House

"I lived right in the yard. We had four houses in the yard and three of

them was made of logs and one was made out of one-by-twelve planks. I

lived in the one made out of planks. It had one big room. I reckon it

was about twenty by fifteen, more than that, I reckon. It was a big

room. There [HW: were] two doors and no windows. We had old candlesticks

for lights. We had old homemade tables. All food was kept in the

smokehouse and the pantry. The food house and the smokehouse were two of

the log cabins in the yard.

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