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Only one street attained to the dignity of a name--Main Street, which

formed the north side of the Square In Carlow County, descriptive

location is usually acco the adjacent, as, "Up at

Bardlocks'," "Down by Schofields'," "Right where Hibbards live," "Acrost

from Sol Tibbs's," or, "Other side of Jones's field" In winter, Main

Street was a series of frozen gorges land hu, a

river ofdust heap; it was the best street in

Plattville

The people lived happily; and, while the world whirled on outside, they

were content with their own It would have nation to hear themselves spoken of as a "secluded coht to hear the vote of New York, every can

Once when the President visited Rouen, seventy miles away, there were only

few bankrupts (and not a baby ast them) left in the deserted homes of

Carlow County Everybody had adventures; allad to get back hoest

journey some of them ever set upon, and these, elated as they were over

their travels, determined to think twice ere they went that far from home

another time

On Saturdays, the farmers enlivened the commercial atmosphere of

Plattville; and Miss Tibbs, the post up and down Main Street as often as possible, to