THE TIM BUNKER PAPERS. 



neighbor to use what I would not use myself. When I 

 look at Seth Twiggs farm and my own, I like the con 

 trast. 



Yours to command, 



TIMOTHY BUNKER, ESQ. 

 Hookertown, November 7th, 1863. 



. 70. TIM BUNKER S TRIP TO WASHINGTON. 



MR. EDITOR, Being a modest man I was considerably 

 surprised when I saw in the February American Agricul 

 turist, that you had many inquiries after my health. In 

 deed I was never so much surprised afore, but once, and 

 that was when the people of Hookertown made me a Jus 

 tice of the Peace an office that I still hold to the general 

 satisfaction of my fellow citizens that is, if they don t lie. 

 I wasn t particularly flattered, however, that they should 

 think that I had been sick, as if an honest man had noth 

 ing to do in the world but to be sick, or to write for the 

 papers. You see, I hold that a man who comes into the 

 world with a good constitution, (which, by the way, is the 

 richest inheritance parents can leave to their children,) 

 and lives temperately and virtuously, has no business to be 

 sick. If he indulges in drink and tobacco, late hours, and 

 fast living, he is very likely to have fevers, colds, head 

 aches, and all &quot; the ills that flesh is heir to.&quot; To hear in 

 quiries about my health looked a leetle as if there was 

 a suspicion that I had been doing something that I ought 

 not to. I am happy to say to your numerous readers, that 

 I have not been robbing hen roosts, and haven t been 

 sick. 



