Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-01-14
flRST.clhsS ROMANCE.
All About n Mysterious Farmer
md His Mysterious Far IN.
Hand

From the Xenia Gazette December 81.
Not many miles from Xenia resides
wealthy lsndhelde-, or rather amodCl far
mer. His prosperity during the last twelve
years mas oft.n been the comment Of his
neighbors, and observing ones have won.
dsred from whence he has obtainei the
means with which he had added farm TO
farm and acre to acre, until he holds up
ward Of two thousand acres of the best
land in the Whole state Of Ohio.
Some ten years sincs, We have lately
been informed, there appeared at the far
msr's door young and s,alwar. youth who
asked and readily obtained employ msnt.
ignorant ct first Of the duties on
: farm, he applied himself. and in short
time became an adept farmer. He took -
much interest in the affairs Of the farmer
Who engaged him % did the farmer him
self
When the month Of December came, the
first one after his advent on the farm, lie
informed the family that he would absent
himself during the winter, but would return
in early spring and work another year. lie
brought two trunks when he came there
the preceding spring, the contents OF which
had never been displayed. These he left
with the farmer. with the simple precau-
,ionary remark, to "nevsr allow them 10 be
disturbed, or, at least, unltss ! should be
absent two years" gene longer. they
were at liberty to open and appropriate
their contents. He carried nothing away
with him except the fui. he had on, nor
did he accept his summers wages when
rendered by the farmer. lie tsok bis noto
payable in five ears, and left.
April Of the following year came, and
the wsnder Of the family over the youths
strange proceedings was still fresh. when
one pleasant morning they were oil gladly
surprised to see their help sgais. He
brought . large trunk. similar 10 one Of the
I've he had left there during the winter.
The ensuing year the young man and the
farmer became greatly attached. In August
the farmer purchased an adjoining farm,
and paid for il in cash.
When the years work Was completed,
again we're the incidents Of the preceding
year repeated. The yeung man tssk an
othsT nsts, left bic trunk. and west away.
He emily cautiossd the farmers faaily, -
before. regarding bis three trunks.
When April came round again our here
returned. In Nay following the farmer
purchased another adjoining farm Of one
hundred acres, and paid for il in cash.
This gsing away and returning continued
fer The last ten years up to the present De-
esmbsr. Each year the farmer purchased
moro land. Every year. 10 December, the
farmers help lsft hin, taking the farmer's
note, and every following April be return
ed ile never tosk trunk nor baggage
awey, but always brought more whom he
returned.
Last week the help. now grown to man
hood, strong and sturdy 10 mind and frame,
left the farmer, took away all his accumu
lated baggage, and returned The several
notes the farmer had given him-mads .
present Of them to child Of tbs farmer.
The evening before his departure he in
formed his friends, who had all learned to
love hrn, Of the secret which he had so
long kept TO himself. He was wealthy
orphan. Doctors bad told him, ct the age
II 10, that he could not live to become Of
ats. lie at once left an Eastern boarding
school, and came cut here 20 the farmers
home. lie rstucnod and studied curing
the inter-, became interested in seeing the
farmur increase his domains, aud donsted
the money with which tho additions were
made. Iae trunks contained the fashion
aole clothing re wore during tbs winter
months. Secrcsy regarding the money re
ceiv.d hv him had been euioined uron th.
farmer dur,ur sii the ten years: now b. IL
released to &C, or tell, oil or lt.s, ~ be
pleased.
The promised eonsumptive was saved
the aggravatiers Of disease dispelled; and,
having grown TO be healthy and robust,
was satisfied with the ten years' effort to
prevent his becoming on invalid for life
II was almost useless for the farmer to At
tempt to express his gratitude. unbsunded
~ it vas. to our hero. He thinks Of him
now - bsnefactor and con, and looks on
his broad acres and can hardly realize that
they are his. Were We to give the name
of the young man, many Of eur readers
wsuld at once be convinced Of The truth Of
the above. This We arc forbidden to do for
the present.
'.rhns's rny WIFE that steps In
rtsis e<OOns With Me"
The ha5itues OF the 81. Elmo Hotel were
very much amused the other day. A fresh
married couple arrived from the Floyd, the
gentleman formerly Of Sioux county. The
'dy was young, plump, pretty, and although
IS pure as SNOW, and as chasto as ice,
seems TO have conveyed the idea to certain
parties in the house that she was one OF
those "rho seem not Of the earth but vel
are on IL" Ths husband was an honest,
Ingenious chap, and fcariully verdant in the
WAYS Of the world, MS will be seen. The
pair had been in the house some 81 hours,
when the bridegroom walked up to the
clerk, and remarked. That's nv wife that
stops in the room with me-
Yes, suppose So, was the blank reply
Of tho clerk.
Well, thought I'd mention it, continued
Mr.. Vsrdant, 80 you wouldn't think it
strange in me complaining never like u
find fault. yeu know-but we're kinder
bothered, and dent hardly know what to
de. We've only been here since yesterday
and my wife has been invited to 70 to
ride three times, and to the minstrsls show
likewise. and just now . sleek locking chap
knocked ct the deer and wanted 10 knew
il she vas alone, and another actually
inquired il that csuntryman she had or the
string vas gonsr I've no doubt these young
men mean we'll enough" continued he, .'but
they are too dogsned polite for me Though
s'poss it's city fashiens."
The peer fellow vas assured that the
wsll-msaning yeuog men should not annoy
him any further with their politensss, and
he retired apparently much gratinsd.-
Sioux City Register.
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