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en or eight o'clock in the morning. I bade him tell his good 

 wife that all the preparation she need make for my entertain- 

 ment was plenty of bread and butter for breakfast. With the 

 berries I could help myself to, I should be quite satisfied and 

 happy. Then I counted the hours until a reply should come. 

 A reply did come not in answer to my letter, however, for it 

 was written before my note had been received. Here is a part 

 of friend Terry's letter : 



Friend Root : Our patch is a grand success, bringing us about {15.00 

 a day. We get our price, without a bit of trouble, in spite of great competi- 

 tion. Plenty of room up above. T. B. TERRY. 

 Hudson, O., June 18, 1890. 



I received it just before noon. Friend Terry lives about 25 

 miles from us; and a little before four o'clock one of our Clydes- 

 dale horses was standing before the office, waiting for me to 

 get the letters looked after so I could be spared until the next 

 day at noon. My wife admonished me that the barometer was 

 falling, at a pretty good jog. But the strawberry fever was too 

 strong to be allayed by a summer shower, so off we started. 

 My teamster has always been rather skeptical in regard to Mr. 

 Terry's farming ; and I am sorry to say that a great many farm- 

 ers and teamsters throughout our land are somewhat the same 

 way, and yet I do not believe that they could give any good 

 reason for it if they were to try. I rather enjoyed his proposal 

 to go along with me to take care of the horse. Mrs. Root said, 

 before I went away, something like this : "Now, husband, re- 

 member that Mr. Terry's folks are in the midst of farming, be- 

 sides taking care of their berry crop, and very likely Mrs. Ter- 

 ry is burdened. Stop somewhere and get your suppers, and 

 feed the horse, so that you may make them as little trouble as 

 possible." 



We came into the pretty town of West Richfield just about 

 six o'clock. Did I ever tell you that I have a special liking for 

 hotel-keepers ? Well, I have. I like every thing about a hotel 

 especially the country hotel. I like the landlord and the 



