The Canadian Horik ri.i ikisi. 



ANNE 1)E J)IHS1!A(H. 



In a garden (juaint, 



Filled with roses rare, 

 drows the one I love the best 



( )f all the posies there ; 



Modest maid, with cheek now blushed. 



Cannot rival thee 

 In sweet and pure simplicity, 



Thou art so dear to me. 



The dew drops kiss thy cheeks 



And love to linger there, — 

 Ah ! words would fail me, should I try 



Thy excellencies to declare ; 



Thy grace, thy beauty, fragrance, charm 



E'en those who heart do lack. 

 Thou art a work of Nature's own 



My Anne de Diesbach. 



Grimsby, Out. A\ilhelmina Hrodik. 



STORING ICE NOT EXPENSIVE. 



No expensive structure is needed for an ice house, though where it is an 

 object to have no wasting away, it should be made tighter than where this does 

 not matter so much. Slabs from the saw-mill do very nicely for the roof, and 

 the sides may also be of rough boards. Where desired, the ice-house may be 

 one corner of the wood-.shed partitioned off, in which ice will keep quite as well 

 as in a more costly structure. Even stacking is often resorted to, by laying 

 down rails for a floor, on which to stack the blocks compactly. Cover heavily 

 with some material which is non-conducting, such as straw, hay, etc., finishing 

 the top so as to shed rain, bracing the sides with boards and rails to keep 

 covering in i)osition. Care must be taken in getting at the ice, always to open 

 at same place and cover up thoroughly, or some hot day will turn it to water. 

 In |)utting in the ice no matter where it may be, always surround it with 

 non-conducting material like sawdust. — W. I'". I.akk, in Coiintrv Cicuilcman. 



Thk ice-hou.se (|uestion can be summed as follows : any cheap structure 

 with good drainage and no circulation below ; good ventilation above ; proper 

 space between ice a«d sides, filled with non-conducting material. The bugbear 

 of expense need deter no one from storing ice. By providing a proper liottom 

 ice can be piled on it and a building put oxer it lat(M-. 



