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A Winter Mood 218 



" A pasture, whose bars were left down 

 in November, when the last cow walked 

 through, holds an old chestnut." 



Note. — Acknowledgment is due the Evening Post 

 for permission to use the first article, which appeared 

 in that journal, and to the New York Times for like 

 permission to reprint the second, third, and fourth. 

 These articles, however, have been re-written since 

 their first publication. 



