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were ten varieties of apples, peaches to eat, to dry 

 and to drink in the form of brandy; plums, pears, 

 quinces, cherries and grapes; wild strawberries, 

 blackberries, huckleberries, raspberries both red 

 and black elderberries and cranberries three 

 miles away in the marsh; and currants and goose- 

 berries besides, by the bushel. There were garden 

 vegetables of all the kinds then known : pumpkins, 

 squashes, beans and peas. from both field and gar- 

 den; and walnuts, butternuts and hickory nuts to 

 eat and to sell for spending money. Plenty of 

 game, too, especially squirrels, black, red and gray ; 

 pigeons in their season, wild ducks and geese at 

 the foot of the Lake six miles away and tame ones 

 in the farmyard. There was an abundance of fish 

 to be had by line or seine, to fry or to salt down as 

 you liked ; wood for the cutting while I now pay 

 $10 per California cord of only 100 cubic feet 

 or if in stove length, $14 per 100 cubic feet. 



But J. G. Holland in his poem, " Bittersweet," 

 has described this abundance better than I can do : 



" Go with me to the cellar! 

 Look where you step or you'll stumble! 

 Care for your coat or you'll crock it! 

 Down with your crown, man, be humble! 

 Put your head into your pocket, 

 Else something or other will knock it, 



