Winning His Way

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WINNING HIS WAY.byCHARLES CARLETON COFFIN,Author "Story of Liberty," "Boys of '76,""My Days and Nights on the Battlefield,""Our New Way Round the World," "Following the Flag," Etc.Boston, Mass.:Perry Mason & Co.1888(From the beginning)"FIRST YEARS.Many years ago, before railroads were thought of, a company ofConnecticut farmers, who had heard marvellous stories of the richness ofthe land in the West, sold their farms, packed up their goods, badeadieu to their friends, and with their families started for Ohio.After weeks of travel over dusty roads, they came to a beautiful valley,watered by a winding river. The hills around were fair and sunny. Therewere groves of oaks, and maples, and lindens. The air was fragrant withhoneysuckle and jasmine. There was plenty of game. The swift-footed deerbrowsed the tender grass upon the hills. Squirrels chattered in thetrees and the ringdoves cooed in the depths of the forest. The place wasso fertile and fair, so pleasant and peaceful, that the emigr

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ants madeit their home, and called it New Hope.They built a mill upon the river. They laid out a wide, level street,and a public square, erected a school-house, and then a church. One oftheir number opened a store. Other settlers came, and, as the yearspassed by, the village rang with the shouts of children pouring from theschool-house for a frolic upon the square. Glorious times they hadbeneath the oaks and maples..." --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

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