212 HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS. 



Besides the profit, the trees make a grateful shade in the 

 street, and add a pleasant feature to the landscape. 



Our route to-day was through the pleasant villages of 

 Batavia, Stafford, LeKoy, Caledonia, Avon, East Avon 

 and Lima. The extensive trout ponds at Caledonia were 

 objects of interest, but the beautiful fish would have 

 looked more attractive in their wild state where they 

 could exercise their taste about being caught. It would 

 be tame sport fishing in these ponds for trout, much 

 like a chase after tame foxes. 



In passing a corn field ' Anemone ' espied a " scare- 

 crow " still swinging from a pole. The effigy, as large 

 as life, and wearing an old stove-pipe hat, caught her 

 fancy, and turning to me she said, " When you get home, 

 papa, you must make me a ' scare-crow.' " Her mother 

 asked her "what she could do with a 'scare-crow T' 

 " Oh," the child innocently replied, " but he will also 

 get me a crow to scare ^ 



At Avon we rested several hours and partook of a 

 good dinner at the hotel, where we found several ac- 

 quaintances from Buffalo staying. Of course we had 

 to drink of the attractive-looking water, which, like 

 leeks, breaks the promise when you smell or taste it. A 

 little of it goes a long ways, and it was some time before 

 any of us were thirsty enough to hanker after Avon 

 Springs water, however highly recommended as the 

 true elixir. 



When we reached the high hills between the twt) 

 Avons a shower suddenly burst upon us, but as usual, 

 in such cases, a good Samaritan farmer standing in his 



