Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-11-18
THE YOUNG MAN FROM
WYOMING
AT EAGLES MERE.
A SULLIVAN COUNTY NOVELETTE,.
THOMAS j.
,LIVAN COUNTY NOV
BY THOMAS ]. INGHAM.
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE.

quickly the suburbs being turned into city lots then
began interest myself in price of lots often inquired
the prices and noticed the sales
''To enable get long walks in the suburbs
break of day and had the long mornings for them.
could do this easily for the habit of retiring about
the time other young commencing the anusemens
of the evening Near the end of the second year found had
saved three hundred dollars and determined to invest in
city lots. found newly laid out lots the Boston
Road and selected which could be purchased for three
hundred dollars My Wyoming experience had made ap
precae the Importance of good titles and before paid the
money required abstract OF the title and had it examined
by lawyer.
in the spring following this transaction General Wash
ngton naugurated President I stood in the crowd
Wall Street and him take the oath of office While
event OF such arreaching national Importance taking
place ought have confined my thoughts perhaps, the
good of my country; but when Washington standing
there in quiet dignity, with such power and goodness in his
eyes, said. Now shall have good government Then
remember that old Dalton had said If get good
government them certificates will be paid and thought
The good time is coming when shall get the for my
certificates
have no doubt the confidence inspired by the Inaugural
ton of Washington affected others it affected for in
the following month trade brisk and real estate in New
York took sudden rise. Some parties who had purchased
lots adjoining mine both sides determined put up block
of buildings and wanted my lot When told them my price
thousand dollars they expressed great surprise and
reminded that bought for three hundred only six
months before replied that did buy to sell at the
same price and would sell for less than the named
They finally accepted my terms and got the money
the considered
administration those relating finances and observed
the very question in which much interested
ing discussed Hamilton recommended and almost all the
members of Congress agreed that the certificates evidencng
the taking of property ought to be paid in full but
tended that they should be paid to the original and
not to the assgnees of the certificates If this had pre-
vailed it would have robbed me of my farm. l much
pleased when appeared that amltons proposition pay
the actual holder of the had been adopted appeared
by the act OF Congress that interest per would be
paid twothirds of the OF these certificates mme-
daey and the balance interest after the year
1S00 with per the unpaid interest
to that date AS this passed there great
demand for certificates and spectators large
from ignorant people for tr1e.
"lt was the summer that yellow fever broke in
New York and the spring which had opened auspousy
was followed by summer of panic and death All who could
leave the city left it. Business for awhile almost
standsll All the statesmen in Mr. Goldngs got
Of absence except myself and for months Mr. Codng
able to do all the business alone Over
persons died of population of less twenty-nne thou
sand 1t gloomy time; for people only the i'm
mediate evils but feared greater evils in the future. 1t
talked that yellow fever would visit them every year.
the seat of government likely removed New York
would decrease population This talk depressed estate
The bulls in the city lot business had way in the
spring. but the bears had the lots under feet in the fall
was still firm in opinion that the city would continue to
grow Shrewd business talked with said that suitable
quarantine regulations keep yellow fever out of the
CITY, and the removal OF the seat OF would
move our harbor or check foreign commerce. knew
myself that the Hudson River great highway of inter
national and would command the the lake
country which then being peopled seized the oppor
unty to invest thousand dollars still farther out on the
Boston Road
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
In the following June walking one day beyond the
north-westey limits of the city crossed deep hollow
and walked around a large swamp Beyond the swamp
came to small farmhouse in quite a retired place The
house was OF sone and being DID, seemed almost ready
to tall down. The land parts rocky and the cu
tvated fields had been run down by poor farming short
man, rather thick with face many wrinkles and
famer-llke appearance stood in field the said
Good morning, sir, and touched my in respectful
manner.
> Good mornin, he replied Asia coined from the city
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