The farmer's boy . The morning scrub at the sink 8 The Farmers Boy were not spoiled by petting and lack of employmentusually accepted things as they found them, and made thebest of them. Even the farm debt, which might burdenthe elders very heavily and keep all the household on theborders of shabbiness for vears, made but a sliirht and. Aeiglibors lucct oil a jrosty monini^ occasional impression on the }oungsters. Then there werethose accidents that are continually ha])])ening on a farm— the collaj)se of a wagon, the sickness of the best cow,the death of the old horse, the gi\ing out of the ki
The farmer's boy . The morning scrub at the sink 8 The Farmers Boy were not spoiled by petting and lack of employmentusually accepted things as they found them, and made thebest of them. Even the farm debt, which might burdenthe elders very heavily and keep all the household on theborders of shabbiness for vears, made but a sliirht and. Aeiglibors lucct oil a jrosty monini^ occasional impression on the }oungsters. Then there werethose accidents that are continually ha])])ening on a farm— the collaj)se of a wagon, the sickness of the best cow,the death of the old horse, the gi\ing out of the kitchenstove so that a new one was absohitrl}- nciessar}-. Tothe mature members of the i)Oorer families these thingswere almost heart-breaking. It was possible the chil- Winter 9 drcn might shed a few tears over them ; but work, and thehttle pleasures they so readily discovered under the mostuntoward conditions, soon made the sun shine again, andthe mists of trouble melted into forgetfulness. Boys on small farms which had only two or three cowsdid not milk regularly. This job was done by the fatheror a grown-ui) brother; but at night if the older workerswere away from home or too busy with other tasks, theboy was called on. Perhajjs the father had to go so manymiles over the hills to market that he would not get homeuntil well o
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