The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-04-28

named Columbia. The localities of the
post Offices in Arlington and Geneva
were both changed after few years
and they are now in places that best
suit the convenience of the inhabitants
of these prospered towns. Now they
all have the modern convenience and
comfort of Rail Road, except perhaps
Arlington, and she has the benefit of
the new Lake Shore Road. Verify the
world moves.
Mr. Bennett and his wife lived in this
wild place seven years, and kept board
ing house for hands working in the
tannery and on the farm, for he had
bought an eighty acre lot during the
time of his residence there, for which
he paid three dollars per acre. At the
end of three years Mr.. Bennett sold his
farm for $1,000 in gold. With $1,000
of this he bought the present home
stead farm of forty acres, in Lawrence,
of his father-in.law, the late Nathan
Fish. The deed Of this forty-acre lot
he gave to his wife, to pay her, as he
says, for her hard labor of seven years,
cooking and washing for boarders in
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women in this county who have served
their husbands twice seven years, and
some of them three and four times seven
without so much as the portion Of the
brother of the prodigal son in their own
names, with which to "make merry
with their friends Before Mr.. Ben
nett went to Jericho he bargained for
the present Solomon Fish farm, on the
road south of his present residence. He
paid on the contract all the personal
property he had, which was available
1t consisted of cow, a young heifer, a
pig, and his only good coat. He dis.
posed of this before purchasing the
homestead farm, reserving the fruit trees,
which he transplant2d to his father in
laws farm near by. When he began
his improvements on his home farm,
these apple trees had commenced bear
ing, and had grown enormously large to
transplant again, but as Mr. Bennett
was anxious to retain the faverite trees
and commence at once the fruit bust.
ness, in which he so excels now, he ven-
tured the experiment of transplanting
them again. The majority of fruit
growers would say at once, that this ex-
pertinent was hazardous one, for two
reasons the age of the trees, and they
were then in full blossom. Here the
adage of "where there's will there's
way" comes to mind, and it would be
we'll for more than one faint heart to
put it to the test. Mr.. Bennett did
transplant the trees, and it was sue
cess. A large amount of real estate
was transferred with them, and the
work of several men and yoke of oxen
were required to transplant four trees in
day, but they bore apples the first
year. The compensation of any branch,
of fruit-growing is ample for long and
patient waiting, and the diligent labor
of years, as Mr.. Bennett has sufficiently
proven. 1t is now only eleven years
since this first attempt to make fruit
farm of that one, which would be called
by any agriculturist very light soil. -
OF his success in peach culture we have
had occasion to speak before, and here
we will add that the idea is an erroneous
one, that fruit raising is necessarily con-
fined TO districts near the lake shore.
That it is better there, in all seasons,
wet and dry, cold and hot, none will
dispute, though success is nearly certain
in all localities within the borders of our
favored State, for large and small fruits
of almost every variety, with the same
care and attention bestowed upon them,
as in the great fruit belt contiguous to
the lake The dandy who was asked
how he tied such charming bow with
his cravat. replied, that he gave his
mind to it And here let us assure
the younger portion of our readers, that
in every undertaking this rule will guar
antee success. 1t is hardly a suppose
able case that any one not absolutely
idiotic has not mind fitted for some
laudable pursuit, however humble.
But to continue our narrative. Since
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