Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-01-18

tance Of seven miles from Tatnal',
place. came to water power far su
pcrivr 70 his. AS soon as the young
mon had fully realized the spIcndid
nature Of the discovery they had
made, they fairly danced with joy
They set of at once 10 if.d the own.
or. and they found him 10 bc Mr..
Simon Winthrop. poor honest man,
and the very ono whom Tatnall had
imposed upon In the OK trede. Mr.
Winthrop owned enough land on the
river. and the circumjacent upland.
for quite township. lthad been left
him by an uncle.
The two parties found him In his
house, that very evening, and they IN.
formed him OF tho trials they had with
Tatnall. Winthrop smiled as they
finished their account. and related the
story Of the OK trade. The mill
wrights were very soon assured that
they had an honorable man TO deal
with now. and they frankly told him
Of the remarkable discovery they had
made. and told him tho mill privilege
upon his land was worth more than
double that OF TatnalI's. And they
then asked him how he would sell the
water power and goodly piece Of
land. He first wished 10 know Of their
plans. aid they told him that they in
tended 10 build n saw-mill. grist.
mill. a cotton-mill, and that they
should probably put up store. II peo-
pie enough moved in TO support them.
"Now, how much money have you
got?" asked Winthrop. "That is
how much can you raise TO put into
this placer"
"We can raise Just eight thousand
dollars" /" replied Farnsworth.
Simon Winthrop got up and walk
ed across the floor several times. and
then he came and sat down again.
"Gentlemen," said he. iii you will
put up a good mill. and saw my lum-
Der well. and at fair prices. will free
ly give you the mill privilege, and
what land you take you shall pay me
near what the lumber is worth on IT,
But have another offer 10 make you
My old uncle left me this land-be-
tween two ond three thousand acres
my lot joining TatnalPs above here
Now what do you say to make me
third man to your partyl You put
your own energies and knowledge,
and money, with my stout hands and
broad lands. We shall all share
alike, whether in fields. mills or stores
What think you?"
"Wo must think Of that" uttered
both the young men at tho same
breath.
On the next morning. early. Tat
nall was at Winthrop's door, lie
wanted TO buy q large lot Of interyale
woodland. which lay next TO his owr
on the river. But Winthrop would
listen to nothing Of tho kind. Tatnal
held on. for he felt sure OF the mil
being built on his own land. and h,
wanted all the neighboring lumber
lIe swore at Winthrop for bis obstna
cy. but the latter only laughed.
That afternoon Fcrnsworth ant
Ridgely called upon Tatnall. and tole
him they had concluded not to buy
his land.
VERY well. gentlemen" cody re
piled he. for he thought they wore on
ly trying to bring him down.
So they turned 10 leave, and n
they bade him "good bye" Mr.. Tat
nall turned pale. He began to thinl
they were really In earnest.
."Stopl stopl' he cried arc you re
ally in earnest? Amt you really go
ing to put up tho mill?"
''Not here, sir"
"But-but--don't be in u hurry
Perhaps. we can--come in. Lett
talk the matter over"
There's no need," answered Farms
worth. "for we have made up ou'
minds"
"But perhaps | might take up will
your offer Of two thousand"
! mo SIR"
"But hold on a moment. Rathe
than have tho thing blow over now.
would come back to my old offer o
seventeen hundred dollars"
"No, sir. It's no use; We dom
want your land"
"But." cried Tatnall. in phrenz,
Of alarm. "let the land go and TAX
the water privilege, and give me wha
+ you like for it; only put up mill here
even if you take it--for nothingl'
"You're too lete. sir" returnes
+ Farnsworth. with look and tone o
contempt. "Had you at FIRST actet
the part Of man, you would not onl,
have got a round price for your wa
8 ter privilege and the land which W
wanted. but all your property woul,
have increased one hundred per cent
You thought we were in your power
, and you would overreach us, but yol
, will find in the end that this time vol
/. have oyerreached yourself"
} The yopng men told Winthrop tha
/ they should accept his offer. So pa
, pers were made out at once. an,
''Messrs. Farnsworth, Ridgely & Win
throp" commenced business in goo
earnest. The saw mill was commenc
; ed upon Immediately. and men wer
set az work cutting out the canaI.--
No less than eighty men were thu
employed, and the store was built q
once. The greater part of these me
4 took pay for their work in land, bui
houses, and moved their families in.-
The grist mill was put up in due timt
E and by the second autumn quite
village had sprung up.
. After this the colony flourished an
grew. Great numbers of hands wer
. employed. and at the end Of eigf
: years the new firm were wealthy an
respected. A fourishing town ha
: sprung W. p.about them. all upon the
: ow nland-their store did a good b,
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