The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-01-09
A NOVEL EXPERIMENT
HOW THE LADIES' FARM
PROVED A PAYING VENTURE
Two Charming and Attractive wom-
en- Establish Themselves as
Farmers in Spite of Many Ad-
verse Criticisms.

Not thousand miles from here,
nve two charming and attractive
women whose story is full Of iat~r-
est. Both are blessed with every
social quality. are most engaging In
presence and arr possessed ot that
suavity OF manner that bespeaks
their gentle blood and worldly poi
fish. They met with loss OF fortune
whom barely entered iato the
third decade OF thor ysars.
Seriously put 70 the task
Of deciding how 10 bSst use the
slender remnant Of money Ia the.r
rossess4en. they began 4 thorough *
animation Of the business ways end
means open 10 women. and soosat
to learn the varied experiences of
those who had prospercd a. we'll -
those who had failed. At last they
came 70 the coacusion Nat with
their personal views, fnciinAtto0s
and NATIVE prsdfsposttions 70 rsta IN
Ing tho protection OF q home. ~ we'll
as OF love for the country, they de-
cided TO purchase q small farm and
10 WORK Il.
Then came the search for the
farm. and booking up tho details o6
the sort OF farm they would have
to learn all about. This took some
months Of hard study and much
cleaning of information. together
with cautious financial calculations.
II goes without saying that family
and friends did their very best ~
oppose the undertaking. They en-
thusiasttcally pointed out the wreck
their young friends would make OF
themselves physically and financial
fy. and held up .heir social ostre-
etsn as the fnal terror. To all these
Trades tho young women gave a
patient ear. philosophicaiiy sure tina,
all women who step out OF the
routine OF feminine calling have to
encounter that sort Of opposition.
Finally there came . day when a
suitable twenty-acre property was
found and purchased. II was To-
Gated In an extremely desirable part
of the country. within q few miles of
a we'll known town with every ad-
vantage. Socially. they had the
good fortune 70 be known, havias
friends who summered In that n
entity. living In homes Of their OWE.
The house on the property was wei!
built on the Southern colonial style,
and by no means In bad order. Sta
bles and outhouses, In like manner.
were IN fairly good repair, so that
the outlay for repainting and refit-
ting the whole was far below their
anticipations.
Their scheme OF farming consisted
In raising food for few cows and
two horses, and the making and
keeping of large vegetable garden.
to supply q summer clientele. The
raising OF chickens and squads was,
however, to be their chief work, and
the most remunerative. while the
selling Of milk, butter and eggs, was
to be carried on the year round.
A name had to be given to the
farm, and out of the dozen slips
drawn from a small basket on the
evening OF their house-warming.
when few Of the nearest of kin
were asked out from town, "The
Ladies" came out victorious, having
been the choice In reality of the farm
owners from the very beginning.
The kinsfolk Of necessity had to &c
knowledge the miracle wrought BY
these wonderfully earnest and clever
women. and as they passed from
drawing room to dining room, library
and small conservatory to the upper
chamber story. fresh and sweet IN
white muslin and chintx. but ftted
with all needful modern comforts,
they gave in with frank confession
that q modern farmhouse such as
this was q supreme revelc ton.
What the situation demanded Of
the ladies to do they cheerfuIly did
and said nothing about II. They
met aiscomforts as the price they
had to pay for blessings that were
Aot to be had unless at that GOVT,
VledSing themselves never to grum-
BILE or find fault with adverse car
sumstances that were unavoidable.
The consequence was they were
Aabitually brimmiag over with good
spirits. always quick and alert, win
Aing admiration and respect from
%hstr equals as we'll al interiors.