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smaller size is preferable, as it is not so liable to be 

 broken, and can be more readilY repaired. These sashes 

 are made without cross-bars, the glass over-lapping like 



the shingles of a house, and resting on bars extending 

 lengthwise of the sash. The lap of each pane of glass need 

 not be over half aJi inch, and if the glass is set in the sash 

 when fi-eshlv painted with two coats of good paint, no 

 puttying is necessary. The bars which sustain the glass 

 may be two inches wide, which will make the sash 

 stronger. The frame is a box of boards, three feet high 

 • in front, and three feet ten inches in the back. The front, 

 of course, is towards the south, Let the corners of the 

 frame be nailed to small pieces of scantling, which may 

 rest upon bricks or blocks. At the corner, also, of each 

 sash let another piece of scantling be placed, and on the 

 top of these, narrow strips twice the length of the sash are 

 to be nailed, extending back for the sash to slide upon. 

 The ends projecting should also be supported by pieces 

 of timber. Between the sashes, nail an inch strip a little 

 thicker than the sash to the narrow plank on which they 

 slide, and put on the sash; and upon this strip nail 

 another narrow strip, projecting over the sash a little, to 

 hold them in their place, but not so tightly but what they 

 will readily slide in this groove. They can be taken out 

 at either end. Tack on a piece of leather at the upper 



