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Show The Government Bet. An Irishman in the west intended to take up a homestead claim, but not knowing how to go about it, sought information from a friend. "Malachi," he said, "you know all about the daw. Tell me what I am. to do about it." "Well," said the other, "I don't remember re-member the exact wording of the law, but I can give you the meaning of .t.. It's this: The government is willing, to bet you 160 acres of land against $14 that you can't live on it five years, without starving tc death." |