, 1876-10-07

riek.logs to reach four long, hsary losts. These
helped them. To reach the wagon they must
stumble st, over three ses.!on,Gss ot the hene;
more than two feet from tie ground; orer tho
bench for fitting tho .rafters, and netoss acme
iooae Sticks, With These grcat beams on
d ts' ts s0ss'' aas two whfa e tas sy . Sa .Rcy .Re
cnrrietl from tho same place ie,, lcrrIck-logs,
md londe,l them up between tho tDists; anl,
when they got tho la.t !pg On, Tho hemp was far
aoxo ". the o 9f The te'r e,. t :ey tnfsW sM
OK tnto the SHOP. It was certainly heavy for.
ty-lye minutes wia.l-up to heavy 1ay's work
On q aultry tlay; and heavy item In the aecount
to feel that II Ind not been OF tho
BLIaHTKsT UsR TO AHYBoD1.
The losiso they are building will be none tho
better for having alt ihat timber brought here
on visit ind taken AWAY again; nntl tlic la0or
expended on Tint bench would have built 4 COIN
Portable dwelling Of seycra rooms.
Sometimes they want thinner stick Of tim
ilg to tho lutnbcr-yarti for It, they mount
stick upon ltglt trusscs. Ono man climbs up nn
they split It from end 10 end. One pulls TIP,
and tile otlcr pulls down, but darcs not look up
for fear OF getting sawdust III !lis eyes. Here
tley VII pull ayay ho.s M",sr to d1 rca what proper
From our standpoint, the gnnR Of mon who
llayp been at wurk In that yard all summer
might a. well have been mak'ng n',td,pies-all
except the rcpc-nakers. All the uscful work
times the useless labor Of bringing tho stuff
to them nnd taking It awaYl And all
over the city, SEQ men work III the
satilc way. No ono aeGms to have suitable
heavy as axcs, and something. tint shape,
cut 20 long mud tarruw, from the handle to tho
ctlge, that they arc especially awkward When
usGl for prylng their ntlcli.nalcd boards 1T, off
tn be without notch for drawing balls, and the
nen hnyo quite II time to Get these out;
THE DOUBLE FLOORS,
which arc universal here, ought to be so with
81, with brels-partIton walls, IL Ia next to I'm.
possible TO burn a house down. IN, told they
have no nrc:cnglNcs III Germany, mud do not
fight iro with water, but wit ashes, clay, sa1ll,
old mats, and axes. There hRs not been Gtrc.
alarm IN Leipzig since We casno to 1t. which was
Another Use Of tho double floors and layer Of
ashes is, Tint they prevent the passnEe Of sound
and, wllcrc every story of house Is onu or two
portance We never hear Tho people who llyo
above us, except when chiliton drug clIniss
across tho bare 71oor, or roll a henry wooden
llall on It, Even tlleu the llosso is not serious
and We cannot hear distinctly tho PLANO In tho
nro brick, and MI tho floors double, alll spncca
packed with astcs, or clay, or sand, Deeds no
insurance against fire, lnacss sumc ole tlakcs u
very determined effort 70 burn It; ti'cre arc
Americans get TO- building In thte way,
they will have tho boards for the under floor
sawed into lengths and the edges straIgltenel
By 1qMfhioTy M o, opo and tsY VII no 9y Chg "n o91
tic additional work and material Will not DO
serious nnatter; and It Is perhaps tho cheapest
way in which house can be made Ilroproof:
There! Three men liayc q round stick OF,
41,nia mt
mud turning and twisting to get It On the wagon
They take more: ARC nb0ut TO haul away quito
d hemp, Which appcars to lnrc been brought
here TO be sawc0 across iuto two lengths. Only
this, and nothing more, showing TINT
TRANSPORTATION ID CHEAP.
But carpenters arc not tho only f0llls wliu
work at Il disadvantage. Men WHO carry away
strcet1ifrt have wagons OF which tho top at tho
their loal with Iong-hand'cd shoycls. Those
who haul gravel have similar wagons, and no
way Of letting the load out at the bottom. It
is funny to watch them empty square bed with
round shovel! They turn and twist 80 to get
Of It rs bacE-loal. a man who hauls brick
stops at q respectful distance from tue place
thoy arc wanted, aud iiands them to. 4 man,
who hands them 10 another man! May
no a tns sFa nybo msa lays iasM h"1. 4Gwn 1S 3
another; or maybe tho second ulan lays
them down. but think this seldom happens,
aud It is probable tllt ull the billions uf brick
and tile ,lscd in building THIS city l,ayc been
nro larger than ours, for It Ia not easy to lit
more than two at time.
I have never before realized the advantage
OF bringing the thinkers and workers oi
d people together. Ill our country the braI1l-
laborers tighten tic work Of those Win deuend
upon tAelr muscle for bread, aud they get all
mixed up, until little talent, like thu leAvcN
in the meal, lcavcns tho whole lump; but In
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