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frost set, with all the force I could raise. 

 A frost and snow came on in November ; 

 and, on the road betwixt Baltimore and 

 Philadelphia, there were some scores of acres 

 of Indian corn, both tops and blades, lost, 

 for want of hands to get them in: and, 

 except you have men at your own command 

 to get in your crops, there is great danger 

 of losing them. 



