CHAPTER VI.

FREE LIFE AND FISHING.

TAKING CARE OF CRAZY MEN-CARRYING OFF A BOY- ARRESTED FOR STEALING
MY OWN HORSE AND BUGGY- FISHING IN LAKE WINNIPISEOGEE-AN ODD
LANDLORD-A WOMAN AS BIG AS A HOGSHEAD-REDUCING THE HOGSHEAD TO A
BARREL-WONDERFUL VERIFICATION OF A DREAM- SUCCESSFUL MEDICAL
PRACTICE-A BUSY WINTER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE-BLANDISHMENTS OF CAPTAIN
BROWN-I GO TO NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.





The next day I left Harmony and walked to Port Jarvis, on the Erie
Railroad, N. Y., arriving late at night, and entirely footsore,
sick, and disheartened. I went to the hotel, and the next morning I
found myself seriously sick. Asking advice, I was directed to the
house of a widow, who promised to nurse and take care of me. I was
ill for two weeks, and meantime, my half- sister in Delaware County,
to whom I made known my condition, sent me money for my expenses,
and when I had sufficiently recovered to travel, I went to this
sister's house in Sidney, and there I remained several days, till I
was quite well and strong again.

Casting about for something to do, a friend told me that he knew of