. Country walks for little folks . 91 THE COUNTRY INN. Stop, stranger, if you please, awhile,You ve traveld many a weary yourself, refresh your horse,Then blithely speed you on your course;I ve Truman, Hanburys entire,Tis mild, or old, at your desire;Or bottled ale, or bottled stout,Up and alive, you need not , pipes, and weekly news,And right companions, if you if you re too genteel and snugTo like a neighbor with your mug,Why, there s a room, with window bowed,Which looks both up and down the road;And Betsey waits, with look demure,Your worships comfort t
. Country walks for little folks . 91 THE COUNTRY INN. Stop, stranger, if you please, awhile,You ve traveld many a weary yourself, refresh your horse,Then blithely speed you on your course;I ve Truman, Hanburys entire,Tis mild, or old, at your desire;Or bottled ale, or bottled stout,Up and alive, you need not , pipes, and weekly news,And right companions, if you if you re too genteel and snugTo like a neighbor with your mug,Why, there s a room, with window bowed,Which looks both up and down the road;And Betsey waits, with look demure,Your worships comfort to insure ;She 11 light the fire, a curtsey drop,And cook your c icken or your chop;She 11 bring you negus, wine, or grog,Stir up the fire, drive out the dog,And not till twice you ve told your will,Will I, your host, produce your , stranger, step within a while;You ve traveled many a weary mile;Refresh yourself, refresh your horse,Then blithely speed you on your 93 PLOWING. Ever since the fall, when man was turned outof paradise, and the ground was cursed for hissake, it has been necessary for him to contendwith the unwilling earth for his daily best land in the world will not producecrops of corn, nor permanent food for man anilbeast, without the toilsome processes of earth must be turned over and dressedagain every year, or oftener, and her powersof production must be aided by manure, beforeshe will render us our needful supplies of plow has been in use from the most ancienttimes for this purpose, an instrument like alarge broad knife, or a wedge, which makes adeep furrow by turning the ground over on oneside. Oxen used to be more employed fordrawing the plow than at present; but they arestill employed thus in some places. The art ofplowing well is not attained by every man withease. They who can make the straightestfurrows are the best workmen. Potatoes aresometimes turned out by the plow, and some-times the
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