Cannon Field 
the cart is so swung from the hubs that it is 
only four or five inches from the ground, sav- 
ing a great deal of strength, one should think, 
in loading and unloading. One wonders why 
the Yankee has not made more use of this 
idea, and why one does not see it in the flat 
prairie towns of the West. 
What is the law that decrees certain imple- 
ments and customs to be retained within cer- 
tain limits ? Why does the farmer in one 
Rhode Island county rake his hay as his fore- 
fathers were wont, and in three adjoining ones 
gather it speedily by means of a long rope ? 
Why does the low-swung truck, local to Cape 
Cod, crop out again in Nova Scotia ? 
There is a tremendous vis inertia in human 
affairs that preserves the individuality of places 
in spite of the levelling power of the " new 
civilisation." Blessings on it ! Long may 
it preserve Digby's dusty fish-flakes and her 
mihtary oxen with their tinkling bells ! 
It would not do to leave Digby without 
making the acquaintance of the famous " Digby 
chickens." These are not feathered bipeds, but 
good red herrings. They are large and oily, 
and their smoked skins are a beautiful golden 
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