New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-05

chickens could raise under one hen. This favor was
also granted and began my work IN the spring with
certainty that could make double my wages by taxing
care Of the resources within view that had been wasted
heretofore, else considered OF Such small account '
no one else cared to save them. , =.
In those DAYS the farmers did not have barns Tor te
cattle The sheep and COWS depended upon the SilcIci
of a havstack, and consequently many were uSeaSou
and died from exposure. The year before there were
MANY sheep lost in this way, and no one thought II
worth while to look after the wool. Of course FARMING
meant then, it does now early rSng ana WPIhlis 80
long as there a streak OF daylight; DuC ,iu my
SUNDAYS to myself and while this IS not considered Il
commcndablc spirit put the Sabbath day TO TINS USE
was up cariv and collected the skins from the bones
Of the dead sheep The wool had in the meantime
hlcachcd TO pure white from the SHOWS ana showers ol
winter and the bones | piled in heap to be sold at
the proper time. picked up the Old iron !I lay oie
and there and got my start IN poultry raising Ill 'c
most unlocked for way. ii =
During the harvest DAYS, when riding on load OF
oats browsing along was suddenly brought to state
Of wakefuncss by hearing utcr III the ar ABOVE ne;
and before could realize 1t chicken haWk Ia GroPPcu
its prey into my lap. The poor frightened cCkci was
not badly hurt put it into coop by ltScii ied 1t,
and the next dav it seemed to be all right ANA thuS IL
became my special pet and mascotrn the poultry DuSi
ness 1t was my first setting hen. men l borrowed
half dozen hens, and when the summer was over iiu
raised and sold twcntv-eght chickens This OF course
added great deal to my financial resources Inc incT-
chant who always purchased the farmer wool each
year gave me much the pound Tor my WOOL De-
cause it was clean and white.
Then came my first experience IN rouSl8 cltinly'
The farmers sons Jealous OF my success, ana mace
a complaint that | making too nuch money: was
the victim of their bcS, and found 1t 50 uncolortaDc
that at last went the proprietor and inquired mao
in any way violated contract, and told MN tlat
he felt had done so should 60 at once ne reaSSured
me and told me to 90 right along as | mad been DONG
and pay no attention to what his boys might say tlt
he approved of nv energy and foresight and only
wished his sons had my economical turn OF mind
Atcr that | rcdoublcd my interest, and during the
season gathered berries and sold thc ana during te
autumn spent nv spare time gathering Wild grapes,
chcstnuts wanuts and hickory nuts which ! sold
Every time surveyed my bone pile smiled with sat-
i,facton for ii had grown to big proportions, ana iet
sure that my abos in this direction would be wen paid
but one dav to my surprise, saw woman IN the held
filling her wagon with the bones had collected. had
something to do convince her that they belonged to
me- and il ended by my having 10 unload her wagon Tor
herewith a protest on her part, 70 be sure That wo-
man later became millionaire and lived on Ftth-ayc.
She was a well known character IN New Jersey
WELL true to my promise made to Father, decided
w togoto schoolat the end OF my second ycarol work
Nv folks were living Delhi them and after two years
there in school graduated, saw that higher cd'i-
cation was desirable, and concluded To 60 TO Western
University at Middlcown, Connecticut. In the mean
time had been saving all my earnings for tins purpose,
and left Delhi by stage for Kingston, where arrived nj
teen hours later. At Kingston | took boat TO New
York: but denied myself the comfort Of staeroom'
thinking should put the money to better use.
The boat locked at larrson-st wharf the following
morning at five o'clock had very heavy trunk with
me which left on the wharf until inquired where the
Hartford boat started from. | was told It lett That
evening from Peck Slip on the East River. then went
back and decided to cart my trunk town as best
| could q foot or two al a time. | could in that way
save clrtagc and save money that OF value 10 me,
and reasoned that had all day for the job, and could
do il. Then. too. was sleepy, and thought | could
keep awake by hustlng.
dragged and hi;chcd the old trunk along, listening
70 he jibcs Of the
idlcrs as passed,
and had preceded F----z+0
as far as Chambers UNAnAJ