Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-11
CAPITAL FOR BUSINESS.
Some Simple Facts That Piont an Instru
tive Moral.


Some Simple Facts That Piont an Instruc-
tive Moral.
In 1885 the writer knew young
The man was strong, healthy young
man, who could neither read nor write,
and who appeared to have but little
nope or aspiration for the future. He
had been for some years hired hand
on farm. The woman he married
was a hired girl on an adjoining farm.
able and willing to do any amount of
reasonable hard work. They got mar
ried, and got permission to build log
cabin on the corner of a farm, to live
in. 1t was a cheap and simple concern,
costing probably ten or fifteen days
work of the man and wife. The house
hold furniture would cost probably ten
dollars. In this house they lived for four
years. he doing such days work as he
could get In the neighborhood which fur.
nished them the necessare s of life. He
worked for the writer, and from his
frank and honest character we became
asked him why he did not buy a farm
answer was like those whom we advised
to go into fruit raising. ':He had
nothing to buy with
We told him if he would strictly fol-
low directions he would have a farm
in five years. He hooted at the idea.
He was invited to 90 along with us and
talk with his wife, Nancy. She was
asked, if, by the hope of getting farm
for themselves she would not. by taking
in work, and going out to the neigbors
and doing day work occasionally,
support herself and her husband in
the barest necessities of life for five
years. After studying over it for a
week, she said she could and she would.
Her husband was to get all the work
he could and at the end of each week
hand it over to the writer to be depos-
tied in bank. Things moved slowly
at first, but before the end of two
months he had twenty-five dollars in
bank. He began to gathern new energy
and new life. He saw daylight. He
was a most faithful and energetic
hand. He was more in demand at
higher wages. In three years (not
five) he had money enough to buy
eighty acres of land in Decatur County,
Ind He went there full of hope. He
soon improved and stocked it by the
aid of his devoted wife. Soon he had
surplus money and bought more land,
which operation was frequently re-
peated. until now he and his wife are
a happy and respected old couple,
worth at least one hundred thousand
dollars They had a plenty of capital
to begin with, but did not know it.
About the same time there was a man
Of wealth living in the neighborhood.
who had by life of hard work and
economy accumulated about 1913. 900.
He died and left it to three children,
two sons and daughter. Each of them
received $1,000 as capital to begin
business with. The two sons died
many years ago, drunkards and pau
pers. The daughter married man
whose father Ga doctor in Philadelphia
gave him like sum to balance that of
his wife. Since that time he has taken
the benefit of the bankrupt law twice,
his wife is dead, and the man is on the
wane of prosperity again, how long to
stay time must determine. These three
persons also had capital to begin with.
You that have no capital to begin
starting a small fruit farm can write
your own inoral to these simple but
positive facts.-Ioa1a State Register