Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-08-17

Blind bat Energetic.

room NEW ENGLAND BOY BECOMES RICH FARM
Err.
A correspondent writes from Salem, Knox
county, ILL.,, an interesting account Of a 4l,ccess
ful blind farmer, which We condense in the fol
lowing paragraphs
Perhaps l may tell Il story not devoid of in
terest TO the general reader, and which may fiIr-
nish some incentive to the young man WHO was
not born with gold spoon ia his mouth and
may suggest to him that, III pu-session of lenlti,
and vlgor and all his faculties, he ought not To
replne or despair of SUCCESS. few DECADES
ago my subject WAS born Of Quaker uareItape in
the Champaln Valley, with but little heritage
other than a good name.
Like most of the New England bovs be ,.af
to work, and then sowing lot OF wild oats will,
the tame ones, but every year winnowiug tho
harvest little closer. and slowly but steadily
garherlng tile genuine artcle. But Just as he
was getting ready to accomplish somethInp liz
was suddenly stricken blind But the YaI,kce
BOY would not give mp The question uf ..ii-
cense or mo license" was then before the u,o.
pic OF New England. The propc sition was to b,
Volec upon, and meetings were held iii every
town aud almost every chool district to interest
The voters and bring them out to the polls
olr subject saw, or thought he saw an omen.
ing in the cloud. He knew he could talk. forhe
had talked longer than he could remember He
hau read OF ljrlce's SPIDER and how Colonel
Miller took the British battery, and he resolved
to try. boy drove his Concord as he Thread
cd the valleys and climbed the mountains of the
Puritan land for two or three years. The blind
lecturer was SUCCESS. 1t paid Silver WA.
about In time the excitement died away in the
Last, or rather drifted West. His services were
sought for i'll New York, Ohio and Indiana. and
hnally on to the Mississippi, and he podded
westward with the current
Before leaving, however, he married an inteli
gent and estimable girl. presume he got tired
OF talking with that boy, and then the girl had
grown up right near his fathers house he knew
Just now she looked and he liked her and she
liked him, and they had been engaged from
childhood and she was a conscientious girl So
they got married, and both of them have been
glad OF 1t ever since. The blind lecturer and hi.
wife came West, and through the State Inentiou-
cd he lectured and throughout many Of ia
western States. His wife drove tho carriage
every mile from Vermont to the MssssI,p
river. ~"
A few years later, in 1349, our young man
whom we Will call Meryin H. Pease, purchased
land IN this township, and built thereon dwell
ing, and on this land he has ever since resided
He has fenced, and has under his personal
supervision, over $4,000 acres of the best onality
OF land, and all but some pasture is under n
high state Of cultivation Practically there is
not an acre that cannot be powed Near the
buildings are hne groves Of maple and box
elder, which have been raised from tho seed
where they stand. Adjacent IL AN orchard of
apout 1'ooo apple trees which were planted
eighteen or twenty years ago.
OF stock Mr.. Pease has 50 horses 100 head of
cattle and $50 hogs. To feed these and other
human and humble animals, he has growing 700
acres of corn, which must shell ont 1O.OOO bush
els 30 acres of oats 10 of wheat potatoes.
vegetables, etc On his farm are timber, rum
ming water and coal. He has all the neceAsnrv
convenlences for the economical management
OF his business. All the utensils which are re.
quired are supplied Mr.. Pease suporintends
all his business in person, buys and sells what
ever is to be bought or sold. 1t has not trans |
pired that he has never been badly cheated.
The loss of sight makes the other senses |