Now, there is no more cunning bosom sin in some men than the sin of covetousness, and that sin in Alexander Brodie's heart and life blew almost, if not altogether, away all these and many more fences of his salvation.
He that does not rise as eagles, Does not sail on wings through ether, Cannot cross Kullervo's pickets, Nor the fences he has builded.
Heretofore, we have built fences around our orchards and enclosed fowls in them.
Those that are painted are white or brown, but many are unpainted, have no window-shutters and are surrounded by untidy yards and fences that need repair.
Just now it is faded yellow in hue, with patches of snow in the hollows, and bare of trees, stumps or fences, except the almost invisible wire-fences which separate the fields from the road and from each other.
On the dead walls, fences and old buildings, were pasted highly colored show bills announcing the coming of Thayer & Noyes Great American Circus.
Time flew quickly at Brookside Farm, while they hurried to finish their concrete buildings and get their new fences up before the ground froze up solidly.
They spent the morning repairing the fences, which, under their persistent work, were beginning to look like real fences again.
Why, do you know, Al, the acreage wasted by rail fences on this farm alone would raise enough corn each year to send a boy to college.
They alight upon the buildings and fencesas well as upon the ground.
The yard and little garden spot were overrun with a heavy growth of timothy, and the fences had all long since gone to decay.
The traveler along the country roads disturbs them earthing their wings in the soft dry earth, or sees them skulking and flitting along the fences in front of him.
This promise was faithfully kept; but so rapidly did the animals increase that they became exceedingly troublesome to the natives by injuring their fences and taro plantations.
Not an inch of ground was waste; the roads occupied no more space than was necessary, while the fences did not take up above four inches on each side, and even this was not wholly lost, for many of them were composed of useful trees or shrubs.
There were numerous plantations of fir trees and edible roots, laid out with great judgment, and enclosed with neat fences made of reeds.
All courteously got out of the road, sitting down or standing with their backs to the fences as their visitors passed.
It follows, as a matter of course, that the greatest danger to be apprehended is the burning the boundary-fences of farms.
The two latter dishes are easily procured, for they grow more plentifully in the angles of the snake- fences in Canada than blackberries do in England.
Between the wire fences the watchdogs were barking furiously, adding to the din as the workers poured from the factories and rushed to their homes.
Both fences were made of barbed wire, supported by massive posts, and so Criss-crossed that even a cat would have had considerable difficulty in creeping through without injury from the sharp spikes.
Rittenhouse at fourteen was a plowboy, covering the fenceswith figures, musing on infinite time and space.
Fences would be impracticable, and damages would be ruinous; and any attempt to maintain the institution of hunting would be a long warfare in which the opposing farmer would certainly be the ultimate conqueror.
Wheat growing among the barley and by the fences was almost ripe August 12, when I was there.
While at Fort Good Hope I noticed that many of the outbuildings and fences were painted with a dull red coloring matter, which, on inquiry, I found consisted of the ashes of wood that had lain in the river for some years.
After harvest, the only remaining work was cleaning out fence corners, splitting rails building fences and numerous other minor tasks.
After the harvesting was over the fences were repaired and rails were split.
It would be still more absurd to let him run wild, breaking fences and trampling down passengers.
If it were not for her I might be bothered with fences all season, but one day is enough.
Properly constructed wire fences are serviceable, but there are so many kinds of wire and so many ways of building them it is quite evident that there is still confusion in the public mind regarding them.
In the same way the man who has an untidy farm with tumbled-down buildings and ragged fences does an injury to the whole countryside.
Stump fences were usually made of pine, and some may be found that are over fifty years old.
Board fences were once quite the fashion, but they have practically passed out because of the price of lumber.
Some one ought to get out a patent on wire fences as mud scrapers.
It is still possible to find examples of the stone, log, and stump fences of the pioneers which served the double purpose of bounding a field and clearing the land.
It is worth while to take a trip along the side roads where they still have rail fences to see the snowdrifts.
It was the same with the logfences that are now somewhat rare.
And beyond all this I wonder what on earth people are going to do when they finally have to take down useless wirefences and put up new ones.
Line fences mean nothing to them, and they will range wherever food is plentiful.
Rail fences are going out entirely because of the scarcity of timber, and board fences are going for the same reason.
These fences were practically straight, the ends of the logs being connected and held together by short cross pieces, on which each tier rested.
Wire fences of infinite variety are now being put up, but, judging from the criticisms of the farmers, the ideal fence has not yet been invented.
I think our inventors would make more money if they turned their attention from flying machines to wire fences for a while.
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