Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1855-11-02
Grnnafnther,s Old Farm.

cnlrayor,i to make myself agreeable, n
route.
Amor frw common place rcmarts, our
conversation turned upon the subject Of az.
riculturc, the old man new mode, Of iar>,-
inr, SC, and I subsequently a-ccrtaiucl that
my venerable acquaintance was q most in
+ telli-rnt farmer who hai retired in his old
age upon q competency. IS we dashed
along in tho cars he entertained me with thr
substance Of thc following narrative, the de-
tails or winch he assured me had trarspircd
within his own knowledge.
"Srsokirr of the exciting Tro-ryz- ami
rroyrm,u,s in agriculture, said be-, "r,-
minds me og am instance that ocurrd In my
r.mrmhancc, which I will r.'at, to YOU Il
y'u are disposed 20 hear i" Ithankcdhim
and hc proceeded nearly as follows
"S,mc forty year, or more ago, anri.h-
hor Of mine, in c., a Mr. Smith, occupied
an immyu.c tract Of land, which hc called
a farm. /, was about forty rods nwilth
and upwards u two miles in length anoll
Indian grant, a. IL was trrrncl, upon which
he had h,cn brought up farmer and
whore his father and grandfather, AMI --y1t
grandfather lived.
" Each generation or thr Smiths that hal
lv.'i upon this trip or hul hal c1u'rivI
q, farm H., each iu ths same o'l way, wear
in and year out, from nthsr o. .an. The
rlr, hal never known a dollar, iur1m-
hrarrr zrorr- of smith, bed lsrn rarj
upon E, generation after -.u.ntioa aur
anil passed away thor, anl ,hr lmr rl-'-
rlrhs. 1nl ,hs lilarih'rJ o'i wall. avid
fences. tlc Identical shc's anil shan,ir, and
lrny,l tr-s vrrr ,,Ill ,i.ihl--,'mr., thr
SINE furraw hal hc.n Turmoil fr hunlrrl
v.trs or mor,. when. os nal h.rn tnr cus-
tom or thr Smith cmil.- on p-yiDu. o.a-
.i.us. b, finally came tl thr turn of ths o,.
rur1rt 90 resign grandfather on place 90
Do, only son Brn Smith. now com nt'irtv
"T.r fy. aal forty years 90. '.st Eus
father lll carried ou Die oI aru. Do 40
rrt long r-u,l anil regular as t'e yrar
roIlrlr round, 50 regular bal Smltfr'
ur h. r'.htaers. m1Ul 40 th sm., in,
p-dlusr would grow nr him, Ia.url
hr, Cen shrrp, rurl h.s nnr haIoiot,Ic.
r..nrl hi ihrcr hog. aul vin's,l as mae
uy cows. bot thi, va, u1, au."
True, Nr. Smili had great farm. H.
n.lei Ike a trooper from dayli ,h' q dark
lIr rais,l his own pork AMI corn, l,uch as
it va') his cattle aud filrr, cut from h.'
own forest ,hc wood be burned ncycroWcl
q man hrthius. II, coniriycd even to pay
Dis own town and county ny. liu' De w1'
literally p"u With 81. w.r'l,' "r he oNgl
Do, 0nr anil n' ono ovrl him dollar And
n he lnel ur 90 seventy.
"En,' aii ths"'l man 90 DIS ''n, one
evening ne they 50; hrr Go v'u.r's fr.,
"Tm ttinr .H I'r.w.r'clrrr''g hr'
h.-. fora COOL many years, anil ! n.c0u-
c'u'l'o give ituT. rt your turn now.
Ny 'urn fnr vhat'' asknl Ben.
"Tp take charge o' 'hc farm, ben. You
ar Young. stout and healthy I'm going
90 give zap thc homestead 60 you. anil if YOU
continue to Labor constantly o. have done,
and rs y1ur grandfather dll afYr, us. YOU
can e,t a COOL Twin or ont as we have
done. ", can't tax, u1thm. out of tli.
wrrll with u.s., Bon. N1krl We came into
II. and 81, We must 60 out But ,h, Old
plar, is IRE f-9m cn,nminnc,, there royrr
va. dollar mortgage ON e.. AMI hor'
there nr-,r viii hr. I .hall give YOU th,
,-rm frs, and ,l-arta-ml-raw."
U.n J.rt on this. aud the mex, l,y o.,
was m,.tsr of a e" farm f1r,y r5l, wide and
two and a half mils. long"
81 shall take the place, father. " he .ail, r.,
..and carry il on, but not as you and grand
father. anl nj. father DID"
aud though the old gentleman shook hi,
head and looked earnestly over the bridge Of
Mi. specs a, his son. Ben was as good a,
D.. ,I-I ,,J c.rtlvi,b n, won, =, work in
-,
S,r;,. cam. G.p v.p,irto th,oli EIGHT
,rr. ALI ,rl ,.r,,,,I ma ana b,lcorit. In
o, ,,i. bohad Jcpo.i,l the seasons ma.
,r-. t,,b,l hilbert, hon sr,r.rly .rr,,d
pr,, J,uri, the surr,,, IIo narrowed
tLe.. four acr.s. and narrowed them care
fully. Hlin- time came, AMI Ben had ouly
one half thc srac, t1 90 over. Though thr
corn and rotatocs lolk,I finely, the beat,
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