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Show 1 ' THE COUNTRY TOWN. I Tho hirnngor who for the first time E visits tho llttlo towns of IHah Is lm- I pressed with tho provnlllng order nnd quiet TJrond streets nnd roads linod on both sides by trees or hodgoa. wv I lorod by purling Htreams from moun. tain sldos, neat, cosy, llttlo homes surrounded by Bhndo treos and cov- i-red with running vines, "applo and ' peach fmo fruited deep." wall-kept j ' lawns, guruciiH uud fields skillfully , ' . ', tilled, birds In tho trees ond fowls by ' tho coop, tho head or tho liouso in ' , health nnd happiness, tho good wlfo ,v In Joy and gladness, tmd children mer- : ! - ry, huppy nnd guileless, nil make n ; , picture worthy of tho nrtlst, nnd ' ' pleasing in tho Bight of tho Oroat .Father who first communod with his I . children in n garden, nnd was wor- I ' Hhiped in groveB, umtd trees mid How- 1 t-rn long beforo tho nrchltectr.ncs of ? temples were laid by num. TJils or ' . aerl pescoful, happy, contento l rura.1 lifo him been the foundation of groat-nes groat-nes In. every ngo and, nation. Jts decay de-cay has ever innrlu'il n rim'sformatloir In HJfllul; UolUcil, ynd Industrial lire. Tho city niuyuoi tho ptuco for power and vscalth, but, tho country Is the place for hupplncss nnd health. |