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wiij.Ki: 'j'Jii; sTinrrsMAX L(>\"i:s to lin(;ku. 



woo.'islicd and \\w animal (jiiartcrs, \\illi otlici' lU'ccssary 

 ])uildiii,iis joined tlicrcoii, with dooi-s o]H'nin!z from one to 

 the otliei', wliei-eas tlie Western man builds liis apart. 



A^'e liave of'lcn heard our New York friends sjteak of tlie 

 blizzard of ISSS, but w c tell them lliev do not know what 









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a blizzaiM] is, and we are bold enouuh to say that a Maine 

 farmer has somethinii to learn in that lin(\ lie who lives 

 in a wooded country knows nothing of the storm-s\\'e])t 

 l)rairi(^s. \\'hile the blizzard is on the Maine farmer can 

 rise in the mornino- and walk under cover from liis parlor 

 to his ])i^-])en, everytlsini;- j'l-otei ted within, while the storm 

 howls witli(»ut. Not so with liis Western neighbor, with 

 his detached buihiinus, ^\•itll clotheslines as liuide ]'o])es, 



