The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-04-09

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"Norrox o buyin' solomon farm?"
Hardly know, vet
you'll get out o. the notion when
Won see IL. said the first. as the two
farmers. each on horseback. took the
road leading 10 Solomon Boyd's. and a
little further on 10 the village Of lard
scrabble.
why, that's not the place ev-
claimed the other. when they had
reached the iopof bill overlooking
tract 81 country for which Nature had
done her utmost
Eyes. that's Solon on's farm; begins
where YOU see that tumble-down fence.
and reaches 10 the forks in the road
and further back than you can see, for
that woods"
..Wen. I'm beat, / never would
have known the place. I've not been
up this way before since Sol0mons
father died: that must be nine or ten
wears AGO. Let's see, he must be buried
Just hey ond that big walnut-trec yonder.
amt hep
ayes. that's their family burying-
ground: good many others buried there.
though: must be more'n twenty graves
there. That field. covered with briers,'
continued he. (which slopes down 70
that old broken-down stone wall. along
The creek. was the vineyard"
Solom0n's father used 70 ship loads
Of grapes 20 Baltimore. and on East, 50
was t0ldr
And the finest fruit you ever saw;
but there's none. hardly, now. Guess
the hors rot all the apples this year. fer
rherc's not fence on the place worth
meniiOnin.
Whats that leaning against that
old shei. in the yard? looks ike a
tomhStone?"
lit Il tombstone-th old man
Bovd's tombstone: and the other side
OF that bush YOU can see the old WON
ans
..well. why in the name 81 common
sense amt they back there on the
graves. where they belong2 Rather
rho~tlv ornaments fora dcor-yard.
.Wly. there was provision in the
will for f0mbstoncs. and 50 they Were
bought and paid for; the dealer brought
'cm sut from town. and set 'cm down
here for solomon to put in their propcf
places. He was so mortal slow about
Il that. finally. some Of the church
members offered to put 'em up But
the base blocks. or whatever You cal
The big square stones they put next thu
ground. had been put under the cornel
III the house there where You see ~
SINK ssswn: some Of the timbers has
rotted out. and the house was about Z
tumble. Ehaf wasn't the worst. though.
continued he. slowly; 1--WE couldn'
lind the graves"
Couldn't find the graves You don
tell me that John Boyds grave l. lost
Why. lie was one Of the best men y
the country
And right well OF. too. No. W
couldn't tell his. or his wife's. from
GOOD many others that's not marked
and the hcusf sprouts and .pisea' vine
were 80 thick we could hardly te
where any oi 'em were. Solomo
thought he one next the fence was n
mothers. but he was not sure Sie
this way added he. quickly. rs the
diSmonied; you'll 80 through ther
and get sprain."
And the warning was not IN VAIN. y
the board walk. which led from the barr
gate fheld m by rail) 70 the hous'
was rotten. broken and jagged
.Wafch out. too. where you step Q
that porch. The well y just ccvere
with board. Used 20 have . chai
pump. and a trough 10 carry the wat.
10 big ccmontcd basin in the mill
house, explained he further. as the
approached the toftering. lcaky pore
which ran along two sides 81 the hous
looking very much As II i wanted
part company with the main building
.Why has everything gone 20 y
strucfion in this way? Looks like :
army had peen through here. Is Sol
mon sicklyr" asked the other - th'
rode away.
mo- was slowly answered lie \,
healthy as any man round here n
fact Il. Solomon's lazy Nothing sul
him a. well as goin' 70 town; and =
can Just get stuck on jury. ana
round the Court House about thr