OUR FAVORITE JAUNTS 



get, and our ferns and orchids thus become very precious 

 in our eyes. 



As soon as we reach home our "treasure trove" is 

 planted in the holes already prepared for it and given 

 plenty of water, so that none of the plants have time 

 to wither. To bring these denizens of the forest to 

 our own woodland, to be able to watch over and care 

 for them, to foster their growth and increase their 

 production, what an unmitigated joy! 



O dweller in the haunts of man, have you ever tried 

 to turn back the wheel of time and to become a child 

 again thrilled with anticipation of the County Fair? 

 Not the modern Exposition, but the real old-fashioned 

 genuine article with horse races, big pumpkins and 

 beets, prize cattle and prize chickens, prize patchwork 

 and prize cakes; with candy booths and lemonade and 

 lunches served by ladies of the church, with merry-go- 

 rounds of course, and side shows each more wonderful 

 than the other, — the Flying Lady, the High Diver, the 

 Sphinx! It is an astonishing spectacle and attracts the 



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