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sufferer, whatever accusations might chance to come. He kept his 

 horse saddled and bridled during six or eight months of that dreadful 

 period, intending to escape by flight, should the spirit of the times 

 call for his blood. The General was born, as all readers of history 

 know, on 7th January, 1718, and although he had two wars before 

 him, and a Connecticut wolf to kill, requiring more prowess than 

 either, he yet lived in times less dreadful than the witchcraft days 

 of his father. This departure from the main object of a farm 

 report, it is hoped will be excused on account of the public 

 character involved. The farm has continued in the family from the 

 first. The present occupant is the seventh generation of the family 

 name. 



A pear tree is now standing in the garden which, in the time of 

 Mr. P.'s grandfather, 114 or 115 years ago, was called an old 

 tree. There cannot be the least doubt of its having been brought 

 from England in 1630, by John Putnam. It has decayed some- 

 what, but less than many trees of later growth. Its " leaf does not 

 wither," and like a good man, it " brings forth fiuit in its old age," 

 having borne several pears this year. 



The farm consists of seventy acres of as fine land as can be found 

 in the county ; the crops all show it, and the style of cultivating 

 and managing pay the highest compliment to the owner. 



A fine orchard of seventy trees, well fruited for this year, to say 

 nothing of the many trees scattered over the farm, attracted the 

 favorable attention of the committee, from the mode of planting the 

 trees. The rows were fifty feet by twenty-eight apart — a portion 

 of them being set out in 1816, and the remainder three years later. 

 A good hay crop was taken off from between the rows, while the 

 rows were kept ploughed though not manured, since setting out. 

 The leaves of the Aunt Hannah apple were rusted, as were those of 

 the Bartlet pear, while all others, so far as now recollected, were 

 vigorous. The same fact seems to have been noticed elsewhere^ as 

 was remarked be several gentlemen present. Who can account 

 for it, or for rust anywhere at any time ? 



Mr. Putnam took the committee into a field lying north of the 

 road, where a fine crop of millet was growing, quite an object of 

 curiosity to some of the committee, being rather an unusual crop. 

 It was sown on the 28th of June, immediately after removing the 



