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order in a short time after it falls into our unskilful 

 hands upon the farm. 



Although I do not intend to particularise, I will say 

 that I think Hussey's reaping machine ought to be more 

 known and used upon our smooth western land. There 

 is a stump machine that cost $60 only and has power to 

 pull the largest pine stump — although we at the west 

 haven't many pine stumps to pull do sometimes talk 

 about making roads among stumps that ought to be 

 pulled out of the way. 



10 o'clock. 



Another train of cars just in from the East is dis- 

 charging its immense multitude upon the streets, sur- 

 passing anything in the "crowd line" that we are able 

 to "get up" on any of our lines of public conveyance at 

 the west. 



But this is only an item — now let us go again to the 

 ground and there we shall see a crowd — slowly — for 

 here is such 'show' of wagon wheels that it needs care to 

 be sure that we don't get six wheels to our carriage. 



Every avenue from the country is full of all manner 

 of moving things. How would the ancient Oneidas won- 

 der at the productiveness of the pale faces in the way of 

 "multiplying and replenishing the earth," if they could 

 return this day to their old hunting ground. 



As we approach the enclosure the whole of the sur- 

 rounding ground seems to be covered with all sorts of 

 shantees with all manner of eating and some little drink- 

 ing "I reckon," though the latter I am happy to say is 

 not in the ascendant. The "outside barbarians" have 

 also an untold number of "rare shows" from "the biggest 

 horse in the world" down to the smallest specimen of 

 gambling for a "single or double" stick of candy. 



But let us look inside — what shall we see? — a great 

 display of — ten acres of human beings that so crowd 

 around and hide all the articles of exhibition, and fill up 

 all the avenues, that, feeble as I am, I cannot venture to 

 endure such a perfect "jam" long enough to give you an 



