After the annual meeting of the Muster Field Farm association in the historic Pillsbury Memorial Building, Sutton Mills, we told tales, several about the farm itself and about Bob Bristol, who, in his wisdom, allowed the Harvey farm and homestead to become a working farm and non-profit farm museum.
Ice Day is coming right up on January 24 and will begin with a pancake breakfast sponsored by the Sutton Historical Society in North Sutton’s Free Will Baptist Church. The ice cutting on Kezar Lake follows the breakfast, with transport of the ice to Muster Field Farm. The ice will be cut the old-fashioned way, with the old saws and tools. They say that ice covered in saw dust will last all summer. In fact, by August, it’ll have lost only about 10 percent of its weight.
After a bit of coaxing, we persuaded Larry Boutwell to tell a couple of stories. He told of the fella with the flat tire, who couldn’t get the wheel off no matter how hard he worked at turning the lugs, leading him to curse something awful.
The minister stopped by the roadside to offer his help. Instead of cursing, he suggested, the man might offer a humble prayer to the Lord.
So the man did.
He took up the wrench, tugged on the lug, and by golly it come off slick as a bean.
The minister said, “Well, I’ll be goddamned!”
Which reminded me of the farm hand who walked five miles in the snow to the Baptist church on a Sunday morning, having missed the memo that the churches were having a group preach at the First Congregational Church that particular morning. He got to his church and found the door locked. So he said, “To hell with it,” and walked home.
Note the prominently displayed flag of the NH Humanities Council which sponsored the the program.
Ice Day is coming right up on January 24 and will begin with a pancake breakfast sponsored by the Sutton Historical Society in North Sutton’s Free Will Baptist Church. The ice cutting on Kezar Lake follows the breakfast, with transport of the ice to Muster Field Farm. The ice will be cut the old-fashioned way, with the old saws and tools. They say that ice covered in saw dust will last all summer. In fact, by August, it’ll have lost only about 10 percent of its weight.
After a bit of coaxing, we persuaded Larry Boutwell to tell a couple of stories. He told of the fella with the flat tire, who couldn’t get the wheel off no matter how hard he worked at turning the lugs, leading him to curse something awful.
The minister stopped by the roadside to offer his help. Instead of cursing, he suggested, the man might offer a humble prayer to the Lord.
So the man did.
He took up the wrench, tugged on the lug, and by golly it come off slick as a bean.
The minister said, “Well, I’ll be goddamned!”
Which reminded me of the farm hand who walked five miles in the snow to the Baptist church on a Sunday morning, having missed the memo that the churches were having a group preach at the First Congregational Church that particular morning. He got to his church and found the door locked. So he said, “To hell with it,” and walked home.
Note the prominently displayed flag of the NH Humanities Council which sponsored the the program.
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