Contributor: Patricia Crandall
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The Sipperly family of Virginia were anxious to move into an old homestead they had acquired in upstate New York. The front of the house faced a little stream of water poetically called Plakapots Killitie by early Dutch Settlers. In back, ran the Hudson River.
When they arrived to claim their new home, a Husky lay possessively across the threshold. Assuming he was lost, or left by the previous owner, the family adopted him. The dog came and went regularly, being of no trouble at all. Etched into the wood panel of the upstairs mantelpiece in the large old-fashioned parlor, were the words; La Vita Comincia Domam.*
The Sipperlys were presently incorporating the original fireplace bricks to renovate the upstairs fireplace.
Ada Sipperly was shocked beyond belief when her husband, Tom, discovered the...
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Patricia Crandall
