A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



tity, of course, depending on individual taste. 

 Work over again once or twice to distribute 

 the salt ; then shape as desired for use. 



THE HORSE AS A CHRISTMAS PRESENT 



Though our horse was not acquired through 

 the economy or profits of the country home, 

 I am going to explain how she material- 

 ized and how we learned to care for her, 

 because it may be valuable to people fortu- 

 nate enough to possess nice, chummy rela- 

 tives, or blessed personally with sufficient 

 surplus cash to add this very necessary 

 animal to the stock, without waiting for the 

 pennies to accumulate. 



About the middle of the first December we 

 were on the farm, a nice mare, two-wheeled 

 road cart, and harness were for sale. Time 

 of the year, style of the cart, and the fact that 

 the owners would only let the mare go to 

 people sure to give her a comfortable home, 

 made the price so wonderful that I bemoaned 



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