Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-22

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never had before came IN. They
sprung up. thick and fast. Them that
didn't know me bel fore 4; the money
came were anxious to be my friends
then. Letters and requests for money
began to come in by packs. Borrow
ers came to me without any security
and thought ought to lend 'em Just
because my money had been given
me. Every kind OF scheme was Of
fered me where could double my
money in a month or year.
Il didn't feel quite as ;contented as
I had before, but l guess that's Just
natural. Before I didn't have any fear
of being robbed or cheated. But when
i got my money went right to the
bank with it and left 1t there. didn't
bite on their schemes. Whenever they
hunted me / got leary OF 'em. No,
Stree, they didn't get me on any get
rich-quick stuff 81 81
e Mr.. Sage said it as II proud Of the
fact. u i,. g i:5 M
But I knew, that land was the SAT-
est place to put money he said. $50
Hbough land. Thats the place too put
1t SO you can't lose 1t. 1t was a wise
thing. Ny land has increased In value
80 much that 1 could sell out now and
clean up $50, 900. invested nearly
all my money in land = !.
/ And what do you think Of the gen
eral idea Of giving large sums Of
money to- people In that way Ss Il a
q; Veil. Il think it must be a bad
thing People don't know whata dol
lar rs much unless they earn 1t them,
selves. guess 1t would have been
like that with me II 1t had come ear
lier. Money ought to come kind Of
slow. It would Ssa' been a bad thing
for me II 1t had come 25 years earlier.
but ! was SO when 1t did drop In I'd
had a little more expert nce then; I'd
got all over these here wild motions
and didn't have no foolish ideas like
runnin' around. After IS or so a man
don't give much for these get-rich-
quick schemes. q: y 81 Ss|sy \
81 Mr.. Sage told some thing OF his land
nyestments. He possesses. by his
own statement, two farms in Indiana
and one In Ohio. Those In; the Hoosier
state are both near Rensselaer,. one
three or four miles from town and
the other much further. The nearer
farm contains $50 acres, the other 100
acres. and that in Ohio 100 acres. NJ
Farms Seem Good Investment.
* Both the Indiana farms are fine,
rich prairie land worth not less than
E$150tan acre. When they were bought
five years ago they probably brought
about half that sum. What the Ohio
property may bring cannot be said.
On the nearer one Of the Indiana
farms the Sage heir has built a big,
3nice-looking country home with an UNI
finished appearance. II has It's own
gas lighting and water plants, and
probably represents a cash investment
Of $4,000 to $4,000. There are, be-
sides. stables, sheds, coops, sheep
sheds, and other minor buildings rep
resenting perhaps another $500. i5
The second farm, further removed.
iis not SO much improved. There Is lit
tie value there aside from the actual
land. The home place u, so Rensse-
.laer knows and says, on the market
at $175 an acre, with the usual reser-
walton that bid Of less will be care
fully considered. g N ,.5
@ IN explaining this Rensselaer,, gos-5
sips do not say that Sage fs hard up,
or that he has spent his money, but
they say he has never made an Inn.
preston on Rensselaer,. The little
towns society folk have refused to;
recognize the man who got rich BY
another's will, 80 the sages are un.'
happy and wish to move to Ohio to
begin over. as It were and establish
themselves socially as well as finan-
cially. Perhaps that Is why Elizuf
Sage says he was happier before he
got thet legacy.-News Fork World. ..S