. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . :#fe^ ill H-^^^XJ-. THE HORSES FROM APPOMATTOX. Yet through all the poverty there re-mained just that something which pre-served in them without money that whichdistinguished the Virginia homes whenthey were the seats of ease and elegance,and about which the light of romanceyet lingers. There life still is based on the old foun-dations of purity and peace; preservedfrom the materialism of the present, it cent; and if he were to stall or breakdown in the road, there is not a Virginiafarmer who would not cheerfully turnout of his bed to help p
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . :#fe^ ill H-^^^XJ-. THE HORSES FROM APPOMATTOX. Yet through all the poverty there re-mained just that something which pre-served in them without money that whichdistinguished the Virginia homes whenthey were the seats of ease and elegance,and about which the light of romanceyet lingers. There life still is based on the old foun-dations of purity and peace; preservedfrom the materialism of the present, it cent; and if he were to stall or breakdown in the road, there is not a Virginiafarmer who would not cheerfully turnout of his bed to help pull him out. Onone of the old plantations that I know alady told her son but the other day thathe must get her some more knives, as shehad only twenty, and when she had morethan twenty peoj)le in the house she hadto borrow some. 24 HARPERS NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. The conditions have of late beenchanging. Virginia, instead of being, asthe cant phrase went, a good countryto come from, has become a good coun-try to come to. Her advantages of loca-tion and climate have ever
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