Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-01-23


and cared not for his return.
He had been gone somewha
more than a year when the QuakeI
was in the store Of Haskins and re
marked that he wished to hire {
pasture for the coming season. a
have got one l will let you have fret
Of rent if you will put up the fences
on the place." said Haskins.
"Where is itY" said the Qua.
ker.
"On the Akin farm"
"lf thee will let it lat that rate, thee
must have let it get out Of re.
pair"
at is SO indeed; / cannot leave
the store to see to it. The hous {
is poor, and the family that lived in
it last were too shiftless to buy
wood, and burnt up all the rails.
had rather sell it than rent it."
"What will thee take for it %
at cost me some sixteen hun.
dred dollars"
"Yes, but thee paid in goods and
charged thine own price on them
"To be sure did; Akin could
not get trusted any where else, and
! felt I was running a great risk in
letting him have goods, and l
charged accordingly, just as every
body else would under the circum-
stances
"Thee has not told me what thee
would take for the place, l will give
thee eight hundred for it, if that is
any object TO thee"
Haskins thought long enough to
conclude that the interest of eight
dollars was far better for
him than the farm, for the use of
which he scarcely realized anything,
and said, "You can have it."
"Thee can make out the deed to-
morrow, and thee shall have thy
By the way, does thee
know what has become of Daniel
Akin 2"
mo. He has not been in the
village for more than year. AT
any rate l have not seen him."
We may tell the reader what Has
Iins did not know. The Quaker
lad that day received letter from
Daniel Akin, stating that he was at
jhe mines hard at work, and was
sticking to his motto, "Not a drop
more, Daniel" and that he had laid
up a few hundred dollars-and de-
sired him to inquire what the place
which he once owned could be
bought for. Mr.. Edgerton had Ia
Ken the method above mentioned to
ind out Haskins' views. So conf
lent was he that Daniel Akin would
,ome home a sober man, with mon
y in his pocket, that he ventured
o purchase it, for the purpose Of
it for hi m.
He wrote to Akin what he had
lone, and about three months after
eceived q letter stating that by ex-
ress he had sent five hundred dol !
ars in gold, to a banker in New
york, with orders to sell it and re-
ait proceeds to him, to go toward
he farm. Gold commanded large |
remium; and the five hundred be-
ame more than eight hundred be-
ore it reached Friend Edgerton's
ands. Akin requested him to
raw a deed giving the whole prop
rty to his wife Mary, and have it
uly recorded and left with the Reg
ter of Deeds,
In Lis letterhe said "Ifperchance
should ever break my resolution,
shall have secured q home for my
life and children; I prefer, howev-
:, they should not know anything
this for the present. If l live to
ONE home, l will give Mary the
eed with my own hands--if not
ou can do it. Now that the farm
bought you had better stock it,
" l still stick to my motto, Not
lother drop, Daniel. y
Another year passed. By this t
me Friend Edgerton had stocked {
Ie farm with young cattle and ,
leep. The fences were put in re- I
everything but the house
ore tidy appearance.
Another remittance came which
nd for all the stock, and with an !
with which to repair the
1use.
Carpenters were busy, and the vii I
gers who CHANGED to pass that way /