The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-08-18

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gcstcd Adam.
Can't they" interposed Jack Take pre-
MUM at cattle-shows. Beat Penelope al
hollow"
"Oh, don't mean tapestry, folde.ros, cob
webs | mean seams, ticking and sail-clO'h
and what-you-may-call- 'em."
Even 50, Adam"
Then have it, you have it, We have it. tn,
most roomy tent, the most Arcadian bower, the
most Sir are there cedars in your woods
Madam, is there canvass in the shops: Ma
demoiselle, is there cleverness in your finger,
Given poles, CLOTH industry, the result is hap.
pncsS | have't; it is cngcndcred; time and
| light shall bring this monstrous awning 10 the
| light"
Thereupon the amateur tent maker rushed
into the library and lost himself for halt an
hour in a maze of unintclligible diagrams and
mysterious calculations Then he emerged,
as Mrs. Jack said, with the light Of victory on
his brow and displayed II sketch which elicit
en- applause.
Comrades, It's as easy as lying" announc-
ed the inventor These uprights are cedar
poles from the wood You observe that leave
untrimmed Il spans length of the rough
branches rs trellis for these vines, which, rs
you see, are to cover each pole Set the posts
five feet out from the veranda, six of them IN
front and four at each end, say, counting the
corner posts both ways. That makes the doz
en-. Saw them four feet shorter than the plate
above the veranda posts That's a good pitch
for the canvass roof Secure unanimity Of aC
ton on the part of these right and left hand
supporters by mailing "A rafter-if that's the
namc--to the heads of the entire congregation.
At every post tastcn stay piece to the vcranda
plate There you have staunch tTamc-work
fifty feet by fifteen. Into the veranda plate,
by-thc-by, screw plenty of strong hooks, which
are to hold the awning at the top.
Buy "a whole piece, and more too, OF stout
awning cloth, blue and white, and two or three
pieces, more or less, of maroon binding-ma-
room, not scarlet, Jack, on your allegiance,
HIM! HIM. a lot of carpet rings four or five
good hooks, eighty feet of galvanized wire, and
there you are. Do you happen to have some
bits Of ticking for facing the upper edges =:
All, that is we'll
But who is to cut its' sighed the ma'ron.
at is evidently to be done by the multplica-
ton table and I've forgotten all after five times
five | should be like Worth, and spoil two
whole patterns Of the stuff before my in,pilu
ton came to me-
Miss Eve, do you too fear your fat" too
much: Then will Slash. Ny deed, upon
my head. The brcadthS must reach from the
hooks to the aforesaid ruitcr-say two yards
and IA quarter, Add fvccighths for the flap.
Not bit too much, ladies, since it will be seen
in mid air and in constant motion. Say nine
teen brcadths, and part, Of two brcadtls in .
each corner. Sixty yard. or so, after all
20 my prophetic soul how will those cor.
ners make our hair turn gray! To match the
stripes and get an even bias, and not have that
long crosswise joining bulge unscemly'.
THE newspaper, the newspaper, that rules
the are, will help us out, Jacqueine," suggest
ed Eve. IF there's virtue in shears and pa
iiencc and newspaper patterns, we shall over,
come
"Twcnty-two inches from the bottom run
small seam across the nineteen brcadthS. Bind
hat seam on the outside with the braid On
he inside sew the carpet rings nine inches
tpart, the whole length The wire is to be run
through them, fastened ut intervals to the raj
cr, and there's your awning secured at bottom,
rs the hooks secure it at the top. The upper
dye, by-thc-byc, must be faced with double
licking an inch wide say, and strong cyclct
loles made to slip over the hooks.
Accent well the slashcs of the flap; Il long
fetal and two short ones TOR each scallop will
make the floating line you want all to he
'ound with the red braid And when it is
lone we may loaf and invite our souls
When no more could be done to promote the
NHlIE, W ItlOUt tlDlll anu puts anu iltt'i'N
nd thread and hammer and nails, the Society
or the Economical Advancement of Domestic '
'omtort adjourned perforce, till ncXtmorning. ,,
hen, the materials being collected Il judi
iouS division of labor so prospered the work
: 10 suggest to Adam the experience of the
urScry tale The butcher began 10 kill the '
y, the OK began to drink the water, the water
cyan to qucnCh the fire, the fire began to burn
lc stick, the stick began to beat the dog, the
og began 10 bite the kid, the kid began to go q
On the second afternoon the great awning '
as hoiStcd to It's place Its fit was perfect
Is success was absolute, The makers inspect
/ it without and within. It's all my fancy
ainted it, snid Adam, with emotion. But
4 us prove all things, and hold fast only that !
'hiCh is good I'm three months the expert |,
rent will have been fairly tried On the "a !,
t September we will agree 10 exchange final
Jews on the subject of its worth"
On the 2d Of September, therefore ',r same
uartetlc took tea mcrily on the ycrnla, and J.
luS rendered judgment;
Mrs Jack-"Adam, Wisdomis justified other
hildrcn. You have added Il suite Of rooms to
le cottage You have given Us the lustrc OF :.
lC mornings, the hush OF the golden moons,
lc splcndor Of the sunsets There has been
q hour Of the day and no day of the week l.
hen this vcranda has not been not only habit !,
bic, but delightful. The vines that could not
row in the blstcring heat took heart of hope
ndcr the cool canopy, and clothed every post :,
nj rail with beauty Oh, cant begin to tell /
on the comfort of it,"
Jack-"To think tha. for lcss than twenty
We dollars we have had, If not new heavens ,
nj Il new earth, which | am inclined to main :
lin, ut least a new roof and new walls 81 en-
lrgcd are our boundaries. This stout home,
lade affair has dctied sun and storm and wind. !
t is II little mcllowcd in tone perhaps, from ,,
: frs, brightness, hut that is fitting in IN old
'icnd. Bryant said some nice things about g
he planting OF the Apple-Trcc;" but to my /,
olon, the fellow who shall celebrate the (,
lanting OF the awning posts will do a greater !
arvice To his generation. Reckon up the d,
thousand, Of families who have drilled all
lmmcr because they couldn't afford "a hun
red or two dollars for canvass and iron, for ,
,hom the iudicious expenditure of twenty five :
'ould have made a change of zone. One of
5 ought orepOrt our SINCess for their SuCcOr.'
Evc-"Ncs, that must be done And have