. In fair Aroostook, where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty; . t closel>- togetherby the roadside, evidently constituted a connnunity. This, informed me, was Buffalo. But wh\- is it called Buffalo? I asked, thinking the namean exotic one in the Maine woods. Its more than I can tell, said the captain. All I knowis that thats the name it goes by. I can tell you the answer that a boy on the road here gaveto the same question once, said Mr. Burpee. He was anhonest looking lad, and he plainly meant to tell me as well as hecould. Why is t
. In fair Aroostook, where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty; . t closel>- togetherby the roadside, evidently constituted a connnunity. This, informed me, was Buffalo. But wh\- is it called Buffalo? I asked, thinking the namean exotic one in the Maine woods. Its more than I can tell, said the captain. All I knowis that thats the name it goes by. I can tell you the answer that a boy on the road here gaveto the same question once, said Mr. Burpee. He was anhonest looking lad, and he plainly meant to tell me as well as hecould. Why is the jdace called Buffalo? I inquired of studied for a moment over the framing of his answer. If you were there once, and knew the people, you wouldntwonder, he said. This was expressive but indefinite, and, with the mystery ofits christening unsolved, we left Buffalo-in-the-\Voods to theglory of its name. Tiiere was more forest and much of it totraverse, but when we struck clearings again it was anotherregion that we had entered and the houses that we saw werethe habitations of the x\cadian
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