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Recollections of Auton House .. (1889)

Hoppin, Augustus, 1828-1896 · Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and Co. · leaf 42

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cted with sore fingers,lame arms, and rheumatic legs. So Mother Honzybrought out her invaluable salve, made of orange-peel, soap, andsaliva. This she proceeded to spread upon bits of linen and boundup the fingers and aching joints of the Honzy tribe. Such a regiment of white cots and bandaged toes… … 38 RECOLLECTIONS OF AUTON HOUSE. leghorns, green veils, and old calashes that could be gatheredfrom the nursery-closet bandboxes, while wide lace collars andstiff little jiggers, made to fill out the mutton-legged sleeves ofour grandmothers dresses, were freely brought into requisition.Enormous…

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