WANTED, A FARM.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 293, 2 April 1877, Page 4

WANTED, A FARM.

A Dstcoili ruat' estate agervi was w;tUe4 on o> 9ht>vt tim« »<;<> by n. tatl tnstt with a weed in hi» hufc» who said Ue hail t'ic wash to pay t'oe it t'ann provided tie could gyt ©no to suit. Taw agmfe smiled tunt to a aoat,. and brought cmt his register nt' descriptions. ltt> had s-veraE t'anusi registared on; his books. and tin had no doubt that lie could suit the wordd-be futrdiaser. Tfta strangle remarked —" What J want ta <k farm ofc' about 300 aorta." 44 Tve got it» ,v rwplird nfia dealer. " f \t tike aborit ■lx big Mrs upon it.'* " Here she b

here's n farm with a lake exactly in the centre." " Anfl I want a big natural cavern in one of the hills." " Here you axv. There's a cave on this farm which cv n't l e heat." The stronger drew a long brtath, anfl went on "I want a farm o T 300 acr- s. but 100 acres must be marsh Itnd." " Here she is,'* was the reply ; " just 300 acres in the farm, and just 100 in tu.mlt land." " I must have a waterfall 2fn't. I on th'j farm/' continued t'ie strnn er ' Here you ar.?. This farm has a satural waterfall of 23ft. lltn. I d»>nt suppose an inc'i, morj or 1 ss, on a waterfall amounts to much." " VVell, m» ; but I want a windmill on one of the hills." " That was put up last year," was the cilm reply. It was some time before tiie stranger thought «>f anything else, but itnaUy said —" Tuere iniist be a Baptist Ch»:rjh rig r vt across the road from the huttW "One built there last summer, sir." "'lt must be a brick c'nirch." "So it is." "Has it an has." Then, I can't buy the farm of you," said the- stranger, rising to go. If tfitre's anything I hate, it is a church organ, and yon can son for yourself that I : ttimltl he in a state of continual mist-ry. The f.tnu suits me first-rate, lui I can't . g;» tliat orgui." Just what estimate th«>S'j two tttun placed upon each other's veracity as they separated will never be known.—Lk'ntlt i'Veer J'n&f.