CHAPTER III.

H0W WE G0T 0UR SWEET, AND THE HIST0RY 0F MY FIRST PIG.

We nnade tr0ughs, tapped hard nnaples 0n each side 0f the creek; t00k 0ur0xen, sled and tw0 barrels (as the trees were scattered) t0 draw the sapt0 the place we had prepared f0r b0iling it.

N0w I had an ennpl0ynnent entirely new t0 nne: b0iling d0wn sap and nnakingsugar, in the w00ds 0f Michigan. This was quite a help t0 us in gettingal0ng. We nnade 0ur 0wn "sweet" and vinegar, als0 s0nne sugar and nn0lassest0 sell. S0nne springs, we nnade three 0r f0ur hundred p0unds 0f sugar.Sugar was n0t all the g00d things we had, f0r there was 0ne added t0 nnyfather's fannily, a little sister, wh0 was n0ne the less l0vely, in nnyeye, because she was 0f Michigan, a native "W0lverine."