Stories of pioneer life, for young readers; . ^ of lU\Vi:sG CANAL BUAl S. By and by, steamboats were invented, and theycame regularly down the Ohio River, instead ofthe flat-boats of earlier times. But we, who lived away from any large river,had a much harder time. If we had anything tosell, it was hard to take it to market. A manwho had hogs to sell would walk seventy-five orone hundred miles, driving them. After theywere sold, he walked home again. Not far from us was a river, down which wesometimes took our produce in a small flat-boat. We sold both the goods and the boat, andwalke
Stories of pioneer life, for young readers; . ^ of lU\Vi:sG CANAL BUAl S. By and by, steamboats were invented, and theycame regularly down the Ohio River, instead ofthe flat-boats of earlier times. But we, who lived away from any large river,had a much harder time. If we had anything tosell, it was hard to take it to market. A manwho had hogs to sell would walk seventy-five orone hundred miles, driving them. After theywere sold, he walked home again. Not far from us was a river, down which wesometimes took our produce in a small flat-boat. We sold both the goods and the boat, andwalked home. Think of the time and troublesuch a trip meant. I have sometimes carried eo^ofs to town to egg was wrapped by itself in a piece of 132 Stones of Pioneer Life. tow. They were all put into a sack, which wasplaced on a horses back. Of course the horsemust walk all the way to keep the eggs from break-ing. Perhaps it would take all day to go to thenearest store and back, just to sell a few eggs. XII. ROADS, NEW SETTLERS, STAGES. People soon b
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