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Betty's Bright Idea; Deacon Pitkin's Farm; and the First Christmas of New England
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Title: Betty's Bright Idea; Deacon Pitkin's Farm; and The First Christmas of New England
Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
Release Date: January 15, 2004 [eBook #10723]
Language: English
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BETTY'S BRIGHT IDEA
also
DEACON PITKIN'S FARM,
and
THE FIRST CHRISTMAS OF NEW ENGLAND.
BY HARRIET BEECHER STOWE.
With Illustrations.
1875.
[Illustration: The Children in the Churchyard.]
BETTY'S BRIGHT IDEA.
"When He ascended up on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men."--Eph. iv. 8.
Some say that ever, 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrate, The bird of dawning singeth all night long. And then, they say, no evil spirit walks; The nights are wholesome; then no planets st