HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1976-09-23, Page 111 foot cabin
solid cedar to a gable-
ends, rr t ►i:nks the
d s ed moss and bia0
a bs Ion Meier, int he sub-
' tit
u -ittllmases morf�,
ctetas'►is mkt raised
►ildren in a + ► not
r'fanhis.Itw45
' and h n.
in wieh the children
slept. After more than UV:
years, it iisist ll standing, and
he believes`, his cabin will
survive just as long.
T.he'exterior construction of
fi rris cabin took six
months to complete, and then
tl# f nterior decorating began.
tie ;made bunk beds complete
witha ladder and fashioned a
table from a cedar Stump. lie
also installed a box stove that
is mare than 100 years old and
still eatsthe room with ease.
On the walls, he hung two
pioneer pictures, a mirror in
a cherry frame, a *clock, a
lant,n and a muzzle -loader
un..n, a corner, he leaned a
s died sorn:e, books;
ext to work. +
cedar R'oa'n the
n Iogs..f'or
ca'n. After.
sprin , :e
sere e.y.
!Members a i rg one
from the top of tile
#re, andhe had a
ale time getting it back
finally nailed it in
ice; then notched it with a
akin saw and hatchet.
ging the construction, e
In saw was his most
found
dmade
Mast
about
oria st
i
dit on, i
pair c
tie, ati u+cs are horse,
.weath
�
is er tree to �+�i��,er I� a+
,grandta,tber, to ad* . remains
aside the doorh„ngt:a named
snowshc s, which'. Dick
kroodly announces he
.st, winter.
f�+
completing ting. the cabin, ter ���► to
he caped the acre of
land around it. In, front of the
building, he erected a w'rin-
dtniil built about 20 years ago
.yle Davinson, who was
another Bayfield resident,
Near the Windmill, he parked
a stoneboat that the pioneers.
hitched to oxen and used is
haul away stones.
Healso painted a 100 -year-
old pump that stands atop a.
well near the road and still
works efficiently. Inciden-
tally, the well passed a recent
inspection by a.health officer.
Behind the cabin, Harry
built another small shack that
bears the sign, "Parliament
Buildings, as used in 1800s.
"The only reason 1 put it
there,” he explains, "is
because my grandchildren
didn't even know what it was
for."
If the pioneers could see
this two-holer, they would.
probably think it is suitable
for royalty, because it con-
tains a stove and a woodpile
yfIe1dr
rant .
and
ome c ,
Ie
ee "s
attend '#►ice. I ne guests in-•
acludedi a ►. rs of the Serdor
C s moiety n ell ,.
>dti� e a'.
othe _ interested Local
residents.
Barry welcomes ail
visitors. Toanyon
templating. solar Prosect
he extends- an invitation to
"come in and look around."
He learned by experience,
and he iswilling to pass it on.
Ile visits his log cabip
almost every day. poring the
winter, ,e heats the room
is Irian
da' do F
"Harr '`'s lu ing
room.. Btit to Harry It'a
a place to relax.
reminisce. Ws a boykee
drea,ln CoMe true and
probably the envy of many
men."
Harry's log cabin is made from solid cedarlogs right up to the cable
down from around the site.
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For Booking; and heating, Harry uses this 100»year-old
wood stove, that isrbox-shaped rather than pot -Wiled.
,,vv -.ca , ,y At ::�',:i.A. , ' •,r.
One poi" t'he''most'wimrpertan 1 u to any log cabin
dweller was the "Pariiament bulli; tag", such as this
"two-holer" of Harry's, who include it. in his pioneer
display because his grandchildren didn't know what it
was for.
atter
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Harry enjoys a cup of coffee made from water he
pumped from his own well and boiled on an Qpen cam-
pfire near the cabin. His friends have dubbed the cabin
his "pouting room."
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