Seems to me it's hot as an oven here.

I should think you'd air off your house early in the mornin', an' then shut your windows tight, an' keep the heat out." "I know some folks do that way," said Amanda.
"Well, I always do, an' I guess 'most everybody does that's good housekeepers.

It makes a sight of difference." Amanda said nothing, but she sat straighter.
"I s'pose you don't have to make any fire from mornin' till night; seems as if you might keep cool." "No, I don't have to." "Well, I do.

There I had to go to work to-day an' cook squash an' beans an' green corn.

The men folks ain't satisfied if they don't have 'em in the time of 'em.