. Pastoral days; or, Memories of a New England year. Natural history. â â â 111 -m s THE GOOD PHYSICIAN. And so the winter goes. It has its joys and its sorrows, its strong contrasts of light and shadow. The bitter winds will freeze and rule the earth, but the sun will shine again, and the very gloom transform to glit- tering splendor. Soon we greet the lengthening days. The farmer heeds the warning sism. The woods resound with the stroke of the axe and crashing of falling trees ; and the prostrate trunks are rolled upon the sledge and hauled away " to mill;" the fields are strew
. Pastoral days; or, Memories of a New England year. Natural history. â â â 111 -m s THE GOOD PHYSICIAN. And so the winter goes. It has its joys and its sorrows, its strong contrasts of light and shadow. The bitter winds will freeze and rule the earth, but the sun will shine again, and the very gloom transform to glit- tering splendor. Soon we greet the lengthening days. The farmer heeds the warning sism. The woods resound with the stroke of the axe and crashing of falling trees ; and the prostrate trunks are rolled upon the sledge and hauled away " to mill;" the fields are strewn with com- post, and meadows sown with clover on the snow, fences are fixed, and hot-bed started on the sunny slope ; the cackling hens have felt the prophecy, and steal away into snug little places among the hay-mows. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton), 1850-1896. New York, Harper & Brothers
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