Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-04-13

TALLas, NEAR CEsAaBA'

Mn EDrron In my last, spoke OF
The different modes Of house-bulldIng 10
this country. You must know that GEL
orally, boards are used very sparinsiy'
far there are 10 Yankee saw-mills here'
and the manner of cutting is laborlous'
and of course expensive.
The only kind of saw-mill have ever
seen in Turkey is constructed as follows:
"A log is placed upon supports horizontal i,
". about six feet above the ground. Up
this man stands, and, aided BY another
man upon the ground directly under the
logs, with long saw, fastened in Frame
splits the log into boards of desired
thickness. This work is followed as
special trade, and much skill is acquired
in it.
The lumber used for building here Is
brought from forest about sixty miles
distant, not by rail or water, but by oxen
or buffaloes on rude two-wheeled "araba."
OF course, building entirely Of wood would
be very expensive. The people seem to
have little idea Of economy of room, in
building. They are fond of very large
rooms and seem often to prefer that every
room should be separate from every other
that is, without doors connecting them.
If all the rooms omen into the couit, this
is sufficient.
Yet there are exceptions to this rule,
and some Of the more wealthy, have toll
erably convenient houses. Every house
must have one g winter ROOM" which Is
built on the warmest side OF the house,
very close, usually, and with only one or
two small windows, very high, almost or
quite to the ceiling
1t is surprising how little fuel %ill suf-
fee to keep family warm through the
winter. Stoves are but little used by the
common people, not because they cannot
be had, (for very respectable shect-iron
stoves are made in Cesarea) but because
of the scarcity Of fuel. The ''mangal''
vessel of Goals, i, the principal heating
apparatus of the country. This is some
times simply shcet-iron pan, elevated
a few inches upon three legs, and beau,
tiful article Of furniture made of brass OF
copper Well supplied with charcoal,
lighted in a fireplace or in the court, and
when thoroughly burned, AMI placed in
the middle of the room, it furnishes sui.
ficient heat, if the weather be not excess
lively cold. Often a small low table is
placed over the "mangal." and over this
are spread large bcd-coverings Around
this the family sit upon cushions, with
their feet under the covering, and then
limbs also if necessary. Thus keeping
the cxtremitics warm, they are comfortable
even in the coolest weather. | have be-
fore mentioned that all who can afford il
wear long outer garment lined with fur,
which i'll part obyiates the necessity OIL
warmer rooms. But you will ask, show
is the food cooked 2" The bread in this
locality is baked, mostly, in public ovens,
at a slight expersc, while other food is
cooked either over the "mangal" or in a
fireplace, with fire Of dried manure.
remarked, that fuel is very scarce,
and of course expensive. The best wood
we can find for our stoves consists of the
roots of oak shrubs. The oak is this re.
gion grows but few feet high, but de.
velops astonishingly at the root. Those
roots are dug out with much labor, whe,
the ground is moist, and when dry are cx.
cellent fuel, and we do not suffer from
cold
The winter has been quite mild, Tho
mercury in no instance falling as low a,
zero. We have had but little snow, anc
with the exception Of few days, hav,
been able to 60 to the city with the Wagon
during the entire season. Now the snow
is gone upon heplains, and yesterday tn,
. farmers were blowing their fields. L. d.