The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-08-18

THE MANNER IN WHICH she MANAGED FAhA-
TIE PRODUCTS OF TIE SANE FOR A'sHAs"
from the Tcrre Hauts Gasettcs
Mice E,;aa lien lives NOT far iEam ltaIN
win on n farm OF about tventy-aS<e'aessN,
left her by hen father year &C tve ago. w
his death. Miss Alien was II thes time ga
tho .deccase Of her only -sErTinS Faeeh
eighteen years Of age. but determined ea''R
doing the best That could be dsne 60 .Sess
the old homestead from Pass7Ss @1to a'ie
hands OF strangers. There rss "a.rsida~
.hIe mortgage. az hich was 6se is year--
but upou which she managed 70 get
on n. extension. Size immediately set
about the tasz ns bringing the farm
IN. TO its old ,Saiue-tt f1ad been
much run down of late-anS dis-
charged two or three careless isDfs. keep
ing only one. a faissfui old servant, pstnTe-
manned for small wages. Together fkey LAID
out the summer plans OF work. and SNsiae the
Young lady lacked in experience Sfi: maze
I'D in ready Wit. THE ground WAS 'a'dken'
narrowed, seeded. and id due time ste crops
came forward, were, agope!ay teneHed ano
gathered. Then rcame she hardest part OF
the task. Many. womea can work "eLler
than they Gun transact lsassnesS. Not<sothiS
modest young girl. She took her gooGsEe !ne
nearest market town asa sold them. Gclylng
Gone nv anv map. TherEuyerS never tried
10 cheat her. They cftes laughed IT. the
busincss-like air she wore. txlt they knew n
meant business, and so taer respected and
favored it. They often 9sik TO themselves
that they wouk rather deal with any iazan
than this WOMEN. One ,eossd hardly tell
which 10 fidmTe most, fthe worker or ttie
trader. Her modest, quiet aEtslner, aS>sts
drove q bargain for the sale a potatoes o.
corn. was a charm itself. BH to see her
hare-armed. and Aiight-faced, .ss she leaned
upon her rake or bee, in the es'eLfng after 4
days work in the hot sun! Flat slght
was there, my counrymen! VIII, the nrst
year was big success. and the a1sSlng lad!
sailed away a goodly sum. which sstesat down
in her pocket. Then she went -~:lEfo win
tering quarters" ans utilized thu spare
hours il knitting, makiag good banter, and
enjoying the hours by the stove. Money
came in plentifully, and -he paid otfsSstf the
mortgage in advance. The energy esS the
woman asserted itself the Erst year.
The SectsAa year the ages servant S2SS on
a tremendous drunk ut the opening 20 the
seasons, and came home from the netsast
town one evening, mutteriMg:
-"Goorye, BOYS: gOQrye!@
Foraeious aud intelligent witnesses atg
that he meant by this - SeSd-bye, boys
goodbye" Al SIS lmaElnaelSfs concefntnS
some late conyiSi2lity with some notonionf
"boozers," whom he reduced To the dimin-
utive by calling them "boys," although not
one was under the age Of forty. The young
lady ordered him sever to repeat the Of
fence. but he was Ssak for week. and in
the mean tine the cnaps did not aove for-;
ward worth cent. ne was up 1t the end
OF that time, and wens 10 town on &sSiness.,
He came up in the evening with natMrn OF!
the old complaint.
"G0orfe. boys: george"
The old servant was Kicked out. DeeR and
crop. and the young lady set herself to york
out the year alone. ButthsngS didn't work.
The sweet potatoes came up as climkng
morning-g!ss1es. the cora turned out As
buckwbeat. and the heat ttreshed out oats
All these nsishsps came pouring in one upon
another, ard the Young lady lost her cheer
fulness and began to swear. She lost her
temper. and the farm lost money; and the
old servant, as he went by the house, re-
marked in malicious tones, "Gesgve, boys;
goorye!"
And the young lady got mad and married
n leng.hafred Aerom student, and the farm
went to pot. The red-eyed lawyer took it
in for hali its value