. Erinnerungen an Auton House . fünfzig Körbe Kl , J IH ., , J li, J /K. .- / X / / LR I I*. I i i IK/ I wurden in die Behälter deponiert. Farm- in ™ in I iners brachte aus dem Landkreis hoch aufragende Lasten von Walnuss und Hick-ory, die sie über in den Pflastersteinhof von AutonHouse, während die Ochsen und das alte Pferd kauen Maisstängel und Heu in der Gasse. Jede Familie hatte in jenen Tagen ihren eigenen holzsawyer.Ihr hattet unseren, Dad-dy Burns genannt. Dieses Personwar so groß wie ein Platanen, und so rot wie eine Pfingstrose. Er hatte einen kahlen Kopf und eine rote Flanellmütze, die er aufsetzte, als er sägte. Er verehrt einen kurzen Jack

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. Recollections of Auton House . fifty baskets Kl , J iH., , J li, , J /K. .— / X / / lr I I*. I I IK/ I were deposited in the bins. Farm- iN ™ iN I INers brought in from the county towering loads of walnut and hick-ory, which they pitched over into the cobble-stoned yard of AutonHouse, while the oxen and the old horse munched corn-stalks andhay in the lane. Every family had its ownwood-sawyer in those days.Ye had ours, named Dad-dy Burns. This individualwas as tall as a sycamore, and as red as a peony. Hehad a bald head, and a redflannel cap, which he put onwhen he sawed. He worea short jacket and a little flatblack hat. His enormoustrousers had no thin 2; to mark them but patches and ampli-tude, while his thick cow-hideshoes seemed to inclose apair of hoofs instead of feet. He must have been six feet anda half in height. He came swavinpr into Auton yard like the main- */ o •/ mast of a ship, with his saw in one hand and his horse in the other, looking like a son of Anak. Daddy Burns had a grand old face, a. 94 RECOLLECTIONS OF AUTON HOUSE. mixture of the patriarch and the inebriate. He never laughed, butlived a lonely and dignified existence far above the heads of othermen. He was seldom in good spirits, but very frequently in bad ones.He reallv loved rum for rums sake, and his long throat made him »/ O an excellent judge of it. He or some other family wood-sawyerwas the one who drank two large bowls of chocolate without stop-ping, and then said he did nt like choclate. Father Auton used to lay in the potatoes, and the turnips andcarrots, by the hundred bushels every winter. I seem to hear nowthe echo of their tumbling into the big bins down cellar, as basketafter basket deposited its rumbling contents. Nick Peters, OldSpeywood, and Mr. Atwood brought to Father Auton his Car-olina-potatoes, his ( soft-soap, and his freckled pippin-apples.Old Speywood was an Indian, Nick Peters was a Portugee, andMr. Atwood was a Yankee, — all very unique varieties of men.

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