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Paine : but the chief of the company I 

 kept being federalists, I may have formed 

 too general an opinion ; for I never heard 

 Tom Paine well spoken of in any company 

 in America. The great dislike to him arose 

 from his abusive writings relative to Gene- 

 ral Washington. 



I was invited to dine at a gentleman's 

 house one day, where two of the judges 

 were in company. There was one of them 

 an elderly man, who had a family. When. 

 I went into the room, there were many 

 gentlemen sitting round the fire, as it is 

 customary in America to go early to the 

 place where you are to dine, and drink 

 . apple-toddy, or spirits and water, before 

 dinner. The conversation turned on some 

 lady who was very rich, but old and ugly ; 

 and the old judge was advising the young 

 one to marry her. The young judge ask- 

 ed whether he would have him marry a 

 woman so much older than himself, and 

 ugly too ? 



"Oh!" exclaimed the old judge, "I 



