Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-10-12
Andrew Jones' Start in Life.
By ]. ROBERTS.

At the age of Is years, Andrew
Jones was left fatherless. II
his father, having fallen from a
high bridge, on which he was work
ing, never opened his eyes again,
but died in a few minutes. l..
Mrs. Jones had three children, the
eldest being Andrew, and the young
est little Grace, aged four years.
At the death of her husband, she
found that they had about $4,000
IN the bank, besides owning the cot
tage in which they lived.
She, not being a strong woman,
was at loss what to do to enable he1
to make a living. ~. @-@
After thinking the matter over fo1
some time, she called young Andrew
into the room to consult him, as she
knew him to be bright, intelligent
boy. D.. :. ~
'sWhat did you want to see me
about, mother?' asked Andie, as he
entered the room.
II have been trying to decide upon
something that I can do to earn a
living" she said.
"Your father had $4,000 in the
bank, and the interest on that will
only be few dollars more than the
taxes on our house; and I can't de-
eide on what to do.''
"Well, mother, if you will buy me
a COW, I will sell milk to the neigh
bors, and in that way may make a
little, then, you know, I have my
hens, and Mr.. Brown said he would
give me half of the eggs from his
chickens if I took care of them
for him.
eyes, Andie, but I don't think
that will support us, besides, I could
not be idle and let you bear all the
burden," said Mrs. Jones.
II can do fancy sewing and may
be able to get something in that line
to do.''
Next morning the people in the i'm
mediate vicinity saw Andrew working
at his hen house as though his life
depended on it ~ He was handy with
the tools, and with bis brother Char
lies help he soon had made quite a
start on the addition that he was
building. He used some drygoods
boxes, that his father brought home
some time before for kindling, to
make the sides and bought some
shingles and window with the
money in his savings bank. When
he had finished his work he put some
of the chickens into their new quar-
ters and went in to supper, tired and
hungry, but we'll satisfied with his
days work.
He now had room for about IS hens
and only had 40, but he thought he
could buy some young ones from Mr..
Kelley, a friend, who lived in the
country; so accordingly he went out
to the farm the next day and when
he told that he wanted to buy some
young chicks, Mr.. Kelley gave him
SO chicks and their mothers for moth
ing, and took them to town for him
that evening. The good man was
much pleased that Andrew wanted to
help his mother, and said:
eff you will come out to my place
on Saturday and help me clean up
my granary, I will give you feed
enough for your hens for long time.''
Andrew went out and got three
sacks of grain for the days work.
He next went over to see Mr..
Brown about taking care of his hens,
and Mr.. B. was only too glad to let
him care for his hens, as he was very
busy and did not have time to attend
to them properly. "
The next thing he did was to get
card printed, for which he paid in
fresh eggs. The card he placed in
the front window and it informed
passers-by that ''Fancy Sewing" was
done there.
BY the end of the summer vacation,
Andrew was we'll established in the
poultry business and always got q
good price for his eggs.
He had not succeeded in finding q
COW as easily as he thought, butswith
the help of neighbor, who came
over some evenings, he had made a
COW stable, and was now very anxious
to get an inhabitant for it.
Finally, about the last Of Septem-
ber, he saw a man with very nice