. The gentleman emigrant [microform] : his daily life, sports, and pastimes in Canada, Australia, and the United States. Agriculture; Agriculture. THE BACKWOODS FARM. 23& raise five hundred dollars or so, might do a splendid business. Would keep a ho-tel. Pile of money to be made out of a ho-tel. Knows of a fust-rate one near the wharf, which could be purchased cheap. Sailors and long-shore men drinking thar all day long—dollars flying about like chips a-breaking. What do we say to pur- chasing the good-will, and putting him in as manager ? Think, may be, that he'd drink more f(yrty rod no
. The gentleman emigrant [microform] : his daily life, sports, and pastimes in Canada, Australia, and the United States. Agriculture; Agriculture. THE BACKWOODS FARM. 23& raise five hundred dollars or so, might do a splendid business. Would keep a ho-tel. Pile of money to be made out of a ho-tel. Knows of a fust-rate one near the wharf, which could be purchased cheap. Sailors and long-shore men drinking thar all day long—dollars flying about like chips a-breaking. What do we say to pur- chasing the good-will, and putting him in as manager ? Think, may be, that he'd drink more f(yrty rod nor he'd selL Well, p'rhaps he might take a drain occasionally/' And so on, until the small hours of the morning. It is only after a deal of fencing on both sides that the road question is finally settled. But Coelebs has all along the best of it. He stands on the defensive, and lets his antagonist tire himself out. He will give twenty dollars, no more, and, in the end, the man yields the point and accepts it. At peep of day we separate, Coelebs returning with his captive to the tavern, there to draw out the agreement in black and white—we to head-quarters. For the next month we are busy haying. Armed with bush scythes, Mac, two hired men, and ourselves, keep cutting away at the blue- joint with unflagging energy. Coelebs has more stock and less hay than he expected to have, and will require at least twenty-five tons of. I'. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stamer, W. (William). London : Tinsley
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