Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1802-1803, 1803-01-24
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think my fory liule odd aid fore
what curious, AMI fr thar reafon may
give your friends, il can on.y tell it
Tight, BIT Of amuiement, hope there
by 10 gain friend o. two if Mould
fand in need. Without more preamble
then You mua know that my father left
me the honeitead farm of fxty acres
ar thereabouts and he left my Con
Tom, then lad, and all the brat |
have, lot of wild land OF about a hun.
dred and forty acres, with only po'a.
toe yard or 70 cleared upon it. with
this condition tho' that | fhould have
the ekisf management of bis lot ill fuch
times as Tom could or talk me, or ill
we ihou!d agree that i; was bea for him
10 take it into his own hand. From
that day forward the young dog took
every opportunity be could get TO be at
work on his land Ard rol only e., bat
he has huilt two or three faw mills upon
th. brooks that rnn Trough it. and has
got boats Of hEs eGon 10 Garry boards,
and wood, and beet, and fifth and f. on,
acrols the pond that waihes one il5e e
it To fay the truth it has now become
al Inheritance worth The having. AS
all this woi not only helped my inter
eft, bot ALTO gave my family weight, as
body may fay, in The town, you may
be fure did not hinder it. Tom was
twenty four years old the fevenleentk
day Of Oaobtr lat and has been ham.
mering lhefe TWO or three years upon
being his own man. He fays, among
other things,
That he is now OF fill age, as be calls it, be.
ing above one and twenty.
That there are two or three yonng gssflc1rsr
This very words) Of his &C guantAnce, Younger
and not 70 rieh a. he, who frt up 70, them
fevcs year or t..s' ago and that ihe fe ;aszr
gsnterzsn smiEd) and all the ne ighbors and
towns people are iaughing, aud pointing and
making mou las at HIM btcaufe he is full
boy, and under his father, when he might be
man and have family Of his own 10 thar,
he lays, he is q laughing flock foI the whole
town.
That neishbor Lrmber's farm, being thurff
In as y were, between his 10; aud mine,
great ica Of tIme Is ioa in gong backwards
and forwards
That il is a Fame for Us III all hours 10
pas through neighbor Lumher's gate way,
and directly by bis door, raore Especially at
meal lines
That nothing be is fure, makes Us keep on
dong 70 bur jaA 10 fhew tire neigabors that
we have more lands and are richer than they
That his lot is moTe than as big again as 1
mine, and therefore, wants his whole contriv- |
snce and abor
That when he's upon the fpot az TIE fling,
be can carry it on cheaper, and TO better ac- |
count
That though he can't but own thar nv |
coaxing him % hcip build my new parlour Ian |
year was done ID due form, and with his own |
content. vet he CAN'T help thinking that i Dor. |
6ersd fomc.ow = little upon the faEs IL: and |
that my dclieh to build dove -houlc nest |
wear carries 4 little Of the fame meaning with |
it--And both not ony becaufe thereby pet !
70 q nh dear b; o. him, but aifo becaufe I !
may think he WI be the more 10th to quit' |
That his proportion Of ihele two Jobs |
would build him as good houfe as he wants. |
That we bring the hay all off his lot and |
carry no manu- back, 70 that it IS not 70 |
rich il would be il the bay was fpent on it.
That peoples break ia upon the back Of bis |
lot. and Real away the timber and do other |
damage, VIXEN If he there himfclf he |
could not only hin,er them, but could make |
that very sumasnce tam 10 good account |
That myfelf have carried d - materials |
from his land TO buid fchooI houfe or two
on mine. which. As fhalI have the boarding |
and other bills of he holars, will be all for |
my beneh' and none for lis
Z hat his wood and timber have not been !
rlanacto with that good hui6andry which |
they ought TO be-Hor have the sfia rs of his |
lot IL general been 20 well done as he thinks
he could have done them himieE
That he is now no more than an shefTor
Do. that IS foon as he is for himfelf he is fure
oi heing Se!sctman which, he fays, will add
weight 20 our end OF The town.
That he is not only Of age, bu, has alto luf-
heirut ability and e1Pcrienee 10 manage an
siss.e as well as the tira farmer in town
For ,hefe feafons the Young jack.
anapes fays he thinks il high time fer
him 70 marry ard let up for himfllf--
and actually talks Of goiog counting
Now did ever ary body heaY the Ike
The iorwardnefs # young fellows now
days is truly aitooiihing! Wig, they
talk about marrying as tho il was a
common bulinsts. Il was quite diff
fercnt, Mr.. jerks, when WAS young.
remember once made up 10 a young