. A book of country clouds and sunshine; . ), and came to a team we met was a double one, and had on a load. It wasour duty, therefore, to make way. \W selected a shallow place,dug some, unhitched the horse, swimg the sleigh out, got thehorse into the drift, and let the other team pass. Then wefixed up, and I went on alone. I reached home without furthermishap, and the next week made the journey I had planned L iZi—- III TOWN-MEETING N most of our New I^ngland towns the day set apart fortown-meetiiii; is the first Monday in Marcli. Winter hasbegun to lose its keenness by
. A book of country clouds and sunshine; . ), and came to a team we met was a double one, and had on a load. It wasour duty, therefore, to make way. \W selected a shallow place,dug some, unhitched the horse, swimg the sleigh out, got thehorse into the drift, and let the other team pass. Then wefixed up, and I went on alone. I reached home without furthermishap, and the next week made the journey I had planned L iZi—- III TOWN-MEETING N most of our New I^ngland towns the day set apart fortown-meetiiii; is the first Monday in Marcli. Winter hasbegun to lose its keenness by that time, and tlie unsettled daysthat prelude spring have arrived. With the coming of March,spells of weather are to be exj^ected when the suns rays arefull of heat, and the snow softens into slush ; and lirown earthpatches on the hillsides and muddy streaks in the roadwaysaj^pear with astonishing quickness. But, as a rule, on town-meeting day there is still sleighing, and not infrequently thecold is sharp and blustering. The meeting begins at nine oclock in the morning, andcontinues till such a time in the afternoon as all business isfinished. Only a handful of people, aside from the town-officers,aie ])rescnt at nine oclock. Most of the farmers have not yetfinished their moimings work; and, l)esides, they do not expectanything of special interest or im]:)()rtance will be done beforeten or half-])ast. The first thing i
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