WANTED A FARM.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 692, 21 November 1876, Page 3

WANTED A FARM.

A Detroit real estate agenr »m waited on \e t-rday by » tall m»n with a w ed on lii» but who said be hid the cis-h to pa> for • f.inn, proTt-ierl h« couM get on- 1 'OS' ir 'lh« agent smiled him to a seat nnd b ought out » regi«i«r ol descriptions He ha i several firms ngixtervd on his books, and he h«d no doubt tb.it he could ■uit the would-be purohtner. The stranger remarked : • What I want is a farm of about 800 acres ' 'IV t?ot it ' reolied the dealer. ' I'd like about six big hills on it' • Here she i«— here's a farm with exactly six hiljson it ' • Aud I'd like a lake near the centre ' • Here you are ; here's a farm with a laic* ex i« fly in the centre.' j *Aid I want a lig natural cavern in one of the hills.' • Here you are. There's a care on thi* farm which c n't be beat ' The sti anger drew a long breath, and wont on t ' I wan' ii farm of 'hre° hundred acre*, but one uudrcd. acres mint be of marsh land ' 1 Here she i» ( ' w»« the r»ndr reply ; *ju*t three Imnd fld itcres in tb« fmrm, and ju-t one hundred in innrsh I >nd.' 'I mu-t h>«ve a waterfill two<itj-six feet bgh on the farm,' continued the •t ranger. " Here yu are. Thi-> firm has a natu r«l water l»H of twenty -fl»e feet e!e»en inches. I d n't suppose an inch, mote or Jes« on n watdf-ill amounts to much ' ' Well, no, but I want a windmill on odo of the bills.' 4 Thi.t whs put up last y«ar," was the caloi re 1/. It tv»< time hefore tne strange ' thought o' anything el« butflnnlly said : < 'ih ro muat be a Bapti't churob ri^bt aorois th j ro.id from the house.' ' One b tilt there la«t summer, sir.' ' It must be a brick church,' •Boit is' • Ha» it nn organ.' • It his.' • Then I oan't buy tb« farm of tou." said t e stranger, ruing to k o. ' If 'here is anything I hat* it is a o'lurch orjan, and \ou can see {or yourself that I would be in as a c of cnntiuual mnerr- The farm suits me first-rato, but I can't go tint ortjan.' Ju*t what esi im«te tho«« two men placed upon each o her's »er%eity as tliey separated wi'l nerer >• kn >wr,.