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I. Description of Farmer Oak—An Incident

           Johnson’s;hislowerextremitiesbeingencasedinordinaryleatherleggingsandbootsemphaticallylarge,affordingtoeachfootaroomyapartmentsoconstructedthatanywearermightstandinariveralldaylongandknownothingofdamptheirmakerbeingaconscientiousmanwhoendeavouredtocompensateforanyweaknessinhiscutbyunstinteddimensionandsolidity.

           Mr.Oakcarriedabouthim,bywayofwatch,whatmaybecalledasmallsilverclock;inotherwords,itwasawatchastoshapeandintention,andasmallclockastosize.ThisinstrumentbeingseveralyearsolderthanOak’sgrandfather,hadthepeculiarityofgoingeithertoofastornotatall.Thesmallerofitshands,too,occasionallyslippedroundonthepivot,andthus,thoughtheminutesweretoldwithprecision,nobodycouldbequitecertainofthehourtheybelongedto.ThestoppingpeculiarityofhiswatchOakremediedbythumpsandshakes,andheescapedanyevilconsequencesfromtheothertwodefectsbyconstantcomparisonswithandobservationsofthesunandstars,andbypressinghisfaceclosetotheglassofhisneighbours’windows,tillhecoulddiscernthehourmarkedbythegreen-facedtimekeeperswithin.

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