^-¥^^fc; IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) // W <^A ^' ' see any of us they will take themselves away, they are mure afraid of us thai< we are of them. I know not one thing to make us afraid. We are troubled this Month with. Musquitoes, i think tiiey are sni dl Gnats, but let n )t a Gnat frighten us. We had a long Winter, which ^t^ted four Months, the Snow was two feet in depth ; it was beautiful Sleighing. Winter is a good time Hut Farmers to take their Grain to Market, and is also the best time to clear Land. Dkar William, when 1 arrived here, this Country had not the same appearance as it bears now. Where 1 now live, it was all a Wood and there was no Road; iiow there is a beautiful large opening intended for a Market House and Public Buildings, and also a good Road to Vork Town, six rods wide. There is an opening of eight acres for a Market Place, it is in the shape of an octagon. I have sold my House on the Market Square, by which I cleared upwards of one hundred Dollars. Ifyouwereto ofl'er me the sum of one thousand Pounds to live again in England, it would not in the least tempt me. 1 intend giving up my Carpentering Trade in November next, and working wholly upon my Farm, as I have an excellent Farm Lot of 1«3 acres. I shall have three acres of Wheat r 1- in /tacl^y for Harvest. Clearin feet by 20 feet, which is built witli Loffs and covered ir. with Hark, which makes it vervconifoj table. It i« built in one Day by niakino a "Bee," ut. all Neis-hbours come and help us for one Day. My Trade is very good here, I and my Rrolher Thomas have earn- ed 24 Dollars in one Week, and I should wonder and nmrumrifwe did not make 18 Dollars per week. We do not always stick to work, forsomtimcs we are called away to "Bees." Lazy Men can or 10 Dollars an acre to get it ready for Crop, Fencing is included in that sum. You mention building. You would not like to build a good Ihtnse at ,first, it would take so long a time. A Shanty will do very well for the first Year or two, for it would not do to neglect getting in a Crop. When your Crop is in, ihiii attend to Buihiing as much as you please. I will take the Job for you, build you up a good hewed Log House, 20 feet by 30 feet, with a good Brick Ctiimney, and finish it complete, for one hundred Pounds. But you must find Bricks. There is aCiL'iilleinan going to make one Hundred Thousand Bricks on my Land this Summer, I give him leave to do it, and charge him nothing for "messinff" on my Land. Men in this Country understand clearing Land better than your Labourers. If you were to bring out Labourers with you, they would soon think themselves independent ; particularly if they were not lazy Men ; the\ w«.uld not ^tay with you long, they wouUl so«m work and get 100 acres of Land and turn Farmers themselves. This is a good thing for industrious Men, encourage industrious Men all you can. Wheat is not less than one Dollar a bushel, readv Money as soon I I asdt-.vered. and there are Merchants to buy all khuls of CJruin. The price of Flour is seven Dollars per barrel, of 1J)0 pounds VNe sow all Ihe VV!;eat here. Indian corn is hoed in. The Land .s not nl.u.^>-d for the n.it •hrce or iour Years. We use no Horses the krsi 'three or four Years, excepting for pleasure. Oxen answer the purpose nmch the best. A yoke of Oxe» costs GO Dollars. A Cow 10 Dollars. Our Wheat is very poor. Pray oblige n.e aud send me half a peek of pooH fall Wheat, half a peck of Spring NVUeat half a pec. of gooc! Barley. a,.d a few goy Brother ll.chard to send -ae some of.dl kinds of Seeds, which 1 hope he wnlnot nedect. Send me one ounce of Quinine, it is the only th.ng that ndUure the Ague and Fever (it is extracted from Peruvian Bark ). be sure you do not come without so.ne. as it k much cheai^er m England tlian here. Cattle are not n.uch trouble, they keep quite fat all the Summer bv runnino- in the Wood. ; duri.g the W.uler they live upon Wheat S,raw; should a Person have no Straw, ihey will live well upon the tops of Trees, vhen chopped down. A great ma«.y Cattle have nothing ail the Winter b-t the tops of Trees, of which if they have plenty, it will keep them (piite fat. We live upon Pork, Beef, Pigeons. Fish, Venison, ( we had some Venison for Dinner to day,) plenty of Eggs, Butter, Custards. Pies, Hums Milk. Tea and Cotiee. We grow our own Vegetables. Butter a.ul C, eese are made the san>e as in England. If a Person takes one or two hundred acres of Land and goes ui^u it at once, he needs 1'. 