Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 175
the mothercountry to be educated.The daughters were in-structed by private tutors. Most fine gentlemen were fond of fine horsesand dogs. There is a flavor of romance in thepage of history that tells of Washington and hisfriends dashing through the forests of the OldDominion, to the music of hound… … SAVING GOOD-DYE TO THE LADY should consider it inconvenient enough to do with-out steam-boat, railroad, telegraph, and daily news-paper, not to mention horse-cars, express companies,letter-carriers, and the tel-ephone. The farmer of 1776 hadno grain-drill, harvester,or threshing-machine; andeven…
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