Thirdly -- As to the wealth with which God has been pleased
to bless me and my dear Louisa and children, lovingly we have
labored together for it -- lovingly we have enjoyed it --
and now, with a glad and grateful heart do I leave it among them.

He then proceeds to the distribution. Liberally to his children:
but far more so to his wife -- and at the end of each bequest
assigns his reasons, viz.,

I give my ever beloved Louisa all my ready money --
that she may never be alarmed at a sudden call.
I give her all my fat calves and lambs, my pigs and poultry --
that she may always keep a good table.
I give her my new carriage and horses -- that she may visit her friends
in comfort.
I give her my family bible -- that she may live above
the ill tempers and sorrows of life.
I give my son Peter a hornbook -- for I am afraid he will always be a dunce.

But Peter was so stung with this little squib, that he instantly quit
his raccoon hunting by nights, and betook himself to reading,
and soon became a very sensible and charming young man.

His eldest son, who, after his father, was named Gabriel,
married a Miss Charlotte Corde, by whom he had six children --
Esther, Gabriel, Isaac, Benjamin, Job, and our hero Francis,
the least as well as the last of the family. As to his sister Esther,
I have never heard what became of her; but for his four brothers,
I am happy to state, that though not formidable as soldiers,
they were very amiable as citizens. They bought farms -- proved their oxen --