Other editions of book When Life was Young at the Old Farm in Maine

A story of wholesome home life on an old-fashioned Maine farm in 1865.Charles Asbury Stephens' 1910 volume "When Life was Young at the Old Farm in Maine" contains thirty of the author's inimitable chapters of life on the Old Squire's farm, and describes in detail, the hearty, merry, wholesome home life at the old farm in Maine.When President Lincoln sent out the call for troops at the opening of the Civil War, five stalwart sons of a Maine country '' Squire'' entered the army of the Union.Of the five, not one survived that awful conflict. So it happened that their children, war waifs and orphaned, came back in 1865-6 to live at their grandfather's old farm on Lake Pennesseewassee in Oxford County, Maine.They came from four different states in the Union and two of the children had never even seen their cousins. At the age of 65, the grandfather set himself to till the farm on a larger scale and to renew his lumbering operations. Grandmother, too, was constrained to increase her flock of geese and other poultry and to begin anew the labor of spinning and weaving. About the author: Charles Asbury Stephens (1844 – 1931) was a well-known American writer of short stories and articles; he earned his M.D. from Boston University in 1887.Other works by Stephens include: Fox-hunting (1872) Lynx-hunting (1872) On the Amazons (1872) Left on Labrador (1873) Camping out: as recorded by "Kit" (1873) Off to the geysers (1872) The Best in the World (1880) The Young Moose Hunters (1882) The Knockabout Club Alongshore (1883) The knockabout Club in the woods (1883) The Knockabout club in the tropics (1883) The adventures of six young men in the wilds of Maine and Canada (1884) Living matter: its cycle of growth and decline in animal organisms (1888) Pluri-cellular man: Whence and what is the intellect, or "soul"? (1892) Charles Adams Tales (1896) Long life (1896) The nation's responsibility for its laborers on the Panama Canal (1904) The ark of 1803: a story of Louisiana purchase times (1904) Natural salvation (1905) Pioneer boys afloat on the Mississippi (1910) When Life was Young at the Old Farm in Maine (1912) The Fields are Adventure (1912) A great year of our lives at the old squire's (1912) Julia Sylvester (1912) Immortal life: how it will be achieved (1920) C. A. Stephens Looks at Norway (1920) A busy year at the old squire's (1922) Andros islands (1923) Haps and mishaps at the old farm (1925) Stories of my home folks (1926) Katahdin camps (1928)

When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine BY C. A. STEPHENS PUBLISHED BY THE YOUTH'S COMPANION BOSTON, MASS. Copyright, 1912 BY C. A. STEPHENS All rights reserved Electrotyped and Printed by THE COLONIAL PRESS C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U.S.A. DEDICATED WITH CORDIAL BEST WISHES TO THE MANY Readers of the Youth's Companion WHO HAVE SO KINDLY REMEMBERED US AT THE OLD SQUIRE'S FARM Contents CHAPTER PAGE THE FARM ON THE PENNESSEEWASSEE 1 I. A NOSE IN COMMON 5 II. WHITE SUNDAY 13 III. MONDAY AT THE OLD FARM 28 IV. OUR FIRST JERSEY COW 47 V. SHEEP-WASHING--ADDISON'S NOVEL WATER-WARMER 57 VI. THE VERMIFUGE BOTTLE 72 VII. IMMERSING THE LAMBS 94 VIII. "OLD THREE-LEGS" 106 IX. HOMESICK AGAIN. BLUE, OH, SO BLUE 119 X. MUG-BREAD, PONES AND JOHNNY-REB TOAST 128 XI. THE BIRDS AND BIRD-SONGS AT THE OLD FARM 136 XII. TWO VERY EARLY CALLERS--EACH ON BUSINESS 153 XIII. WE ALL SET OFF TO HAVE OUR PICTURES TAKEN 166 XIV. "THERE IS A MAN IN ENGLAND, NAMED DARWIN" 176 XV. A WET FOURTH OF JULY, WITH A GOOD DEAL OF HUMAN NATURE IN IT 187 XVI. WOOD-CHUCKS IN THE CLOVER--ADDISON'S STRATAGEM 208 XVII. HAYING TIME 218 XVIII. APPLE-HOARDS 227 XIX. DOG DAYS, GRAIN HARVEST, AND A TRULY LUCRETIAN TEMPEST 247 XX. CEDAR BROOMS AND A NOBLE STRING OF TROUT 255 XXI. TOM'S FORT 268 XXII. HIGH TIMES 286 XXIII. THE THRASHERS COME 297 XXIV. GOING TO THE CATTLE SHOW 308 XXV. THE WILD ROSE SWEETING 321 XXVI. THE OLD SQUIRE ALLOWS US FOUR DAYS FOR CAMPING OUT 329 XXVII. AT THE OLD SLAVE'S FARM 340 XXVIII. THE OLD SQUIRE'S PANTHER STORY 384 XXIX. THE OUTLAW DOGS 397 XXX. A HEARTFELT THANKSGIVING AND A MERRY YOUNG MUSE THAT VISITED US UNINVITED 410 At the Old Farm in Maine BY C. A. STEPHENS PUBLISHED BY THE YOUTH'S COMPANION BOSTON, MASS. Copyright, 1912 BY C. A. STEPHENS All rights reserved Electrotyped and Printed by THE COLONIAL PRESS C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U.S.A. DEDICATED WITH CORDIAL BEST WISHES TO THE MANY Readers of the Youth's Companion WHO HAVE SO KINDLY REMEMBERED US AT THE OLD SQUIRE'S FARM Contents CHAPTER PAGE THE FARM ON THE PENNESSEEWASSEE 1 I. A NOSE IN COMMON 5 II. WHITE SUNDAY 13 III. MONDAY AT THE OLD FARM 28 IV. OUR FIRST JERSEY COW

