The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-01-23

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The beneficial force Of az exsmn)e /.
well set forth in tho following ipcident
vouchcd for BY rcli4b.e authority:
Five years ago . friend bought an
acre Of land with little dilaphlated,
one-storv dwelling house on Il. pnyiuy
therefor $500 The owner had held i
seven years for rise, but as tho rise
iatted 10 materiaiizs he sold IL for lesa
than cost. He had IeAsed Il 10 claea az
shiftless tenants Who cared nothing for
appearances, and when my friend took
possession he found The house in I con.
d1t1on little better than . atabls. The
lot bad been used as coW-pasture. And
not . twig oi any sort was growing on
II. The iots In front and On either aide
were owned and occupied bv iairly !n-
taiIigeut people. but none Of them took
PRIDE enough IN his home 10 beautify Il
70 the least. Consequently property In
that part Of the town had steadily do
creased in value, while IL other parts n
had as STEADILY increased Nv friend
bought the lot much against the wishes
OF MS wife and ti,e advice Of his near.
relatives. But he told them be had great
faith IN the power of beauty and conr-l
Iesy Il will beeu,ify nv home and its
Iurrounding.' said he, "and eet an ex..
ample for my neighbors, and I believe
hey Will promptly follow, The fret
hing he did was 10 raisc the house. get
4 on good foundation. and build Al
couple OF additional rooms and = wide
7ei iuda on the front. The whole was
hen neatly painted. Next be rared on
III the bluegrass cod around The house.
graded Il UP nicely with earth brought
'rom toe Dack end Of the lot, and then.
returned The sod. Then DO set out three,
white pine. three spruce. two elm, three
maple, two ash and two birch trees, and
put galvanized woven wire fence
'ronDd the entire lot. As gravel is a
'carce article in that section, neat board
walks leading from The front gstc 10 the,
porch aud around the house were put
Town. Where the walk divided large,
lo~er-bcd was made occupying ali Or
ha space between the walks and the
louse, and passing around to the rear
FhiIe on either side OF the front gafe A
'limbirg rose was planted and trained
'lnng the fence Inside the front fence
'long either side Of the walk aud aroundI
'tnh evefgrcen row Of tulip bulbs was
'ianted, nearly 1000 In all.
From the roar OF the house 10 the
srthcr end Of the lot TWO rows or grape
ines, ten feet apart either way, were set,
'nd on either si.ls Of them Z row OIL
hsrry trees, while apple, pear and mutt
bearing trees occu pied The remainder ofI
ne ground. All this was done Ia ono
eason, q cost OF $3.50. or total out-l
~ Of $3.50 for the home. The followingll
priug the bluegrass and .u'ips sprang. \
'p together, and the place seemed to-,
blossom like The ROSE. 1t was simply ",
marvel 10 the neighbors, while PEOPLE
anne from far and near 70 gaze and
Wonder. To the children Il was like .
limpse OF fairyland and they fairlvl,
vent Wild over Il. Az tile lawn sloped,'
emily toward the street, and the eal.
'Anized woven wire fenco offered no ob. "A
truction TO the view, every plant andl'
lower could pc seen to the best sdvan-l
age. and prettier sight could scarcely
2 imagined. One OF the leading mer-
hants bought one Of the adjoining lots. |
leared Il Of, graded il and put up I'll
ice dwelling. Such : cleaning up, re- 1
AIRING ana painting Of dwellings, and
lAnting ont trees, shrubs and flowers =
ollowed among the ncighbors - vase
ever seen nor heard Of. The childrenlI !
zero taken of the streets and sent to,r
undsy school, and people began 10 ~ ID
md church instead Of spending Sun- Z
~ IL lounging about, smoking andlI
llkings gossip, and II Eve years she'o
slline value Of my friends lot rose .
'om $500 e 5000, price be was 4
'versI times offered. The value OF the d
1rrouOdIng lots has increased ID like Il
roportion, and that part Of the village, Il
nee regarded - tbe;abode OF adversityl
nd Tad dogs, has como TO be considered II
ne ot the most desirable residcncoIb b
ortions, and people IN search OF an
can, pleasant neighborhood in which I,
Iocate Ne invariably directed to Il. d
'hst this enterprising and sensible Il
'an did for bic neighborhood can be n
one in almost any run down. locality III
the country. Dormant people need
forclble cxsmplo-a wiso, courteous
adcr. who will turn them out OF the \,
q ruts they havs followed 90 long. =
hey SIMPLY need . nan who will 20 =
iietly ahead and do.