. In fair Aroostook, where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty; . -MK. 1 IIKKIAILT ANU Wll-li IN FAIR AROOSTOOK. 63. her, we took away a picture ; the second was the view we cap-lured of the log-house and outbuildings, of the type of the earli-est settlers places, and of aFrench Canadian girl makingplogues. There was a primi-tive little fireplace outside thehouse, built of loose stones, witha piece of sheet iron across them,which served as griddle. Thebatter of buckwheat meal andwater was in a little wooden tub,and she spread it upon the grid-dle wit
. In fair Aroostook, where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty; . -MK. 1 IIKKIAILT ANU Wll-li IN FAIR AROOSTOOK. 63. her, we took away a picture ; the second was the view we cap-lured of the log-house and outbuildings, of the type of the earli-est settlers places, and of aFrench Canadian girl makingplogues. There was a primi-tive little fireplace outside thehouse, built of loose stones, witha piece of sheet iron across them,which served as griddle. Thebatter of buckwheat meal andwater was in a little wooden tub,and she spread it upon the grid-dle with a wooden paddle, turn-ing the cakes with the sameimplement. They were of thesize of an ordinary dinner plate,and as fast as they were cookedwere laid, layer upon layer, ona wooden plate. Her movements were watched with eager interest, by a flock of hungry hens which were unceasing in their endeavors to capture the ])logues, and which were quite as vigilantly watched and shooed away by a bevy of the cooks equally hungry young brothers and sistens. A long stretch of road between flax-fields, flowering purple, l)rought us to St. Agatha with its handsome c
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