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mctt down Kust were telling tough storics of tboir exploits in breaking up new ground. The linen was taken ofl' the bush by this yarn : "'Twasup in Dixmont, twrnty-seven yi ;n ago this spring, 1 mt plowing in stump round with a team of nino pair of cattle for Sol Civnniughum ; we wcre going ilung, mnkin' not vury sinooth work aniong rocks and stumps ; well, om: ibiy the pint o' the plow struck fair ;gainst 1 sound stump four foot through, split it square aeross the lu ai t, mul I was t'oUorin' the plow Uirough, when the thought fiashed through niy niind that the posky stump might snap together and pinch my toes, so I jest grapped tho plow handles fĂiin and swung my feet up out o' tho way, and tho stump sprung back and catched the slack of my pantaloons. That brought eyorythiiig up stannin. Well, I tiglitencd my hold, and Jim Swithin, ho and Sol was drivin, tho spoke to the cattlo, and we snaked tliat stump right out by tho roots, and it had awi'ul long ones." "It must a ben strainin' on your suspenders," said the other. " My wife knit them."
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