. Farmington, Connecticut, the village of beautiful homes. the people yelled and the big gun hailbrayed.—the Unionville gun,—SamDick will remember that old irongun, for he and Lute Cowles were once in getting it loaded. Sam Dickinsons father was the boat. She was named llillhouse of New Haven, thepresident of the , and I wellrenuniber many jourueyings on boardol her 1(1 and from New Haven, f^irthen everybody traveled by andthe stages were nowdiere. . .Of allthe boats that ever battled with iheraging tide of the old canal, not onehad so wide ;md
. Farmington, Connecticut, the village of beautiful homes. the people yelled and the big gun hailbrayed.—the Unionville gun,—SamDick will remember that old irongun, for he and Lute Cowles were once in getting it loaded. Sam Dickinsons father was the boat. She was named llillhouse of New Haven, thepresident of the , and I wellrenuniber many jourueyings on boardol her 1(1 and from New Haven, f^irthen everybody traveled by andthe stages were nowdiere. . .Of allthe boats that ever battled with iheraging tide of the old canal, not onehad so wide ;md famous a reputationfor passenger comforts and promptmo\emeiUs .is the staunch old Janu-slliillioitsc and her genial captain. Notone had so nicely fitted-up cabins asthe gentlemens cabin aft and theladies cabin forward as she had, andnot one on the surging seasof the canal had such a ringing, con-vincing voice, when he shouted Bridge!Bridge! as Captain Dickinson; andabove all things else, not one of themset so good a table, and yet some of. one l-ourlh of Jul\, with a cartridgefilled with oats instead of powder, andso shut ni) its noise all the rest of theday. Wlun the gmi brayed, the gatewas knocked .ind the first watercame into the canal. The openingwas so that at lirst all the watersoaked into tiie sruid. Axes soon in-creased the How, and it began to movealong, not very fast, and Will Whit-man :ind 1 down iiUo the )ed and ran .ilong jn-.| . of thewater, ()ur fallurs. no doubl, kepialong the bank to fish us outif we got caught by the ; butwe didnt get eatighl, .-uid we ran (|uilea ilistancc keeping jn^l .ahead ol ilievvater. Soon, however, the .axes in-creased the o])ening and Will and lo gel out of the way id the rush-ing tide, the lirsl water in the oldFarmington canrd. IN nif. OIJ) cyxwh—.!( ,S;)iui-c limik. those old canalers could (or theircooks could) make savory dishes outof Cape Cod turkey and eloquent
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