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worked for me at four dollars a day. They 

 lay in the shade and slept the sleep of hon- 

 est toil full half the time, at least all the 

 time I was away. I have reason to believe 

 that when the wages of mechanics are raised 

 to eight and ten dollars a day the workmen 

 will not come at all : they will merely send 

 their cards. 



I do not see any possible fault in the 

 above figures. I ought to say that I deferred 

 putting a value on the potatoes until I had 

 footed up the debit column. This is always 

 the safest way to do. I had twenty-five 

 bushels. I roughly estimated that there are 

 one hundred good ones to the bushel. Mak- 

 ing my own market price, I asted two cents 

 apiece for them. This I should have con- 

 sidered dirt cheap last June, when I was 

 going down the rows with the hoe. If any 

 one thinks that two cents each is high, let 

 him try to raise them. 



Nature is " awful smart." I intend to be 

 complimentary in saying so. She shows it 

 in little things. I have mentioned my at- 



