THE TIM BUNKER PAPERS. 



teries of the dairy, and the one cow grew in a few years 

 into a herd of thirty, and the Walton butter and. cheese 

 became famous. 



The whole outfit foots up forty-four pounds nineteen 

 shillings sixpence, or less than one hundred and fifty dol 

 lars. That stocked a housekeeper in 1784, and probably 

 she was better off than most of her neighbors. The 

 whole would not equal the cost of the piano now in many 

 a farmer s parlor. 



&quot; The tea set that Dea. Smith gave Eliza at her wedding 

 cost $200,&quot; added Mrs. Bunker. 



&quot; I know it ; and the rest of the presents were worth a 

 thousand dollars, to say nothing of the furnished house 

 into which she entered when she got back from the bridal 

 trip.&quot; 



&quot; A single looking-glass costing eight shillings, and a 

 mirror covering half the side of a parlor, and costing 

 three hundred dollars, is another contrast worth looking 

 at,&quot; said Sally. 



&quot;And the young brides that prink before them are no 

 handsomer or smarter than Sally Walton s daughter forty 

 years ago.&quot; &quot; It is time you forgot that, Timothy. It is 

 a long while ago.&quot; 



Here the dinner bell rung and the dingy account book 

 was returned to its place in the bundle. 

 Yours to command, 



TIMOTHY BUNKER, ESQ. 



Hookertown, Aug. 10th, 1863. 



