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to you. He will endorse this proposition for me I guess. 



And this reminds me, the last of my "extra" numbers 

 is used up "in the way of trade;" add another to my list, 

 I must keep one on hand; 'tis my duty; 'tis the way I 

 make up my list of subscribers — and it is certainly a 

 large list for a place so new, where all are poor and new 

 beginners in life. 



But the effects are visible. There are no "Nick Brad- 

 shaw's" in this settlement. 



There are some other duties that "we owe one an- 

 other," but my letter is already too long. I shall write 

 again. In the meantime think of the duties here pointed 

 out. Can you deny them to be truly stated? Then in- 

 stead of thinking, be up and doing; and truly you shall 

 meet your reward. Most truly your agricultural friend, 



Solon Robinson. 



Plans of Farm Houses. 



[Albany Cultivator, 6:164; Nov., 1839] 



Lake C. H. la. Sept. 5, 1839. 



Hon. J. Buel — My worthy friend — I am much pleased 

 with some of the plans in your last (August) number. 

 That to which you have awarded the premium, certainly 

 is a very convenient house for any family, farmer or 

 other occupation: and I certainly think that that single 

 number of the Cultivator is worth more to every person 

 expecting to build, than all he ever has or ever will pay 

 for the paper. 



That the "bump of design and constructiveness," is 

 not possessed by a very large majority of mankind, I 

 think is, or can be fully attested, by viewing the thou- 

 sands of piles of brick and mortar, and lumber, called 

 dwelling-houses, throughout the country. It seems to 

 me, that if the builders of a great many houses which I 

 have seen, had put all their art and skill in play to make 

 them mconvenient and uncomfortable, they could not 

 have succeeded better to their wishes. 



