The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-12-12
A STORY OF THEFAPr

Fifteen years ago, SAYS the g.,
cisco Bulletin, there was a %car,.I-tis % is--
lily of plain farmer folk worl in,tu- i,u In
ed land in one Of the central VI vi RI.
north of San Francisco Bay .nS SI6uhi,s
been fortunate in obtaining ON HnaF.-s
very good crops in seasons nj "
most of the State was a faiIurs en tn Ia
perhaps So, 600 or 1000 in c,.i. 1'iey b.
and implements. ''i' 'ea,E
At this Juncture the head Of tb.,
lily, being of the restless Wests--,rs Ia,l
concluded that it was adyisable - tyE
money faster. So happening - uass
across the lower San JOAQUIN in - .ia's
" spring of a wet easou- he ,,-a.I' ''.e "a,
ed and fOTwith rented. for =. nan,
years, large tract of land IN ~
ley paying cash rent. Tbere W. "a
crop the first year. but three s1o.Asol ~ 90.
failures followed. Then a b.fs fsss4's
came, and more failures. UoDina.,--.. %,
hope, they stayed. unable to s~salS
willing to acknowledge a mistsIa g--
every dollar was gone. VI
This was IN 1S1l, the process n, L..
all they had having taken seye1 W,
There were five children. beplda,!.7 !7As
able of teaching school in an 49,. 1, a. a.
county, and made regular remitj,----'-,
home. The boys sought wort w,5t,a-'a
everything in the neighborboo5 e-
a stand still The father ur,o, "a
successive misfoTtuneS told -
went to the nearest town and sois Z.
rifle, saddle and some long tra,-.I-.i
valuables. Then, harnessing VA !.
only team, they left the barren - ~
called by courtesy farm. Nipbt -
night, as they sat about the ros---
Camp-fires, they asked each -
"What shall we do ?" At Las. =
mother spoke, with a woman,s - ~
home-lOve and longing. as one -
they canped in the dry bed Of a ,.,-s-
near a shaggy peak, above a yali-g =
fertile farms: Eve are waDderip, - =
out q motive, " she said. 'sIet ne -.
and win a home and begin to-morr1,-i
So she mfOlded her plan.
The next morning they went f-..
large valley town where they had =.
quaintances. Within Z week tha r.
er and the three boys We're at ws-t y
the harvest field ; the mother ben
houSe-keeper IN wealthy family W.
she kept the youngest child with b.-.
the oldest daughter was still tessi-,-
at an increased salary. 4 family -
company was organized. itsbeine u,5.-
stood that every dollar went toward 4.
one purpose of buying home which :
should own. This was the rno-bs,.
I plan. and its effect was marvelous +
made men of the boys it made the fsts
er forget his former losses : il hrirl-sr
/ ed the whole outlook. Every cent a.
/ ed was deposited where it drew iptaras
Before long the leading men of the low
became interested in the hOme-buyi-,
/ plan. of which they had heard. and h
what they could to procure STEADY vgi
for the family. This, however. vase
dom needed, for their steadinssS Az
anxiety TO earn their wages were rerz,f
| able, and they were soon in c0n~s-
! demand.
At the end Of the first year the hon.
| purchasing company made a cTednas,
showing. The daughter, teaching s,hg
! at 500 a month, had sent S4N. II.
three sons and their father averaged 8
a month apiece besides their board. al.
they had spent nothing they could Lex
/ 81 iiiAl Fi--tV rep Cocultu lutlI DIR
while the mother added $50. Thez
three items aggregate together Will Il
interest, Sl,S0S. The beginning p
made.
Four years of steady. uncompaiu-
toll followed. In 1876, their accumus
tions. compounded Semi-anually al !,
centum. amounted to Sg,330.12
would have been more but for some Ss
ness in the family. They then cho.,
quarter section of good fertile land J
ing north of San Francisco BAY, in On
of the Coast Range VALLEYS. The W,
was $50 an acre CT Sg.6OOin all. Th.
paid IS, 600 down, bought teams. IL
ed on the place, paid the balance in Oh
year from crops and outside work, a.
are making il one of the prettiest IAN
in that whO.e region.
This is a truthful account Of how
farm was lost and another gained ind
place by a plucky American fan
4 whose idea of ''hOme buying cOmQa-l
ought to be remembered.