VOL. XXXVII. No. 49. 
WHOLE No. 1506. 
lUiral ^rrjrittttere. 
SUMMER COTTAGE, THOUSAND ISLANDS, 
NEW YORK. 
PALLISEB, PALLISKH & CO., ARCHITECTS, BRIDGE¬ 
PORT, CONN. 
To those who are the happy possessors of a 
fair amount of wealth in these times of financial 
stringency, and who prize good hoalth more 
than filthy lucre, this design will have an attrac¬ 
tiveness which those in less favorable circum¬ 
stances can hardly see or appreciate. The idea 
that has been prevalent in the past, that a 
summer visit to the country was a luxury that 
could be enjoyed only by the very rich, is fast 
melting away, and the time has come when all 
with modarately-filled purses, can enjoy the 
comforts of a home for the summer mouths in 
some healthy and pleasant neighborhood. While 
admitting that the beauties of many country 
places, sea-side resorts and watering-plaoes are 
very numerous, yet for quiet picturosqueness 
and beauty, there are few places that cau be 
compared with the numerous isles in the mouth 
of the St. Lawrence River, known ab the Thou¬ 
sand Islands. 
In the designing of this cottage, the jdm has 
been to supply womothing in exterior piotur- 
esqnenoaa in harmony and keeping with the 
scenery, also to produce something that is 
home-like and pleasant to look upon, yet not 
expensive—a house tnat the every-day oarpenter 
can build, aud the owner of which can feel 
that though the work may not be of the very 
finest description, yet that it is an artistic ren¬ 
dering of good things suited to the place, the 
_ NEW YOK CITY, DEC. 7, 1878. 
rented to AM of CoDgreae. U. tt. 1TO. by ttt. Bnr.l Oomp.ny. 1. th, offl CT g, 0 , 
(PRICE FIVE CENTS. 
I 82.00 PER YEAR. 
times and the circumstances. Such a house 
always makes the mechanics feel that it is a 
pleasure to help to build it, and after years they 
will point to it with no small degree of gratifica¬ 
tion as having had a hand in its construction. Such 
a honse as this is thoroughly practical in its ap¬ 
pointments, convenient in its internal arrange¬ 
ments, economical and sound iu construction, 
and gives the comforts of a permanent home 
together with a quaiotnesa in exterior outline 
that forms as pleasant and pleasing a picture in 
the laudsoape as it is possible to obtain for a 
similar outlay. 
The building is designed to stand on posts, 
and is inclosed under the base, as shown. The 
entire frame-work shows inside, being dressed, 
the exterior sheathing forming a face on both 
sides, which dispenses with any further covering. 
The floor joist is to be dressed and exposed with 
the floors above; the first story is to be laid 
double, with an air space of one-half inch 
thoroughly deadened, to stop the transmission 
of sound. The main entrance-hall containing 
the large open fire-place, with hardwood floor 
and border, answers as sitting and reception 
room, and, with its old-time fire-place, on 
which the logs are burning brightly, will make a 
center that all will love to gather around at 
eventide to recount the day’s pleasures and do¬ 
ings. Of a truth, tbits hall carries ns back to the 
primitive times of our forefathers iu other and 
older lauds, when dishonesty in building and 
the modern improvements in plaster walls and 
stucco-work were almost unknown. 
The seoond floor speaks for itself, and to the 
family of oulture and taste it is all that can be 
desired. The balconies connected with the two 
main chambers are desirable features in such a 
house, and cannot fail to reoommend themselves, 
as the views obtained therefrom far more than 
compensate the owner for the few dollars addi¬ 
tional expense needed to construct them. The 
attic will ooutain two good chambers, and the 
whole, when built, gives a very roomy and de¬ 
sirable residence for a very small outlay, there 
being but very little to expend outside of the 
cost of lumber and carpenter labor. This is 
very low now; in fact, it cannot well be lower. 
There is no frippery or unmeaning work in the 
construction; for everything serves a good pur¬ 
pose. The exterior of such a house should 
be made to harmouize iu colors with the sur¬ 
roundings. The shiugle work of roofs should be 
painted a warm Venetian red; the body of a 
light-brown, with dark trimmings for the frame¬ 
work, etc., while the whole interior should be 
finished in the natural wood with one coat of 
varnish. 
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A RAT-PROOF CRIB. 
A neighbor of mine has just built a rat-proof 
crib that strikes me as being just the thing. It 
is constructed as follows: Lay down the 
sil Is, and on these lay a good oak floor. Set the 
studding one foot apart; line the crib with 
sheet iro- two foot wide, nailing it to the stud¬ 
ding botn at the edges and in the middle of the 
6heets. Let this lining run from the floor up 
the studding and rafters to the comb, so that 
your crib will be completely lined with this sheet- 
iron, except the floor. Let the doors also be 
lined in the same way. Before putting up the 
iron, perforate it with a punch that will make a 
hole one half inch in diameter, putting a hole to 
each square of one and a half inch, to give proper 
ventilation. The cost of the iron for this orib, 
which holds 200 bushels of ears, is 87. 
In this way a orib can be made perfectly rat- 
proof at a cost of very little more than that of a 
good wooden crib. T . Mi H- 
Ritchie C. H., W. Va., 1878. 
Jam ®o})U5, 
HINTS ABOUT AUTUMN WORK. 
TO. J. FOWLER. 
HAULING MANURE. 
Farms are usually leased in April, and help for 
the farm iB usually hired then, for the reason, I 
suppose, that the farm year then begins. Bat 
this is entirely too late. On many accounts the 
manager of a farm will be anxious to commence 
operations at least as early as January, and 
sometimes, during pleasant weather, in Novem¬ 
ber and December. What manure has accumu¬ 
lated since wheat seeding should now be drawn 
out on sod land which is to be plowed next 
spring. If drawn on bare fields, something will 
be lost by washing away. Bat on grass land 
the leaves and roots prevent loss, while the bet¬ 
ter distribution of the manure adds largely to 
its availability for the next crop. Probably the 
best effect of manure is to be found on clover 
sod, when applied in the fall. I think two loads 
of stable manure on clover sod in the fall equal 
in value to three loads of the same quality ap¬ 
plied the following spring, just before plowing. 
Of, course the larger part of our stable manure 
in northern localities, is made in winter, and 
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