Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-05-14

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ries. as farmer Wingate does. but father says
il will take so much time it won't pay and
now the long and short of it is ! won't stay
at home, I'll have a place Of my own, and
make it what | wish"
"Ah, ha son, look for suns higher.
mot a shade or fruit tree grows upon this
farm, but it's dig. dig, with none of the lux
uries to tighten the burden I'm determined
TO be a farmer. not one like father, who must
follow the track Of his parent, and set aside
the ornamental for the reality like a little
spice in my food, whether it is physical or
mental"
"Hush. hush, my SON"
81 have hushed these twenty years, now |
must speak ! made father an offer to-day
that if he would let me carry on the farm as
! wished, for ono year, ! would give him my
labor and all improvements"
"Well"
ale considered it very foolish. said he
would allow me half the income if | would
carry it on as he wished"
II have bought that ten acre lot OF Mr..
Hanson, and another spring il will not pre-
sent the appearance it docs at present"
Foolish boyw
Tudor was smart, active and of true
rural turn; and TO this end he wished to cul-
tvate. but he met obstacles at every turn
Home he could not boautfy, so he purchased
the rocky field Of neighbor Hanson. At
times he thought as his mother, but faint
hearts never achieved victory, so he persc-
vcred. Early in the spring he cleared it Of
rot Is, and beneath he found as rich and beau
ti1l soil as ever laid in the sunlight. Neigh
Dor Hanson said, had he known it he should
have asked another hundred, but, however. I
am willing TO encourage rural taste, so pros
pciity to you
lfter clearing it Of rocks, he plowed, har-
ruwcd, and sent to Mr.. Goodalo for twenty
apple trees, ten pear trees and as many cherry
and plum. lie transplantcd them carefully.
and tended them with care. On the south
sidc he arranged spacious hot-bed, where
he produced vegetables much before his
nci,hbors, and thereby obtained price much
in advance of them The remainder Of his
hcll was used for other vegetables for winter
use At the end Of five years his ten acre
lot yielded him six hundred dollars He
placed this beside his other earnings and built
him nice cottage and married noighbor Ham
sons daughter Lizzie In seven years he
sold one thousand dollars worth from his "ten
aero lot, while his father logged along in the
came old track Of ancient times, aud, with
rising early and toiling lare, he just made his
earnings meet his expenses. Bnt he begins
60 perceive he is behind the age that his son
is little before him in point of farming.
Its pleasant, ma, after hard days toll
t. sit down and cat one of Tudor nice Bart
lett Pears
Yes it Isl my teeth are poor. but | could
cat them if | had no teeth at all, and those
cherries and plums, surely they are blessed.
! wish we had let him have his way ten years
ago"
so do our farm would sell for triple
What it will now if it had the improvement
OF his ten acre lot"
II suppose he asks as much for it as you
do for this farm"
"Wingate told me to-day it was worth ten
thousand dollars"
"Ten thousand dollars !"
Yes"
"And you ask fouri"
Eyes"
"You missed it once, husband but it is
net too late to improve some now it may
benefit our posterity."
"Yes; but | hate TO yield to this new
tangled notion after | have said so much a
,ainst it.
''La well, if we sec an error it's no dis
grace to acknowledge it,"
"Woll, John, write to Mr.. Goodalo to send
us some of those trees, and let's try our
luck; it's no disgrace to try if we are laughed
at for our antquatod notions"
John did as he was bid, and the following
spring the slope at the "south end" was COW
red with trees of various kinds. The neigh
bors thought it very strange that farmer Lee
had deviated one step from the path pursued
by his father, grandfather and great grand
tther, but instead Of arouSing a spirit of rid
icule, it inspired spirit of emulation, and
The old farms for miles around began to look
young beneath the trim trees above them,
and beautiful fragrance that the gentle zephyrs
waited to their senses.
"l'll give you ten thousand dollars for your
farm, said traveller one morning to Mr.
Lee.
"Oh no; Tudor sold his ten acre lot for
eleven thousand, and | can't think of selling
mine for less than twelve. You see fruit is
worth pretty sum in the market, and my
fruit trees yield me annually seven hundred
dollars, besides cherries, plums, and many
other luxurics that are as advantageous. Its
very huctuatng, sometimes high and some
times low IL there is great crop, ! receive
as much as when less is raised, so the nett
profits are about the same every year, and all
this improvement has been made within eleven
years last spring
say, let the boys transplant trees and or
nament home; make attractive and enhance
the value of your property by identifying it,
Rural beauty touches the eye of the purchaser
and loosens the purse-strings for your benefit,
Yes, set out trees, if it is by the side of the
road, with no other object than to protect the