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The Florida agriculturist., 1910-01-01
Chapter Four.
The Building of the Home.

There was one thing to which [ had
made up my mind even before [ turned
my back on the old home and that was
that my dear, patient wife should have
as many of the comforts of life in her
new home as it was in my power to
give her. A certain degree of rOughing
it might be, nay would be- unavoidable;
that was part Of the penalty of settling
in a comparatively new country, but so
far as a fairly comfortable, hOme-like
house was concerned, Molhc was going
to have it, even though she should ac-
cuse me Of extravaganza, as | knew her
unselhshness would lead her to do She
always had way of thinking of her
self last, and to my way Of thinking
that was all the more reason for those
who loved her to think Of her first
had not gone about among the peO-
pie with my eyes shut I had been
guest i'll several hospitable pioneer homes
and had seen many more, and in them
ALL without exception, | had noted one
thing in particular that rubbed my feath-
erS the wrong way. 1t was a thing
that revealed the inconsiderateness Of
men for their brave, hard-wOrking
women folks on whose efficient work
their own daily comforts depend. If |
had been one Of those women | would
have struck for more room and more
light, and if / had not got it, | would
have let the selfish men whistle in vain
for their beloved dinners.
This special thing which reused my
wrath was the kitchen, which in Florida,
as in most other warm climates, is usu-
ally detached from the main house, to
which it is connected by a covered
piazza. Wherever I went, this one
room, which ought to be one of the
largest and best lighted and ventilated
in the house, was small and cramped,
and often so shut in by other buildings
as to be dark and close Many a time
have | seen the wife and daughter step
outside when preparing a meal to get
a few breaths of comparatively cool and
fresh air, while their red faces and
painting breath, and the gliStening per
spiration standing in beads on forehead
and cheeks, attested to their actual suf-
ferings in that little hot "cook-room."
That was why | resolved to have
big kitchen, we'll lighted and with plenty
of doors and windows, if all the rest
of the house had to be made smaller
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in consequence. A large part of the
housewives life must necessarily be
spent in the kitchen if she has no ser
want, and that is hard enough in itself,
and so | vowed that my Mollie's sur
roundings should at least be as pleasant
as it was in my power to make them.
I had early placed my order for Iun-
Der with a saw mill that chanced to be
located near by, exchanging some of the
pine trees on my land in part payment.
| was also fortunate in finding carpen
ters who could go to work at once, and
you may imagine the JOY I felt when
[ saw the big live oak blocks, (sawed
from those very trunks had saved from
the vandals who would have burned
them) set down in their places as
foundation for the floor joists of the
kitchen and dining-rOOm. 1t really be
gan to look like home once more, for
| was tired of being adrift. 1t seemed
very odd to me to be starting a building
in this way, set tip on blocks about two
feet above the ground instead of having
a cellar beneath 1t was a new idea alto
gether to one used to the deep north
ern cellars with their stone walls and
cement floors, but it suited the soil and
climate. especially Of the more south
ern parts of the State. There is not
enough cold weather to chill the ground
and SO a cellar would not be as cool
place as wire-screened closet built or
the covered porch that connects the
kitchen with the main building, where
there is constant shade and breeze. The
absence of a cellar, too, makes the build
ing of a Florida home much less costly
than northern one of the same style
and size.
had decided to build the kitchen and
dining-rOOm end to end, with a COntlnu-
Gus roof and floor. but with three
foot space between the two. Of course
this necesSitated two end walls, instead
of one partition wall, and my nelghbors
were very curious as to what my idea
was in this, to them, odd arrangement.
But they acknowledged afterwards that
there was method in my madness, and
later on some of them followed the
example thus set That three foot space
served several important purposes. The
doorway i'll the end kitchen wall, Git
had no door,, was cut two feet from
the outer wall, exactly opposite the
door into the dining-room, and the
space thus left between the two apart
ments, three feet by two, made fine
closet for broomS and a place to hang
up the everyday hats and coats and
kitchen aprons, and "SlCh.
This to the right of the doors, On
the left, spanning the space from wall
to wall, a low closet was built in, with
two doors like a sideboard, opening into
the dining-room. This was to be used
for the fine china and glassware for
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table use An opening was cut in both
walls level with the top of this closet,
that in the dining-rOom having a sliding
door or panel. 1t was just the arrange
ment that is often called a dumb
Betty out in the western country
There was a good deal of wondering
comment among my more primitive
ne1ghbOrs as to what | meant by it, but
when l showed them how a person
standing in the kitchen or dining-room
could place the full or empty dishes
on it, and then step into the other
room and lift them to their places with
out having to carry them to and fro
between the two rooms. there was a
occurred to them that there were ways
and reasons for saving steps and
strength in the work of the household
The size of the building was another
source of wonder Such a thing as a
kitchen fifteen feet by sixteen, and a
1ining-rOom Of the same width and two
feet longer had never been dreamed of
in that region. AS a rule these rooms
were even smaller than the bedrooms,
and they were none too large. "We
mostly live out of doors" said a neigh
Dor, when | commented on this fact
where the saving of land was no object,
and we only want the bedrooms for
sleeping and dressing, so there's no
need for having them big"
In fact. my proceedings altogether
,ecmed rather eccentric to my new
friends ih general. For instance, build
;ng the kitchen and dining-rOOm in ad-
vance Of the rest of the house, seemed
ike putting the cart before the horse,
but | had my own reasons for this re-
yersal of the usual methods of building.
To tell the truth, was getting SO home
sick for my wife and little ones that
felt | could not stand it much longer,
and MOllie was about as bad.
Therefore | pushed on the work as
fast as possible, and | wrote to Jack
Bronson, my brother-in-law, to make
he start southwark, going by rail to
New York, thence by steamer to Jack
5Onville, and there to board the quaint
little steamer Okahumpka, which would
bring our party up the Ocklawaha, and
across our own lake, landing them with
n half mile of Our homestead. This
would be by far the most comfortable
route for our travellers, with the add1-
tional advantage of being much less ex-
9ensive than the all-rail route, and this,
by the way, is as true today as 1t was
.wenty years ago. l would advise every
settler to take to the water for trans
portation whenever possible. requested
nv brOther-in-law to get small tent
in New York for his and my use, while
his sister, mother, and the children oc-
cupied the two finished rooms until the
main building was completed, Ih1s,
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This is a story with motive to show what
can be and is being. done by industry and in
telgent effort in Florida To term it fiction
practical side of the life of family who made
their home in this favored State, and tells how
they made their great success.
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-01-01
FROM FROZEN NORTH TO SUNNY SOUTH
Or Twenty Years in Florida
By HELEN HARCOURT

