rpsalm, the,f2nd Chapln of the Book pet.eot coo''. makinc plea, eakea aDd

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of RevelatiODs and tbe 5th thapter, bi&euIUi. ] had my own auppliN of
ac:eoniinr to S t . Mattbew, Alter material, for cockins. and my own
that ealIle ~e nul's Irccn tbe " car- ; utenliIs' a.t wflJl .a, my ~ "'~ ... ee~ d~
ietou Sftlti~I.· ' ..sit\ it ~d pe.... termiDed .U1.
r~t1,. nat u ral'lhit wben asked. lor .. I It alemed to me io tboae day. thAt.
.ketch about m'~U, written br m,-! I lived in a vtr1;able 'YrJtand. I
.,elf, the BenUnel ahould have \t t o had a ,ardeo pfOt 01 my 't'ery OWll.

print.
l in the cent et" ,WIUi a I'iD~ big i!~'
A the beginning I Wa.I tbe oolleat tree u~n wbleb grew lour "art . ell
uni t a little girl., comlnl all I 4id ' 01 8'Ppln-New BronlWklr.u.
In:atter the 10.. from d\ptherla 01 the ander, He oey Pinlt and Reel· Mtratb ree Iftrat-born who la, dead. at oDe chan. AU .ort. 0(' hard,. p4!:TTe\'llAll I
LIme, it'ft" lnr jult ooa .mali / baby grew all Around. My [.tbllll' b..a'(I:
boy, my br other, Fra!lkU!I. Iwu a ' most beautiful gard~ aDd orcbard,

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Tery precoclo uA and Tery tn\lch
I"- I wbich und er hi, marlt hand blO8lOm·
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dulC~ thild . Wbl"!! four year.
old , ed and bon a~ilndanttr. · The _tDOIIt
I b.d my lUI" pllLtlned out wb.t I I' gol:geoUt ItOlll"tr'S o f all't.l nd. In tbeir
.... o uld do alld be. And tben, 801'1 ' 1801• eeaSoll1 boomed in r loteo. prolul~
..... y.,. I bad Ullli mlt l:d [altb in
my ! and be rab~ te perfeetloll "plea,
po*er for ',re8t atblevemea:".
No I pluQl_,· red .nd iolden taI...pberriS,!
betcbta stoemed ImpoU1ble for me. I bl&ekbtrrl9, pean and rr8opN . 'A
At ',iI: yean I w". working, .It~in, I long 80d blgb ~nee of board. • ..
In the big fra mes of tbe bot
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equaltr ' famous ~eltc1!us. I ~lW~YS
at the no rth of t ~ garden ,
where worked hard and to th.c" limit. of my ,
yeaTs in New .
t ender plants and vines were trained . I strengt.h the last

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Belo r e my se\'t:nteenth hir thdaY we,' I began teac~ng rousie and working
mo "ed up to the "bi~ bouse" bu llt I at the fruit . I had an' unH~tted ea- I:
Originally tor the mauager of Ute : pacity for hal' wor,ko beitJ~ full . Of ~ :
"Iron Works . "
It was a fin e ~tg I ad vity. bo th physical a nd mental " :
maDl. lon with t wenty·6ve rooms , In· and I never knew fatigue. 1 simply •
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my fathe r
kept for Il mUSiC. ! dayUgbi puking and 'sbipping Apple. :
In One ead w as a S t einlVay au:! pl umll . ~& e'%ported .from Of~ :
piano-the O~st one imported in; the 1 t o twenty thousand barn·ls 01 8Ppl~

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provlnce-aod a One ble choral or·
gao . My father adored the "har·
mony of sweet lIo';l6d&" and 1 was
encou raged. in every way to cultivate
my roullcal
gift . 1 pl';yed well
when I waa Beven and my fatb er "
good mUSician hTmself used to olte'\l

