30 THE TIM BUNKER PAPERS. 



said &quot; the thing was natural as life.&quot; I have had a dozen 

 people in to borrow the paper, and Seth Twiggs, Bill Bot 

 tom, and Jake Frink, want to take it. I inclose three dol 

 lars Send them &quot; A Bakers Dozen.&quot; 



Yours Agin Horse-Racing, 



TIMOTHY BUNKER Esq. 



NO. 11. TIM BUNKER AT THE FARMERS CLUB. 



HIS VIEW ON CHINA POTATO AND MIXED PAPERS. 



Hookertown has at length a Farmers Club. It was 

 organized just after Thanksgiving, and may be regarded 

 as one of the permanent institutions of that happy people. 

 The farmers in the land of steady habits are proverbially 

 cautious, and not carried about by every &quot; wind of doc 

 trine,&quot; whether in husbandry or in religion. But when 

 a thing is done, it is generally well done, and will last 

 until there is good reason for doing it away. The thing 

 had been talked of by Deacon Smith and the minister, 

 Rev. Jacob Spooner, for at least a year beforehand. They 

 both agreed it would be a good thing in every point of 

 view, if the people could only be brought to attend it. 

 But there were so few agricultural papers taken in the 

 place, that they doubted whether there was interest 

 enough felt in the matter to sustain weekly meetings. 

 So they let the matter rest until a Club should seem to be 

 called for by public sentiment. 



Rev. Jacob Spooner, the able and efficient pastor of 

 Hookertown, is somewhat past his prime, though one 

 might easily take him for a man ten years younger than 

 he is. For forty years he has held his office, and molded 



