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For a few years the people living on the river were in a large measure dependent for supplies upon the store kept by Simonds and White at Portland Point, and the names of the following Maugerville settlers are found in the ledger of Simonds and White in the year 1765 and shortly after, viz.: Jacob Barker, Jacob Barker jr., Thomas Barker, Jeremiah Burpee, David Burbank, Moses Coburn, Thomas Christie, Zebulun Estey, Richard Estey, jr., John Estey, Col.
"Burbank gave me a dose of his 'great and gracious way' you ought to see the 'side' he puts on now! and turned me over to Goodrich. He had been mighty careful not to give himself away any further than that.
But we are sadly, miserably mistaken. Do you think that these ideals of service from which every taint of self-seeking and commercialism have been eliminated do you think that these are mere figments of the impractical imagination? Go ask Perry Holden out in Iowa. Go ask Luther Burbank out in California.
We need not fall into the all-too-common error of placing common-sense and practical insight in opposition to the method of the scientists. Everyone in this country appreciates the wonderful and valuable services of Luther Burbank, and no one doubts that if his method could be extended the whole nation would benefit in an economic way.
Burbank had responded to the test. A baser man would have acted as scores of governors, mayors, and judges have acted in the same situation would have accepted popular ruin and would have compelled the powers to make him rich in compensation.
Burbank is probably over-enthusiastic in his belief that natural education can do everything for the child; but it is certain that environment does exercise a powerful influence, during the plastic age, in determining his character. Compare the helplessness of the infant at birth with the ability of the young of other animals. At one year of age, what is the comparison?
Burbank in some surprise. "Yes, sir." "State it." "Forty-five." "How did you get it?" Ephraim scratched his head, and looked confused. The fact was, he was entirely ignorant of the method of extracting the square root, but had slyly looked at the slate of his neighbor, Harry Walton, and mistaken the 25 for 45, and hurriedly announced the answer, in the hope of obtaining credit for the same.
Burbank is accomplishing such miracles in the vegetable kingdom, in fact he is recreating species as it were and developing them to a full fruition. Of course as in the case of the conversion of a sinner from his evil instincts, much opposition is met and the progress at first is slow, but finally the plant becomes fixed in its new ways and starts forward on its new course in life.
And then I began clearly to see that, for me at least, the prize, to be prized, must be fairly won from start to goal; and to be enjoyed, must gladden eyes that would in turn gladden me with the approval and sympathy which only a woman can give and without which a man is alone and indeed forlorn. From St. Louis I went direct to Burbank. His heart had been set upon a grand speech-making tour.
"I wanted you to dance with me, Mr. Gray. I am sure if you can dance as well as you can play, you would get along perfectly lovely. Now you've got to play, and can't dance at all." "It isn't leap-year, Maria," said Jedidiah Burbank, in a jealous tone. Miss Snodgrass turned upon him angrily: "You needn't put in your oar, Jedidiah Burbank!" she said. "I guess I know what I'm about.
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