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his face equal to a London Alderman. The 

 people here are pretty generally like that por-v 

 tion of the people of England who get porridge 

 enough to eat; stout, fat, and ruddy, 



933. July I2tk. Hotter than yesterday ; 

 thermometer at 91 degrees. 



934. July 13th. Leave Lexington ; stop at 

 Paris, 22 miles. A fine country all the way ; 

 good soil, plenty of limestone and no musqui- 

 toes. 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, how 

 ever, 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. Timber-lake'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 work 

 manship and articles of consumption, as they 

 are here at present. 



