[Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation by Edith Van Dyne]@TWC D-Link bookAunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation CHAPTER XVIII 4/9
Another item of news merits your attention.
Bartlett has sold sixty acres of his farm to Dr.Adam Matthews, for many years a prominent physician of Boston, who is going to build a good house on the land and become a citizen of Millville.
We've always had to go to Huntingdon for a doctor, but now Dr.Matthews has promised to look after the health of the Millville people, although he has retired from city practice.
More people will come here from time to time, attracted by our enterprise and the rugged beauty of our county; real estate will become more valuable, trade will prosper and every one of the old inhabitants will find opportunities to make money." (Great applause.) A general discussion followed concerning the "doin's of Joe Wegg" and the prophecies he had made.
Opinion seemed divided as to whether the promised "boom" was desirable for Millville or not.
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