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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Oct. 21, 1887. 



UNCLE USHA'S SHOP. 



Life in a Corner of Yankeeland. 



By ROWLAND E. ROBINSON. 



In response to the many requests from those who read the chapters of "Uncle Lisha's Shop" 

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CONTENTS: 



I. The School Meeting in District 13. 



II. Uncle Lisha's Spring Gun. 

 HI. In Uncle Lisha's Shop. 

 IV. Concerning Owls. 



V. Uncle Lisha's Courting. 



VI. How Eene Burnham Come It on His 



Father. 



VII. A Rainy Day in the Shop. 



VII [. The Turkey Shoot at Hamner's. 

 IX. Sam Lovel's Thanksgiving. 

 X. Little Sis. 



XI. Sam Lovel's Bee-Hunting. 



XII. In the Shop Again. 



XIII. Tlte Fox Hunt. 



XIV. Noah Chase's Deer-Hunting. 



XV. The Hard Experience of Mr. Abijah 



Jarvis. 

 XVI. The Coon Hunt. 



XVII. In the Sugar Camp. 



XVIII. Indians in Canoes. 

 XIX. The Boy Out West. 



XX. Breaking Up. 

 XXI. The Departure. 

 XXII. The Wild Bees' Swarm. 



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