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from s'the States" with his family
and substance. He enquiries fol
land and fndsit plentiful and cheap
He enquiries next for corn anc
hears of an abundance. lie seeks
a location and selects one generally
on the margin of a creek or a river
swamp. After coming so far, he
will have rich land, and he can see
no timber except on water courses
He buys rich land, hops down upon
lit, and the scene opens. His first
want is corn, and he finds the
price advanced from 60 to 75c pei
bushel' He sees extortion-buys
a little "to make out on" and de-
termines to wait. He enquiries for
pork, and tinds{t dearer than he
had been led to expect. He is not
satisfied but submits. At length
he must have corn. How much
Eight in family-for bread. with. a
little flour, sixty bushels; four
horses, fifty bushels each, two hun
dred bushels more. Two hundred
and sixty bushels of corn at the
lowest calculation, for he has been
advised, that if he does not feed
his horses well, they may take
Spanish fever. Corn has advanced
to so cents; some are holding FOR
a dollar. More than 5000 for. corn,
much wanted besides, and all
dear while money is small. Mr..
Green has two fine mares brought
out for raising colts. Mr.. Sharp
has no corn to spare, but if Mr..
Green will let him have that sor--
rel mare, he will let Mr.. Green
have some corn, though he may
buy to replace it. Mr.. Green re-
hects-money short, Spanish fever;
$21O.50 for corn. If Mr.. Sharp
will give 200 bushels Of corn for
the mare, he may have her. Mr..
Sharp laughs-he can't 10 that
but he will give him $50 bushels
for her. Mr.. Green is .astonished,
(perhaps disgusted.) Only $120
for that fine mare. Mr.. Sharp re-
plies "she is not worth more than
$125, but you will want some fod-
der and I'lfgive you a stack Of fod-
der besides.' What sort. Of a
stack? how many bundles in it p
"Tne fodder is good and a little the
rise of 200 bundles in the stack
such a stack sells at from twelve
to fifteen dollars Mr.. Green
looks more astonished, is more
"disgusted," and declines the trade,
saying his mare is cheap at $3.50.
He waits little. longer, tries other
sources, seeks other trades, but all
to- no purpose; other emigrants
have arrived, and corn is now
worth a dollar. lie seeks Mr..
sharp!o Mr.. Sharp offers 13O bush.
els of corn, a stack of fodder and
two bushels of potatoes to plant.
Mr.. Green says, mot enough" !"
MIR. Sharp says l have offered $145
in trade-I would not give it in
money, but if it will satisfy you, l
will give you a few bushels of
sweet potatoes to eat and I will do
no more. Mr.. Green despairs of
doing better and agrees. Mr..
Sharp sells him twenty bushels
msre of corn and advises him that
he has enough, not to buy any
more. Mr.. Green fears not, and
Mr.. Sharp tells him if he needs
more he will furnish it at S1.00.
Mr.. Green is a little "disgusted'
with Mr.. Sharp, but still can't tell
why; Mr.. Sharp proves to be a
kind obliging neighbor.
But Mr.. Green is yet worthy of
the name he bears. He got nearly
all OF Mr.. Sharp's corn, but Mr..
Sharp don't try to buy anyhow
will he make a crop without corn =?
Mr.. Sharp will haul and pillow with
oxen, and let them subsist on grass,
as will his twenty head of horses,
mares and colts. .-.
Mr.. Green, having bought a few
cattle and hogs, goes to work to
make crop. The work., 6 of his
corn is finished by the first Of June,
and his cotton requires but little
labor after that time. Summer
has come, and his crop is fine, but
"chills take hold OF him and his
family. He shivers and sw'eats,
his wife shivers and don't sweat
so much the worse, his children
shiver, some sweat and some don't
sweat they take calomel and qui-
nine, the "chills' cease but soon
return with more tenaclty-a doc
tor is called; but the :chills'
leave and return; the doctor ad-
vises that it will be so till frost.
Mr.. Green is alarmed, (disgusted),
and keeps the doctor to engineer
his family through the ''sickly sea-
son." which continues in Mr..
Green's family till Christmas. Mr.
Green makes a fine crop, his great
est difficulty was to gather it, but
he is "disgusted' with the country,
it cost him $3.50 to have his family
engineered through the ''sickly
season."
He now enters upon a second