Author Home
Southern Stories for Little Readers" Etc.
The Harlowton news., 1910-12-30

She can never see Mr.. Slyter."
"It's my opinion" said Miss Fowler,
''that some woman should effect an en-
trance to this castle Of his, get him out
and make a normal man Of him. I've
heard the story about him-l mean
what caused him to shun women. A
girl once came to him and told him
something another girl had said about
him. He gave handsome present to
the girl who said what was repeated
to him-and cut the talebearer the next
time he met her on the street. Since
that episode he won't let woman
come near him"
He must be narrow n n.ded to shun
the whole sex for the sin Of one," re-
marked Miss Dudley.
Hes abnormally honorable"
"I'll tell you who could bring him
round" said Miss Quigley-"Jacqueline
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NIHILL

A. K. Johnson spent Xmas. with
G. J. Shanahan and family.
Nihll citizens have signed freely
the petition asking the legislature to
make HarIowton the county seat, as
reQues, ed in the petition which goes
before this coming session of the law
makers.
r. E. and A. B. Edwards spent
Christmas with w. e. Parsons and
family east of NihiIl.
Prof William Shuster furnished
excellent music at the Christ mas
tree party Friday night.
Nihill has about 81 carloads of en-
migrants coming before March first.
Ted johnson is in receipt of many
nice Christmas presents among which
is beautiful diamond ring. Think
it's up to Ted to go into the ring
market pretty soon, as many of his
presents were, to all appearance, sug-
gestive.
r. E. Edwards and son will be al
most obliged to run night crew
breaking next spring, as they have
several hundred acres promised
ahead.
VIM. Schultz of this place, a first
class machinist and engineer, is be
ing urged by friends to put in a steam
plowing outfit, to assist in breaking
up the several thousand acres, needed
for crops the coming season.
Fine balmy weather at Nihill these
days.
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TO ADD MAINE TO CANADA.
Prince Edward Island Paper Suggests
Takinu IL From Union.


