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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
433 
Letters of an Indiana Farmer 
I have been re-reading, for the nth 
time, the one novel of E. P. Roe that ever 
appealed to me—“Nature’s Serial Story.” 
It charmed my childhood, in the stacks 
of old magazines carefully preserved up¬ 
stairs ; it is only now that it receives 
a slightly amused, though kindly, criti¬ 
cism. The exquisite illustrations by Gib¬ 
son (W. II., not C. D.) that went with 
it had much to do with its lasting charm. 
By comparison with modern novels, the 
household management in this story is 
delightfully vague and idealistic, consid¬ 
ering that it is really a tale of a country 
home. But what causes amusement, not 
unmixed with horror, is the number of 
stoves and fireplaces provided for this 
family of 10, beside two impersonal maids 
and a general factotum called Black 
Abram. As a matter of fact, I lost count 
of the fires, as also of the rooms, suspect¬ 
ing that some of the later were called by 
two names; but they were numerous 
enough to provoke a gasp, even though 
there were “miles of woodland” about, 
for wood does not get itself into the fire. 
And it was twelve below zero on the open¬ 
ing night of the story ! 
Twelve below, and no modern heating! 
W!e have had it once already this Win¬ 
ter, and shall repeat the dose tonight, 
unless the wind changes. And it is no 
situation for a writer of idealistic farm 
stuff! Just now there are four eoal-and- 
wood fires going in this house, with oil 
in the cellar, and we have neither large 
families, nor a guest, nor an invalid, 
nor servants. It is not efficiency—but 
what else can we do? The bachelor 
cousin is vowing by all the powers that 
be that he will have a heating plant next 
Winter, if he has to do without a flivver! 
His cousin cannot go so far as that, but 
it heads the list of wishes. 
There is no use trying to have house 
plants as I want them, under present 
conditions. I had not many, but lost all 
but two, when the first 12 below tobog¬ 
ganed in from the Northwest without 
notice. My precious Hoya, which began 
life in Vermont, and a Gardenia, were 
saved, not being with the others; but 
I cared for those two like babies, or too- 
early lambs; carried them around, 
wrapped them up, put them on the man¬ 
tel, put them in a tight box—did every¬ 
thing but take them to bed with me. Now 
it is all to do over again—how long? 
A friend in town has a young Christmas 
cactus for me, but I am afraid to bring 
it out. 
Earl has been making tree guards 
of galvanized screen wire—not as soon 
as they were needed, the rabbits got 
some expensive bites. The hardware 
men, old acquaintances, joked about the 
purchase of the screening, asking if flies 
were bothering. There is absolutely no 
end to the repairs needed on this place. 
And some of the “big farmers” couldn’t 
see what I would have for a. hand to do! 
I have just acquired a fine family of 
pigs, from an auction on a place where 
the stock had miserable care—horses out¬ 
side, wearing fur six inches long; no 
barn worth mentioning for cows and 
calf (what barn there was stabled tbe 
flivver, and it had been allowed to freeze.) 
There was the merest hutch for the pigs, 
and nothing but corn to feed to anything. 
But this sow had good blood, and was 
able to maintain her family of 10 under 
such adverse circumstances, so they 
seemed worth transplanting. At least 
they will have a more varied diet here, a 
tight little house ,and plenty of bedding. 
I was impatient to get them home before 
this cold wave, and Earl’s father brought 
them this morning in his truck. Speak¬ 
ing of tight little houses—a neighbor had 
the harrowing experience of cremating a 
nice litter of pigs and injuring the mother 
when he left an oil heater in their tigh* 
little house and went to town. 
The “wave” has passed on, as all waves 
do, given time enough. It left behind 
a deposit of coughs and colds, chapped 
skin and brittle nails. Now we have 
mild weather, and mud, which suits me 
better, for we womenfolks can keep out 
of it, mostly. I don’t know whether the 
roads are thawed clear through or not; 
that happened in March last year, with 
dire results. This past Summer and 
Fall the State roads received a heavy coat 
of washed gravel, shipped in, as the 
gravel near here is not very good. So 
fnr, these State roads are in good con¬ 
dition. We knew, when we struggled 
to keep an “even keel” going through 
that fresh gravel last Fall, that we 
would appreciate it later. 
The magazines and papers are bloom¬ 
ing with garden stuff, but the catalogs 
come in slowly. That is provoking, if one 
really wants to order early, and holds up 
all orders, waiting to see what some fav¬ 
orite seedsman is offering. The roses 
look sick. I have not felt equal to the 
task of finding out how much life is 
left; too much rank growth late in the 
Fall. I am afraid. 
There are several tempting auctions in 
the next week, but We are not letting our¬ 
selves be tempted much. Lulu and Earl 
have sent the passage money for her 
father, and are economizing accordingly. 
And anybody w r ho has ever tried to bring 
up a rundown place knows what I spend 
money for. My renter’s wife has just 
had an operation and two weeks in the 
hospital, and the profits of many months’ 
farming can take wings in such a case. 
It makes us realize the actual commer¬ 
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