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Letter: Outhouse, privy, biffy - by any name it still smells the same

Thu, 05/03/2018 - 9:39am
By: 
Donna Halvorson

To the editor:

Having always lived in town it was quite an experience for me to use an outhouse.

Each one was different but they all had a bench with a hole. Sometimes there were two holes, one for adults and one for children.

Most of them were just plain wood but some had a small window and even a curtain.

Ventilation was provided by cutting a star or moon in the upper door.

 

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