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Show The Retiirn of the New Englander No doubt, most men retain a fondness fond-ness for tholr native states, but I think tho Now Englandcr cherishes a stronger lovo for his native soil than most others. No other brook has quite so merry a laugh to his cars as tho mountain stream whero ho used to catch Bpcckled trout; no other apples havo tho spicy flavor of tho Porters and russets and Bnldwlns, T'" magnificent mag-nificent forests which cloti.. New England's hills and valleys, tho clear England's mils and valleys, tho clear bluo lakes "that dlmplo 'round hor hundred Isles," tho gorgeous sunsets which tlngo her distant mountain peaks with purplo, tho glorious autumn au-tumn which paints her varied abores-conco abores-conco In riotous colors where In tho wldo world can ho find a spot which quite equals It? S6 ho dreams of Now England as ho harvests his wheat on tho Dakota prairies, or gathers his prunes and apricots lu California; or, between orders to buy or sell on chango In Chicago or Now York, ho promlsos hlradulf, when ho shall havn money enough, that ho will go back to Now England and enjoy It. And ho Is coming back. Almost ovory town or hamlet In tho plctur-nquo plctur-nquo portions nf Now England and this term applies to the greater part or It has Its returned manufacturer or merchant, or "man of lottors,.or lawyer, or stalosmau, who comes every summer, bringing Ua family to test and recuperate. |