36 Journal.— March, [Part. I. 



Forty head of horn-cattle in a yard, enclosed with a 

 stone wall ; and five hundred merino ewes, besides 

 young iambs, in the finest, most spacious, best contrived, 

 and most substantially built sheds 1 ever saw. The 

 barn surpassed all that I had seen before. His house 

 (large, commodious, and handsome) stands about two 

 hundred yards from the turnpike road, leading from 

 Philadelphia to New York, and looks on and over the 

 Delaware which runs parallel with the road, and has, 

 surrounding it, and at the back of it, five hundred acres 

 of land, level as a lawn, and two feet deep in loam, 

 that never requires a water furrow. This was the finest 

 sight that I ever saw as to farm-huildings and land. I 

 forgot to observe, that I saw in Mr. Taylor's service, 

 another man recently arrived from England. A York- 

 shire man. He, too, -wished to see me. He had got 

 some of my " little books," which he had preserved, 

 and brought out with him. Mr. Taylor was much 

 pleased with him. An active, smart man ; and, if he 

 follow my advice, to remain a year under one roof, and 

 save his wages, he will, in a few years, be a rich man. 

 These men must be brutes indeed not to be sensible of 

 the great kindness and gentleness and liberality, with 

 which they are treated. Mr. Taylor came, this morn- 

 ing, to Mr. Neavbold's, and brought me on to Tren- 

 ton. I am at the stage-tavern, where I have just dined 

 upon cold ham, cold veal, butter and cheese, and a 

 peach-pye ; nice clean room, well furnished, waiter 

 clean and attentive, plenty of milk ; and charge, a quar- 

 ter of a dollar! I thought, that Mrs. Joslin at Friuces- 

 town (as I went on to Philadelphia), Mrs. Benler at 

 Harrisburgh, Mr. Slaymakek at Lancaster, and Mrs. 

 M'Allister, wei'e low enough in all conscience ; but, 

 really, this charge of Mrs. Andi;rson beats all. I had 

 not the face to pay the waiter a quarter of a dollar ; 

 but gave him half a dollar, and fold him to keep the 

 change. He is a black man. He thanked me. But, 

 they never af;k for any thing. But, my vehicle is come, 

 and now I bid adieu to Trenton, which f should have 

 liked better, if I had not seen r;o many young fellows 

 lounging about the streets, and leaning against door- 

 posts, with quids of tobacco in their mouths, or segars 



