The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-08-06
MORNING, AUGUST 6, 1869.

Will explain 10 you. In the HIST pihce,
there Is not another spot Of land In this
section Of the country that possesses the
natural advantages which this ono does.
can have my early peas and vines up
and hoed before my neighbors get their
ground ploughed (; SO l have my early
sauce In the market ahead OF oil others,
save few hot-house owners, whose plants
cannot compare with mine for strength
and size. Then my soil Is very rich. yields
fifty per cent. more than most other land.
Now look ut this: During the last season
have realized over eight hundred dollars
from this land, and next season / can get
moro than that, for my strawberry vines
are fourishing finely, There are not any
two farms in this town that can possibly
DO made to realize 50 much money rs my
hillside. for you see 1t Is the time OF my
produce, and not quantity, that does the
business. A bushel Of early peas ON the
twenty-second of May, are worth ten times
as much as my neighbors' bushel on the
first Of July and August. Two hundred
dollars will more than pay me for all my
time and trouble in attending to my land (;
so you see I save this year six hundred
dollars interest"
"Then you wouldn't sell for less than
six hundred, l supposeP" said MIR. Ander-
son, carelessly.
"Could you sell out concern that was
yielding you net profit Of six hundred
dollars q year, for that sum, sir?" asked
Peter.
"A-hem-well-ah-you put it rather
curiously."
"Then I'll put 1t plainly. You may
have the hillside for ten thousand dollars. "
Mr.. Anderson laughed; but he found
that Peter was In earnest, and he COM
menced to curse and swear. At this, Pc
ter simply turned and LEFT his customer to
himself, and he saw nothing more OF the
speculator. Two days afterwards, how
ever, three of the merchants came to see
our hero, and when they heard his simple
story, they We're ready to do Justly by him.
They went up and examined the spring,
which they found to be pure rs crystal,
and rs II was then dry season they saw
that the supply Of water could never fail,
and all the houses which might be built on
Peters land could be supplied with run
ming water, even In the very attics OF the
upper ones.
The merchants first went to the man
who owned the land above Peters, includ.
ing the ledge and the spring, and he
agreed to sell for two hundred dollars
This, to the builders, was great bargain
for the stone Of tho ledge was excellent
granite. Then they called n surveyor and
made plot of the hillside, whereby they
found that they could have forty building
lots, worth from two hundred and fifty to
four hundred dollars each. They hcsitat-
cd not moment after the plot was made,
but paid Peter his ten thousand dollars
cheerftllly.
Not many days after this transaction,
Peter White received very polite note
from Cordelia Henderson, asking him to
call and see her; but he did not call. He
hunted up Mr.. Sumers and went into busi-
ness with him, and this very day Somers
S.White do business in that town, and
Walter Sturgis is.their book-keeper. And
in all Tho country there Is not prettier
spot than the old hillside. The railroad
depot is near its foot-and 1t Is occupied
by sumptuous dwellings In which live
merchants who do business in the adjacent
city.
One thing Peter misscd-that he did not
reserve building spot himself. But his
usual good fortune attended him even here.
A wealthy banker had occasion to move
to another section of the country, and sold
out his house and garden to Peter, for just
one half what the building cost him. So
Peter took wife who loved him when he
dug In the earth and found home for her
and himself upon the old hillside.
And now reader, where do you think
the hillside LISP Perhaps you know; for
1t is n vcritable history have been writ
ing, and the place ! have told you about
Is now one of the most select suburban
residences.