HOMESTEADS MAY BE HAD BY THOSE DE- WITH THE PUBLIC LAW ON THE SUBJECT OF FREE HOMES, TOGETHER WITH NUMEROUS SUCCESSFUL EXPERIENCES OF OTHERS, WHO, THOUGH COME THE OWNERS OF AMPLE FARMS. BY THE AUTHOR OF "TEN ACRES ENOUGH." SECOND EDITION. New York: PUBLISHED BY JAMES MILLER, (SUCCESSOR TO 0. 8. FRANCIS & CO.) 522 BROADWAY. 1864. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, BY JAMES MILLER, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, RENNIE, SHEA & LINDSAY, ANDERSON & RAMSAY, 28 Frankfort Street, N. Y. PREFACE. THE rich man needs no such work as this. His ample purse will enable him to purchase land whereever his fancy may lead, paying for other men's improvements, and lavishly expending his means on He has his idols in common with the The first thought of the former is to im prove and embellish; that of the latter is simply to acquire. new ones. poor man. The now wealthy man was at one time actuateď by a similar impulse. Henceforth his ambition is to spend. As the poor are always with us, there is a constantly existing crowd whose aspirations are identical with those which he once entertained. Many of them are equally deserving with their successful predecessors. Many of them have no thought of achieving fortune by commerce, trade, or manufactures, or the national vice of office-seeking. Their attention is directed exclusively to agriculture, and the acquisition of land. They have either been brought up as farmers, or a passion has been born with them to become such, or disappoint |