The political union of the state of
Maine with Canada is advocated by
the Charlottetown Daily Guardian of
Prince Edward Island. The Guardian
says:
''It is high time that the statesmen
of Canada gave serious considera ton
to the possibility, to use no stronger
term, of admitting the adjoining state
of Maine into the Dominion.
"a glance at the map is sufficient to
show that the state Of Maine belongs
geographically to Canada rather than
to the United States. Being now a
foreign country, it is to some extent
also an obstacle to the right develop
ment of our great transportation sys-
TENS, while at the same time the state
is shut out from the great and obvious
advantages which much result from
the union with Canada, already far
too long delayed.
1--WE have, of course, no desire to Sc
duce our Maine cousins from their
present allegiance to Uncle Sam ond
the stars and stripes. Any movement
in the direction of union with Canada
must come from them and with Uncle
Sans consent"
The Harlowton news., 1910-12-30
Miss Leroy's
Christmas Prize
She Won 1t Easily and a Gift
For the Church Besides
By ROSA G. THORNDYKE
By ROSA G. THORNDYKE
Copyright, 1910, by American Press
Association.

Girls" said Sadie Armsby to half
a dozen companions composing a COM
mittee to raise church funds for
Christmas, Its crying shame for
that Mr.. Slyter to be permitted to shut
himself up in that fortress Of his with
all his money. which he might use in
making people happy at Christmas
time, and never giving away cent
of it to any one. He's too mean to
live"
at isn't meanness." said Martha
Fowler; hes writing some ponderous
book and doesn't wish to be dis
turbed."
Hump" said Lou Thorpe HE
doesn't mind being disturbed by men;
it's only women he won't let come any
where near him."
"lve heard he's very generous" re.
marked Irene Wilson-'that Is, he
would be if one could get at him to
interest him in giving"
Hes handsome as a picture" said
Miss Thorpe.
stranger, that no woman can get al
him."
Simply because he's built a house
separate from all other houses and
keeps a butler in lieu of a sentinel
who, If any woman calls for sub.
scriptiOn or any other business, be
comes the medium Of communication
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NEWS OF THE STATE
Items gathered from our contemporaries
we're arrested and hailed before Jud,

were arrested and hailed before Judge
McVay, on charges of being found In
a house of i'll fame. One was fined
S25 which he paid, while the other re-
fusing to pay his assessment of $50
was sentenced to serve Is days in Jail.
District Manager e. +. Pavy of the
Lewistown Telephone company has
announced that the estimates for some
extensive Improvements in the toll
lines of that section, had just been
accepted by the Rocky Mountain Bell
Telephone company and that the
work of rebuilding some of the lines
radiating from Lewistown would soon
be undertaken by them.
Art hur McCaaley, man of about
so years of age, and an old time resi-
dent Of Fort Benton, died there
Monday of heart failure. Mr.. Nc
Cauley has at various times been in
the hotel and saloon business but for
a number of years has not been in
any business, and for some months has
been in poor health. Burial took place
Tuesday.
In a raid in Billings made early
Tuesday morning on room in the
rear of a south side restaurant, four
men, two Cinnamon and two Japa-
nese, were arrested on charge of gam
bling, and eight other orientals were
placed behind the bars as witnesses.
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championship at this years stock show
would be the forfeit of his head. His
deathknell was sounded by Professor
w. J. Kennedy of the Iowa State col
lege, who condemned this wonderful
LOO pound calf to be led to the block.
But the butcher that gets him will have
to pay fancy price, for Shamrock II.
is to be put up at auction, and the pro-
ceeds of his sale will go to the state
college at Ames, la.
The Iowa State college has won three
grand championships within ten years.
Shamrock l. won the prize in 1902,
and Black Rock was awarded the rib
bon in 1905. Both of these animals
were pure bred Aberdeen Anguses.
The new champion is an Aberdeen An
gus grade.
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each stop OF SIX car passenger uraIr
from forty-five miles an hour at g.
cents and for 800 ton train from
fifteen miles an hour at So cents.
The time lost for making a stop on q
level, straight track has been estimat-
ed at 145 seconds.
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TRAIN sTOPPAGE EXPENSIVE
Varies From Forty-two Cents to ON
Dollar, Engineer Says.

