The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-07-18
COOPERATIVE GOOSE Farm.
II isLocated In the DunderberSS and Is
Making Two Girls Rich,
YASSAR and BARNARD STUDENTS.
Helen Gould Rented Them the Place All
Stocked with Rabbits and Gecse.
New Way OF Working Through
College,

DtrNDERBERGS-ON -THE-HUDSON.
July ls.-rhis is story told OF Miss
Helen Gould's generosity and IL you 40
moi believe that one young girl can
,h,nk Of so many brilliant moves for
making people happy and independent
van can tourney to the DumderDergs ana
behold Tor yourself.
Two young girl collcgians' one from
Ea,nard and one from Nassai, foahu
themselves at the beginning OF 'he Coi-
lese vacation IN y state oi-weli' en-
parrassment. the Barntsa shl WAC
working her way through college ana
nsd u,st lost her best senior scholar by
graduation. Next year what would she
do with her best coaching pupil gone
The Vassar girl had a nome 10 so TO-
hut there wasn't enough money IN slSht
10 Justify her in bidding the girls "a
revoir. IL must be u stern goodbye
forever as far as college went some
one mentioned the case TO Miss Heieh
Gould. some one who knew both girls.
..Vyhy don't they take a little cottage
I'D In the mountains and raise iVe STOCK
asked Miss Gould. why, indeed re-
piled the informant, except thdl they
havnt got the farm nor The live stoch'
I've little place up there SAID MISS
C;ould. with a house on 1t. There are
mavhe twenty acres of woods. They can
rent IL of me. ii stands idle. They can
live I'm IL free all summer, and II they
succeed in their stock-raising they can
pay me $40 in the fall.
The facts were communicated TO the
Young women, who straightway wrote
10 their willing land lady and made ar
reucements for the house. IL was SIT
uated a thousand feet above the lever
of the sea. and so a horse was needed
The furniture in the house, they found
would answer all their other purposes
with a few college-room treasures added.
"And we can raise anything and every
thing you suggest" they wrote. "Oniy
YOU must let us pay you the $40 In month
iy installments, or We shall feel like paul
pers."
Then take IL for four months and pay
In four installments." wrote back the
benefactress, and as / can't let live
stock farm without sny stock on 1T 1
will send up the only animals that flour
ish well in that barren mountain coun-
try. OF course. you can't turn wood
choppers. so cultivate the live stock and
see what YOU can make out Of II.
When the young women arrived AT
'"rhe Eyrie" they found located there
awaiting them comfortable-looking
man-of-all-work. I'm to stay here three
DAYS till We sit settled" said he. i be-
long at Irvington. but I'm 70 stop here
till / see We all ter rights. l brought up
:he live stock. It's out there in the
back"
For the love Of goodness. Mercy!
What In the world, Does she think we
are crazy or-or What cried Martha.
"a no, 81 ora n
ing the scheme with celebrity. "Those
are geese ami rabbits. We're to raise
hem They're the live stock Isn't that
grand? Isn't it glorious?'
Il hope so" fecbly assented Doubt
ing Martha. But what will we do with
them when they grow up?'
sell them. But wait til we find out
.he plan. We are evidently the children
OF Fate. ruled by the hand of Fate"
Evidently" said Martha.
Inside the little house there were wood
en- beds and little old-fashoned tables.
on the bare floors were few worn
rugs and on the walls hung some chro-
mos of remarkably fine rabbits and pre-
ternaturaly fat geese.
Not very reassurng," said Martha.
"'Those awful geese"
Hold cried Mary. running ahead into
the littla sitting-room. Here's a find.
'Feathoi complete Treatise on Goose
Raising and underneath it. How to
Make Money With Rabbits Now we
shall have something to read
That evening the two young women,
with noses lose together started in upon
their bunny and geese books. And be-
fore bedtime they were 50 deeply inter
,sted in the subject that they would
willingly have remained up all night ex-
cept for the opening injunction in the