JOURNAL 



America, for then down come the mechanics, are harnessed them 

 selves, and half ridden to death. 



932. July nth. This is the hottest day we have had yet. 

 Thermometer at 90 degrees, in shade. Met a Mr. Whittemore, 

 from Boston, loud in the praise of this climate. He informed me 

 he had lately lost his wife and five children near Boston, arid that 

 he should have lost his only remaining child, too, a son now stout 

 and healthy, had he not resolved instantly to try the air of the west. 

 He is confident that if he had taken this step in time he might have 

 saved the lives of all his family. This might be, however, and 

 yet this climate not better than that of Boston. Spent the evening 

 with Colonel Morrison, one of the first settlers in this state ; a 

 fine looking old gentleman, with colour in his face equal to a 

 London Alderman. The people here are pretty generally like 

 that portion of the people of England who get porridge enough 

 to eat ; stout, fat, and ruddy. 



933- July izih. Hotter than yesterday ; thermometer at 91 

 degrees. 



934. July i^th. Leave Lexington ; stop at Paris, 22 miles. 

 A fine country all the way ; good soil, plenty of limestone and no 

 musquitoes. Paris is a healthy town, with a good deal of stir ; 

 woollen and cotton manufactures are carried on here, but upon a 

 small scale. They are not near enough to good coal mines to do 

 much in that way! What they do, however, is well paid for. A 

 spinner told me he gets 83 cents per Ib. for his twist, which is 33 

 cents more than it would fetch at New York. Stop at Mr. 

 Timberlake s, a good house. The bar-keeper, who comes from 

 England tells me that he sailed to Canada, but he is glad he had 

 the means to leave Canada and come to Kentucky : he has 300 

 dollars a year, and board and lodging. Made enquiry after young 

 Watson, but find he has left this place and is gone to Lexington. 



935. The following is a list of the wages and prices of the most 

 essential branches of workmanship and articles of consumption, 

 as they are here at present. 



Journeymen saddlers price for 

 drawing on men s saddles 



Journeymen blacksmiths, per day 

 per month 



Tourney men hatters (casters) 



Ditto, rorum .... 



Ditto for finishing, per month 

 and found 



Journeymen shoe-makers (coarse) 



* Or, 5s. 7d. to 11s. 3d. sterling. At the present rate of ex 

 change, a dollar is equivalent to 4s. 6d. sterling, and a cent is 

 the hundredth part of a dollar. 



