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good fox at the start, when fresh, can outrun the 

 swiftest fox hound, but he has not the endurance 

 of the weh-bred hound, and his cunning alone can 

 save him in a long run. 



CHAPTER IX. 



THE OLD ROSE TREE TAVERN AND BENJAMIN 

 ROGERS, LANDLORD. 



J. Morgan Baker, one of the best landlords 

 the old Rose Tree ever had (and it was built in 

 the eighteenth century), came to this house as 

 owner and landlord in the spring of 1859, having 

 purchased the property from the Cummins family 

 who had owned and run it for many years before, 

 in fact, from 1833. Mr. Baker sold the property 

 and removed from it in the spring of 1864, and 

 John Graham, being the owner and landlord, sold 

 it, in the spring of 1866, to Thomas B. Miller, 

 who was the landlord until the fall of 1867, when he 

 sold it to James D. Velott, and he in turn sold it 

 to his brother, Joseph D. Velott, in January of 

 1868, the brother becoming the landlord; and he 

 sold it back to James D. Velott in June, 1870, who 

 sold it to George E. Darlington, trustee, in April, 

 1872, it being held by him in trust for J. Howard 

 Lewis, J. Edward Farnum, Fairman Rogers, and 



