Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-11-18

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''Yoa would be in pretty coalition,
~ouldn', you" said |. III when you 90,
your house Of mud and Dirt ike the
foolish little pig. of our nursery days.
some tramp OF other Mild animal should
come along and take notion 10 murder
yoa, No. mean 10 have some means Of
protection" and did
lwish IN the cause Of public ins,rue.
iion. which. A. a teacher, Of eoarse ! am
ia,erssisd in. tia, | had our calculations
to give TO the ~Orli. b1, unforuna,sl,
they are lo,i. and The table Of our real
expenses does no, help me to reproduce
them. Al. well fear thA, could l
prcsc.., il 10 you, il would be robbed Of
Il illusions. and. Ike the iose which The
cunning alchemis, recrea.ed from iis osn
sshss.
wuhoui ths bloom. ~nhoui tho 10 peifume.
Hoscysr. I remember iha, The sxpea
- II our ~ ,nonihs vacation and our
qgntsr section we're % oosi ne just
s35i23. We we're very exact. sus
ess,ed 90 Ttompy iha, We could spead
tte extra two cents in chocolate cream
aud have sa ea,ea 2j. bat she was u.
says close. aal she sAil N. we woa "a do
no such thing. that !, looked better =
good deal 20 have the three cents there
than no, that in al oshsiAl reports they
alwsys managed % have an uneven nun
bsr 10 show how very eSae, they were 10
their ealcala,ioas.
We al~sys spoks of our posssssions a.
oar "qantcr sections a. IL ,oanded =
great deal larger that way We took
bali hashsl of wAlnuis to plant, walnut
timber i % sciy valuable. Yea kno~
ThomYy aid ne were Ike the man Who
planted acorus for his frat crop. We
took about a peck of g.rdea seeds And a
hoe without a handle. bu, time would
fail me % tell Of al the Absurdiiies ~
p-rpe,rl,ed. We were ready ~ last. !
presume the journey wa' very much Ike
ia, Of anv other two lone teachers who
should undertake the same. We met
~iih the mosi perfect ooar'ssy fron rail
ro.d oihcial., hotel Por,ers. haekmen and
fellow travellers. Of course We took 10
al The points of inisres, about 81. Paul
and Minneapolis. and We used 70 enjoy
immensely The imaginary sensation u
would create among oar isllow traveller.
II they kne~ q our daring project. bat
ws never electrified them BY disclosing
%. They regarded Us a. couple q In
nocen, and inofsasiSr teachers IN search
of rccrcaiion.
How We enjoyed the journey from s.
Paul 70 our Destination. Il was here
that ~e bad cur 6rs, glimpse q the love-
ly prsfiss. gors-oa' with the red lille. Of
the north and a thousand other ho-er
that crested the wave, Of the prarie grass
stretching away Ia endless succession a.
fsr a. the eye could reach.
rrmsmbcr distinctly the fret 'Psll ]
hal q sinking q the heart. Il ~As when
,a~. IN The mid.i u vas, plain. lone.
sorlorn, li,ils .Pess way or toward ,hs
hof.loa. that wAs some oas's home. no,
another dsellins ia sish, in all that vide
loasly prafie the next wss ~hea ~s
raehsd LAwdsdale and found ,ba, The
ci,y consisted Of two ,en,s and wood.
shed IL wGs evening when We passed
through Mo'ehead and Fargo. and the
luminou, ball. of electric light shining
hish over the latter city looSed ~eirdly
beautiful
We reached our destination in the dim
twilish, of summer morning. and stop
ped 10 ge, breskfas, and re-, a little be-
forc starting on our tour Of Investigation
preparatory 10 taking up our claims.
S5mehos il dl no, seem % easy As II
bad q, home. and no, a quarter a. TO-
mantle. but Thompy was as eniNusiAs,ie
a. ever. and when | said ihA, wished !
bad brought few trees along in my trunk
20 improve the landscape little. she said
II was wilder without and whA, We want
ed was the sunshine.
Afsr Intervening the land agent, and
a lot more work and bother. We finally
started over TIE prArie on an ox-eArt.
The agen, said be though, be knew a
place ~e would like. where we could have
our land joining and the other par, Of the
section occupied by = man from New
York Who bad his family along aud his
bro,her.in-law. Did yoa ever ride after
an ox-,eAm, hope %. for II you have
you will appreciate many privileges that
you would perhaps o,herwi'e pass over
.s bat .hgh, advantages We moved
through the Prsrie ,bu, tha, Was all and
looked a. the vide moso,onoas landscape.
After the frs, hour remarked to Ihom-
py ,hA, though, We had better 70 into
camp on the wagon. as We seemed to be
aboa, As Ear as when We started, but
ThOmpy said she liked il. ihs, she vas
always afraid Of fAs, horses. and she could
e, as much exercise as she wanted. and
then tha, exAsPera,ing girl pulled out a
microscope. aud proceeded to AnalyEs
ao~srs jus, as aggrAva,ingly cheerful
and happy .s though she were a, pic
hie.
Along ia the afternoon we came to the
Il t-...f a.. -, f,o,, New York and