The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-08-10
NUMBER 80.

he said, "It'll look like derrick case
or the Hoosac Tunnel set on end
Blanehards S an ass, anyhow. Thinks
nobody has any taste but himself. Now
you don't wanta shot-tower here on
your lawn; you want summer
house, Il sweet, cunning, easy little
grotto, with low doors that you creer
into; q little fairy bower. Cut il
down to not more than seven feet i'll
the clear, and shoot that pagoda roof.
MISUNDERSTANDING thing. Put on a
low, arching dome; that's what you
want. Build something that will
show little common sense in itself. =
And the old gentleman snorted and
laid down the law of taste and utility,
and talked loud and long until finally
Mr.. Murzleroot got the impression that
Mr.. Blanchard, since beginning the
summer-house. had become involved,
and been closed out by Mr.. Middle
rib, who had taken possession. And
| under this impression the unfortu-
nate builder at last acquiesced in Mr..
Middlcrib's plans, and when that adj
visory council saw that he had pre-
vailed, he went on his way, looking
like a vision of common sense and be-
nevolence. The carpenter swore few
blessings aIItr MS departing uSuc,
and then the work of constructing the
summer-house, revised and corrected,
went on. Presently old Mr.. Throop
came along.
Good land, Murzleroot" he
shrieked, whats that?"
Mr.. Murzleroot calmly, but firmly,
explained.
"Summer house?" echoed Mr.
Throop. Looks more like runaway
brewery. Too wide entirely; too wide;
too wide. Spreads out too much.
Want to draw it III all you can before
you finish it. Roofs awful bad, too
Miserable combination, dome and pa
CODA. Want Il fiat roof for summer
house like that; flat roof every time.
I'd burn that thing up before I'd finish
it that way. Draw it i'll, close and mar
row, and make the roof fiat.
And Mr.. Throop labored and argued
and scolded and derided until, in due
time. Mr.. Murzleroot began to under
stand that Mr.. Middlerib, owing to
some bad speculations and unforeseen
embarrassments, had been disabled
from proceeding with the summer
house. and had disposed of all his right,
title and interest therein to Mr..
ThrOOp, at an immense sacrifice, and
as soon as this was made plain to him,
Mr.. Murzleroot crept into himself,
withdrew all his objections, and yield
ed without a murmur to Mr.. Throop's
directions. And then to see Mr..
Throop go off down street, you would
think that all the wisdom in that quar-
ter of Burlington was trailing away III
one OmniScient stream, spreading ltSel1
in flood of free advice wherever 1t
flowed through this ignorant town.
The carpenter took 4 hatChet and IAN
down to the corner of the lot and hld
behind syringa close by the fence;
but Mr.. Throop crossed over TO the
OLiIer ,lur Of the street before he got
build la chimney, and the carpenter came
back looking very detected. and when
he resumed work on th$ s!mmselr glIs j. ggorfG
with tho ~" - 'ihplof eih'lt'''
sighed heavily and told Mr.. Murzle-
root that he met with disappolntments
sometimes that were enough to make
a man lose faith in the goodness OF
Providence. The work was not inter-
rupted again until Mr.. Bostwick came
by. He said:
"Sorrowful joint What on earth
has happened?
Mr.. Murzleroot said that nothing
had happened that he knew Of.
"Where on earth did that come from,
and what is it?'
Mr.. Murzleroot, having been duly
informed what was referred to by
that" groaned in spirit, and sat
down on nail keg and covered his
face with his hands. Then he told all
about the summer house.
"Great guns calculated Mr.. Bost-
wick in amazement. Il tell you what
it is Murzleroot, I've half mind
sometimes to move out of this neigh
borhOod for the very reason that every
man on this street thinks he mono
polizes all the sense and good taste OF
the hill. And the fact is bigger set
of meddlesome donkeys l never knew.
A man can't nail board on his fence
but what they must all rush out and
boss the job. Now, if you'd just let
me know you was going to build "a
summer house, I'd u come over and
showed you how. AS 1t is, you've just
let these old foo-foos spoil your sum-
mer house. You're making 1t too
narrow; looks like an elevator. Want
to spread it out all you can. And
that's a fearful roof. Never saw any
thing like it in my life: You want a
sharp roof; sharp and high; high as
YOU can run it up and sharp enough TO
split lightning. That's the kind OF a
finish you want rA.-...
And Mr.. Bostwick came in and sat
down on toOl-chest and explained
and argued and ridiculed until it final,
ly dawned upon Mr.. Murzleroot tha'
Mr.. Bostwick had held some kind OF 8
lien upon the summer house that no
body had known anything about, ant
had finally brought it out and dIspos
sessed Mr.. Throop. And under tins
conviction he went on and completed
the summer house under MIR. Bost
wick's instructions.
| As they were driving the last nall II
the revised and corrected summer
house. couple of dogs ran out of the
ward on the other side of the way ant
began barking ut it furiously. Pres
emily a man drove down the stree
with an apple wagon, and when he go
in front of Mr.. MurZleroot's, tn
horses stood up on their hind legs
turned around in opposite directions
tore the wagon in two and upset II
,t1l ,,,;lJl,- off foward fhpir rms