GENUINE YANKEE.
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'liallo my good fiend, can you inform me how far it is :o the next houser Jonathan

 started up--leaned on his hoe handle--rest- ing one foot on the gsmbr:l of his sinister leg and seplied

 'Hall9w yourselE how q you dew' wal l guess can. Faint near so far as it used

 to be alore they cCt the woods away-ihen II was reckoued four miles, but now the sun shriyels up the road, and didn't make more'n tew. The fusl house you come to IS barn, an the next IS haystack; Hoskins' house

 IS or beyant You'll be shore to meet his gals before you git there; tatnal rompiu crit iers, ttev plague our folks mor'n little His sheep gIts into our pasture and his gals into our orchard-Dad sets the dog.after the sheep and me after the gais-and the way he makes ihe wool, and he petlcoats fy, [ IS sin to snakes'

 T see you are inclined to be face.Sous. young man-pray Tell me how II happens that one of your legs is shorter than the olher;'

 T never lows anybody 10 needle with my grass tanglers, mister, but seem it's you, I'll tell you. was born so at my 'ucnlaF re- quest, so that when 1 hold the plough, can go with one foot in the iurrur and t'olher on land, and not lop over; besides it's conyen- ieut when nov round a side hill,' Very good inceed-how do your potatoes come on this year:' They don't come on a, all, digs 'em out and lher's ,arnation snarl on 'em in each hill.n

 But they are small perceive .Yes, l know il. You see we planted some whoppin blue noses over in tha. ere poich there and they flourished so alIiredIy that these stopt growing jis, out of spite; cause they know'd they couldn't keep up.'

 'Yon appear 10 be pretty smart, and should think you could afford better ha, than the one you wear

 The looks a'lnt nothing. it's all in the behavior. This ere hat IS Sunday go to meeting hat, and Iy's chuck fnii of piety now. l've go, better one to home, but 1 don't dig in in no how

 You have been in these parts some time l should guess:'

 I should guess so tew. l was born'd and got my broth up in this ere house; but my native place is down in Pordnnk.'

 Then you say It Is about three miles and half 10 the mex; house.

 Yes sir. twas spell ago. and don't be- lieve it's giow'd much shorter since. Good bye to ye. That's darn slink mare of yourn.'