HOMESTEADS


"Malachi," said a prospective homesteader to a lawyer, "you know all

about this law. Tell me what I am to do."



"Well," said the other, "I don't remember the exact wording of the law,

but I can give you the meaning of it. It's this: The government is

willin' to bet you one hundred and sixty acres of land against fourteen

dollars that you can't live on it five years without starving to

death."--_Fenimore Martin_.



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