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When a farmer's lookin' for a home for his family and stock 't ain't no use to show him a dance hall. The only dancin' a Maine farmer ever does is dancin' round to git his livin' out o' the earth;  that keeps his feet flyin', fast enough." WHEN A FARMER GOES LOOKIN FOR A HOME FOR HIS FAMILY AND STOCK TAKE NO USE TO SHOW HIM A DANCE HALL THE ONLY DANCE THAT A MAIN FARMER EVER DOES IS DANCIN ROUND TO GET HIS LIVIN OUT OF THE EARTH THAT KEEPS HIS FEET FLYIN FAST ENOUGH
 if I could get any rent from respectable parties I might let the house, though he wouldn't lay out a cent on repairs in order to get a tenant. But, land! there ain't no call for houses in Beulah, nor hain't been for twenty years," so Bill Harmon, the storekeeper, told Gilbert. "The house has got a tight roof and good underpinnin', and if your folks feel like payin' out a little money for paint 'n' paper you can fix it up neat's a pin. The Hamilton boys jest raised Cain out in the barn, so 't you can't keep no critters there." "We couldn't have a horse or a cow anyway," said Gilbert. "Well, it's lucky you can't. I could 'a' rented the house twice over if there'd been any barn room; but them confounded young scalawags ripped out the horse and cow stalls, cleared away the pig pen, and laid a floor they could dance on. The barn chamber 's full o' their stuff, so 't no hay can go in; altogether there ain't any nameable kind of a fool-trick them young varmints didn't play on these premises. YEARS AGO WHEN I WENT UP TO BOSTON TO MEET HIM THAT IF I COULD GET ANY RENT FROM RESPECTABLE PARTIES I MIGHT LET THE HOUSE THOUGH HE WOULDN'T LAY OUT A CENT ON REPAIRS IN ORDER TO GET A TENANT BUT LAND THERE AIN'T NO CALL FOR HOUSES IN BEULAH NOR HAIN'T BEEN FOR TWENTY YEARS SO BILL HARMON THE STOREKEEPER TOLD GILBERT THE HOUSE HAS GOT A TIGHT ROPE AN GOOD UNDER PENNIN AND IF YOUR FOLKS FEEL LIKE PAYIN OUT A LITTLE MONEY FOR PAINT AND PAPER YOU CAN FIX IT UP NEAT AS A PIN THE HAMILTON BOYS JEST RAISE CANE OUT IN THE BARN SO YOU CAN'T KEEP NO CRITTERS THERE WE COULDN'T HAVE A HORSE OR COW ANYWAY SAID GILBERT WELL IT'S LUCK YOU CAN'T I COULD A RENTED THE HOUSE TWICE OVER IF THEY'D IN ANY BARNROOM BUT THEM CONFOUNDED YOUNG SKALLAWEGS RIPPED OUT THE HORSE AND COW STALLS CLEARED AWAY THE PIG BIN AN LAID A FLOOR THEY COULD DANCE ON BARN CHAMBERS FULL O THEIR STUFF SO AIN'T NO HAY CAN GO IN ALTOGETHER THERE AIN'T ANY NAMEABLE KIND OF FOOL TRICK THEM YOUNG FARMERS DIDN'T PLAY ON THOSE PREMISES
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