St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-06-03

: hardly to be recognized in its daintines.
n of fresh paint, pretty papers, new furni-
r turc. 1t was tar from being Il f;Ishiona-
= bic or imposing residence; nothing Goth
Y l., or Italian, or Elizabethan about it, ,un-
less indeed we except Laura's one eXtrav-
= a@ance-the little bow window; but it
had an eminently cozy, homelike air.
: The moment you stepped inside, you re-
celved Il comfortable impression, as if
here were place where people were in
the habit of fcnoylng themselves. Enter
lng little square hall-on one side was
the dming-roum; on the other, the parlOr !;
: back OF tile parlor, the bedroom. The
furnace impaired Il summer temperature,
the doors of these adjoining rooms all
stood open, giving good air, and a deal
OF roomineSs for So small house. The
parlor paper was a green and gilt fl over
on a light drab ground the carpet. an
ingram, small checks, green the predom-
nant color. Through the bow window
the sun shone brightly in over Iaura's
plants making il summer within, even
if the around were with snow outside and
the mercury down among the zerus.
Each side of the bow-windowS, on little
brackets, ParianS bu>ls, Eve and Psyche,
wedding presents, looked out from En-
gIi-h ivy that twincd around them. and
then met over the han.iny baskets in the
middle OF the window. On the walls
hung two or three good cngravings and
photographs, over them clusters Cf bright
autumn lcavcs->ouvCnirs of the webbing
tour. y set ut hangiu. book-shclycS,
bearing the united libraries OF LAURA and
Lance presented Il combination OF poet
ry and works on agriculture. Then
there was 4 lounge which was Il lounge
not Il rack ,ontrived to a>pcraic the
human frame to the utmost
by 1t, knubblnc,S-an easy chair.
u camp chair, Il shaker rcckim2-chair.
one or TWO canr->e;Iicd chairs. Il centre
table with Il b.. lamp, books, papers.
LAURA work-b;,>kct
This WAS the family sitting-room.
i.oukirg in of an rveninL vou would have
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