New Walks in Old Ways 



They have no metals, but that doesn't 

 matter. They go and get them. They 

 might grow wool upon their fallow hills 

 and mountain slopes, but they prefer 

 to lay Australia and the west under 

 tribute. They have no hides, but they 

 know where they are to be had, and 

 behold the leather! They produce no 

 meat to speak of, but pay the cornbelt 

 for it in fish-hooks and underwear. 



There are localities still where farm- 

 ing as a business yet exists, and good 

 farming it is, too, in many instances; 

 but along the beaten trails you get 

 more scenery and thrills than real 

 knowledge of what New England agri- 

 culture is capable of under scientific 

 handling. "Through fields of clover" 

 you may still "ride to Dover," if you 

 approach it along the right road, and 

 if you get far enough back from the 

 main highway you will have a chance 

 now and then to work your Klaxon on 

 "Old Dobbin" and "the shay." Hamm 

 the tailor, and Boucher the barber, are 



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