Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-01-03
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Vast Spcculntiona.
Ia speaking Of biz rs.l-ss,aie trans.
actions. say. the PA.Adsna Unioa. We
are pmiodsd ,hA, Uaele Samuel has
made several Investment. which bes,
them all Hls deal, have been eIndaei.
cd on msgnifesa, scale. and he has
never been knovn TO 80 amiu IN hi, cal.
esll,ioas. OF to make pGrehl's which
did 10, turn ou, TO bsA payiag Invest
meat
To be sure. several mos,b,ek sllarian,
Kicked like = bay maverick when the old
man he ~Asa', old then-only ~ Of
fsrea 10 help N.polsoa Bonapaf,e oa, Of
,enpe by taking farm OF hi, haad'.
which VA, ,neambsrd by heavy mort.
gage ard In danger Of flllins ia'o the
possession Of John Boil.
TIE farm in question Was adj,eea, TO
Unele Sans plantation, and he often
looked over the fence and admired tie
lay of the land. A very hne water.
course Jay between the ,so, aud b, aud
N.polson held |, Ia partnership. and 20,
Along nicely without qaArrelias about !, /;
they both swan Ia Il. h,htd along ii'
banks. o. sailed boats upon i,' surface,
aud oae never once accused the other Of
muddling the water.
Ba, wksn IL began TO be whbPersd
about ihl, John Hall ". going 10 force
il from Nspoleon. Uncle Sans dandsr
va, aroused. lie didn't like John Ball
any way. lie "a, mean, quairsl'one
fellow. and always raising a fos With
hi, nsighbor. lie had jumped uPoa
Sam whsn be wn but s,nPlins, ba,
the young gian, kicked and scratched 30
vigorously. snd .wans hl, ,ledgs-hammsr
f,, around 80 dsxisrOu,ly. that barly
John va, glad enough TO wi,hdraw from
the eon,s,i and leave the yoa,hial
Aehills, Ia undi,Pa,ed possession OF The
farm be had cleared for himself.
Ia, Joha Ball KEEP, farm Adjoiains
samuel, and ,elIsd every opportunity
10 worry The lad and make life IN.
pleasant. So whsn !, became rumofed
ih., ball "a, going 10 gsi bold Of the
farm on the other side of him, Sam wsh'
TO work and ,ersPsd enough moasy to-
ge,her 20 bead him oil.
That vas way back ia the day, Of
Jsfenoaian simplicity, and be hlda't
20, used TO keeping much ready cash o.
h.rd. Ba, by selling some produce,
.nd picking up little money here aud =
lli,le there, and borrowing = little else.
where, be managed TO Accumulate the
handsome sum Of $4,000, 900. This
he gave 20 N.Poleon. Who cleared the
mortgage on the farm aud decided the
whole ,rae, 10 Unele Sam in fee simple.
WAS an immense tract and measured
many. many thousand acres. The Paf.
chase was called the Loai,i,n, addition.
John Ball Was oa,~itied. lie would
have given = grsa, deal more fof Il ,hln
that. but be though, by waiting while
be would ge, Nspolson into such box
TIA, be could &c, |, Tor nothing.
The siluriaas eoaldn't see any use IN
such exuavsgtnee. and they tore their
hair and acted very lilly generally. Bat
Uncle samuel diin', mind them. lie
had little scheme which he knew would
bring him money. lie went quickly TO
work and laid ou, the Louisiana addition
in many Subdivisions. Then be offered
TO deed a certain namoer Of .o,S ia each
division to actual settlers. There were
a grea, many fellows lying srOand idle IN
the tfls,e east and in the foreign eoan-
tries, Who we're glad for such chance
10 gs, a home and a business location ior
nothing.
We'll, they came in gres, colonies. and
In remarkably short time all the free
lots were taken aud the resi vere largely
Increased in value. They rose 10 ten,
twenty. = hundfed. and even thousand
time. their original value.
After Uncle Sam had once 70, taste
Of the real.sstaie business be wanted
more Of IL. So ss toon ~ be saw his
frs, inve,,msn, under good way TO bfins
In money, be bought large Orsog'
grove. adjoining the sOu,heas, corner Of
his farm. Of . spaniard fOr $4,000, 600
Some of,he .ilariaas kicked abou, ,hi'
purchase also. because there was good
deal Of swamp land among It. ba, Unel'
Sam soon eoavineed them ths, the ALI
gator skins 10 the swamps were slon'
worth what be paid fot the whole Flor
ida addition.
Some time after this = Rspabliear
nsishbOr adjoining his Louisiana uae'
offered him large COW pasture. knowr
as the Texas range, for present. H'
accepted |, without hssi,aney and pro.
eeedsd to fence II 10. Ba, Mexico 10.
sfier,d and claimed large par, Of IL
As f.., IS Uncle Sans boys would pui
up the rails Mexico would throw then
down again. A, Las, the evil nsighbcl
wen, so far As to slap several Of ,h'
young fellows. And then Uncle San
fiew into . terrible rage and gave ,h'
grss.er . most complete ,hrsshins ant
before be would ls, him up made him re
linquish bis claim no, only 10 the COW
pasture but also to about one.hAlf Of ,h'
remainder Of bis possessions. Uncl'
Sam did feel little like . robber In tax
ing so much for nothing. 90 be reached Il
his wallet. which BY this time was Away
we'll filed. and gave the greaser Sis.
o00, 900 a. remuneration for bis lone,
IA ussn,t very lnnn After this trans