Show romance Roll lance of a farm A romantic story one in which a number of 0 stirring incidents are related is told of a little farmhouse and forty beven even abreh u of land that within the last week have been turned over to a great church organization for an orphanage thu property prop arty is located on the main line of the northwestern road about two hours out from chicago and adjoins the little village of nachusa lachusa Na chusa the land was handed down from generation to generation by a family of the name of D wrt sart by a member of this family it was nas originally taken up from tho the government and remained in the family until it fell into the possession of tol alexander dysart who for years was as one of the best known citizens of this section he was a man of some eccentricities but beloved by the tile whole hole community he raised a f family mily of sons three of whom became engineers CLi eigi on the northwestern road and are no now running trains the colone during his lifetime improved the old home bome which in early years was but a cabin until it assumed the proportions of a fine country home ho he surrounded it NN with ith a double row of pine trees and these tor for miles may bo seen from points along the road when the colonel was well along in years he be fell in love with a widow and against the wishes of his family married her only to be divorced in a few years within sight of the dysart homo homa was tho the farm of poter peter burham a sturdy german the father of an industrious dust rious family among the children V was as a daughter mar mary who grew grow up to be as a lass as could be found in all leo lee county A farmers daughter she in due time became a farmers wife marrying henry both husband and wife had not one but several farms of rich lee county land but after the body of old col dysart was laid to rest and the property pio perty was offered for sale mrs boucht bought it then she proposed to the evangelical church of m which aich she Is a member to convert the little farm into an orphanage the church accepted tho the charge and only the other day the home of the kindly old colonel was dediea dedicated ted to its noble pur purpose page |