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ICE AND ROLLER 
SPRINGFIELD MASS, 
“ I set you down for a York State man be¬ 
cause they never run. I wish we had a dozen 
of them in this district, Things would bo 
better off. If you had been a York State 
man you would have gone still further with 
these school ruffians.” 
He paused and gazed sadly into the fire. 
“ York State is far away ” he said at last. “I 
never shall see it again. I never thought to 
spend the best of my life in such a place as 
this is. In my day and time I had higher 
hopes. I dreamed of a better ending of life 
than this. We should have been satisfied 
with our little home in York State. It was 
humble, I know, but it was home, and we 
were among friends who loved us. We lived 
iu the mountains. People in this rich level 
couutry cannot understand what a longing 
comes to my heart for the bleak old hills 
where I was raised. My life is going fast. 
I am only waiting now for the end. 1 shall 
follow my boy,” 
The old man dropped his head upon his 
breast, Great tears ran down his cheeks. It 
is pitiful, this sorrow of the aged. It is such 
a hopeless grief. 
Mrs. Bell male haste to comfort the old 
gentleman. 
“ Never mind. Grandpa,'’ she said gently. 
“ You did what you thought was right, and 
we have oue auother anyway.” 
Grandpa slowly recovered himself. He 
wiped his eyes, and blew his nose as evidence 
of renewed courage. To show that life still 
had its share of work for him he declared bis 
intention of popping corn enough to run 
the family through the evening. Edith 
brought him the popper and a dish of corn and 
he hitched his chair up to the stove as happy 
as he had been miserable. 
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‘•Howdy teacher? Jest take a holt on this 
hog an’ help me carry it, in.” 
Mr. Hardhack’s voice appeared to come out 
through bis nose. He did not once open his 
mouth. 1 took hold ot one end of the hog, and 
together we carried it through tho house aud 
down into the cellar. With two trips we car¬ 
ried it all in. Mr. Hardback gave his knife a 
fresh sharpening, aud stood for a moment as 
though weighing in his mind the question as 
to whether or not he should carve the dead 
porker more thoroughly. Edith's voice call¬ 
ing us to supper seemed to decide him iu the 
negative and he reluctantly put down his 
knife and followed me up stairs. 
I was quickly introduced to the members of 
the family. Mrs. Bell appeared to be an in¬ 
valid. She sat by the fire in au armchair di¬ 
recting the work of the others. Opposite her 
sat an old white-haired man who was intro¬ 
duced to >n« as Grandpa Bell. Grandma Bell, 
a little wiry woman, w'ith a white cap that 
stood up straight about her face, bustled about 
the room preparing supper. Mr. Hardback 
had come over to kill the hog for the family. 
The supper looked so well that he seemed glad 
to accept the invitation pleasantly extended 
by Mrs. Bell. I was fully satisfied to wash 
at the sink, but Mr. Hardback felt iu duty 
bouud to walk out to the pump. He came 
back with his face shining and his hair stand¬ 
ing out in all directions. He pulled a square 
inch of comb from his pocket aud made an at¬ 
tack upou his hair, trying to bring it into 
proper shape, 
I found a napkin by the side of my plate 
when I sat down to the table. There was one 
for Mr. Hardback too, but he viewed his with 
considerable suspicion, aud never once took it 
up. He ate away iu silence for a time and 
suddenly turned to me. 
“ I Leered tell you au’ Jack Brawn locked 
boras to-day.” 
I was obliged to confess that such au event 
had taken place. 
“ Dou't ’jrtsar ter hev no bones broke, do 
ye? Must hev sorter laid Jack out. Power¬ 
ful cur’us how sech things work, aiu’t it? I’d 
laid ye dowu for a good mouthful fer Jack. 
I jedged the derestrict ’ml hev ter pass the rest 
o’ the winter sorter patchiu' ye up. Dou't 
’pear ez though ye needed much patchiu’.” 
“I am very sorry to think we have so much 
trouble at sell >ot,” said Mrs. Bell, from her 
chair by the fire. 
“Wall, wall,’ saiil Mr. Hardback, with his 
mouth lull. “I duuuo, it aiu’t no bad plan 
fer ter git things broke in. Bear Crick needs 
trainin' aud it 'pears like the master’s gut ’em 
under the whip. Now let him cut a slice offen 
Deestrict number three to the spellin' school, 
au’ I'll gin him a recommend. I told ’em all 
the master war^’t nobody’s fool. I thro wed 
in a chunk fer him whenever I could. Ye 
see, things comes out jest ez I said they 
would.” 
