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by a good dele, i pade my munny for genwine aigs and I 

 donte see no reesun vrj peeple isn't onnest. How could i 

 tell wether their was chickns in the egs or not ? of course 

 i cou'dn't. and i doant consider sech bissitiess no bettern than 

 cheetin rite out. i bort em twict this wa, an i sharnt be 

 fuled agin arter waitin as I did both times over three 

 ^weeks. ef yu will plese to sen me the pure aigs abuv 

 menciond and wate tell tha hach fether leggs chickns, well 

 an good, ive no dout yu air a onnest man, cos all the 

 noospapers pufs yu. But sum of the hen traiders aint no 

 better than tbaid oughter be — that's my pinion.* 



Yours &c. etc. . 



No. 17. 

 Mr. p. B. Burnum ; Sur, 



If you hav enny of them big Cokin Shiney fowl, that 

 eat off tops of flour barils, I want sum. I gut a big 

 nufoukn dogg that ways hard onto 140 pouns, and I want, 

 tu cell him, an git sum of them Cokin Shinys. This dogg 

 is a gud dogg and dont eat much. I feed him on fish and 

 hoggs hasslits and it dont cost much to keep hiia. He bitt 

 a pedler's arm most off yisterday, but he woudnt be much 

 trubble to you, if you kep him chaind all the time sose he 

 couldnt bite nobody. If you will rite me what you ask for 

 yure fowls, I wil inform you what I ask for my dog. I 

 •dont want none nless thay can eat off tops of floiir barrils, 



* I would liked to have seen the dealer that could " fule " this customer 

 more than " twict." 



