Five Acres Too Much: A Truthful Elucidation of the Attractions of the Country, and a Careful Consideration of the Question of Profit and Loss as Involved in Amateur Farming, with Much Valuable Advice and Instruction to Those about Purchasing Large Or Small Places in the Rural Districts. C By Robert B. Roosevelt ... |
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Page 55
... became scant , it was supplied mainly through the charity of the neighbors . He had no bedding and no change of clothes ; and when a murder was committed near by , and the murderer was hunted through the place by constables , officers ...
... became scant , it was supplied mainly through the charity of the neighbors . He had no bedding and no change of clothes ; and when a murder was committed near by , and the murderer was hunted through the place by constables , officers ...
Page 69
... became necessary to buy a pig , my judgment was indispensable , and I was compelled to drive to the place of his residence - which was the haunted house . I did not know that it was haunted , and , being well aware of the decorum that ...
... became necessary to buy a pig , my judgment was indispensable , and I was compelled to drive to the place of his residence - which was the haunted house . I did not know that it was haunted , and , being well aware of the decorum that ...
Page 70
... , after smashing every thing to pieces , tearing the body of the wagon from the wheels , toss- ing out what was movable , and ruining his harness , ' Dandy Jim became satisfied , and allowed a rustic to 70 FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH .
... , after smashing every thing to pieces , tearing the body of the wagon from the wheels , toss- ing out what was movable , and ruining his harness , ' Dandy Jim became satisfied , and allowed a rustic to 70 FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH .
Page 71
... became satisfied , and allowed a rustic to catch him . Here was a pretty family horse - afraid of a ghost when all respectable families teach their children that there are no such things as ghosts ; running away under supernatural , and ...
... became satisfied , and allowed a rustic to catch him . Here was a pretty family horse - afraid of a ghost when all respectable families teach their children that there are no such things as ghosts ; running away under supernatural , and ...
Page 82
... became disgusted , women exhausted , and chil- dren irrepressible ; but still no train . When I left in despair , at about midnight , the men had fallen asleep on the benches , while women were frantically . demanding where there was a ...
... became disgusted , women exhausted , and chil- dren irrepressible ; but still no train . When I left in despair , at about midnight , the men had fallen asleep on the benches , while women were frantically . demanding where there was a ...
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Page i - Five Acres Too Much. A Truthful Elucidation of the Attractions of the Country, and a Careful Consideration of the Question of Profit and Loss as involved in Amateur Farming, with much Valuable Advice and Instruction to those about Purchasing Large or Small Places in the Rural Districts. By ROBERT B. ROOSEVELT, Author of "Game Fish of North America," "Superior Fishing," "Game Birds,