I could not help remembering Mr. Hard- 
hack's conversation on the first day of our ac¬ 
quaintance, but I could well afford to be gen¬ 
erous. Mr. H. finished his supper at last. The 
food seemed to render him good nnturod. He 
leaned back in his chair and picked his teeth 
with a large jack knife. 
“Wbere’d ye hit Jack?” he asked at the 
peril < f running the knife through his tongue. 
“The laws is sorter strict od thet pint. Mas¬ 
ter kiu lick a boy ez frequent ez he likes, sos’t 
he don’t leave no mark thet kiu be seen. 
When the boy kin show a mark he kin 
have the master took up. Thet’s law, 
that is, au’ you’d better keep it in 
yer head. I know what the laws is on all 
these pints. When my boys was to home 
they fit the master right smart. Oue on ’em 
gut a holt on master’s beard ouc’t au’ pulled 
out a plumb handful. I’ll show it to ye 
when ye cum fer ter board to my house.’’ Mr. 
Hardback seemed to be as proud of this evi¬ 
dence of the powers of his son as an Indian 
would be in showing the scalp of an enemy. 
After several more anecdotes he seemed to 
finish carving his teeth properly, and saying 
that he reckoned he’d better bc“goin’” he 
stamped himself and his great boots out. 
I drew up my chair to the stove by the side 
of Grandpa Bell. He put on bis spectacles 
aud regarded me curiously. 
“I guess you come from York State don’t 
ye?” He asked after a careful scrutiny. 
“That’s where I come from an’ that’s where 
they raise good men.” 
I was obliged to say that I was not a “York 
State” product. This seemed to sadden the 
old gentleman. York State was to his mind 
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LETTERS FROM THE COUSINS 
Dear Uncle Mark; I was glad to see my 
letter in the Rural, aud think you were very 
kind to wish nte so much good, aud the best of 
it is it has all come true. When 1 wrote the 
first time I had been sick a long time and could 
not walk, now I am well and strong. I will 
soon be eight years old, and weigh Til 1 ., pounds. 
I promised to write about our chestnuts, tur¬ 
keys and chickens. This was not a good year 
for chestnuts, we only had ?L0 worth from our 
tree, of large ones. We got 35 cents a quart. 
Our turkey eggs did not hatch very well. 
Maomja did not raise many chickens, she had 
to take care <>f me. We have a new baby, a 
little girl: we call her Cidney. Papa named 
her for our grandma, his mother. She came 
the 23d of 9th month. We are tom- girls now, 
and Mamma is proud of us. The Rural 
flower seeds grew; the poppies were very odd, 
they looked like great balls of cotton, aud the 
nasturtiums were lovely. The cantaloupes and 
melons were good, but the corn is not a good 
kind for this part of the country. We had 
very nice strawberries; they lasted almost 
four weeks. We had a great many raspber¬ 
ries. Our doctor wanted Mamma and 1 to go 
to the seashore, so Papa took us to Ocean 
Grove; we were there a week. Papa took us 
all. We had a good time. Wc drove to Long 
Branch and saw where Gen. Grant lived (Mrs. 
Grant was there) aud where President Gar¬ 
field died. Long Branch is a beautiful place, 
away up above the ocean, with steep steps 
down to tbe water. The grass grows like 
velvet to the edge of the bluff. We bought 
some beautiful shells. Come and see us aud 
you shall have some of them, and I will tell 
you more about our trip. I saw a monkey at 
Long Branch, the first I ever saw; he was 
dressed up like a little boy. Papa has 3S 
cows, a lot of calves aud 53 pigs and six 
horses. We sell over four tons of butter a 
year. I am to have a calf of my own as soon 
as I am a little older, aud feed it myself. 
Sister Mary and I sell the squabs, we get 40 
and 00 cents a pair for them. We have a 
teacher and go to school at home: it is very 
nice. 1 would like to have a nice dog. 
Chester Co., Pa. maggie sharplkss. 
[That is a good family, I think. No wonder 
your Mamma is proud of you. When I eouie 
that way I shall surely call. I think the calf 
will be nicer than a dog.— TL M.] 
Dear Uncle Mark; 1 read the letters of 
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