Show romance of a farm A romantic story one which a number of stirring incidents are related iq Is told of a little farmhouse and forty seven acrea acres at ot land that within the last week have been turned over to a great church organization for an orphanage tho the property la Is located on the main line of tho the northwestern road about two hours out from chicago and ad jolna joins tho the little village of Na lachusa chusa aa the land was handed down from genera tion to generation by a family of the name of dysart by a member of this family it waa was originally taken up from tho the government and remained in the family until it fell into tho the possession por of col alexander dysart who for years waa was one of ohp th best beat known aitt zena tens oc of tuli beetle lie ile was a R man of some eccentricities but beloved by the whole community he raised a family of sons three of whom became angi engineers on the northwestern road and aie are now running train trains the colonel during bla his lifetime Iffe time Imp the old home which in early years was but a cabin until it assumed the pro port portions lons of a fine country home he surrounded it with a double row of pine trees and these there for miles may be seen from points along the road aheu the colonel was well along in TV ry he tell fell in lovo with a widow J against the wishes 0 of his family married her only to be divorced in a few years within sight of the dysart home was the arm of peter durham a sturdy german the father of an industrious dust rious family among the children was a daughter mary who wha grew up to bo be al pretty a lass as could be found in all lee county A farmers daughter she in duo time became a farmers wife marrying henry doth both huab ind and wife bod had not one but several farms of rich lee county land but after the body of old col dysart waa was laid to rest and the property was of for eale mrs shippers Ship peri bought it then the proposed to the ET evangelical angelical church of which she Is a member to convert tho the little farm into an orphan ordan age the church accepted the charge and only the other day the home of the kindly old colonel was dedicated to ita its noble purpose |