Evening journal., 1912-02-06
A WOMAN BOOMER

Farmer Lee was by no means hay
seed Of man. He read the papers
and magazines and was not 80 far be-
hind the date. The great mistake he
made was in certain line Of reason
ing when he read the alluring ad-
vertisement promising stupendous div
fdends in this or that he reasoned that
uuiess the advertisers were honest men
they would not make such statements
and that the postal laws stood between
him and a swindle. He also reasoned
that his newspaper would refuse to
publish anything that bad q suspicious
look
II therefore came about that the
farmer. after breaking his back with
hard work for forty years and having
secured comfort for his old age. invest
cd in a fake and was badly skinned.
He worried over the matter Tor a cou
pie Of years and then died. Mrs Lee
was not Of a conhding nature and had
been opposed to the investments. She
was left the farm. a portion Of which
lay IN the village Of Dover, but her
days for hard work had gone by. she
ran things after a fashion. but the time
came when she had to think Of mort
caeing O portion OF the property. she
had become soured and imbittered and
had few friends.
One day the Widow Lee might have
been seen entering the Office of the
Weekly Tribune. to which she had
been subscriber for long years. The
widow and the editor had n long talk
and shook hands on Il. The result was
that the next issue Of the Tribune con-
tained the following:
eve learn on good authority that our
town Is to have big hotel for sum-
mer visitors. That's what we have
been looking for for years-something
.tp-4tar. 4 5oom
The next issue of the paper said:
1--WE understand that tho Widow Lee
IS TO have forty acres Of her farm plat
ted into lots, aud the cheapest one
among them viii be held at S50.'
The town was buzzlng when the
Tribune announced;
III Dover is lucky enough TO get the
Hieham Military school we shall be in
clover A hrickyard will be opened,
and there wiz be work for our masons,
carpenters, painters and laborers for
the next two years. After that every
thing our farmers can raise will ind
q cash market. The price Of real es-
tate is advancing
No one had bought or sold as yet, but
all were on the ragged edge when the
Tribune calmly announced
I'VE have heard rumors that the
and H. railroad is thinking OF runnn
spur line TO Dover now that there
h a prospect Of its being a paying in
vestment We are investigating tho
rumors and hope to find them true"
Nothing to thrill. and yet the people
thrilled. Real estate jumped 80 pei
cent and up went the price ON tn,
widows lots aggin. Twenty or thirt.
strangers arrived daily and wanted Il
buy or rent The Dover inn did mor'
business in week than it had eve
done 10 any three months. II wa
while Doverltes and strangers wer
tumbling over each other with fres
rumors three or four times a day tha
the Tribune said
II the Sunshine Harvester compan
comes here with its $500 men aud a
acre Of factory the problem will b
where TO find the land to build co
tages on The 200 or more lots owne
by the Widow Lee will not be a tent
Of those demanded Bills viii appes
tomorrow announcing an auction ,
these lots. and It goes without sayin
that the bidding will be spirited an
the prices high An the rest Of N
farm may 20 under the hammer at ii
same time The report that we arc I
have a factory here for the building
automobiles has sent real estate soa
ing
The auction took place as advertised
There was a good crowd. and the biz
ding was all that could be hoped 70
Not only the lots vent, but the farI
as WELL and those who got any sol
Of parcel Of real estate were considere
lucky
Neither on the NEXT day nor the nel
was the Widow Lee seen TO enter III
o1lre OF lut lfiuuue. IN TACT, 80
never entered It again. The "whacl
up took place At her own house an
both parties 70 II seemed eminsntl
satisfied In a day OF two the voma
beaded for Illinois. and week late
the editor Of the Tribune came OF
with the announcement.
In retiring from the Tribune v
wish 10 bespeak the good will and pa
ronage Of all Doverites for the new e
itor and proprietor, solomon Grige
a newspaper man Of many wear
standing. The paper will still be !
dependent in politics and still recei
all kinds Of green and dry wood Al
knots and stumps on subscription.
viii also take store trade on advert
ing.
Many Of our beloved subscribe
will ask why we have sold out a
are on the point of departing frC
their midst We answer that a CHI
lxhed aunt died a few DAYS SEQ a