The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-05-13

would not let his money go for any such I
"erperimeut" upon bis place.
The five years came around, and An
son Lyman went on that day and sold
fourteen bushels of corn In order TO get
fourteen dollars 10 put with nine hun
dred and eighty-siz dollars which he had
at home.
"WeIl, Poland, I've got the prizel"
said Lyman, entering the formers barn
in the afternoon. 1t was early Spring.
just FIVE years from the day on which
they bought I've got the thousand
dollars; now what have you got2"
"Well--I have not fer from four hun
drod dollars i'm money
"Aha-I thought So
"But, Anson Lyman said Poland
almost sternly, "are your eyes not open
ed yot2'
"Openedl What Eye moan2"
"Well / mean that my farm, to-day,
will sell for one thousand dollars more
than yours will Look at my hoy-mow
There are nearly twenty tons of hay;
you have not ten And, mind you, ]
have FIVE head Of cattle more than you
have. Next season I shall cut more
hay from twelve acres, which have now
regenerated, than you will cut upon your
whole forty acres; and you know my hay
is worth far more pound than your
hay is. told you 1 had FIVE more head
of cattle than you had. For these FIVE
creatures 1 can, within six hours, take
seven hundred dollars cash; but no such
money can purchase them Of me.
"Ah, Lyman, you have been saving
money, but you have taken it from your
farm without returning anything for it,"
"Nevor mind-Ive got my thousand
dollars, and I've got my farm, as good
as twas the day bought it."
"Not quite Lyman"
"How so2'
"You'veStaken off two hundred cords
Of good wood"
"Well--so you took off some
"Aye-but what I took from my wood
lot I put back upon my field ] did not
take it from the farm"
Mr.. Lyman went away with new
thoughts
Time passed on, and at the end Of an
other five years the eyes Of Anson Ly-
mar were wholly opened, Poland had
now raised quite a stock Of noble cattle
from his first purchase, and commenced
to sell to the boef-market Two hun
dred dollars was the least any one Of
them brought when fatted; and one bull
lock, four years old, brought him three
hundred and ten dollars. His twenty
acre field was like a garden, yielding,
such as was moved, an average Of three
tons to the acre. In short, his whole
farm was under the best of training and
improvement, and now yielded him back
a heavy interest upon all that he had
expended. During one fall he took
over a thousand dollars for stock and
produce; and he was offered FIVE thous-
and dollars for his place, while Lyman
could not have found purchaser at ff-
teen hundredl
"Dolly" said Anson Lyman, sinking
into a chair, Give been fool-a fooll I
say
"Wby-Anson-what do you moan?"
"Mean? Look at Poland's farm"
81 have looked at it from the first
Ansou"
"You have? And what have you
seen?"
"Why-I saw that John Poland was
making a comfortable home for himself
and family, and increasing the value Of
his farm tenfold,
"And why didn't you tell me so?'
"I did tell you so, husband, and you
said I was a fool"
81 remember. Well-neyer mind
'Tisn't too late now"
On the next morning Mr. Lyman
went over to his neighbor's and frankly
said
"Poland, you must help me. 1 want
to learn to be a farmer.
81 will help you with pleasure, An
son; and you can begin far more easily
than l did, for you have money"
And Lyman commenced The thou
sand dollars was nearly all expended in
the work, but in the end he found HIM
self the gamer, and his dollars came
back to him with interest twice-fold.-
He had learned a lesson which many
might follow with profit.
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