ment, as the pipe in the mouth of }}
a trueborn Dutchman was never |i
liable to those accidents and
irregularities that are continually =
putting our clocks out of order. |f
In this fashion did the profound jij
council of New Amsterdam
smoke and doze and ponder from
week to week, month to month, }I
and year to year as to what man-
ner they should conduct the in-
fant settlement; meantime the ||
town took care of itself.

A stone church was_ also
erected inside the fort at a cost og
of one thousand dollars, and alf
public surveyor was appointed to |FReA ea
lay out boundary lines at a salary |Ly |
of eighty dollars per annum.

The first recorded sale of land!