Identifier: newenglandmagaziv37bost (find matches)
Title: The New England magazine
Year: 1887 (1880s)
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Publisher: Boston : (New England Magazine Co.)
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er and to-day our beautifulbrown rafters stand out in bold reliefagainst the bright coloring of our Cran-ford paper, placing our kitchen beyondcriticism. The success of our explorations so fargave us renewed courage, of which weneeded all we could muster for working outour next problem. When the paper was removed from thewalls of our hall the marks of a former door-way, connecting with the room at the rear,were plain to be seen. This little backroom had three windows very close together,no two alike either in length or breadth.Restoring the old doorway, we gloried inour tavern tap-room, as we in our ig-norance called it. When the wall-paperwas taken off traces of a fireplace werevisible in one corner, and the floor alsobore the marks of a hearth to correspond.Made overconfident by success, we gaveorders to restore this fireplace, without stop-ping to consider much about the conse-quences. Down came the partition nextto the chimney, showing — not a fireplace, 190 NEW ENGLAND MAGAZINE
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The old-time canopy bed but a hole; not a hole, but a chasm! Eventhe most courageous hesitated as we gazedinto the labyrinth of the monster chimney,into which we had so recklessly plunged.Experts came, shook their heads and de-parted, giving no advice as to future action.The yawning chasm refused to give up itssecret, and timid souls trembled lest the oldhouse collapse over our heads. For thirty-six hours this wretched chimney, for allthe world like a giant tree shattered bylightning, harassed our waking hours andhaunted our dreams. At last, after repeated measurings, sound-ings, and pacings about, after peering intothe attic and groping in the cellar, an ex-pert mason was found who announced thatwe had a circular chimney of six flues. Twoof these flues were in use by fireplaces onthe second floor, the remaining four beingoriginally distributed as follows: one usedfrom front hall, one from front room on leftof hall, the two remaining having been usedfrom a large fireplace situated in

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