Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-10-27
). What z" exclaimed L.

am determined not Ia waste my time and
energies in swinging a scythe over fortv
acres of land after five-and-twentv tons
of hay when | can get forty tons from
twenty acres.
" Crazy as a March hare!'' muttered
Lyman, as he TUNED away.
Ere long Lyman was met by another
surprise He was at the hotel in the viii
lage one day, aud there learned that his
neighbor Poland had engaged all their
manure for four years; and that he was
10 pay it inwood, and butter. and cheese,
and such other articles of produce as
might be wanted
q Dolly, what do you suppose Poland
has been and done nows''
81 don't know, I'm sure" returned the
wife, looking up.
Well. I'll tell you:-He's been and
engaged all the manure made at the tav-
ern stables for the next four years! And
he's got to haul wood, and let his butter
and cheese go, to pay for it
On the same day he saw Poland, and
asked him what he meant
= mean to bring my farm up" return
ed the latter.
:" But | get manure enough for two
acres of corn every year, and That's
enough : said Lyman.
Z" For you II may be, but | wish to man.
ure more. Our land was we'll run out
when We took it, and in order to get it up
to It's fullest capacity we must be prodigal
Of rich dressing
Well said Lyman, with sort of
plying. .eXpression,-"g 60 ahead; but if
you ever see your money, let me know. .
I'll give you good account, never
fear replied Poland, laughing. Il
must feed my land if would have it feed
me. We haven't got land here like those
rich alluvial bottoms In the west. My
land needs nursing now"
But Anson Lyman couldn't see the use
of wasting money in that way. He thought
the man who would first cut his tilage
land down one half, and then 90 off aud
buy such a quantity of manure, must be
little better than foolish. He wasn't such
a fool at all events.
During the following winter, while Ly-
man was cutting and hauling wood to the
village for two dollars and a half per cord
poor" Poland was hauling his to the
tavern to pay for manure which he hadn't
got yet.
L was on the first day of April that
Poland came TO see his neighbor. He
wanted 10 borrow a hundred dollars for
SIX months, or for year if he could.
. What ye going to do with it2" asked
Lyman.
:" | want to make some improvements ia
my barn ceIier, and also enlarge the
building by putting on a tie-up, thus
throwing the cattle out Of my man barn"
" | declare, Poland, it's too bad" said
Lyman, pflyingIy. . Here I've laid up
over two hundred dollars clear cash, and
you are worse off than nothing-in debt.
By jingo, John, | don't want to See YOU
foolIng away money so. Your barn IS
large enough-as large as mine is with
double your land TO empty into it. If |
lend you 4 hundred dollars what assur-
ance have l that ever see II I'd rath-
er let it 90 where | know it is safe. |
shouldn't want to sue you, and | might
not get 1t without. Your farm is as good
as mine, and you have no more need to
be borrowing than | have,-or, you
shouldn't have
John Poland didn't say anything about
the two animals he had bought year and
a half before, and the calf they had Weld
ed him, for which he had been offered
within the week four hundred dollars
H owned that amount Of stock over and
above the stock owned by Lyman He
tIrned the subject of convers ltion as
quickly as possible, for he wanted to hear
no more reasons from his friend for not
lending him the money.
That afternoon he went over TO see the
man Of whom he had bought this new
stock, who lent HIM the money he needed
readily.
d" W hat fool - said Lyman, as he saw
the carpenters at work tearing away one
whole side Of his neighbor's barn, pre-
paratory to adding an apartment capable
of accommodating forty-fve head of
cattle" However, Poland worked on,
and tried to get his neighbor to listen to
some OF his advice.
" Don'r,aik to me-" cried Lyman, at
the end of the second year. I've got
four hundred dollars at interest. How
much YOU got g
g \ thousand or So returned the
other
"Eh?" What do yop meang q
Why, all the money | have laid out
on this place IS on Interest"
q" Oho-ah, ah, ah, ah,-and now how
much interest have you realized 81
" So far I've let it all run at compound
interest-put the interest right in with
the principal, and there II lies"
Yes, and there it will lie l don't
believe you can raise fifty dollars now in
cash"
You are right, Lyman could not
raise It without selling something which
DO not wish at present TO part with"
Il thought so. But take your own
way"
Ere long Arson Lyman was astonished
to find that his neighbor had subscribed
for a third paper, besides buying lot OF
books for his children.
What's the use 2" he said, as he sa
IN his neighbor's front room, and saw a
large pile of books on the shelf. . !
want my children TO learn TO work-no