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he has been compelled to give no
small portion of his time. Yet
the Books, pamphlets, & magazines he
has perused would fill a hand-cart,
& the newspapers of all sorts would
make no less than 1/2 acre of solid
reading matter ~

By a rigid economy he has been
able to live entir solely on the usual
Sunday Collections, in addition to
that kindness on the part of many
which has saved him not a few
items of expense.

Since April Contrib^s [Contributions] $1,000
Average 9 months – 111 Doll^s. [Dollars] pr [per] month.
" [Average] 40 Sundays – 25 Dolls. [Dollars] pr [per] week
Of this 1/2 the last 3 months ~.
Lowest 8.10 – Highest 60 ~