Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-11-17
A Baru.Y .Yardscene.
nr nE1RY wAEn L..cL-rL

nv HENRY WARD t-rrura
When We were here i1 Aur-... o..
or, barns were flll ofn,N N.movu la,
hay was full OF buried c'.ckrs
that rhirpsi away as mq,uiy ION
cred nov as II ii Nerc Go ,-.5un.
now ara slll. The field crcle,s
the locust is gone and the hay D.,
clover rsmUl. In Angus, We loved '1
vide onen lh- doors, upon the thrssl
and let tic wind through Bot nov
.un0y door looking south stands oT
little swallow tvil'crs IN and our,
swim fight mark, da,k eireigs .a
gone as soou as made.
There are two barns. T.. O..
is coveted with shock, Of corn,
ears, split through tho hgsk,
their FURNISHED rows Of gu,r
floor is heaPed with unwinrosnd
Oh what cakes shall yet sr.i. ..
dusky piio Bu, now the bao
is, beech.Nhea, It. kernels bcin.
beech.nuts) lie, in ehliT ihai sw,
but dImnishes the value II We D
grain in the ehaiTa' we can books Co..
would be very profitable.
love 10 'It jos, within tue sammy
tie south door, whose prospect is lal..
beautiful, with an unread book for con.
For book, Ike whets,ono to a sy,hc
meant, no, To feed, but sharpen the app
\ wagon rolls plst, urIins over tho s.
from under Tie uu'hrcshcd straw mice
and quarrel lonesome spiders are rer.
their webs, 10 the window that catch moi.
but dust and chllr Yo, these JHm.bli.
have grown plump on something. w0a.
what a spider is thinking about lor hour
rc,hcr down iu ,he dark throat VI h., ws.
where ho l.ss.a, sull as 1.-The wee dead
Our old shapcaa, step. upvuHa rairh's-
do-ye-dn.s,r, eor,ing his eye uno.strt'r o.
you, anI unoring certain nondescup'
sounds lie walks oi grooming h.r
his danes. 1t isall .,iIl again.
no hes here now to bu:l in the
i not wind enough To quiver a h7
90 to pipc lsaf.dincs along the ...
flll into some svee, fancy that
when all at once. with a irsmer
ton, on, flies hen over your D..
outrageous noise, Gathering ava.
bad been throwing s'ones at her,
her beyond endurance. Tho old
taxes up tho case, and the whole 10
oin the outcry.
Nothing seems 50 amles' and simp.
hen. She vsrilIy goes about in avlrCue .gI
struggling manner, auirulaling to herself ca.
cophonous remarks upon various topics. Tho
greatest event ia a hcn's lie /, comp1unl, o..
ing made up Of an egg and a c--'.-.
only she shows oa,hu.la,m, whsns
from ,h. nest of duty, ari pro-.
achIeyemens lfyou chl-0 Dr.
clcs.Inr II Won pe'' her v..I
streams through the air cac,
ull rh, impulse mas run out, -
quietly into lbs, gali..r
then, an ccccn,r.c hen ml. be-
quite beyond the limits VI h-n.pr
such has persisted in layirg her d.
the house. She would steal nc
a, the open door, walk up slair',
plump egg upon the childrsu'
next day .hs would honor the
occasion she selected ny IS.
scratching nv papers about
nighi'noi blame the ehi'l
scattering my manuscripts
ton va, amusing. One Sat
drove her out OF the se,,a
then again from tbs front Hl
mcnis she was heard behina
looking out the window, sh,
pearing into the bedroom
ground floor. Word was give
any on. could reach the place, 81.
out Of the window with victorious ...
her white warm esg lay upon the
proposed to open the plniry-wiE,
.gg.dish within her reach, and Jet
them up herself, but those in authou
no, permit such deviation from Pi r
Such a breed Of hens could never be
with the boys. Il would spoil that
sport ofhunling hens nest.
\ How utterly different are birds ir.r ..
gross conreusu Already the snow''r
have come down from the north, and a! .
ping in our hedges, sure precursors OF
J.. Robins are gathered in hocks in the ,
and preparing Tor their southern fight. a."
hi. gun forever miss fire that would h.a
ranks Of singing birds