86 MY FARM. 



origin, I conceived the idea of throwing two or three 

 windows into one ; thus giving, for purely economic 

 reasons, a certain Swiss aspect to the building, and a 

 pleasant souvenir of a sunny Sunday in Meyringeu. 

 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 dis- 

 guised or concealed by little protecting rooflets of 

 plant. Thus far, simple economy governed every 

 part of the design ; but to give increased architectural 

 effect, as well as comfort, a porch, with peak corre- 

 sponding 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 un- 

 stripped of its bark. If it has not been removed, 

 there is a parsonage house at Ambleside in the lake 

 country of Westmoreland, which shows very much 

 such another, even to the diamond loophole in its 

 peak. 



Again, the chimneys, of which there are two, 

 instead of being completed in staring red, were car- 

 ried up in alternate checkers of cobbles and brick, 

 the whole surmounted by a projecting coping of 

 mossy stones. In view of the fact that this architec- 

 tural device demanded dexterous handling, I cannot 

 allege its economy ; but its extra cost was so trifling, 



