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could hear nothing of the one he sought. At 

 length riding near a farm-house he discovered 

 one of the old ' Newbold-Peacock plows ' 

 ]ying under a fence, dilapidated and rust- 

 eaten. c We don't use it any more, 7 the farmer 

 replied to his inquiries, ' we've got one a good 

 deal better.' 'Will you sell this?' asked 

 Wood. ' Well, yes.' And Wood, glad to get 

 it at almost any price, paid the keen farmer, 

 who took advantage of his evident anxiety, 

 two or three times the price of a new plow, 

 and added the old one to his specimens. 



" This motley collection of implements was 

 brought into court and exhibited to the judges. 

 At last, after the case had dragged its slow 

 length along, through many terms, and the 

 plaintiff was nearly worn out with the law's 

 delay, the time for final trial and decision ar- 

 rived. The combination of plow-makers 

 feared that the case would go in Wood's favor, 

 and made every effort to keep him out of court, 