and . from Bve to alx thOuu,nd hoxes
of plume each &eason . 1 have ta'ortp
cars o f apples 'to Boston, gettlng
'bJggeT prices for them. t han any othft"
appl" OB the market . 1 once took a
car
pluma to BoatoD, ordered for
I cennltJr.
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at th1e
et.t beside me wben , I prac:tlRd . MY ' '''' The Sharpa fatht.r a nd
plano was kept in g~ t une , and if time .w~ carrying on a i~ge indUsno tuner w.. bandy one was brought try. ~o tbln" in tbe shape of fruit
frO In St. John . Our bouse .. as al- , went to waste. The ma"'.Qg Of. cid~
' wayt lUted with
peopie old and I' ~nd vlnepr in itae1.f w... a'\good Coroung and wben we Cave e' bie par- lng buaineaa. Large " arebou.&etl "en
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flUed io tbe faU and ~ early winter
ty, as we .did twice a year. we bad with calk. fiUed with cider which laan orcheetra trom
Cala18 or els&- teT w as mad~ loto vinegar. A huge
where. 8y the time 1 was "teo 1"&8 press mad~ Oo'an original plan of
learning t he
nursery and orchal'd my tather' s with a capacityt' for press

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the whole family and bouse became .a
factory (or maki n ~ t rees . - A bulry gr inders and all the necessat-y outhive o f from twenty to 6fty wofker9, fit were ke~t b\I~Uy em,ployt:d.
MI\
with my father
t ~ cbief and bead. ~~th er ~,ught up
all the eo-ea~
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'EigMy Days ," a portion each day as measu ring and counting tbe
apvle
it appeared tn tnstal~ent8 In the l aeed r~r planting. Plum seed ..~
"Daily Telegraph. " We never wetJt gotten ~rcm tbe old red or " borse"

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p~:!:~t~ :::·':Ull~~~t8i:~

but every ,Sunday ,
of}
to We kePt bees. 1s(y father bad apiar-

r~tn or. shine, from eacb apring '

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Ing' our rood al ong, went o,.; r t o the bu ndred.

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OD Sharp's mountain . • Moth·

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io the 0~~r48. Bee-

I::;~~~g ro~:~&:~~ ~::1:!0 rru~~

:~eU;~dat::: :;laB~:e 8!;~ ~~~ I ~~ :o~::r c::O~:::tbetb~ P~l!:~ ~
tloo.s for ua. She ha.l 8 most
ller!u! and fascinaling 'flay of.

«"'3t. 8UCC~.. The bees
1m- loved. her ~ Bh~ could ahraya man-

woo_ I tr,"aocl hac!

panf:Jg lno ... tedge and,' telling BlbIe

~~eh~:::~A 'ba~cm;~ ~:;mtal::l":

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' My mo ther waa.. a , lorioul woman .
I never knew her to be crOss witb us
or scold ua a nd .be never' punished.

..,arm~ 01J!a bra nch 8Cr~in.g ot! the
'beere With ber b&Dd. aOd puttioc ebem
In th-e hive, ~, neTer etung ber.
At that time we bad all the "fouod-

Rer eye&, a deep blue, wer t Uke wette ! ::·l:r:::.'~~:':~~had 0: ~~:d~:~
or loving Ugh.t,.
and looking Into We learned to rale. lambc. Tbe dop
_tbeir depth" wal Uke refreahing the , got afUr our flock kilUnc numbers
oul anew 'f9'itbL'ove and peaeefutne8fl ,, 1of them . 80 Ufs lndWitry had to be
At the age or tweln I could har- I given up. My fatb er also introduced
ness, drive and milnage a horte aDd an d kept' the ftnJ t tboroulhbrec! J ereey cattle. We bad nurseries and or·
wu ~e gener al " facto tem, " carr i- cbards all. We 80Id tbree exelusiv&Ing ~~ letter. t o mait-- and d9ing aU / ly In P rince Edw.a.rd bland! New
the
truckIng. About tbis rtlm• Brunswick and Northern Maine and
r ~ad my firat-schooling, a. little ov- / portions of ~uebee. [My ~tather kept
er one(rea.r , at UP. very 6n6 Super~ elg!tt tearrJ' bau~ .. he. and man.·
ure all tbe ye&r round. and eVfIf7lo r ~cb.ool taught by Dr. Ayer, a l wbere tbe 'lan. blouamed and' bbre
college grad u~te and a great teach- fruit like tbe "Garden of Eden." \A t
er.1 , I W~iIln ehe senior class ' and I tllat tlme, old Carleton County was
1'C"a8 a tis a r PtlpM . My brother a'oc! the moat hlgbly eoltured and fruitI attend ed
e\'ening 018.68 in _ wrlt_ ! ' U16pot in Amerlca l r not In tbe unl-

