The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-03-23
THE PIONEER.
: ,AAG GRIcULTURAL
7Laborer,s Cottages.

about to undertake small farm of l6
acres, and needing a,hired man, I seized
with asidity your idea of small cottage
for $3.50 - But q carpenter tells me that
nothing but shantee can be be built for
less, than double that amount, "a AS I am
ignorant in this matter, ! am very desl-
rous for your,directions as tosize, DC, and
will greatly obliged by such infof'ma.
ton in, your next number as would enable
me to erect q dwelling for my man ana and his
family. CIR. 40 e9p,b . -r .ae..E2 81
Carpenters, WHO have been accustomed
to build "gentlemen's'' houses only, can
hardly appreciate the simpler and cheaper
wants of such men as laborlby the day OF
month A costlyedifce for such as these,
would be what they do not want, and what
would be improbable for their employ
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We speak from actual personal experl-
ence W hen we say that houses better than
such men generally are able to rent or pro-
vide7for themselves, have been erected for
a sum considerably less than $3.50, con
tanning three rooms below and one above
stairs, We will here give a very simple
detail Of hemode of erection, leaving for
future occasion plans and more particu-
Avs ID ...iI..s s. . 3 Ill.
The frame consisted Of heavy scantling
plates. supported by perpendicular plank
fastened with very largenails. The plank
should be about an inch and half thick,
every piece being about Of equal width,
fitting closely at the edges, but neither
planed nor matched. --..sr-
After the building is enclosed with these
vertical pieces of plank. vertical strips of
inch board about three inches wide are
nailed over the joints between the plank,
forming neat battened exterior. Similar
strips are then nailed on inside, and on
these the lathius is placed for plastering
In other respects the house is finished in
the ordinary way. The outside of the
house being left rough or unplaned, re-
ceives two coats of the best lime white
wash, the color,of which may be softened
by a small portion Of venetian red, umber,
or ochre;a and repetition Of coat once
in two years will keepiup the good APP
perance, and preserve the wood from de-
cay nearly, as well az. paint. Such lo1se
will be warmcrand more durable than the
COMMON studied frame and horizontal
clap boarding. We have actually built a
nsatcattage in this way, With four rooms,
forSf50, when lumber was ratherocheap.
Iaconsisted of a central portion. ] 5 fee.
square, with a chamber overhead and a
wing on each side I ! feet square FOR ki:ch,
efiiand bedroom the wingssbracing the
main building and thus needing but, little
timber for the frame. i4TFhea caves projec-
ted a. foot, and were Supported, by neat
brackets. The windows had projecting
caps, or hoods, Planted around With ro-
sesii and other shrubbery, and fanked with
esergreens, it presented a very neat and
attractive appearance.-Ccun. Gentiqi',.
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s-lTosFresefve Fruit and Flowers. I
sgAsfriehd has Just Informed US that fruit
and Aowers may, be preserved from decay
and,fading By, ih,me ersing them in solu-
tieA ofcGun Arabic in water two or three
times. waiting q sufficient time between
each immersion to allow the Gum, to dry.
This process covers the surface of the
fruit Nithathin coating of thegum, which
issentirely itnperyieus to the air, and thus
prevents the decay Of the fruit, or the
Sithsnng Of chs flower, Our friend Has
roses thus preserved which have all the
beauty and fragrance g f. Of freshly plucked
ones, though they have been separated
from the psftnt stem since June last. To
ensure success in experiments of this kind,
it t'shonld be borne in mind that the whole
surface must be. completely covered; for if
The air only gains entrance at a pin hole,
the labor will be lost. In preserving spec
linens of fruit particular care should be
taken to cover the stem, end and all, with
the gum. A good way is to wind a thread
of silk about the stem, and then sink il
slowly in the. solution, which Should not
be so strong as to leave particle of the
gum undissolved. The gum is opcrfect-
ly transparent that you can with difficult
ty detect its presence, except by the
touch.
Here we have another simple method Of
fixing the fceting beauty of Nature, and
surrounding ourselves ever with those OBJ
jects which do most elevate the mind, re-
fine the taste, and purify the heart.--Coun
Gent - '.G
THE WATER LILY--Itis marvel whence
this perfect flower derives its loveliness
and perfume, springing as it does from
the black mud over which the river sleeps
and where lurk the Shiny eel and speck-
led frog, and the mud turtle, whom con-
tinual washing cannot cleanse Il It is the
very same Black mud QUITO which the
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