The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-09-24
agonfs, farm and gardfn
EaTn1ers' Homes.

FdIulCI3 TsCFnG5s
In the country we find many large and
eommodious farm houses, and many
more being built, that vie with city res
licences, and seem TO be merely a0ver-
tisements of the wealth Of the owners.-
There are whole pages ! might write in
this connection about having other farm
buildings to correspond with the house;
Of yards properly planned and planted;
of the general appearance of the farm,
ETC., In relation to such a house, but l
forbear, and 20 to my subject at once.
A fine house is not necessarily home;
a home is not always fine house, but 1t
is "where affection dwells, good health,
comfort, plenty and beauty. The Ioca-
tion should be elevated. for drainage and
observation, and with view to artistic
adornment, and convenient of access; it
should be warm, dry, and well ventilat-
ed at all times and seasons; il should be
a house surrounded with pleasant
grounds, neat walks. and tasteful trees
and shrubbery. In size it should com
port with the size Of the family; and
here let me say that it is a useless eX-
penditure of money to build large, fine
house, that contains too many rooms
that are seldom or never used, but grow
dusty, damp, and lonesome, and echo
like sepulchers. Too many houses are
of this kind. Give Inc a house where
every room is actually needed, and by
that mean the family inhabiting il, and
a surplus Of one or two guest chambers.
would not like living in barracks, or
iails. A farmhouse should have a large,
roomy kitchen; this is a first requisite;
then large, pleasant, welllighted sit
tingroom, roomy and pleasant bed cham
bers; then parlor, Of course, and this
should be so situated that it must be
used very often. The buttery, closets,
ETC., every good housewife will insist
upon, and must have. Then l would
put In one or two bay-windows, for they
are really Conservatives or greenhouses
on q small scale. / would have library
room, with deep windows and shelvesin
the wall for the books, and let them be
filed; this for the second floor; on the
same floor, OF the first floor, or where
most convenient, be sure to have bath
room, or rooms. Heat sitting-room, par
lor and library with open fire-places or
CRATES. This may seem antiquated, but
it Is sensible. Let the cellar be dry and
clean, so that it does not sow seeds of
sickness. Ceilings should be high, and
the windows ought to extend from floor
to ceiling, and be made to open from
above and below. The inside should be
made convenient and cosy, even if it
should notiappear SO fiorid from without.
Let it be like one Of those good, ,old-fash-
ioned friends who takes you to his bosom
in an earnest desire to add to your COM
fort and happiness, and who makes you
feel all aglow with enthusiasm and ex-
uberant spirits, rather than a dandified
snob, all bows AID vows, who will desert
you at once. for some other fellow who
happens to suit his fancy. A good, cosy
house, a pleasant husband and wife,
healthy and pleasant children, a we'll |
filed cellar and freedom from debt, is
dream of Arcadia or Heaven, that few
ever realize short OF Heaven itself.
F G. McCAULEY