About the shores of the Trondhjemfjord are to be seen delightful green fields and thrifty farms, vegetation advancing as if by magic under the continuous heat of the ardent sun.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
In many respects his life was little changed from that of the thrifty, energetic and shrewd subsistence farmer whom Thomas Jefferson had praised in the eighteenth century as the ideal citizen of a democracy.
"Frying Pan Farm"
Elizabeth Brown Pryor
She was a good, neat, thrifty and careful housekeeper.
"Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity"
Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard