Two doors are made in it, the one opposite from the other, and usually on each side of a door is a window. The chimney usually is built of stones from the forest. However, there are people who make one of the sods of the prairie. Right here we have a good supply of rocks and stones. For furniture, they have a nice clock, a mirror, a nice bedstead and excellent quality of bedding.
Most people have a small box under the bed which serves to keep documents or other valuable things.
Tools for every day use, as well as clothes, everything hangs up somewhere in the house. The American people have no tool sheds. Eating and drinking among the Americans is done with utmost cleanliness. As the table is being set, it is covered with a white cloth. The dishes are washed in warm water.