Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-12-20

MrS. uilman soon began to mend
1he pure air and bright light OF her
well-ventilated room soon. impelleJ
her 10 go out into the sunshine. while
the delicious cream. the savory SOUP.
the fresh eggs and the tender broilers
courted her appetite. Eight weeks
stay changed her toapparent health,
and every week added ten dol
lars to purse that could well bear
the imitation after the bedroom suit
had been paid for. Mrs. Cinnamon
became the direct purchaser OF
Payne's butter, at city retail price.
an item not to be lost sight of by sue
cessiul farmers.
At Thanksgiving the well-fattened
poultry that had made such raid on
the corn were exchanged for seventy
five dollars and gave Emma u nest
egg for future speculation, The in
crease of the sheepfold was submitted
to city butcher, and this apprisal,
with the wool money, showed an in
come equal to the expense of the ur-
chase of the flock lacking five dollars.
This gave the happy couple an incen-
tive to keep more sheep and less
cows another year.
The Paynes kept strict oversight
to their business; still every Sabbath
found them in the chnrch and work
ers in the school. They rode much,
but never with the single motive of
pleasure. They believed that
pleasures are like peoples spread
You seize the flower Its bloom is sheds
but a couple could not have been
found that really enjoyed themselves
better. Home reading prompted an
occasional addition to their library.
Economy, not parsimony, was their
rule of life, and a true debt and credit
account gave them knowledge of
their financial standing. Saving
makes far crater raid on tact than
earning.
Emma's keen business mind con-
ceived many plans, sanctioned or
revised by Humans interested con-
sideration, which when executed
proved the truth of the old adage:
Two heaps together are better than
one" Emma prepared several bot
ties of surplus pickles, that readily
exchanged at the grocer's for raisins
and spices tor winte use, Many an
other device did this wife carry into
execution that gave Farmer Payne
encouragement.
There are two forces that compel
vigor-the one encouraging success,
the other reverse evidence. Will
Chase saw before the first year had
passed that his wife, though dearly
loved, was not the practical helpmate
farmer needed, so resolved to coup
lie speculation with farm labors, and
thus supplement her deficiencies. The
Paynes found no trouble in making
"both ends meet" but the cycle of
the year left an arc in Will Chase's
financial circle that demanded q
chattel mortgage as a span.
The Puynes desired a tive-year
lease of the same farm. The con-
tract completed, retired Farmer Ben
nett chuckled and said: you'll be
rich enough to buy me out when this
contract ends" He had often
expressed an approval of their
management, and at the hap
Ply Christmas-tide gave tangible
evidence by the gift of fin eJersey
heiter to Emma, who proved her
gratitude, and led him into pending
discussion of the policy OF adopting
II creamery. Il don't take to this
new. tangled notion" said Mr., Ben
nett, "but talk it over, and if you
two pull together I'll bear half the
expense" Result-an even start.
Will Chase beat about without a
magnet. couldn't find the polestar
guide to success, and didn't know
whether it was best to remain orlook
up another farm, with better pros
pective. A pleasure horse had eaten
u fair share of the might-have-been
surplus grain, hall of his half of the
butter went to pay old Mrs. Jones
for the making, and the poultry
didn't flourish on feed alone. Any
denial chafed Nellie's selfish nature
ms cucumber vines did her dainty
hands. She, like many another de-
luded woman, had looked upon her
marriage as the termination oftrials
the living problem to be solved by
another mind, who must make the
rule, carry out the physical illustra-
ton, and demonstrate and whenever
demanded furnish financial proof of
solution. Nellie's detestation of
moving helped Will to decide to try
the same farm another year, though
neither had any special love for the
work thus laid before them, and both
were of the opinion that farming
doesn't pay" They both ardently
loved gay society, and no neighbor-
ing dance seemed complete without
their presence. Nellie's wardrobe re-
quired remodelings and affixes. Will
had been tolerably successful in buy
ing farm produce and consigning to
city commission agent, and the
revenue thus gained enabled him to
meet the demands OF society"
While society was absorbing the
Chases' minds the enterprisine
Paynes were STEADILY pushing to
completion various small jobs to
avert n multitude of cares during
the more busy season of summer and
insure the profit of farming.
At the end of the first years eXpe-
rience we leave these two home makers
the one fully equipped to drive
business, the other driven to bust
ness. Musing, after vista of years,
we see the one happy couple -four.
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