Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 128
th the family roof. very cattle there live in fine style. Pet cows, In some Dutch houses the rooms are cov- it is said, often rejoice in pretty blue ribbons ered with two or three carpets, laid one over tied to their tails — and in winter they not un- the other, and others have no carpets at all,… … A DUTCH FOOT-STOVE. among the poorer classes sleep in rough boxes,or on shelves fixed in recesses against the wall;so that sometimes the best bed in the cottagelooks more like a cupboard than anything else. Whether having so much water about sug-gested the idea or not, I cannot say, but certainit…
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