Repository: UIHistories Project: Sophograph - 1890 [PAGE 5]

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with ears of ed corn Laugh from the un plastered oak joists, and the p tic fire-place with its i inea and

ketth w have B small room whose c h i m n e y would

hardly sn st a fire-place, or is wanting altogether. Phe cooking is done on gas or gasoline stoves, and the >nly t) tight B >ms to get all into the smallest possib] space. The other rooms are certainly more comfortable

I handaie. Tin n i g s , rich h a n g i n g s , h a n d s o m e

Engravings and paintii i now hai in j antlers, rifieand powder horn ; for n ling ap < than a wall of som< ;le cohn loi <l h and works of art. Bard wood finish, whirl, h ao* lesei ular, will remain in a until it cai

t he reach of build" ud a i

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w dwork and deli ill designs, all show the advancement of culture and pn iation of the 1»«-auty of art and ih gn. As in ob rang nature, pleasure is found in her 'iitinual change . in works of art, we are constantly charmed with the grace and 1 raty of designs wh true value we only observe by constant associat • S ire n-v»*r did b >y < 'near --il her ; 'tifl her privilege, •ugh ali peara < f thi raz life, t<» lead

hall chair "J' Spanish leath I n h<»g most fashionable of a m lern ma on. 0

vers where excepl in d. ing-n

maple are oi I for bedi have found valuable i

t h m r s t r e n g t h , and it w;

>nis. ;[n old 1 sea we . but t. were used only for

th 1v 'nut

the eye.

The ext«riors of th 1 lings have also been ma re attractive, and the Queen Am yle for nail d lings has becom< pute prominent The! gh iae* with plain gahL md 1 • in old picture of land* s and in -eh u ted places. The manuf ture of new building i: isa »d much to tin th*-; rehi on a pi d brick front make, with tin of tone, the most m lern buildij \\ ] Q the first sett ments were made in this >untr a ma Jd, - n a n w

axe a n d a saw, build for h i m s e u I 1 us-

T! ideal hou con I 1 in a yle of which we tii Art in DO way amenable to fashion; its

l a w s . • pern nt : t h a t which is good t o - d a y is good to-morrow-. T h e l tnd stair• s, with gracefully t u r n e d balust and : a r e a h a n d -me a d d i t i o n to m o d e r n

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oral

d the old b

fa]

oil] box-stain have been

iiv wliose • and beauty

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are m i to he admired. We are ushered into eh tntly un ted rooms, i offered ate in luxurious chairs. We -••at ourseh bin! tie umchairs our grandf; - usea by sa .-i 40 r out of a barrel, ig in il 1 tnen upholf rii over all. It is well t \i to have mechanics in the bouse, but wl it T to genuine it takes money to get it. in furnittu however, is thin and

I>icke] description of tieVeneering

now we must boli the d< windov . for it is

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•• The robbers simple plan 'I lmt should • !»a« the povcAiul h keep « en T h e old watch di^i: 1 n o 1 ger . p l a c e « family circle. T h e l i g h t n i n g - r o d ea, is policy t o h a v e a rod on t h e h o u s e t T h e r e a r e n ny thin • I

in t h ami wav. h "a:

HI. much of th< workshop and ti • wasatHih-sti«'k m b well apply to much possess these, ei A borne m decorate a wall with a frieze for y o u , and m a n y f pOfr hut i |uin-saprofe onal to o b t a i n which you would h and r for ceiling, walls and flooi p r i d e in t h e b e u u h

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