, <S:c. Ne.xt to this is the wagon- 

 house, 16 by 14 feet, with Isroad doors at the end, 

 and harness pegs around the nails. 



"The posts of this building are 10 feet high; the 

 rooms eight feet high, and a low chamber overhead 

 for storing lumber, grain, and other articles, as may 

 be required. Altogether, these several apartments 

 make a very complete and desirable accommodation 

 to a man with the property and occupation for which 

 it is intended. 



" On one side, and a<ijoining the house, should be 

 the garden, the clothes-yard, and the bee-house, 

 which last should always stand in full sight, and 

 facing the most frequented room — say the kitchen — 

 that they can be seen daily during the swarming 

 season, as those performing household duties may 

 keep them in view. 



"Miscellaneous. — This is an e.xceedingly smig 

 tenement, and everything around and about it should 

 be of the same character. No pretension or frippery 

 whatever. A neat garden, u.-^el'uUy, raiher than or- 

 namentally and profusely supplied; a moderate court- 

 yard in front; free access to the end door, from the 

 main every-day approach by vehicle.s — not on the 

 highway, but on the farm road or lane — the business 

 entrance, in fact; which should also lead to the barns 

 and sheds beyond, not far distant. Kvery feature 

 should wear a most domestic look, and breathe an 

 air of repose and content. Trees should be near, but 

 not so near as to cover the house. A few shrubs of 

 simple kind — some standing roses — a few climbing 

 ones; a syringa, a lilac, asno'.v ball, and a little patch 

 or two of flowers near the front porch, and the whole 

 expnission is given; just as one would wish to look 

 upon as a simple, unpretending habitation. 



