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From The American Agriculturist, 1878
In many localities, even in mid-summer, there are cool spells, in
which a little fire in the evening is necessary, not only for
comfort, but for health. Those who, with the approach of warm
weather, put away all the fire-making appliances, may find a
folding wood-box, one which may be used when needed, and set aside
when not wanted, a useful household contrivance. The box referred
to is shown in the engraving, and may be of a size suited to the
wood need, and the quantity it is required to hold. It consists of
a frame made of slabs of pine, or other convenient wood, an inch
and a quarter thick, hinged together with a wooden pin, or by
carriage bolts. The sides and ends are made of any heavy canvas or
bagging, tacked to the frame, as shown in the engraving. If
desired, the wood-box may be ornamented by the use of brass, or
other bright-headed tacks, and the working of a monogram or
initial letter on the sides and ends with some bright colored
worsted. Such a wood-box will keep "dirt" from the floor, and when
the time for which it is required has passed, it can be so folded
as to occupy but a small space until a change in the weather to
cooler may call it into use again.
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