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effects, or requiring me to cut every tree upon the 

 place ? 



4th. Is it possible to secure any decent man, with- 

 out too big a raft of children, to supervise such a 

 farm live in the back rooms keep the smell of his 

 cabbage stews sufficiently under cover, so as to enable 

 me to enjoy a country home in-doors (when I wish) 

 and relieve me of all the fatigue of details ? 



5th. Supposing I purchase such a place, and stock 

 it to my fancy, and reorganize the old house, or 

 possibly, build a new one, and Mrs. Urban grows 

 tired of it all, in a year, or two, or three, is there any 

 hope of my getting back my purchase money and 

 costs, or a sum ranging within fifty per cent, of the 

 same? 



6th. "What are the best cattle to keep, (supposing 

 I purchase,) and are any pears better upon the whole 

 than the Bartletts, and do you know of a maid of all 

 work, who would milk upon a pinch, and stay away 

 from mass for a fortnight ; and is the patent churn, on 

 show at the corner of Broadway and Cedar street, 

 really a good article ? 



7th. Which do you think the best for eggs, the 

 Brahma Poutras, or the Cochin Chinas, and do they 

 require much care ? 



8th. What do you think of Jersey for a country 

 residence ? 



