CHAPTER XV 
POLLY’S JUDGMENT HALL 
BerorE closing the books, we should take 
account of stock, to see what we had purchased 
with our money. Imprimis: 320 acres of good 
land, satisfactory to the eye, well fenced and 
well groomed ; 3400 apple trees, so well planted 
as to warrant a profitable future; a water and 
sewer system as good as a city could supply; 
farm buildings well planned and sufficient for 
the day ; an abundance of food for all stock, and 
to spare; an intelligent and willing working 
force; machinery for more than present neces- 
sity ; eight excellent horses and their belongings ; 
six cows, moderately good; two pigs and two 
score fowls, to be eaten before spring, and a lot of 
Jum. What price I shall have to put against 
this last item to make the account balance, I can 
tell better when I foot the other side of the 
ledger. 
But first I must add a few items to the debit 
account. Moving the cottage cost $30. I paid 
$134 for grass seed and seed rye. The wage 
account for six men and two women for five 
months was $735. Their food account was $277. 
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