The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-08-28

OF nlm. One OF em spoke TO me ABOUT
what lovely spot 1t was and / told
him nobody would have thought of
building there till you got the rocks off.
But haven't you sold it, thought"
No, not an inch of it."
"Why, that man told me he had en-
gagged to pay four hundred dollars for
choice lot of twelve square rods"
"Then he will find his lot somewhere
else, guess, till sell out"
Some more conversation was held and
then Peter went home. On the follow
ing forenoon, the very man who had
been the first to come and look at the
hillside, called to see Peter, introducing
himself as Mr.. Anderson,
Let's see-I believe you own some
two or three acres of land, up here on
the hillside" he said, very carelessly.
" own four acres there" said Peter,
very exactly.
:" All, yes-well; it doesn't make much
difference. l didn't notice particularly
how much there was L thought 1 should
like to build there, and if you would sell
me land reasonable, 1 might like to pur-
chase. 1t would be enough to afford me
| quite u garden; though L suppose it
would cost about as much to till such
land as the produce would be worth"
" That would depend upon how you
worked it, +" said Peter, dryly.
"Oh, yes, suppose. But you are
willing to sell out, suppose ?"
" Certainly"
The mans eyes began to brighten.
=" How much should you want for it ?"
he asked.
"Well, don't know. What could
you afford to pay ?'
why, L suppose 1 could afford to pay
great deal more than it is worth. Rath-
er than not get it L would pay-well say
two hundred dollars, or two hundred
and fifty at the outside"
:" 1 don't think there is much use of
our talking, sir"
" But-you paid one hundred, only, if
mistake not"
81 had my choice between one hun
dred dollars and the land, and took
the latter. But as you seem to labor in
the dark, will explain to you. In the
first place, there is not another, spot of
land in this section of the country, that
possesses the natural advantages which
this one does. can have my early peas
and vines up and hoed before my
neighbors get their ground plowed; so L
have my early sauce in the market
ahead of all others, save few hot-house
owners whose plants cannot compare
with mine fol strength and size. Then
my soil is very rich, and yields fifty per
cent. more than most other land. Now
look at this During the last season L
have realized over eight hundred dollars
from this land, and next season i can
get much more than that, for my straw
berry vines are flourishing finely. There
are not any two farms in this town that
can possibly be made to realize so much
money as my hillside, for you see it is
the time of my produce, and not guam
tity, that does the business. A bushel
of my early peas on the twenty-second
day of May, is worth ten times as much
as my neighbours bushel on the first of
July and August. Two hundred dollars
will more than pay me for my time and
trouble in attending to my land so,you
see have this year over six hundred
dollars interest"
"Then you wouldn't sell for less than
six hundred dollars, suppose ?n said
Mr.. Anderson, carefully.
Would you sell out a concern that
was yielding you net profit of six hun
dred dollars year, for that sum, sir ?'
asked Peter.
" "A-hem-well-ah-you put it rather
curiously."
"Then I'll put it plainly. You may
have the hillside for ten thousand dol
lars.'
Mr.. Anderson laughed; but he found
that Peter was in earnest, and he com.
menced to curse and swear. At this.
Peter simply turned and left his custom.
er to himself and he saw nothing more
of the speculator.
Two days afterward, however, one o.
the merchants came to see our hero, anc
when they had heard his simple story
they were ready to do justly by him.
The merchant went first to the man
: who owned the land above Peters in.
3 cluding the ledge and the spring, and h,
s agreed to sell for two hundred dollars