The Republican journal., 1895-12-05
. yew England woodpsle.

o4,land Z. Robinson prtHIs III eho ~
k9 o Atlantic delightful sketch, a
Gealptp .rland Woodpile. He says:
Ne Ety. - tl,e charitable mantle Of the snow
NlEsereR he uglness Of the earth, as
baS ,oks towards the woodlands he may
ap' Instant dark speck emerge from the
r. sHadsv of the woods and crawl
m hoAseward If born TO the Gus
Ne fhis wutrY land. ne may guess az
Y nhat * is. If not, speculation. after
lives way 10 certainty. when the
..t;nsei atom crews into team OF quick
r,sna horses 0I deliberate oxen haul
.ied-load Of wood "a the farmhouse.
" slare than that. Itis part of the
Themselves with much OF their
.. siingine 10 il, and with records,
-lt 9ei -itagInentary, yet leSlbie. Of the
NJ trees and birds and beasts and
r @nnlug "a cul door.
;s.f@We the sounds Of tine creaking Sled
" Ill., answering creak Of the snow are
SRA one sees the regular putfs Of the
'rn breath letting out and climbing
@H air The head and shoulders of
h. " aieti driver then appear, as lie sticks
3t,@ foothcld to the hinder part of
4. td. 0Y trot> behind ii beating his
.sa.4 With his numb hands. Prone like
I'm ind band Of scouts, endwise like
lra8Hg rams, not upright, with green
s.ats waving, Birnam wood comes to
r~Aano t3 fight King Frost.
As fie woodpile grows at the farmhouse
8A n a huge windrow Of 'sled-iength
.stFl IN eveh wall of cord wood. so in
ads there widens patch Of unill-
NJ 4
w neited shadow turn To almost even
fe3gss, as the axe saps the Foundation
mer homes of birds and the winter
s,s7tS NJ the squirrels and raecoons.
8c The tracks Of >ied and team,
tley wound among rocks and
and over cradle knobs to make up
and there are those of the chopper
-tump where he stood to fell the
aa ions the great trough made by
lle SNOW fl tleckpd with chips,
Mlt according to their kind. just
ali4hted from their short fight,
II or down OF tarkless or edgewise.
aIh dry wigs and toIn scraps Of
eN al1SS
~ Aa tiH chopper comes ~ his wofk III
iuina, HE finds tiacas of nightly
II VIC '7''s'~ .'''e "''' -
Si4'ics w W 'lT 3i"H e" VI
@als Herc IS the Prlh1 q me mare
i99i where "a game ~ hlpple ehe
poplar anu birch that yesterday
NItching the aloHas, but have fall
atlna-like. from skyward to feed
lox has skirred its shadowy mar
hen sAntured to explore 1t. and in a
al Right laecoon has waddled across
Vui9all u app w klhdle nle
',H company th9u Waiillthi lhoiiSil
" n 70 eit ~ ro4N ,llihei- casting
Aips - lle eiilekauees Ahat come
aopul nlm aI aii tlmeS hlazh-
HARNueIlh2 "a NllihSs aF NJ = leu ei
hiig bie cummings 'liN ~",N's
nan Fhe man does Now and then
iaNS w ~ u NlSitof' Vllenest q l"A-
"iip Aas inst iiiS bound @hl stops
moment IN ilslif m Pipe II Ahe en-
t9ia n mr. II his aos hAs been seen
eftifs Aeh ne WAGES ~ through 'he
lN- ana + presently s"afi,'"su ouo OF
ii i'N gray frees ana hiae Sha0o"s. "
aq'lNa e9mes N seafgh eI ms master
w tasF tlall re halts f"i ah instant,
n Z #lstipi spok on his sorroW1nl race,
an atsipPeaiS' p9slhg ms way INTO lhe
90 1llt "po'is-
/ i'ie Woo Is cut 'sietl ieliS1h, wien
eNtlh4 ~ eiiAe aiia iilSe e cups,
Mll! hoN r. haaie III ,ne H"@f ah''
Y 7erYe ~ Pen the Vea -httlle II Summers
'feta % roetlile 10 $40" leItiAizalloh 81
"poai9t' me ehepper Is one o. 1he
+ls'aA iaflil n9t'ls % d lNaN "'ah' any
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