Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-16
Tuesday. April Is, 1907.
How a Kansas Farmer Did It.

How Kansas Farmer Did II.
There is always something pew and
interesting coming out of Kansas.
This time it is a truthful tale Of the in
genious way III which 4 Kansas farmer
combined the business Of contracting
advantageous marriages for his four
daughters and at the same time On
HANGING the value Of the broad acres
which they grace. That he stumbled
upon this remarkable system quite by
accident does not detract from its
worth in the least, and his experience
is here recounted that it may convey q
protita Die hint to other fathers Of girls
who grace farms and who are not
aversc to contracting advantageous
matrimonial alliances.
The Kansas City Journal tells u all
about it. 1t seems that the farmer,
whose name was Daniel Kindred. had
struggled manfully for many years to
rear his daughters in intelligence and
thrift, but when they had reached the
age which suggests fight from the
parental roof they still linGered-wist-
fully, it is true. but persistently. One
day kindred-whosc very name seemed
hOodoO-sent an advertisement to IL
newspaper stating that he wanted
farm hands. and as IN additional in
duccmcnt specified that every man who
applied would be given chance to WOO
a daughter, provided-and here was
the critical clausc-cvery claimant to u
daughter should do something Of a
beneficial nature to improve the farm.
The first man who applied at the
Kindred farm for work and a daughter
was from the East and claimed to be 4
graduate from an agricultural college.
He was retained, and after he had
looked upon the youngest daughter and
found her exceeding fair he began to
speculate on the farm improvement
idea Kindred wanted him to begin at
the other end of the line of daughters,
which is the usual parental sentiment
in a family Of girls. but this he firmly
declined to do. Before he mad been on
the farm a week he had installed al
irrigation ditch and stone enclosed fish
pond which he stocked with bass and
pickcrcl Kindred looked upon this
achievement and saw that it was good.
The man got The daughter.
The second applicant ppci water
from an artcsian well into the house
and put in a porcelain buthtub. III
addition to this he cured Il discas" IN
some Of the Kindred cattle and Won a
prize. Tho third man was dreamy
eyed. but enthusiastic. After choosing
one of the remaining daughters h"
started out zcalously to earn her. First
he invented some sort Of lightning rod
to he fixed to each domestic animal
with spines along the back and hcad
and the ground connection beside the
hoofs. But Kindred was not impressed
am said it wouldn't do. The inventor
tried again. This time h was sue
ccssCul He built a Wat"rwhcc! at the
artcsian wen. rugged up an electric
generator which runs the churn.
sewing ANA washing machines. lights
the house and the barns and furnishes
power for small mills. etc. He was
rewarded by Kindred in the promised
way There is only one daughter re-
manning. which is regretted exceed
ingly by Kindred. who had formerly
considered girls 4 burden. Put ne i
hanging on to his one daughter for
something really extraordinary III the
way of inventions. 1t Will be m cN-
,ceedingly difficult thing to win TINS
last rose But if some young man IS
really crafty he will first find some way
to secure a wife for the old man. who
is n widowcr This would he such an
Improvement to the 1atter'S life as
would merit the recognition Of ever -
exacting a father. Then the happy
family would be complete.