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l.og and n dan ng class-alt bougb be ;be~:'6~U:n~1~e ;::.beN:::a.·wa~f l
fore this Urn my father had ,t aught I orntd a .... y. E"e.ryp De could ~o me
me lVal~ng &rid other dat1!fl1J .
At I and sleep an.l eat and relt.
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ter1'C"R rd t o. " S t . Ma:rgaret', H all." ~e~bt~~ !~ n;,t :~::~; :J,~!li:: al: 'I
Halifu . fo r A t erm . I s t ood fir s t in I the law be simply paid. the. debt a'nd .
music at holh places, and in my u - I treed. tbe debtor. At tht ~ time 'We
amingtioQ8 made perfect martA
l!1 bad ple~ty c:A money.
~ tree
nearly all t he rludie8 . 1 ..... 8till I sales there would eome thousandl of I
"'or ki n summers in the nureerles and ' dollars wbicb my father j ust
Upt I
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f mu1led in IT.a pockets . Once be left
orchards a nd 8JJf'isting m, ' father 6ve thousand dollarv: ,in bUta in hl:a
with. hiS'" wentitlc experiments.
I "cooler" JK)eket hancihg o n an apI.. rned t o "do up" . U • ods o r' Pr .. pIe t.ree io the o,:haN! 0 0 tb. moun.~ r ...etI and , cUee which we exb blted , tain ~ In tbe neoloc needfUl"
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at the fa irs . I took fi rst prise at
the Bangor fdr for canoed aad pr~
served fruita aDd jell ies.
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. We bad b, no w tbe moat wonderru t aod produetln orebarda ' in Am~
utea . Yn bloeaoD\ time one eould

with tbe O. P . R .} bT capoe to let 1
ft . We had .torea of eTeryth.i.ztc. Su I
Car , molutee, butter. pork. oil and '
oata" to wbleh all ba4 acce&e. Falb- I
er ... oo~d 8f.Y "bell' youree\f and kee,t ,

drive for mlles alonl road. bordeNM1
on elthe.r
aide by o rchards in tbe
. bl,hest atate o f eulthaUo n, the alr
la4ened with wha' to IDe is \be most
, delicate and !'faCTant of aU perfumes
- tb"acent of the apple bloPOm . 1

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l out question.
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Falbee and mother one tall broucbtt
the I' poor cli Idr. " fr9m the "poor .:
fann " 10 fa mily let. and kept tb~
811 ... nter fl!lledlnc and cloth 11", ~.em ,

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learnn! the wboleAAlsiness o r m&'kinl' ~:~p;:"~~~'~keis~!a :~c:~ p~.,~!;{
trees, pl.nline &lid rahi nl(, pae'dna: lour ble doe buU41np , _t ore houaee ,
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pip-In ract I was a recv1ar farmer . 1 er tbe nuntery busi eS8 aDd he ~nd
At the 8f!;e of eigbteen I went to
New Yor'll: t o s tud, music. 1 U.ed
like a mi1aoflalr~ '8 d"ught ~r . my fa·
tbtr la\'"i shly sl~nding money on :ne.
1 htuJ the Bnest m ter. both for Pi_
An o and "c iet. I .'t'nl t o the o pera

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tref'S under the highest state of
T hefle et;me intofbearlng in
I 1S92 and my brother valued th e or·
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e.ery day and heard all tlle "great : ;:r~!"n:r;~::r~~ d:~:~~s
o nt's ." !lcto rs and musk (lnl'.
1 I o "tl""ntts of the property.

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creatf"lilt o f a ll at-bOOla,. t he pari! : ~f~aa:o;: C:~~SI::e t~:r:elRS:t !e.at~~
CO Dse-rv-ato re , tht'n for ftveral sea- I co ut. I n 1896 I eame bome to h~lp I
aons from Dr. WilHam Muon, wbo manat:,:e t be bie of't:bard . In t he .p_
beW the proud pOl ilio. 61 beltl, tbe pI, pJckl~ . a9()Q we employed a

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