According to Signal Engineer ]. A
Peabody of the Chicago and North
western railway. who investigated the
matter on his own line, the cost of
stopping a train of $50 tons and re-
turning to a speed of fifty miles an
hour Is AZ cents.
The cost of stopping 1000 ton train
from thirty-five miles an hour is 81.
The officials of another road estimate
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IOWA HAS CHAMPION STEER.
Shamrock II. to Be Slaughtered to Aid
Iowa Colleoe

Shamrock H., black grade calf ten
months old. but weighing LOO pounds
won the honor Of being the grand
champion of champions Of the fat cat,
rle division Of the International Live
Stock exposition at Chicago.
This honor was conferred by man
regarded ON two continents as one of
the greatest judges of cattle in the
world-Richard G. Garden of Fish.
moyne, Templen1ore, County Tipperary
Ireland.
Fat little Shamrock II. did not know
that his reward for winning the grand
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Carmine Carmarria, an Italian
when released from the county Jail at
Missoula demanded 800 from the
"kangaroo court" prison institu
tion, claiming that he had given the
sum to the Judge" inside the celed
portion of the Jail A searching in
vestigation failed to locate the money.
Carmarria was searched before being
locked up, but his roll was so well
cached that it escaped. The Italian
said that he thought the "judge" in
side was an officer.
Sheriff Woods of Fergus County
appoined J. p. Harden of Roundup as
deputy sheriff at that place. There
were number of Rounup citizens
after the office, but in the end sim.
mered down to l.. M. Law and J. p.
Harden who went to LewistoWn tC
consult Sheriff Woods. A committee
composed of Oscar Mueller, P. w.
Warren and "Big" Lehman were Sc.
lected to make the choice, but after
deliberation refused to act and sug-
gested that it be settled by chance.
a coin was f1ipped with J. P.
Harden the winner.
The police put out the drag net in
the "twilight zone" i'm Roundup last
week to catch some of the so called
secretary" class. Two habitues, one
alleged to be a resident of the diStri
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-24
ROB GARFIELD POSTOFFICE.
Intrutlers Scared Away by Postmastcr
Who Heard Them Mt Work.

While rifllng the 'postoffice at Gar
field Wednesday night, two burglars
were frightened away by the appear
ance of Asst. Postmaster Cleon Kill
burn. but not before they had secured
81 In cash and quantity OF stamps.
The burglary was reported to the
local police and sheriff's Office by Post
master r. b. Quay last night The
postoffice was broken into about II .45
o'clock, shortly after 1t had been closed
by Kilburn. The latter after locking
the doors had stopped In the Odd Eel
lows hall. which occupies quarters In
the Link building. In which the post
office Is located. and before starting
for his home, kilburn returned to tho
office doors to satisfy himself that they
were properly locked. AS he reached
the door he heard two men In the rear
of the office. Rushing to the rear of
the building he was just in time to see
two men making their escape.
The burglars had gained entrance by
prying open one of the rear windows
The 81 and stamps were taken from
various drawers and the thieves had
been attempting to break open the
strong box. In which was stored the
greater part of the money and stamps.
when they were interrupted by XII
burn
The meager description of the men
given by Mr.. Kilburn was that they
We're of Stocky build and both wore
overcoats.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-24
JUICE MEN" ENJOY FEAST.
Alternating Currents and Short Cir
cults Figure in Menu.

