The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-22

TO the Editor OF the Indianapolis Journar
Out In Pike townships In An aged couple, They
are about seventy.fve but vigorous aud happy.
Sixty years ago he was wotting az farm hand,
at 90 month, and abe u seventy Ave cents
week M q hirod girl, and,klad to get that, each
Of them. In nvo or dix, years they had each
saved considerable, and they concluded TO put
their heads. and hands, att hearts, and capital
together and so Into busIsss. In short they
married. About that tmsn sqaa,tsr. who had
built y cabin and made Nalttle 'oponln'" on n
forty. acre lot. wanted TO se!l They had Jointly
n hundred dollars They paid that down. and
went In debt another hundred, moved into tho
cabin and wen, 20 work, She took In weaving
and no raised the crop and worked around when
he Ind no work NJ homei They burned brush
az nights, won't to log rollings and cuttings,
sold eggs az . cents and batter at Of cents,
and wheat at ga and corn ~ 10, and pork %
OIL. 80, and 80 on, and bought babies and In
every why carried 90 hourtshing business, 60.
ing 20 circuit preaching once In two weeks on
buying books and taxing papers when they
could afford TO- When the tquattsrs on tho ad-
Joining forty wanted to sell, they had the money
Co buy, and so of the next. and the next, until
they owned the whole quarter. After a while
they moved out OF the cabin into neat frame.
and built eapacious frame barn. They took
valuable lsssons. = They went to the State fair
and saw improved stock aud improved machin-
cry, and bought The children grew up and
learned how TO work, and the girls went 10 Me-
Claims Seminary'two or three terms. To make
long story short, these old people are well
fixed. ont OF debt and with q surplus, and plsn-
~ OF grandchildren.
just over in Washington township IL another
couple about the same age. Their early lives
were IN every essential feature tho same, but
somehow or other they never got along In tho
world. They worked hard-as hard as Number
One-bought babies and raised as large q
family. They began poor and hold their own
till this day. One thing has characterized them
all along. They have forever criticized Number
Ones way Of DONG business, while admitting
that they grew irict bv il. They great
fools. they said. TO pay s. for that frat
forty. and whenssix or seven years later, they
paid sic an acre for the second forty they were
sure the sheriff would sell them out soon. Then
going three rn;jes to meetin' once in two weeks
or week day. taking papers and buying books
Two hundred dollars for reaper Twenty dol
lara fora Ra+riRf improved pigsl That's what
comes OF taking an agricultural paper! A car
pet, and b6agsten carpe, at that, and $500 for
poor house yet. insist the Number Twos Now
IL must be confessed that Number One
did make s0hie mistakes. In the garrett of his
barn arc fragments of dog churn and several
styles of WASHING machines. and patent Doe hives
and of a Little Giant corn crusher and of
gnum Min sAd the like. and Number Two never
weAries iAn telling how much money Number
Ono has tostc In bad investments like those.
Their uauorh9 prosperity and rapid growth IN
wealth count nothing Poor dilspjdAtcd Mum