Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-06-30

II l would have IL iced me. We have not got
land here like those rich Slluvial bottoms in the
West. Ny land needs nourishing now
But Arson Lyman could not see the use Of vast
ing money in that way. IIo thooght the man who
would first cut his tillage lard down one half, and
then go off and buy such a quantity Of manure
must be little better than foolish. lie was not
such a fool at ali events.
During the following winter, while Lyman was
cutting and hauling wood to the village for two
dollars and a half a cord, poor Poland was haul
ing his to the tavern to pay for manure which he
had not got yet.
1t was on the rstday of April that Poland came
to his n%eighbor. lie wanted to borrow a hundred
dollars Cor six months or a year, if be could.
What are you going to do with itf' asked Ly-
man.
i want to. make some Improvements in my barn
cellar, and also enlarge the building by putting
Oh a tie-up, thus throwing the cattle out CT M
main barn.
i declare, Poland, it is too bad eaid Lyman
pityinglv. Here ii have laid up over two hun
died dollars clear cash, and you are worse than
nothing-in debt. BY the jingo, John, | do not
want to see you fooling away money 80. Your
barn is large enough-as large as mine is with
double land to empty into it. III lend you a hun
dred dollars what assurance have | that | will
ever see III | would rather let it 30 where | know
it is safe. | 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 abont the two
animals he bought a year aud a half before and
the calf they had yielded him. for which he had
been offered within the week four hundred dollars.
lie owned that amount of stock over and above
that owned by Lyman. lie turned the subject of
con as 5000 as possible. for he waited to
bear no more reasons from his friend for not lend
ing him the money.
That afternoon he went over 10 see the man of
whom he had bought this new stock who readily
lent him the money he needed.
What a foOl!' said Ly man, as he saw the car
penters at work tearing away one whole side of
his neighbours barn, preparatory to adding m
apartment capable of accommodating f~orty-fve
head of cattle. However, Poland worked on, and
tried in vain to get his neighbor to listen to his
advice.
Do not talk to me- cried Lyman, OF the end of
the second year. Il have got four hundred dol
lars at interest. How much have you gOtr'
A thousand or So returned the other,
'Eh? what do you mean?'
Why all the money / have laid out on this place
is on interest,"
oh, alb, Oh, ali, ah,-aud how much interest
have you realiEedf'
so far | have let it all run on compound inter.
est right in with the principal, and there it lies
e Yes, and there 1t will lie. l don't believe you
t can raise fifty dollars now in cash.
You are right, Lyman. l could not raise it
e without selling something which do not wish al
; present to part with
I thought SO, but take your own way
o Ere long Arson Lyman was astonished to fine
that bis ~neighbor had subscribed for another pa
a per, besides buying q 10. of books for his children
b What's the use?' be said, as be sat in his neigh
boris room, and saw a large pile Of books on the
shelf. 4 want my children to learn 10 work-no
to be spending their time over books. They &c
schooling enough when our school is OPEN
so l mean that my children shall learn to work
returned Poland; but that shall not prevent then
from becoming well-educated. l would rattle
= leave them with good characters, and well educa
ted, than a thousand dollars each, minus the edu
cation
'ohol that is the way you mean to lay up
e thousand dollars-to have it in books and papers
and new tie-ups, and such ike
You shall see when the time is up
At 'Wo SHALL roplied Lyman, as he turned toward
home.
Mr.. Lyman had not fully realized how niue
corn Poland had received from tho land he ha
. MANFRED so heavily and SO carefully and oa tn
second year he only noticed that his neighbor ha
"A extraordinary good iuck' with his whea, gettin
about ninety bushels from three acres. But
had occasion to open his eyes the third year.
One evening, just at shutdown, Lyman went ov
III into Poland's field, where the men we're fnishir
rakirg up the three acre piece where the gra
had been the year before-the first piece the pre-
or ent owner had plowed up and dressed.
,ss "Been polling some hay here 2 said Lyman,
av he saw the huge punches Of hay, nearly as thi'
as they could stand.
ms NO. this was all cut from those three acreI
ISIS returned Poland.
Lyman counted the bundles. and then estimat,
ITO their average, and upon reckoning up he four
that the land had yielded not far from four To-
10 the acre ! lie had just got in TWO acres viii
IA, he had FIRST dressed upon the new farm and
.es had obtained short OF two tons per acre l
knew tina. Poland had got ten bushels more
ar. wheat to the aero than be had done, and also mo
in corn. lie began to think but yet he would o
ter let his money 60 for any such experiments up
rty his place.
The ive years came round. and Arson Lynn
as went on that day and sold fourteen bushels of co
in order to get fourteen dollars to put in with nj
a. hundred aud eighty-six dollars he had at home.
nd We'll. Poland, I've got the prize = said Lynn
a.. entering the farmers barn in the afternoon.
he was early spring. just f'e years from the day tn
50 bought. I've got the one thousand dollars, nj
what have you gotF
,oD "Wsll ! have not far from four hundred d
lars"