The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1859-04-20
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JOHN WALTON'S FARM.
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as3s q s8n.r gasE si57 T-rg All rss ar.
vv.,,,, ssHadp't you better subscribe for n9'
- III tell ron, no. haint got tac money
: to spare. AID, II. had, l haipt got the
xlls.ime TO waste, over newspapers said Eb-'
szssn Sawyer, With some emphasis, a#
.av al.Bnt syou will gain much i,formaton
= from il in the course Of q, year, sir,
slss sued John Wslton. btqou Id. g. sozt
: II tell yor, l don't want h.n v.s,I - -i's
Wsll-what say you, Mr. G unmet--
.shan't Ii have your name2 sboe5
.No,gsir!'le3H n ezka27ai,l
This was spoken so fatty and bluntiy
4 that Walton said no more; but folded up
a, the prospectus Of a periodical which he
.n; had with him, and then turned away, 81,
dauagaE Eben Sawyer and Ben Grummet were
: ~ two old farmers that is, old at the bust
ness, tough they had only reached the
IN middle of life--and, after their young
a. neighbor had gone they expressed their
os opinions concerning him. ssE -,
"a He'll never make a farmer" said
A. Sawyer, with shake of the head. 'He
"a spends too much time over them papers
-. and books of hisn, Hes lee.le mite
80 above farmin'. in, my opinion -
- - I.Them's my sentiments responded
Grummet. Il tell yoa. Eben, the man
that thinks to make o l;vin' on farm in
this section has got to WORK for it, .#
- At this juncture Sam Bancroft came a.
district -. -. ,'..a -1
sgsa '... :. We x.s jast talking alb out yonng Wal.
ton., said Sawyer. 80, -.
= I've jes' come from there replied
y Sam. Hes been borin' me to sign for a
paper; but he couldn't come it, ia
tHa, ha,--so he bored US He's get.
- tim 4 lcetle too high sot for farmer 7sr
ssiss He. rippin' his , barn n floor ksq up said
.Rippin' the foor up!' repeated Grum.
met. 'Why--Mr. Amsden had the
whole floor put down new only three
-. years ago.
o. The tie-up floor, I mean,' pursued
- Bancroft. He's got carpenter up from
ss,ett the :. village; and and his two hired men are
sis'e = !, sWhev!, ! guess he'll make . far,
~ And 80 they all guessed --wi.ha res
eryation. In short, there was something
highly ridiculous in the thought of a
- mans thinking to be farmer and a stu.
80 dent at the same time; and all sorts ol
- jests were discharged over it. e
- John Walton was young man-some
'p 'hve.and.twenty.-and though he had
been born in the neighborhood, yet much
ar bis life had been spent in other section.
of the country. His parents both died
sdi whom be was quite young, and his faith
farm passed into the hands of q Mr.
.za Amsden. But now John had married
and--he meant to be a. farmer; and hi.
naturally turned to 3the ole
bee :houestsad. 81 lie found Amsden willing
tesaslls and he bought- two thous
and dollars down, and giving o note ant
sssG nsesgags Cor Eve hundred, which hac
Us abSsn cashed by Mr.. Piddon. av s74 81
. adtThiss farming fdistsict was upon |.
broad ridgesof land which had beer
- cleared for-s great many years; ant
MI though they were the handsomest ant
smoothest looking farms in town, ye
I,r they were by no means the best Th'
summit of the ridge was crowned by |
ledge of granite, and the soil, over th