The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-08-01
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Done you b. szri-i d 18th bel q: nothing
but a farmer Alfred "a snn 4 farmer.
ughi No you're man Of asy sli . vii ne
content to settle down To toe dut sru I'D.
unpopular life ot is meT S-S gu marx
higher, my son
81 weuder what Csleb i, z i1g - ~ IKE OF
himself / suppose doctor or "A vv-r or
something of that kind. he likes np,k- and
/ don'L"
II don't want you 10. my SOD Merchants
are the great men noW-s d They ca.
and their wives and families dress e.
queens. and 1--we in great style. Fhink now
We might have lived # your father d "a b "a
a merchant instead OF IA mr. Usnl haze
a farm sDd ell there is ab ,ut l."
Caleb says " his IA her had lived he
would have been u farmer. lie thinks there
Is nothing like it,"
LET him think so, Alfred. p It do you
look higher. spoke 20 y0u- unci- TO tni
place for you in some store IN the city, sGd.
you know how Abbot LtHrence and hun
dreds of Others became rich and prosperous
from poor clerks as they were wlsn they
began, and you MAJ do So too. Flsn you
can hope to get lsdy for wife, fur Sn-t
lady will marry a farmerI [ wan u see my
son be sOIaebo dy in the world. Hoy hap ~
T should be to have yJu drive out here ~ he
old farm with your wife fine lady. BIT
hope your father will be induced g sell tas
old farm after a feE Years 4 1--we IN the
ViIlsGe among fUlss, So We can be som5bOiy
in our cid age, at lea { I"
Caleb is always talking about what
charming place his is, when he is nome from
College"
We'll. let hin; he hasn'ta very ASPIRING
mind. de lacks ambition. ApyA by cau
see that, for he is ALWAYS carried sway With
vulgar notions. He will spend uDars watch
ing the LAMBS Is cine r0ur d IN the p isture. or
take great interest in sitting down gdh the
chickens and young III KEYS around him.
Then he's in love With the trees aud Wild
flowers anythiDg-wecd- rocks, ods auy
such common things take MS fancy. h4'n
never amount 10 much, no mAtter .lDE iu Ich
learning be may get. TJur Father say. he
won't have much money left " N ~ grs
through College. Your father n4s on- : Oh
trait He kBOs enough 10 fea' her AIS Osn
nest while taking care Ut Other peO pie. prop
erty. Go / hope W. shall be aole " leave the
old farm some da,
All the hopes and aspiration of Mrs
Thufber were realized in a saorser rttHs AZ
she dared 10 hope for Her BRO. e ~uc-
ceeded in getting fired in i very q I no
sition in large store il tba cit, and yield
lrg finally to her opportunity, u fnurb 7
c0nse Eted to let toe cid farm amt N rve mo
the village with bis wife and dsus1t-rB
Caleb, mentioned v, Wa the s % Jf r
distant relative Of Mis- TbufDtr = la vyer 0i
considerable wealth. fbe father aad N M
both DIED hen Caleb wssaoJus rei 20 ,eAr-
o.o, and Dir. ThuroeT brcame his ls-d -
ami took him in bis own ftmilg. gne tl-r
had expressed the wish that l. C4leb sho W
any inclination 10 bs.IKs that h saJuii D
sent to college then lsfi free ID choose 8hA
ever pursuit ne might like.
Perhaps no more OF the young mans GA
Timc1y stuck 10 The fingers 4 Mr r1urD-r
than the Law Y0sld siJs, bat CO tun il D.
he was sure 10 axe the ~ - h c a Il snt
dc rs sd tn hra Hrr q ..,I h.
Ingenuity of HE wife not unfrequentiy aided
him IN adding some dollars t. the yearly
claim.
The next year Caleb went to college, the
farm was lei and the family rem ,vsi ID the
village, prosperous place OF wealth and en-
terpTise, quite given TO arstocratic n I'll n s
and ambitions of city ways and styles. -
fiTSt yesr the farm was let FIR
$3.50. The second year it had To b.
let to q new tenant, as the first moved Wet
content with having made the most hs cOuII
trtIa tie place. The second year It wss
rented for $40 so badly waseveryihiug about
The place left out Of repair aud at Loose ends
The farm Jared but little better the sc ant
and third years, and at the end of that time
new tenant hsd TO be found, who refused
10 give over $50 year and put tn rspsi
what was left dilapidated b. his pred -csssOr .
This sum wss not very much more t1an thu
taxes. which had increased while the rem
had decreased.
Alfred had meanwhile grsafly Drospered.
lie had gained the confidence and esteem If
his employers aud bad been advanced. til
be held prominent place in the ls-ge esttn-
ment with good salary. II mother
brightest visions were even more th4n
realized. He bad b.cbme a CITY gantlem q.
far far above any luck les, og-rninded ri shi
VINO wss content 10 be If rmer lie dfe.sed 10
the highest siyle, aid his lofry. meet s4y
were the delight Of his IN her, sud -
holiday fine c'r'i q Or "a m - VI
'Thurbers door and Alfred stepp d out aud