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of Mill Valley, over on the Island, when I was a boy, that 

 put up a wind-mill on top of his corn crib, to turn the 

 grindstone, churn butter, and chop the sassage meat, and 

 do all kinds of things.&quot; 



&quot; Yes, and it worked mighty well, too,&quot; said Seth, who 

 by this time had got his pipe charged again. 



&quot; And where was the folly of using wind power instead 

 of elbow grease ?&quot; I asked. 



&quot; It is a fact, the thing worked well, and saved a heap 

 of labor, but it always looked like laziness to see a man 

 set still, while the wind turned his grindstone.&quot; 



&quot; And the whole neighborhood came in there to grind 

 their axes rainy days, as I remember,&quot; said Seth. 



&quot;How long since you have been to meetin, Uncle Jo- 

 tham, that you have got such notions of ministers?&quot; in 

 quired Mrs. Bunker, rather sharply. 



Jotham Sparrowgrass, sinner that he is, had not been 

 inside of a meetin-house, on Sunday, in twenty years, and 

 it must be confessed was a little more offish toward min 

 isters than he ever was toward book farming, and that 

 is a pretty strong statement. 



&quot; That is the way with you wimmin folks,&quot; responded 

 Uncle Jotham, &quot; always twittin a feller upon facts.&quot; 



&quot; Sally might have done better &quot; said Twiggs, as he tip 

 ped back his chair and puffed away. &quot; You see she ought 

 to have been a farmer s wife, she was so knowing about 

 every thing indoors from garret to cellar.&quot; 



&quot; And she might have done a great deal worse,&quot; said Mrs. 

 Bunker, who by this time had laid aside the sewing to 

 take the young folks case in hand. &quot;It don t follow at 

 all that Sally wont have any use for her training in the 

 milk room and the kitchen, because she has gone to live in 

 a parsonage. A girl that has been brought up to keep 

 everything straight in the house, as well as to be a lady 

 in the parlor, makes a good wife in any calling. I am 

 quite sartain that her talents wont be buried in a napkin 



