PRICE OF LAND. 



We adjourned to dinner at three o'clock, and I 

 was introduced to Mrs Sheaffand four daughters, 

 all very agreeable ladies, and a son, a promis- 

 ing young man who now takes the chief man- 

 agement of the farm, was also present. 



Mr Sheaff wishes to dispose of this property 

 for which he asks 7^,000 dollars, being at the 

 rate of about L.50 per acre. The mansion-house 

 is large and commodious, commanding a fine 

 view over a rich country, and the grounds 

 round the mansion are laid out with taste, and 

 neatly kept. The land is in a high state of 

 cultivation, the effect of good management ; 

 and upon the whole Mr Sheaff's is a nice com- 

 pact small property, with every convenience 

 for a family ; but the soil is not naturally ex- 

 cellent, and if it were not treated, as it has 

 been, in a judicious manner, it might soon de- 

 cline. 



Whether the price asked be over or under 

 the value, I will not take upon me to say, 

 but I may mention that Mr Sheaff informs me 

 that he is able to dispose of 100 tons of hay 

 annually, the return for which defrays all out- 



