On the way she'll gather five sticks of wood, and the average woman will make four or five trips a day. There's twenty sticks in the wood box without any trouble. On a good day you'll have the wood box filled by noon, and right there is a savin' of time. Now, about the diggin' of her. It's a mighty sight better to have a little privy over a big hole than a big privy over a little hole.
Joists make a good job.
Beams cost a bit more, but they're worth it. Them boys is goin' to get in there in four and sixes, singin' and drinkin' and the like, and I want to tell you there's nothin' breaks up an Odd Fellows picnic quicker than a diggin' party. Beams, I say, every time, and rest secure. Pitch roofs cost a little more, but some of out best people has lean-tos. If he was tryin' to get under a pitch roof door he'd crack his head every time.