True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-09-08
The Old Way and the New.
ssl'm sick Of this life!" said Tudor Lee,
as be lnng his hat across the Kitchen.

1lf 1-'-
..Iige been wenting ever since was
dozen years q age to raise plums, pears,
cherries, as farmer Wingate does, but faith
or says it viii take too much tins-it
won't pay and now the long and short Of
tits, won'tsstay at home. III have
place ofmy own, and mskeit what Iwish.
slssAh, ha sons look Sor suns higher"
sNot shade or fruit tree grows upon
this farm, but its dig, dig, with none of the
Injuries to tighten the burden. Pm deter
mined to be FARMER, not one like father,
who must follow the track of his parent,
and set aside the ornamental for all reali-
ty; like little spice with my food,
! whether it is physical or mental"
"Hush, hush, SON."
"I have hushed these twenty years now
l must speak. l made father an offer to-
day, that if he would let me carry on the
farm as ! wished for one year, l would
give him my labor and all improvements. I"
"Well?p
He considered it very foolish said he
would allow me one half of the income if i
would carry it on as he wished" }s
",Well!" d
"I have bought that ten acre lot of Mr..
Hanson, andano,her spring it will not pre-.
sent the appearance il does at present"
Foolish boy!' a,d ,rstT
Tudor was smart, active, and of a truly
3raral turn; and to this end he wished to
cultivate, but he met with obstacles at ev-
cry turn Home he could not beautify, SC
he purchased the rocky field Of neighbol
Hanson. Early in the spring he cleared
itofrocks, and beneath found as rich and
beautiful soil as ever laid in the sunlight.
Neighbor Hanson said " Had he known
it, he would have asked another hundred
but, however, am willing to encourage
rural taste, so prosperity to you."
After clearing it of rocks, he ploughed,
narrowed, and sent to Mr.. Goodale for 20
apple trees, 10 pear trees, and as many
cherries and plums. He transplanted them
carefully, and tended them with care. On
the south side he arranged spacious hot
bed, where he produced vegetables much
before his neighbors, and thereby obtained
price much in advance for them. The
remainder of his field was used for other
vegetables for winter use. At the end Of
five years his ten acre lot yielded him six
hundred dollars. He plac ed this beside his
other earnings, built him nice cottage,
and married neighbor Hanson's daughter
Lizzie. In seven years be sold one thou
sand dollars worth from his ten acre lot,
while his father logged along in the same
old track ofancent times, and with rising
early and toiling late, he just made his
earnings meet his expenses, but he begins
20 perceive he is behind the age; that his
son was little before him in point Of far
ming.
g It's pleasant, ma, after hard day'l
toll, to sit down and eat one of Tudor's nicf
Bartlett pears"
Yes, it is; my teeth are poor, but
could eat them if had no teeth at all, ant
these cherries and plums, surely they are
blessed. wish we had let him have hi:
own way ten years ago."
$50 do I; our farm would sell for triple
. what it would now, if it had the improve
ments of his ten acre lot."
81 suppose be asks as much for it a
you do for this farm4"
"3Wingate told me to-day it was wort
ten thousand dollars"
"TEN THOUSAND DoLLARs!"
"And you ask four :"
eyes,"
You missed it once, husband, but it.
not too late to improve some now it ma,
benefit our posterty.'
eyes, but l hate to yield to this nev
tangled notion, after have said so muc
.
against it "
&" Pa, we'll, five see an error it's no dis
grace to acknowledge it,"
6 Well. John Write to Mr.. Goodale t
send US some of those trees. and let's tr
our luck :; it's no disgrace to try, if we al
laughed at for our Anticipated notions"
John did Os he was bid, and the follow
ing spring the slope at the "soutb side
was covered with trees of various kinds
The neighbors thought it very strange tht
farmer Lee had deyiated one step from Il
path pursued by his father, grand-fath
and great-grond-fatber, but instead of a
ousiug spirit of ridicnle, it inspired
spirit of emulation, and the old farms ft
miles around began to look young beneat
the trim trees above them, and the beaut
ful ulfragrance that the gentle zephyrs wal
ed to their senses, s,f
=" I'll give you ten thousand dollars
your farm" said a traveller one morning
Mr.. Leesi " @ sgd $3.50 .sl3.
:" 0hn Tudor sold his ten acre lot
eleven thousand, and ] can't think OF S,
ling mine for less than twelve. You 8
fruit is wortha pretty sum in the mark
and my fruit trees yield me annually Sc
en- hundred dollars, besides cherries, plu
and many other luxnries that are adyan
geous." gsd am fG9a'o4,
uIt ia very fnetnatinC - si pt