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the top and these covered with straw, the sides also , 
being well-protected with straw. The entire expense 
of this was less than $4. His outlay up to this time _ 
was as follows: 

First payment on land...........-.-.... $ 90.00. 
Yoke of oxen and stable................. 109 00 
RMN re re etal Ged he as 23 00 
ee re tae eee 10 00 
Tempeliia GXPENses«,. kl ie ie 21 00 
eta Sua sua ean a5) $253 O00 
I arranged for him to board with the“family living 
in my tenant house. He commenced his breaking 
early in the season—rather too early, I thought, but 
when I told him so he said: ‘ You know, Tom, an 
ox team is rather slow, and I want to turn over as 
much of this sod as possible this year, besides earn- 
ing some money doing breaking and other work for 
the neighbors.” 
A MOONSHINER. 
And I never saw a single ox team do more work 
than his. They were well fed, well cared for and 
well worked. One day, the latter part of May, he 
came to me and said: 
“Tom, I notice you are not using a couple of your 
horses much just now, and I want to hire them when 
you will not be working them yourself.” 
“All right, Jim, but what are you going to do with 
them?” aS 
“T want to fit out unother breaking team. T can 
