The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-05-03
VIEW OF THE CASTLE.

geries and fowl houses, are united under
one roof. This union necessitates an i'm
mense building, which in its outlines re-
sembles cathedral with three naves.
Stately the house certainlyis. Its straw
roof is more than twice the height of the
side walls, and above the gable horses
heads, the ancient Saxon sign, are dis
played rudely carved in wood at the end
OF both the cantilevers. In addition to
the date of the building there arc en-
grayed the names of those who have
lived in it, and on the long crossbeam Is
the scriptural sentence, "The Lord bless
my going out and coming 1n," and also
the I. 81. g. Against the gateposts i'm
mense stones are placed to protect them
from collision with vehicles. To the
left stands the dog kennel, in which the
watchdog lies on the alert, and from the
leather collar around his neck hangs
bar of wood about hand long. Leaning
against the wall is hook for catching
geese and near by is a ladder, which
leads up to the poultry loft. Behind the
gate is large thrashing floor and beside
t are the stables and the stalls for the
pigs and oxen. At one end of the thrash.
ing floor is the fireplace, behind which
are the dwelling room and the bedroom.
In the latter is an alcove for chests, in
which may be stored the family's stock
of silver and other precious things, in
cluding. the gold embroidered hoods and
the large amber necklaces of the women.
The Black Forest farmhouse is COM
Portable building. It's characteristics are
the ground floor, executed in cut stone
and plaster, the dark brown timber.
work overhead, the arbors with their
wooden breast. walls, the small.paned
windows which slide sideways, and
above all, the immense straw roof pro-
iecting far over the walls and reaching
on the left side almost to the ground. 1t
may also be noticed that house of this
type slopes backward, so that vehicles
can drive slant'ngly over the elevated
barn floor. The living rooms and bed
rooms are on the first story, and on the
ground floor are the stalls and stables.
Above the first story is the barn floor
with its hay loft, and to the left, where
the roof hangs low down, are placed the
pig sty and manure heap, the latter being
carefully covered over. At the gable
the roof extends far enough to provide
substantial cover for the upper arbor.
Against the warmest side.wall generally
stands large hive of bees. In winter,
when the Black Forest lies deep in snow
and the brooks are frozen over, such a
house is right warm and comfortable.
The Upper Bavariau farmhouse some
what resembles a Swiss cottage. The
walls are O! white plaster, the window
frames are ornamcnted with colored
scrolls, the shutters are painted green,
the balustrades of the arbor are ingeni-
ously carved, the beamheads are faced
with frontal boards, decorated with
tufts, and the doors are ornamented
with star-shaped borders in profile.
The roof, which is rather fat, is con-
structed of shingles, and is weighted
with heavy rocks to prote ct it against
storms. The gable faces the road and
is surmounted by cross. In the upper
part Of the boarding, also, is generslly
engraved picture of Christ's martyr
dom, for in Catholic Bavaria the popu-
lation is very religious.
The Spree Forest farmhouse Is very