The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1855-03-01
SElGtj7 STORY. .
THE ONE ACRE FARM.
A CURE FOR HARD TIMES.

many such papers would you have to
take if you had hundred acres?
Il shouldn't probably need any more
than | take now; you know, Nj Chap |
man, one can go through the mDbonS'
on one acre as well as huadred-In
"a man can throw away money without
any if he has a mind to. For all the
good you get from such periodicals, you
might as well, probably. throw the money
they cost into the fire, they are nothing
but humbugs.' ~ s
. Il pay in all only eight dollars
Eight dollars! enough to buy tip
top' barrel of flour, and aleg OF bacon;
and then if you read these periodicals.
there is twice the amount Of themoney
spent in reading them
Il do usually read or hear read almost
every word there is inthem; my boys and
take turns in reading, and one reads
cloud while the rest works, ran
Complete nonsense! no wonder your
shop don turn cut anymore boots IN
day than it does!' sa#Ef.fa
alPerhaps we don't do as great days
work. some days as some Of our neigh
bors; but guess that in the course of the
veer, we turn out.as many according to
the hands at wo!k as most do aa9f
i suppose tits out of these public atlons
you get your foolish notions about so
many kinds Of fruit trees. One OF my
bows came home awhile ago and said Mr..
Briggs had got lots and lots OF fruit trees
and such things, that cost, don ntknow
how much, and wanted me to buy some
grapevines, pear trees, and so on. | told
him il was all foolishness, and not to let
me hear him say anything about spending
money so foolishly. You have, dare
say, laid out ten or fifteen dollars, this
spring =,
Yes, nearly as much again; lhave laid
out twenty five dollars for trees and gar
den fruit .
Twenty-Five dollars! | wonder you
are not on the twon, or in Jail at least
before now
Pm not afraid of either: I'll be-
YOU twenty five dollars, I'll sell YOU that
amount of fruit from those things Ioi
which paid the twenty-five dollars, ii
five years
Done III stand you; so your trees
will cost you fifty dollars sure, in money
besides the time thrown away in setting
them out. or taking care of them /.
AS for the time spent in setting then
out, or taking care of them, it is as good
exercise as playing ball, wicket or any
thing else. While we were setting then
out one of your boys came to get m,
. boys to 90 over to Mr. Moody's where h
) said there was TO be great time playing
7 ball; and have no doubt your boys sPen'
, Just as much time playing, as mine d.
with our trees and so forth; and ther
n something is done, but in playing, tn
strength is all laid out for nothing.
o We'll, it don't cost anything to pla
i ball, but trees cost money
S The foregoing conversation occurred
e the shop between two neishbors, bot
boot makers in town moi more tha
G thirty miles from Boston. ''.
1T MIR. Briggs, in whose shop the conve
+ sation torl'- place, was a man OF moi
9 than ordial5ary intelligence for one of h
d advantages and circumstances in lite.-
D lie had been a poor boy, and by lndustr,
|, observation and economy, had workt
n his way on in life and reared and We
le educated family of children, who, Ill
himself, were industrious and steady. =
10 For the few years past, he had becon
III interested in horticulture, and both I
:; exercise and amusement, had turned h
st attention to cultivating his one acre iarn
IS His attention was first called TO this,
ts' means OF back number oil the New En-
Il. land Farmer which was put round son
things bought at the store. Mr.. Brig
found this so interesting, that he purcha
n ed another ct the periodical depot, al
er then he became a regular subscriber
tn His sons soon became interested in
mt same direction, and the interest OF /
father and sons increased to the pit
indicated in the foregoing conversallC
o,S, In time, every inch Of that acre
'lu ground was brought under the spade, a
'd' almost every best variety of fruit hac
e" place there, and the father and sons lou
pleasure and profit in the garden oil
., being coopcd up in the shop TIL the ste
l? was done, and the exercise was lar M
,hn inl profitable than the spasmodic violent
'mJ ' crcise taken in games.
'nu Mr.. Chapman, the other neighbor, v
cry man of common sense lie lool
ny upon everything new and uncommon
folly and nonsense and was ready
lin sncer at every one who stepped as
,;Io nS from the common track. 1t looked s
ply silly to him to see man stay al nc
al from muster or training or 'Sho
'u' and spend his time in cultvating
- dens: or instead of lettering away
'"' evening at the store, smoking. or hear
or telling a deal Of nothing worse
spend the evening at home, reading s.
ifI nonsense as the Farmer and Horll'
ex. turist affords.
ear. Years pass, and Mr.. Briggs 'one !, 2
w farm shows that he and his boys b
he'd not read the papers IN vain Iney
learned how to 'set out a tree'' ana
Won TO take care of it after it was set ou
e Of Everything showed it received the ! !
kind of food and care, and stra'sn'