Putnam patriot., 1925-11-20
BY THE PATRIOT PRESS, INC.
LAND

Every visitor any American city of any size cannot but have been impressed during the past months by the amazing amount building activity and real estate exchange that E be- ing conducted the United States In New York there is scarcely block the electric drill is not performing its eaenng destroyer of buildings not tearing away make for another Here and there about the map land booms such as they have not en- joyed since post Civil Var days.
 Possibly if s because we are so young nation and 70 in land space gained that respect almost with which the European regards his holdings Certainly the of two land stories which we heard lately gave this impression.
 story of piece of land in Florida which in the single day passed through the hands of four owners the value of he land had dou bed price which held sunrise Such pro ceedngs the New Eng-nder still have ring Of the distinctly impossible the wonder tales that come out of Florida ire quenty exceed this story of a corner in Miami
 The land story typical o the old World where b8om have been unknown since William the ton4aefef and parceed England to their vas+als The story we heard young artist. mdde=aged and i'd nous He possessed Normandy tiny farmhouse the bank of There spring flood and the garden away and the young being placed somewhat position. decided sell the property, Some placed the market two old to the and expressed desire to purchase years people who had earned about thirty day lived close the soil, and raised large family That they any money all seemed im- possible But how you afford buy property he asked that they prepared pay fair price The young named certain The peasants went and "pourparer" but several times Weeks passed and still the discussion of price went on Finally the exaspeated his final price and the peasants agreed 10 pay it.
 the day of the signing of the deed The young lawyer appeared the local land office surprise they by the two peasants alone by children and their ehtdrens children crowd e thirty people This them serious matter this euse ef fhe laud They a holiday dress for the oeea They spoke in whispers and they stood in certain preee 1ence.
 reading of the decd taken up and through with that dispatch which makes t possible for the Fod buy and sell and buy again the of
 single hour slowly carefully that calm which characteristic the superficial of the Gale personality During this long period the reading of the deed all the family by listening inently At last the signatures affixed, the seals placed and the moment arrived for payment
 And now" said the notary, turning to the
 But five minutes m'sieu answered the old peasant and hereupon he his and his gandsons filed of the 
 little later there sound of grinding and wheeling. and into the courtroom rolled the and grandsons with whebaows filled with earthen crooks full the brm of per pennes Here the savings years of of o and struggle of that tiny thirty Copper copper sale garden truck from odd job here and there from something that might have been soey wanted needed they had saved always with the vision ahead of the possession of tiny prop ry, bit of Ia Patrie portion of their France be wIled and be handed down other generations of Frenchmen Such the between the old country and the 6on.