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A quarter section of prairie land, that is, one hundred and sixty 



acres, at $1,25, is $200 



Timber, say 40 acres, which is more than enough, at $3, 120 



Breaking up the prairie, at 1,50 240 



Fencing into four lots, eight rails high and stakes, 960 

 rods, or three miles, 15,366 rails at one cent, $153,53 ; 



3,840 stakes, at cent, $19,20 173 



A good comfortable double log cabin, such as first sttlers 



generally occupy 50 



Other small buildings and temporary sheds 50 



Average cost of a well with pump, $30, with buck- 

 ets, $15 . 15 



I will add to cover contingencies, such as half an acre of 

 land well paled in for a garden, a cow-yard, hog-pen, 

 and other fixings 72 



This makes the cost of the farm, independent of the wood 



land, just $5 an acre the total $920 



HYDROPHOBIA OR, MADNESS AND ITS REMEDIES. 



First. Plunge into cold water daily for twenty days ; 

 keep under as long as possible. This has cured, even 

 after the hydrophobia had begun. 



Second. Or mix the ashes of trefoil, or oak ashes, 

 with hog's lard, and annoint the part bitten as soon as 

 possible ; repeat twice or thrice, at six hours' intermission. 

 This has cured many in England, and in one instance 

 particularly, a dog bitten on the nose by a mad dog. 



Third. Or mix a pound of salt with a quart of water ; 

 squeeze, bathe, and wash the wound with this brine for 

 one hour; then bind some fine salt on the wound for 

 twelve hours. The author of this recipe was bitten ^ix 

 times by rabid or mad dogs, and each time cured himselt 

 by .this simple remedy. The above is' an extract from 

 John Wesley's book of recipes for the poor of England. 



