St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-11

hurry, to get a shelter from the rains
and storms for the family, on arriv-
ne, in the state. Probably the
pubic roads in many cases
were not located. There was no time to
study plan for the house. for the CON-
fort of the family, for taste and neat
ness in construction or convenience of
warming the house all through cheaply.
Since then there have been great i'm
prOvementS i'll heating apparatus for
dwellings in cities and country houses.
Hot air furnaces are now COIL
stTpcted, which will consume no more
fuel than the common sitting room
stove. When the latter heats only one
room very irregclarly, varying from suf-
locating heat to benumbing cOld-great-
ly Injurious to the health of the family,
the hot air furnace will warm the whole
house uniformly, day and night, max
ing every room equal, so that the FAM
lily going from the sitting room to
a bed room will not be chilled in every
muscle and limb.
And we call attention to this subject
that those building OF planning for new
houses on their farms may build on a
plan for Introducing at some future
day, If not now, the improved manner
OF heating and making the home of
wife and children comfortable and in
vitlng. 1t requires an ample base
ment for Introducing the hot-air fur
naces, in WHICH can be consumed any
kind of fuel-Stumps, knots or forks of
wood of any kind which cannot be
worked up for stove wood. are just adj
mlrable for the furnace. Coal, wood,
natural or manufactured gas, etc., can
be used.
Study also to have the house con-
structed i'll a convenient form for heat
ing, for comfort for the family and for
economy. Above all avoid building too
large house. This is frequently the
case when the family have been living
in cabin, cOOped up in one or two
small rooms, they desire much larger
house, and, in their greed, build one too
large for the purse or comfort. In
PLANNING A HOUSE
study neatness, taste and beauty. Make
home the loved spot of all other. And
by all means paint. IL it be located
amid green trees, white will do, with
appropriate trimmings to relieve the
mOnotony. If the house stands out
alone, with no lovely trees about it
now and with no prospect in the future,
leave off the white, for it will be sep
ulchre enough without ITS being
painted one.
Build your house little distance
from the public highway, so as to have
a lawn in front. It should be on higher
ground than the road. Do not locate
the barn between the house and the
road, Gor on higher ground. SO the drain
of the barn will tend towards the
house and well. Of course the lawn in
front and rear of the house should
be improved, Ornamented and beauti-
fed. 1t is time to make strong plea
for attractive farm houses in Iowa, and
comfortable ones. Those who have ell
dured the privations and sufferngs of
pioneer lives i'm Iowa, deserve that their
evening of lite should be cheered and
comforted with better things. In
stead of adding acres to the
farm, add conveniences and comforts to
the home. that those who have toiled
through the heat and burden of frontier
lives may have in their declining years
the comforts for which they have striven
SO long and so faithfully. The writer
understands this subject thoroughly,
for he has been there. And we desire
to stir up those who are prOcrastinating,
to have more comfortable improve
ments. Wait not until they buy more
land. or get more fine stock, or invest
I enterprises. Provide all of the best
those children who are dearer to you
than fine stock or more acres. In
building new house do it with archi-
I tectural taste, with convenience for
better heating, with convenience for
the family. Not large, but neat. Not
gaudy, but sweet. Not blank, but
a dorned with shade. frnjt ana flower