Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-04-09
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T.NaV'IsR.

The st. Louis you,nol of Coma
nscrct gives Me following account OF
how a Kentucky boy bought farms
and became well-tp7do in the world.
We tbink there are many boys who
'aight profit 10y the example, !:
'e%Sspsr2l yptas aga a youth of six
teen years, good sense aud affair En-
slish education; not having employ
Tncnt at his fathers homeih KehThc-
Ky, sought for employment among
his cntcEprising nefghbofs few
miles distant; and although wages
we're low in those days Of gold and
silver currency 1tcz saved franla Zig
first years wages seventy-fre dol
lars. He was then seventeen years
OLD, healthy, lively hooking, aspir-
iifr, and ambitions to become useful,
-rlGiLle. and PERHAPS great. He had
, learned that money loaned ut high
rates Of interest were oppressive to
the borrower and reacted on the loan
scr, in the calling If prices inIhe.com-
lEercial world: thatmcn sought jus.
tfticUtion for their bankruptcy and
delinquency in the fact that they
had paycd large rates Of Interest,"
Feeling, therefore, that a liberality
aswell as justice, was necessary to
every mans dealings with his fellow
man, he loaned his seventy five dol
lars 10 an exemplary, enterprising
md prosperous trading man, in his
neighborhood, at the lowest rates CT
Interest known in business in that
& state, namely six per cent. per an
mum. lie worked another year,
clothed himself in neat kentucky
Jeans and other cl;eapbut neatapp
r. el, and went to q country school
three months Of the winter of that
: year, and learned the rudimpnts Of
Latin and something Of the higher
branches Of mathematics, working
for prosperous and liberal farmer
evenings and mornings TO Dry, his
board and at the end of the second
year he had saved ninety-six dollars
more. His character for integrity,
industry and purity began to he
known In tic stigflbfhood, and his
Servings fyere sought for, !
lie worked on farm and rode as
collector for. trading men and. the
sheriG ofthiseeout tx. and'ab the. END
Of his nineteenth year had one hum
drcd and ten dollars more. With the
Interest accumulated on his other
two years wages hs now had three
-Edndred dollars. ~He was cemforta-
bly, clothed and had q good business
education, which he improved from
winter TO winter. till lie became n re-
specialize scholar, both literary and
scientific. His influence and useful
ness increasing, at the age of twenty
one on. ne had accumulated six hundred
and fffy dollars, and was we'll
known from his activity of life, as n
young man of. intelligence, virtue
aud usefulness, rs q gentleman Of
very attrm1ivei manhores andsEays.-
lie moved to Western State, where
land was cheap, and entered q hun.
dr9i and sixty acres by asland war
rant which he had bought with q
hundred aud fiftyydsHars of his mari-
ey. He made a good selection of
Land, in a good tcgipn of country:
lie used poftfon Of the balance OF
bis, money in improving his lands,
b@ying.a little STOCK and few nipple
ments for farming, and the second
scar ne raised 81 small crop, having
gone to his new neighboThood with
about four hundred and fifty dollars
In money. Using it cautiously, he
hy degrees gained the name of a
responsible citizen and a good pay
master; and his'infiuenceCrose grad
sally from his appearance among his
new but scattering neighbors. Year
after year he raised a crop, aud con
tinued to read tho best newspapers
and periodicals and books, which
eth further improved his mind, till
sheep, cattle and other stock grew up
around him, more land adjoining him
being purchased from time to time,
till now he finds himself, when
scarcely arrived at the middle of life,
a gentleman farmer of wealth, sur
rounded by comfort and many luxu-
ries, esteemed by neighbors both far
and near, and-would receive the suf-
farges Of those who know him for
any Office to which he mightbenom
jnstedr irrespective of party politics,
so firm is their confidence in both
his. ability and integrity.