1867. 



NEW ENGLAM) FARMER. 



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ante-room (c,) which may be used as a book- 

 closet, or, having a good southern exposure, 

 as a consei'vatoiy for plants. From this there 

 may be a glazed door leading to a piazza, sur- 

 rounding the eastern wing of the cottage. 

 From the hall you enter the dining room (d, ) 

 the two windows of which may be brought down 

 to the iioor and open like Fi'ench casements, so 

 as to lead out to the piazza. From the hall 

 you like^dse enter the drawing room, (e,) 

 which may have a glazed door opening into the 

 conservatory. K preferred, e may be made 

 the dining-room, and then a commiuiication 

 may be made with the kitchen, (f.) From the 

 kitchen there is a door leading to a closet, or 

 pantry (g,) and another to the back kitchen or 

 wash-house, with a copper, (h ;) a larder for 



meats, (i;) a place for cleaning knives, boots, 

 lamps, etc., (k-) and a store room, (Z.) 

 There are two water-closets, (m. m.) both 

 under cover ; one entering from the porch, the 

 other from the piazza. Under the principal 

 staircase is a flight of steps, (o,) shut in by a 

 door descendmg to the cellar. Behind the 

 wash-house, (at ]),) is a kitchen yard, which 

 may he surrounded by a high fence, and cov- 

 ered with shrubberj' ; where may be the wood- 

 house, privy, well, etc. 



In the chamber floor plan, g and r show the 

 landing and stairs ; s, a balcony over the con- 

 servatory, entered from the staircase window ; 

 t, u, and V, bedrooms, with the places for the 

 beds ; lo, linen-closet ; x, passage-way. 



Chamber Floor Flan. 



For the New England Farmer. 

 XTKTDEK LOCK AND KEY". 



Self-preservation is an instinct with us all, 

 yet there is a wide diversity of practice as to 

 the modes of securing our goods and chattels. 

 There are certain secluded rural districts where 

 the good folks never think of locking their 

 houses, or stables, and live in blissful ignorance 

 of bolts and bars. And surely it is no trifling 

 compensation for liv-ing so out of the way of 

 the "march of civilization," that they are 

 spared the thieves and burglars who follow in 

 its wake. But even into such safe nooks and 

 corners of creation, the fashion of locking up 

 is gradually intruding, and there is hardly a 

 community now in our own New England where 

 the master of the house thinks of going to bed 



\vithout looking to the fastening of his doors and 

 windows. A worthy neighbor told me, howev- 

 er, that he never locked his barn or granary, be- 

 cause it was too much bother, and he had never 

 suflf'ered by the neglect. But no man is more 

 careful or particular about making his house 

 secure, and none more kind and merciful to his 

 live stock. It is to be hoped that no mean 

 horse-thief will ever constrain him to fasten the 

 door upon an empty stall, but I could not help 

 thinking in this connection of the old adage 

 about locking the stable door after the steed 

 was stolen. 



There is a feeling of security when we have 

 properly secured our houses and bams, that 

 amply compensates for the trouble and expense. 

 And if, in spite of these precautions, we suffer 



