Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-09-28
Buy a Home.
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Buy o home, is our advice to every one
We wish We could give to it the emphasi.
which experience and observation convince
US it deserves. Weare firmly persuaded that
with almost every one it should be one of the
first objects. \ very large part Of our young
men begin life with little more means Of in
come than the product Of their labor Not
realizing yet the Importance of a permanent
possession, unwilling to involve themselves in
debt, they make no purchase until, it may be,
mid.lifc Farmers seek to become possessors
Of the soil but mechanics, clerks professional
men, and all dependent upon others for EN-.
pioyment, feeling certain degree Of unset
tednoss, tempted by the percentage Of other
Investments, or deferred by the fear Of debt
continue to live as tenants the greater part ol
their lives and many of them never know the
happiness of home in their own name.
10 all such we say, Buy home. Not q
costly one; not one that will consume your
income and your strength to keep it up but
one according to your means, and in which
you eau live happily and Independently
There are no more certain investments than
in real estate, if made judeously. The per
cent. is not large, and does not come into the
pocket every six months, but with proper
care the value grows every year. A panic
does not destroy it a telegraphic dispatch
does not unsettle it.
An investment in real estate is a stimuli,
to effort and economy Looking back, many
can now see how they could easily have paid
for piece of ground if they had undertaken
it. When there is a payment ahead many a
dollar will be laid by for it, that otherwise
would be used for present onjoymenti anC
once paid, it is secure from being paid ou
under some momentary impulse. The habit
Of industry and economy thus formed is a
good basis for future success.
But we have in view more particularly the
moral effects when we give this advice. A
man is a better citizen for owning a home
He has an interest in the preservation Of gooc
order, in the enactment Of judoious laws
aud in tho election Of good men that he does
not otherwise feel. Like a tree, he take
root in the SOIL and developes those traits o
character that makes him better noighboi
and more useful citizen. There is 6xednes
of character, and desire for the prosperity
of others, which contribute greatly to his owr
and his noighbor's comfort.
The value of a home to a family cannot b.
oyerestimated. The Independence of Others
the freedom from anxiety about place t.
live, the encouragement and stimulus to maxi
improvements, cannot be valued in money
A more re6qed taste is deyeloped-tower
supersede the weeds, simple ornaments AM
attractive appearance take the place OF un
sightliness. The children grow up with tn
love Of the home Of their childhood, and tn
parents look forward with hope to the col
tentment of their latter days in their ow
house. And many a man in the effort
secure this finds employment for time th'
would hang heavily about him and tempt hi
to injurious enjoyments, and in his pleasan
home finds protection from the influence
evil associations. - United Presbyterian