Show A fortune from a sheep A correspondent of oe the bosto boston 1 cultivator cu It Ivator relates the following 0 anecdote tn in 1802 mr bidtel Bid Bl drell vei vel a law stud rit in stockbridge told a poor lad ad that if he would catch and turn out his horse he might have it to nde home to keep thanksgiving thant cs lvin ivin g the boy accepted the offer and the day before thanksgiving g iving ta as te be was mounted on the horse ready to start for home mr bidwell P handed him a silver bliver dolar the first dollar the instead in 3 tead of spending it for personal gratification and most boys nowadays now nowadays a days daya do he bought bou lt a sheep with it from that sheep he had bad in 1832 a flock of 1061 sheep which he be sold for 1506 dollars the he money invested in uptown lots in new york city pure purchasing hasin ten lots 0 for dollars each which he so sold bold ld in in two ye rs ra for dolor this was the beginning of the fortune of nathan jackson esq distinguished dasting for his generous and munificent donations at various times to williams willia mst college mass f when a boy the writer with his brother broth er and apster each had a sheep given them a and nd the r father kept them t b em and retained reta ned ha f the increase for keeping thus all afi affording an opportunity for procuring pro curinga a little money which he and they could call their own myself and brother also were allowed each a piece of grond ground to cultivate as he pleased please dand and were wera permitted to sell the products thereof for wh t they would fetch in this way we were allowed to get money that we could call our own it being the product of our own skill and industry the brother of the writer is now a successful and forehanded farmer in worcester county count y mass af ass and the writer has a farm in hampshire county mass how much these early lessons in rural industry and economy had to do with their present position can never be accurately estimated doubtless som bom thin g and perhaps much all farmers wulfing wUlf ili iii find ind it a pleasant thus to way encourage e their children by sall b giving them opportunity an 7 by exercising skill and 1 bifid ra UT to produce something they can call th their air awn own |