. A book of country clouds and sunshine; . they sloucli aiound, and the ])iomiscuous waythey have of spitting their tobacco juice about, both indoors andout, does not speak \er\ well for either their cleanliness or fortheir mental calibre. Neither is a well-roundetl health character-istic of the men one sees. There is a certain toughness that 49 • •A BOOK OF COUNTRYCLOUDS AND SUNSHINE comes from a life out-of-doors, but not a natural, well-balancedvirility. The young men arc some of a blowsy redness, some thin-blooded and pallid ; the old men are withered or gnarled. It isplain that many, part
. A book of country clouds and sunshine; . they sloucli aiound, and the ])iomiscuous waythey have of spitting their tobacco juice about, both indoors andout, does not speak \er\ well for either their cleanliness or fortheir mental calibre. Neither is a well-roundetl health character-istic of the men one sees. There is a certain toughness that 49 • •A BOOK OF COUNTRYCLOUDS AND SUNSHINE comes from a life out-of-doors, but not a natural, well-balancedvirility. The young men arc some of a blowsy redness, some thin-blooded and pallid ; the old men are withered or gnarled. It isplain that many, particularly those that represent the foreign ele-. ment, are drinkers. The majority of country people ha\e notsuch habits as make for their best health, l^ut, as far as thatgoes, neither have the majority such habits anywhere. The hall interior is a big square room, with tall windows alongthe sides. It has the somewhat battered rustiness characteristicof such public places. There arc two stoves in ()i:)posite cornersof the room, with long reaches of stove-pipe crawling along thewall, high up to the chimney, in a third corner. The centre ofthe room is occujjied by several lines of green settees. Up infront is a long j^latform ; and on it, behind a long table, sit the III. TOWN-MEETING -q three selectmen and the moderator. At a desk a little to one sideis the town-clerk. It seems to depend on half a dozen men to domost of the necessar\, as well as the unnecessary, talking of thedav ; and these are the men who see that the routine business ispushed along and (.lone in order. They sit scattered about some-wliere near the front of the hall
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