Letters From An American Farmer By Hector St. John De Crevecoeur



















































































































































 -  The very hay
their horses consume, and every other article necessary to support a
family, though cheap in a country - Page 181
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The Very Hay Their Horses Consume, And Every Other Article Necessary To Support A Family, Though Cheap In A Country Of So Great Abundance As Massachusetts; Yet The Necessary Waste And Expenses Attending Their Transport, Render These Commodities Dear.

A vast number of little vessels from the main, and from the Vineyard, are constantly resorting here, as to a market.

Sherburn is extremely well supplied with everything, but this very constancy of supply, necessarily drains off a great deal of money. The first use they make of their oil and bone is to exchange it for bread and meat, and whatever else they want; the necessities of a large family are very great and numerous, let its economy be what it will; they are so often repeated, that they perpetually draw off a considerable branch of the profits. If by any accidents those profits are interrupted, the capital must suffer; and it very often happens that the greatest part of their property is floating on the sea.

There are but two congregations in this town. They assemble every Sunday in meeting houses, as simple as the dwelling of the people; and there is but one priest on the whole island. What would a good Portuguese observe? - But one single priest to instruct a whole island, and to direct their consciences! It is even so; each individual knows how to guide his own, and is content to do it, as well as he can. This lonely clergyman is a Presbyterian minister, who has a very large and respectable congregation; the other is composed of Quakers, who you know admit of no particular person, who in consequence of being ordained becomes exclusively entitled to preach, to catechise, and to receive certain salaries for his trouble.

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