in the gardens of the 160 acre farm, as well as caring for the chickens and picking fruit from the orchards.
she walked two miles a day to the one-room schoolhouse, then another mile in the opposite direction to get the mail from the general store and post office.
once of age, she was allowed to use one of her father’s stable of horses to ease the journey down the hill and cross the covered bridge for the mail.
a rare treat was a trip into town, some 15 miles distant, to visit a cousin of similar age. during the summer, she was sometimes allowed to stay for a week and visit.
later, it 