Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-08-15
No one seemed b, want It.

No one seemed " want It.
Blk miles was good ways from the
city. That was a long hill to climb Tho
land was sood. "Oh, yes" they said 1.-THE
land was gdod. bit farmin. ye know.
farmin' dom. pay" Finally Vie CATTLE
hens. sheep, hogs, all tho stock, we're sold
of and with the old horse and Whist furni-
ture and "thii,ss'' they thought would do
in the CITY," Henry and his wife shut up
the place end departed.
For two OF three years II continued to
be shut up The hay was sold to be cut
by the purchaser and all cultivation was
abandoned. because "Farmin'! farmin
don't pay"
THE MAN WHO SAW HIS CHANCE
In the city lived young lawyer. There
came tn VISIT him over Sunday a classmate
at Harvard who was at work on q Boston
newspaper He lived with his unmarried
sister in Everett and came In daily to his
work. He sat at his desk 10 hours a day
for six days in the week and felt that
with his salary Of $50 he was doing
very well.
His health, however, was none too good.
His eyesight had begun to fail him and
almost every winter he had the grippe.
Still he was fond Of books and felt that In
time and with economy he might reach a
position where he would have more leisure
TO enjoy them and better health, and
would earn money enough to be able to
marry and set up home
But II seemed to cost a good deal to
live. His sister supported herself to be
| sure but careful as he was, Sedsewick
| found that his board. room. washing. light
and heat cost SIS TO $ls a week and that
| car fare and incidentals brought his
weekly outlay to at least so. Some
| t!mas, as when he took his sister to an
| entertainment or bought her n present II
| came to more. He had been able to save
for the last two years very nearly 800
year and felt encouraged. He was 30
years old.
Sunday afternoon Sedgewick and his
legal friend went to drive and as they
passed noticed the old place. saw that
II was unoccupied. drove up the road to
the dooryard and looked round.
| The view from the front door i'm
rediately attracted their enthusiastic at
tention. They helped themselves to some
cherries that hung crowded upon a tree
bear pluneing the bucket into the we'll
| from the long wooden sweep
! "Who owns this place." said Sedgowick.
II don't know, let's ask at the next
| house." was the answer.
The next house was nearly a mile dis
tant. but inquiry there disclosed the in
formation that. THAT. Why, that's the
| old Cr. Warner place. Used to be lots
| er folks there years ago, hut they're
! chout all gone now. wy Cyrus War
| rer he he'd six sons and six darters,
didn't he Abby Go the witnesses wife)
I know two o the boys went into the
army and was killed and Jim he went
| out to New York some whars and he
don't never come back here. and Clum-
we nllus called him Clum: s name s
| COlumbushe was allus n drnkin' man
! and he never come to nothin George. he
had the place where the old man died,
| but George, he never seemed to do much
with It and naow Henry has il. He's
| Georges son. Works in the city SOM
| mers and. | undcrr' and. wants to sell it.
| Used to be Il good farm years back. but
| then. Laws. Farmn' farmin don't pay"
| Sedgewick went back TO his work. He
| told his sister about his visit and about
! the old Warner place" All that fall
and winter he read in the copy that
came under his eye great deal about
the high cost OF living and the possible
ties of farming. He kept thinking about
that old house He talked about it to
| his sister evenings and Sunday after
Moons. carrying always in his mind the
serene and sturdy air Of home In which
\ Of viz fr,
the front windows and told his sister
about 1t till she had become as anxious
as he to see 1t.
But Sedgewick was a ract!cal fellow
and he was dependent now entirely upon
| Ills own exertions for what he received.
/ This had not always been the case. for
when boy his father had been well-to-
do, had had "a countr, place" and dur
ing his summers there. Sedgewick had
come to know a little of actual contact
| with the soil.
| In January there came n shake-up on
Lis newspaper. Some of the men had
! their salaries reduced. others had their
places changed. some lost them alto
Eether. SedgeWick was not one OF the
latter but he had new duties assigned
him and his hours We're a little longer,
his work little harder and the memory
of the Warner farm grew more and more
insistent. One day he wrote to Hard
wick. his lawyer friend. The answer
came back. Yes. | have seen Mr.. War
rer. He wants 5000 for the place and
what there Is there. think you can
buy II for a little less and on your
own terms
Long consultations and calculations en-
sued between brother and sister. "Wal-
ter, can YOU make II pay?" she would
ask Il know we would like it sum-
mers. but what would we do In the
winter? Why. the nearest neighbor is
mile away. and such people as they
probably are!'
"My dear can save out OF nv good
salary $500 a year. I have saved II now
three years. and II 10 In the bank l be-.
lieve / can save as much or even more
there, for you know. 1t is not what we
earn that counts 1t is what we save"
THE INVESTMENT
Anxious debate was prolonged till a hol-
iday gave opportunity for another visit
to the place. Then inquiry at the Boston
markets decided them
When the learned at what price farm
produce could be sold they decided on
the experiment, and though wholly with
out practical experience and with moth
ing but good sense to guide them, made
the plunge. and bought the farm. The