The white settlers called it the Great Pond; but long before they came to Maine, the Indians had named it Pennesseewassee, pronounced Penny-see-was-see, the lake-where-the-women-died, from the Abnaki words, penem-pegouas-abem, in memory, perhaps, of some unhistoric tragedy.From their villages on the upper Saco waters, the Pequawkets were accustomed to cross over to the Androscoggin and often stopped at this lake, midway, to fish in the spring, and again in winter to hunt for moose, then snowbound in their "yards." On snowshoes, or paddling their birch canoes along the pine-shadowed streams, these tawny, pre-Columbian warriors came and camped on the Pennesseewassee; we still pick up their flint arrow-heads along the shore; and it may even be that the short, brown Skraellings were here before them, in neolithic days.

C. A. Stephens' classic tale of old country life in Maine, New England during the late 19th century is brought to reader in this edition which includes the original illustrations. Steeped in nostalgia for an America long since departed, this novel is full of the virtues and sights common to American country life before modern inventions such as the motor car and the telephone made their appearance. Family values underpin the entire society, with the land around the Old Squire's Farm vividly described as quiet and rural. Sometimes likened to diaries for their episodic structure, the stories of C. A. Stephens remain as pleasant and enlightening today as they ever were. The family depicted in this book have experienced tragedy; the fathers of the children of the story having perished in the American Civil War, hence it being just the children and their grandparents. As well as being a good and wholesome story, When Life Was Young at the Old Farm in Maine provides a glimpse at life in the rural United States during a much simpler and more pastoral era. The children enjoy their adventures in the country, experiencing events such as the cattle show, a trip to the village photographer, and fishing in the local water holes, while their grandparents are eager to teach them to grow up to be responsible adults.

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Charles Asbury Stephens (1844-1931) who also wrote under the pseudonym Wade, was an American writer of short stories and articles. He was born in Norway, Maine, and wrote under the name "Stephens" to avoid embarrassing his family. He attended Bowdoin College starting in 1866, but dropped out because of lack of funds. For most of his career he was under contract to The Youth's Companion, and was their most popular and prolific contributor. Stephens himself estimated that he had written 3,000 short stories. The Youth's Companion put him through medical school so that they could have a staff physician to write scientific articles; he earned his M. D. from Boston University in 1887. His works include: Camping Out (1872), Off to the Geysers; or, The Young Yachters in Iceland (1872), On the Amazons (1874), Pioneer Boys Afloat on the Mississippi (1907), When Life was Young at the Old Farm in Maine (1912), Haps and Mishaps at the Old Farm (1912), A Great Year of Our Lives at the Old Squire's (1912), A Busy Year at the Old Squire's (1922) and Molly's Baby (1924).

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