100. which sum x>ill supply him and family well, if industrious, thev miaht make «nt with a less sum, only they would have to work bn- dirtereut i>e..ple to get su.h things as they would want. This sum of Money would supply them with provisions the first Year. Farming Implements are not worth biinging. such as Ploughs, b)r they are not revo u,eu that went i.p with • hem thev tU me that thev both got work for one man. and >cfton C hanuau's Wife's Brothers ; they have got a ffood place \1 dollars a n,„nth and their board. A Man will get more a month here w.tU h.s board, than in England without. I have not seen any fi.me alK,ut here but there are Pheasants, Hares, tho-.r.ds of Pi-.>ns. and a few Boars, ami Wolves but a very lew. ther- are a -.eut many Cherries in the W.KKls, Currants, and G. ^eberries. I p'onnsed to son.l vou the state of the Country, I will a. well as I con . Fh.s .s a co.».rc:ou»try for one thing, the people are all of or.e sort pretty .,.„.h their servants lives ^^ilh their masters and they get u..od « H.,es. 1 left York and went to Duadas, and got a job the.-e tor an Lngl.sh- „.an the nan.c of Pope, he has been here f.ve years, an.l .s du.n. xery ^v.ll 1 have r>s. a day board and lod^^ing. for ^^\mh 1 Inn. U> ti.ke o, ;;;/. a dav h. store wi.at they call, you must take Clothes, bhoes or Hats, or^anv thing that your master work for. I take lo.. a xxeek p.i.1 in n.oncv.* Clothes are very dear here. Any ma. ca •. eurn '.nou..h in tJ davs to Keep a Wife and Faudly a week. Dear lut-ur and Mother d.M.ot make yourselves uueasy about me, for I am domg verv well Bricklaver is a good Trade here, and can earn a great deal of monev after you get known. Tell James Clark that I do no, per- suade him to come over to stay here, but here is plenty oi work aad yood pay . Ertract of a Letter from George Hill lolca La- l)ourer,' at Snllinytm, Sussex, dated Ancaslcr, Upper Canada, bth Aurjust, 1832. " We have been here five weeks ; 1 lil.e the Country here very much, but my Wife don't seem to be quite so well contented yel. I got work the first day I got here, and have bad plenty of work ever since. 1 got six shillings per day, (New York currency) which is 3s. Orf. English i...)ney, and be boarded. Farmer. a,«l Labaurers all sit at one table here. Wc get 5.. cnglish money 10 per day in Harvest und boarded. 1 know taat a pour man caji du^.. « great deal better here than he can at home, he is sure t() jjet plenty of work if he is steady, and he can live cheaper. Piiddock and ir.e have rented a very good House at £l, per month en^lish nionev I have bought a Cjw for £j. and a young Sow for 12s. 6d. \V : work here from sun rise to sun set, but we don't work so h?rd as we do at home, we rest tUr(iuj,h the day very often ; they are not so par- ticul;\r here about losing a little time as they at home. Jane (she is 12 years old) is out at service for a year, at 10s. per monih, eiigli^h money. George (aged 10) is with a Mr. GaLiiel (iuniett, lat.; from Horshan% Sussex, a Saddler. Dear Father and Motiier, vo lelt you almost brokenhearted, but you may be satisfied that we have bettered our condition by coming here." Extract of a Letter from John Capclain, to his Brother, dated Huron Tract, Upper Canada, 2Sth August, 1832. "I can see a prospect for a good living to be (rot. Flour is 7 dollars a barrel, which is 3^, bushels, that is the liiohest price, after another harvest it v ill be lower no doubt as we shall ait grow our own, and it is now brought a long way up the Countrv. Mutton I kill and sell out, I can atilrd to Sell it dd. per lb. Beef '2\d. Butter about Oirf. but 1 shall keep a Cow and make my own next Summer, I have no keep for a Cow this Winter. Dear Brother, if my brother William could take the heart to come there shall be a home for him, as soon as he comes, for I have got a comfortable House up, and 100 acres of Land full of tin.ber, and he shall have part of it, but I will not persuade any one to come, tho' I can see a much better prospect here than in England, if he should, let him bring what ready money he can and not provide a parcel of thitigs a.s I did, for things arc as cheap ; here as in England, and tools cheaper, let him bring a few one sided Oats, a little Barley, Goose- berry, and Currant cuttings." • 'i.>»M(f i-n\\ n Extract from a Letter of Man c^- Elizahclh Pmf- dock, who emigrated with the Petworih Parti,, from Sidlington, Sussex, dated Ancaster, Upper Canada, Qth August, 1832. " \\c like this place very well, Allan had 3s. Qd. pf r day and board ; now he is hired for a twdve.nouth for 2(5 pounds. We . per week. 1 enquired at \ork an weeks. if trade is as had as is was, any one would do better in Canada, for here any one can soon get an independency. Ttll J. Lucas, that his brother Ned and C. I'dsvards, are living close to me; thev get lis. :ic/. per week. Ix.ard and lodging, o ml are .p.ite sleadv. Write as ^«>on as possible. I cannot give you a moio true account of the price of provisions than Doyles 'Hints tc, Emi- grants.' There were plenty given to the people about Pelworth."