Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-06-07

hiIn what he meant Hf.. ...I.
81 mean to bring my farm upi" replied the
latter.
"But can get enough for two acres Of
corn every year, and that's enough said Ly-
man.
"For you 1t may be, but wish to manure
more. Our land was well run out when we
took il, and in order 70 get It up to its fullest
capacity, we must be prOdigal Of rich dress
ing .If a .I.-Il fl.I.
HWell, said Lyman, with a sortof playful
expression, ego ahead but If you ever see
your money let me know"
am give you a good account-neYOr fear,
returned Poland, laughing al must feed
my land, If would have it feed me. We
have not got land here like those rich alluyial
bottoms in the West. My land needs nourish-
ing now"
But Anson Lyman could not see the use Of
wasting money in that way. He thought
the man who would first cut his tillRge land
down one half and then 60 of and buy
such quantity of manure must be little
better than foolish. He was not such fool
at all events.
During the following winter, while Ly-
man was cutting and hauling wood to the vii
lage for two dollars and half cord, poor
Poland was hauling his to the tavern to pay
for manure which he had not got yet.
It was on the first day Of April that
Poland came to his neighbor. He wanted
to borrow a hundred dollars for six months
or year, if he could.
"What are you going do with it 2 asked
Lyman. ,....
~ want 10 make some Improvements in
my barn cellar, and also enlarge the building
by putting on a tie-up, thus throwing the
cattle out of my main barn. E...I.
81 declare, Poland it is too bad said
Lyman pityingly " Here | have laid up
over two hundred dollars clear cash, and you
are worse than nothing-in debt. By the
jingo, John, do not want to see you fOOling
away money so. Your barn is large enough
Las large as mine is with double land to
empty iuto it. If lend you hundred dol
lars what assurance have that l will ever
see it2 I would rather let it go where l
know it is safe. l should not want to sue
you, and might not get it without. Your
farm is as good as mine, and you have no
more need Of borrowing than have-or you
shouldn't have"
John Poland did not say anything about
the two animals he bought year and half
before and the calf they had yielded him, for
which he had been offered within the week
four hundred dollars. He owned that amount
of stock over and above that owned by Ly-
man. He turned the subject of conversation
as soon as possible for he wanted to hear
no more reasons from his friend for not lend
ing him the money.
That afternoon he went over to see the
man of whom he had bought this new stock
who readily lent him the money he needed.
"What foOll' said Lyman, as he saw
the carpenters at work tearing away one
whole side of his neighbOrs barn preparatory
to adding an apartment capable of .aceomoda-
ting forty-fve head of cattle. However, Po-
land worked on, and tried in vain to get his
neighber to listen to his advice.
ado not talk to me, cried Lyman, at the
end of the second year. " I have got four
hundred dollars at interest, How much have
you got? ?"
/" A thousand or so, returned the other.
"Eh what do you mean p
"Why all the money | have laid out on
this place is on interest"
"Oh, ah, ah, ah, ah,-and how much in
terest have you realized p
$50 far l have let it all run on compound
interest right in with the principal, and there
it lies"
Yes, and there it will lie. 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"
al thought so, but take your own way"
Ere long AnsOn Lyman was astonished to
find that his neighbor had subscribed for
another paper, besides buying lot of books
for his children.
What's the use ?" he said, as he sat in his
neighbor's room, and saw large pile of books
on the shelf 81 want my children to learn
to work-not to be spending their time over
books. They get schooling enough when
our school is open"
"So mean that my children shall learn
to work." returned Poland; but that shall
not prevent them from becoming well-educa-
ted ! would rather leave them with good
characters, and well educated, than a thou
sand dollars each, minus the education"
Ohio that is the way you mean to lay
up thousand dollars-to have it in books
and papers, and new tie-ups, and such like"
You shall see when the time is up"
We shall, " replied Lyman, as he turned
towards home.
Mr.. Lyman had not fully realized how
much corn Poland had received from the land
he had manured so heavily and so carefully;
and on the second year he only noticed that
his neighbor had c extraordinary good luck
with his wheat, getting about ninety bushels
from three acres. But he had occasion to
open his eyes the third year. ...
One evening, just at sundOwn, Lyman went
over into Poland's field, where the men were
finishing raking up the three acre piece where
the grain had been the year before-the first
piece the present owner had plowed up and
dressed.
Been polling some hay here p said Ly-
man as he saw the huge punches Of hay,
nearly as thick as they could stand.
"No, this was all cut from those three
acres" returned Poland.
Lyman counted the bundles, and then es-
timated their average and upon reckoningup
he found that the land had yielded not far
from four tons 10 the acre He had just got
in two acres which he had first dressed upon
the new farm; and he had obtained short of
two tons per acre / He knew that Poland had
| got ten bushels more of wheat per acre than
ne uhu uOuta ttllu hlnO AuOlC COAAs Ao bO5hA
10 think but yet he would not let his money
go for any such experiments upon his
place. -..
The five years came round, and Anson Ly-
man went on that day and sold fourteen
bushels of corn in order to get fourteen dol
lars to put in with nine hundred and eighty
six dollars he had at home. .....
'fWell, Poland, I've got the prizeI" said
Lyman, entering the farmers barn in the
afternoon. 1t was early spring, just five years
from the day they bought I've got the one
thousand dollars, now what have you got?"
DWELL, have not far from four hundred
dollars" rt.
"Ahal 1 thought so"
"But Anson Lyman" said Poland, almost
sternly, "are your eyes not opened YETI"
"0penedl What do you mean?'
0Well, mean that my farm, to-day, will
sell for one thousand dollars more than yours
will. Look at my hay NOW. There are
nearly twenty loads of hay you have not
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