Members of the Utah Light & Rail-
way company branch of the National
Association of Electric Light Employees
held their first annual banquet Wednes-
day night at the Commercial club.
where were discussed with much life
and animation and woes of passengers
who invariably stand on the wrong
side of Il street crossing. shaking their
parasols in great wrath at innocent
motormen for not violating the rules of
the company to accommodate them
b. w. Mendcnhall, chairman of the
Salt Lake branch, was toastmaster.
and the principal speech of the evenlng
was delivered by ]. s. Wells, general
superintendent. who spoke on Loyalty
to the Company and Duty to the Pub
lie" There were other speeches on
Red Tape" kicks" Troubles of an
Electric Light Man." and similar
topics. Several piano solos were given
by William Emery, foreman of the
meter department. and A. Obray.
trouble shooter contributed to the
entertainment with a vocal solo,
The menu cards in blue print. listed
few good things. such as hot points
on the half shell" celery neutrals."
magnetic olives" stuffed soleroids
with ampere sauce" baked trans
former coils" wireless beans" three
phase cheese. "cut-out coffee" and
"exciter juice as ordered"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-24
CROOK NOT WANTED HERE.
Denver Police Arrest Dutch Otto" for
John Daynes & Sons Burglary.

The imprint of his photo. made by
mistake several years ago, on WANT
ed' circulars sent out by the Salt Lake
police department. has led the Denver
police to believe that in the arrest OF
James Clayton, alias Dutch Otto"
they have captured one of the gang
implicated In the burglary of the John
Dnynes & Sons jewelry store. April
TO- 1907. Clayton. or Dutch Otto"
however, is not wanted in Salt Lake,
although there is six months sem
tence for vagrancy hanging over him
should he return here.
Clayton has been arrested In Dem
yer on suspicion of having been I'm
plicatcd IN the recent Glenwood
Springs bank robbery His descrip-
ton tailed with that of ono of the
group on the circular sent out In con-
nection with the jcwelry store bur-
glary. and adyices were received at
the local police headquarters last
night from Denver that thcy had the
man wanted and the inference wa,
given that Clayton had confessed COM
plicity In the Jewelry store robbery.
Tho Denver police wore advised this
morning that Clayton is not wanted
here. Shortly after the burglary in
1907 he was arrested and found to
have In his possession some of tho
stolen jewelry. He was able to satis-
fy the local officers that he had OBJ
tained the 5cwelry from the burglars,
and gave the police Information as to
their identity. Through an oversight
his photo and description were placed
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-24
WINTER IN JACKsoN's HOLE.
Little Snow This Year Yet Elk Are
Experiencing Hard Time.

From letter just received from Jack
son Hole, Wyoming. 1t Is learned that
the settlers there have not escaped tho
cold weather experienced in even moro
favored localities. but the depth OF snow
Is less than usual. very little having
fallen since Dec. Is.
The elk are having q hard time since
the snow became crusted and II is feared
the loss viii be heavy before spring
opens.
There Is fight on between the state
game warden and most of the settlers on
the elk question. The warden has petI-
TONED the state 10 set apart a largo sec
ton of country near the head Of the
Gros Nentrc river az 4 game preserve
10 be LETT undisturbsd for the use OF tho
elk. HIS deputies and n very few partica
who happen to own ranches in the To-
cality named, naturally take sides with
him against the rest OF the community
who realize that the district wanted for
winter range for the elk would be nl-
most equally desirable for a southern
hog ranch or alligator farm.
The Jackson Courier, an enterprisIno q
the community generally opposes the
petition for the reason named and fho
correspondent believes tho Courier and
the people will win out. II is time son, a.
thing was done to protect the elk from
starvation. their former winter fced-
ground being fonced in and fed of hv
cattle In the full but a stop of this kind
would only tend to postpone further ac-
ton that might really bcnolt thcm.
Real estate is reported as looking I'm
quite a number Of now settlers arc OF.