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his farming business in a proper manner. 

 He told me of most extraordinary crops he 

 had raised. He seemed to be doii>g great 

 things : he took in horses fronj Philadel- 

 phia, as a stable-keeper, for the winter, to 

 eat the summer's produce, arid in the sum- 

 mer to eat his clover or pasture : in fact, 

 every thing seemed to be done to the best 

 advantage. He became a subscriber to my 

 books. But he left this farm, after cultivat- 

 ing it some years, in distressed circum- 

 stances, even so much so as to pay me only 

 two dollars when I delivered the books. 

 I called on him several times for the remain- 

 der; but he never was able to pay it. I ex- 

 pected this result when I first saw the farm. 

 It was in the beginning of January : there 

 were none of those fine crops visible : the 

 barn contained the produce ; which did 

 not appear very close stowed at that time : 

 these fine offices had nothing in them. I 

 had an offer of the farm : the gentleman 

 told me that three hundred pounds a year 



