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and we sometimes hire a neighbor's oxen. 

 Then there 's a cow or two and their calves ; and 

 there 's a foreman, and gardener, and coach- 

 man, and five out-door hands in the summer." 



Query. "What are your crops principally, 

 Mr. Heaviside?" 



Mr. Heaviside dabs the top of his head 

 reflectively, and replies: "Grass and vegeta- 

 bles, I should say, mostly; and fruit— we 've 

 plenty of fruit." 



Query. "Do the sales meet the expenses of 

 the place? " 



The witness gives over for a moment his 

 exercise with the bandana and stares blankly 

 at the questioner. 



Query. "You sometimes make sales?" 



Witness. "Oh! yes— four hundred quarts 

 of blackberries, for instance, the last season. 

 Upon my word and honor it 's true." 



Query. "Anything further?" 



Witness. "Not that I know of. Mrs. Heav- 

 iside could tell better. She claims the sales 

 for pin-money." 



Query. "What would you reckon the prob- 

 able cost of maintaining a farm of fifty 

 acres ? " 



Witness. "I should put it at four thousand 

 a year — taking one year with another." 



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