A Treatise on Domestic Economy; For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School

would look well. The barn, also, should have clusters of trees near it; and occasional single trees, on the lawn, would give the graceful ease and variety seen in nature. Figure 34, represents the accommodations for securing water with the least labor. It is designed for a well or cistern under ground. The reservoir, R, may be a half hogshead, or something larger, which may be filled once a day, from the pump, by a man, or boy. [Illustration: Fig. 34. _P_, Pump. _L_, Steps to use when pumping. _R_, Reservoir. _G_, Brickwork to raise the Reservoir. _B_, A large Boiler. _F_, Furnace, beneath the Boiler. _C_, Conductor of cold water. _H_, Conductor of hot water. _K_, Cock for letting cold water into the Boiler. _S_, Pipe to conduct cold water to a cock over the kitchen sink. _T_, Bathing-tub, which receives cold water from the Conductor, _C_, and hot water from the Conductor, _H_. _W_, Partition separating the Bathing-room from the Wash-room. _Y_, Cock to draw off hot water. _Z_, Plug to let off the water from the Bathing-tub into a drain.] The conductor, C, should be a lead pipe, which, instead of going over the boiler, should be bent along behind it. From S, a branch sets off, which conducts the cold water to the sink in the kitchen, where it discharges with a cock. H, is a conductor from the lower part of the boiler, made of copper, or some metal not melted by great heat; and at Y, a cock is placed, to draw off hot water. Then the conductor passes to the bathing-tub, where is another cock. At Z, the water is let off from the bathing-tub. By this arrangement, great quantities of hot and cold water can be used, with no labor in carrying, and with very little labor in raising it. In case a cistern is built above ground, it can be placed as the reservoir is, and then all the labor of pumping is saved. [Illustration: Fig. 35. _A_, Boiler and furnace. _B_, Bathing-room. _C_, Reservoir. _D_, Pump. _E_, Wash-form. _F_, Sink.