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ut everyth i S can in 8 ith the hors, he bese sh fruits. Be sure to Horse. vays' look well | massed]. by the fence if no live stock 'eat them ls that may be and. scuffler to]. ARAN : set out andf} conn seem to settle down and he's been wandering about the I etters from 5 if. Mother-in-Law Little Britain, Ontafio, May 1, 1912 '| To Mrs. James Tompkins, Port Perry, Ontario, jE 'Seeing as how Jim hasn't been telling you - all about: the pies ; body with enough money to buy and he muttered something about me being no hand to write a letter, |} and that just got my dander up;and I told him seeing he felt a bit too «ranky to write anyway, Td do the job myself, so please excuse all -¥ blots and blunders, for when it rains jt sometimes thunders. Men folks is all right as long as they've got something to keep J them busy and out of mischief, but land sakes they're not much ac+ count when it comes to amusing themselves in the house. Joshua -house like a caged bear at the 200. Between you and me I think Joshua's 'honeymoon had better come to an end and he'd better get home and J] "Patter round in the garden «or a spell, for he ain't noways contented: Now with women folks it's different. They're used to being in 11 the house; and when they gets a chance, they visits among themselves without much fidgetting. OF course at first when you're company it's not just comfortable like, for you're not expected to wash the dishes, and help redd up the house. All the holidays I've had this thirty year, is when the Ladies' Aid met to our place, or some other such . like occasion. Whenever I think of the way women. is tied to the house, it re- minds me of the story they tell of Sister Hopper. There was to be a camp meeting rear the Hopper place, and Sister Hopper had set her mind on going to that meeting. Her mind was that set and made up [that she'd baked her share of the pies, and got all ready to go; when "Hopper said he guessed she'd have t§ stay to home as he had to go way on business, and somebody must. look after the cows. Wel Hopper he went away, and, Sister Hopper was feeling pretty blue with all them pies and stuff setting round. But she didn't stay blue long. ex GERIDE she hitched up the old mare and drove it and. ail: "the camp meeting ground, where she found Hopper , Things was a bit cool between them two § 45 4 Maman ATR i