St Nicholas [serial] . , perished. What an air of comfort and prosperity many of the farm-houses which we saw possessed ! The haying, and har-Vol. vesting of the crop, in most places, was over, and thefarmer spared the time to repaint his house, build a newfront door, or even add another barn. In front of one housewe saw a cartload of mel-ons, and at my motherssuggestion we stoppedand purchased a man raised them inhis own garden and tookthem to the city for mar-ket. He had loaded hiscart that night so he couldget an early start thenext morning, sell hisfruit to the groce
St Nicholas [serial] . , perished. What an air of comfort and prosperity many of the farm-houses which we saw possessed ! The haying, and har-Vol. vesting of the crop, in most places, was over, and thefarmer spared the time to repaint his house, build a newfront door, or even add another barn. In front of one housewe saw a cartload of mel-ons, and at my motherssuggestion we stoppedand purchased a man raised them inhis own garden and tookthem to the city for mar-ket. He had loaded hiscart that night so he couldget an early start thenext morning, sell hisfruit to the grocers, andreturn before dark. Whata commentary upon ourspeed his mode of travelfurnishes! Near the end of ourride the road climbed tothe top of a tall hill, fromwhence we could gazefor miles around. Farin the distance we sawthe White Mountains:Kearsarge with its sum-mit house, and Washing-ton, loftiest of all, fairlytowering above its lesser brethren. Beneath and beyondus Sebago Lake stretched down to Fryes Island, and at. WHAT I LIKE TO DRAW. BY G. ALVAREZ RUL, AGE 16. (SILVER BADGE.)
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