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��sumed the management and settlement of his large property. To his ability and integrity Rev. Seth S. Arnold, min- ister of the church, in his Historical Sketches of Alstead, pay's a high trib- ute. Concerning Major Hutchinson the same writer says : "By his honesty, diligence, amiable and correct deport-

��ment ; and especially by his public spirit and generous benevolence, he merited and secured the good will of all with whom he was acquainted. He died * * * in the midst of his usefulness ; and his death was generally felt and lamented."

��A COTTAGE.

��BY LAURA GARLAND CARR.

By a road-side, hot and dusty, Is a wide gate, old and gray. '

Lift the latch, time-worn and rusty. Heavily 'twill backward sway,

While the iron hinges mutter In a dull complaining way.

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��Down a long hill slowly wendim

Wheels and hoofs with muffled sound,

On the grass-grown path descending, Reach at last the level ground,

And an humble low-roofed cottage With rose bushes hedged around.

��Cherry-trees, with ripe fruit teeming", Almost hide the house from sight —

Just a hint, through green leaves gleaming, Of the low walls, snowy white.

Does the fragrance from the roses Thrill you with a keen delight ?

��This small window, almost hidden By the climbing, twining sprays,

Out from Memory's stores has bidden Fair sweet scenes from childhood's days,

Framed and perfumed with the roses, Vaguely seen through Time's rich haze.

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