of 



for sixty cents is a cure, though not for poverty 

 when one has only thirty hens ; but it is a cure for 

 winter. The virtue, however, is not in the sixty cents. 

 There is no cure for winter in mere money. The 

 virtue is in the eggs, or, perhaps, it is really found 

 in keeping the hens. 



Keeping the hens, and the two pigs, the horse, 

 the cow, the four boys, and the farm, for the year 

 around, is a sure cure for winter, and for a great 

 many other ills. In addition to the farm, one must 

 have some kind of a salary, and a real love for na- 

 ture ; but given the boys and the farm, the love will 

 come, for it lies dormant in human nature, as certain 

 seeds seem to lie dormant in the soil ; and as for the 

 salary, one must have a salary farm or flat. 



The prescription, then, should read : 



R 



A small farm of an acre or more, 

 A small income of a thousand or more, 

 A small family of four boys or more, 

 A real love of nature. 



Sig. Morning and evening chores. The dose to be 

 taken daily, as long as winter lasts. 



This will cure. It is an old-fashioned household 

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