The Story of the Big Ditch (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Story of the Big Ditch Give me a blessing. Thou hast given me a south land, give me also springs of water; and he gave her the upper and the nether springs. Achsah the bride, leaving the old home for the new, craved a blessing as well as a gift. Caleb her father had given her as a marriage portion the much coveted south land with its sunny slopes and rich pasture, but without water it was not per fect and she craved that the gift be made a blessing, by the bestowal of springs of water which alone make a south land fruitful. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.