The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-09
Get a Home.

"Once a renter, always renter" SO
said man who is the owner of three
farms, which for many years he has let
TO tenants. "There goes a man." he
continued. nodding toward person on
the opposite side of the street, "who
lived on one of my farms just fifteen
years ago. He left because he said he
had learned of better chance in an
adjoining county. After knocking
about from one farm to another four.
teen years he came back and wanted
to try the old farm again. The tenant
then occupying it was about to move
away, 30 | let him have it, and not un.
Ill he had moved in and begun work
did l learn that he hadn't even enough
feed for his teams until he could raise
some oats. When he asked me to let
him have some feed said: How does
it happen that you did not bring over
sufficient feed with you? What have
you been doing all these yearsT He
replied that his last landlord had taken
about all of his crops for rent. let
him have some feed and he raised
about half a crop, and when my rent
and feed came out of it there was
mighty little left for him. found that
the fellow had lost all of his old. time
spirit and energy, and he did not more
than half till the land, 80 l requested
him to move on. understand he has
rented place about fiiteen miles east,
and he's moving his stuff over these
almost impossible roads now"
l know the tenant. Fifteen gears
ago he could have bought me clean out
and had money left. He laughed at
me when bought the little "patch" |
then lived on. why" said he, you'll
starve to death on that little place. l
wouldn't have it," A few weeks ago
he was complaining to me about the
hard times, and the particularly hard
time he was having, and he said: "Now,
if had nice little place like yours l
would be all right" l reminded him
that he poked fun at me fifteen years
ago. ooh, WE'LL" said he, "l've had
bad luck since thenp
Then gave it to him: "Jim, if you
had then bought five, three or even
two acres, built little house and stable
on it, set out few apple trees and
other fruits, you would not now DE
driven from farm to farm and com
PEELED to tear up your stuff and break
up your furniture over these horrid
roads, and not even know where you'll
fiud home next year, but you would
now have home of your own-a home
no man could drive you out of. Your
wife could make her garden and plant
roses and vines and know that they are
her own. Every tree and plant you
set out would be yours; every improve
ment you MADE would be yours; yor
would be permanently located, ant
whatever conveniences and comforts
you gathered about you would be yours
to enjoy with the full, delightful knowl
edge that no one could take them from
you or drive you from them. Yor
could rent land from those who have
more than they can till, and farm /
while you live at your own home. Or
you could, as you accumulated enough
cash, have added to your little tract b,
buying few acres adjoining until you
would by this time have a nice littl,
farm of your own"
Let me advise every man, especial,
young men, who desire home of thei
own, to despise not the day of small
things. Buy ten acres if you can, o
five, or even one, and pay for it. Thel
you have the nucleus of home, and i
you are diligent and saving you can i'm
prove it and add to it as time passes
and it will make real man, an indie
pendent, patriotic, home-loving man o
you.-Fred Grundy, in Practical Dairy
man.