American homes and gardens . The Stable of James H. Proctor, Esq., at Hamilton, Massachusetts, Has a Picturesque Tower Rising amid the Half-timber Gables 284 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS November, 1906 Monthly Comment. ERSONAL relationship with ones fellowmen constitutes one of the most seriousproblems which beset the newcomer in thecountry. This is particularly the case whenone moves into a region as yet but sparselysettled with city folk, and where the largerpart of ones neighbors consist of the original settlers, bornand bred upon the soil. Ones personal wealth or individualachievements count
American homes and gardens . The Stable of James H. Proctor, Esq., at Hamilton, Massachusetts, Has a Picturesque Tower Rising amid the Half-timber Gables 284 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS November, 1906 Monthly Comment. ERSONAL relationship with ones fellowmen constitutes one of the most seriousproblems which beset the newcomer in thecountry. This is particularly the case whenone moves into a region as yet but sparselysettled with city folk, and where the largerpart of ones neighbors consist of the original settlers, bornand bred upon the soil. Ones personal wealth or individualachievements count but little in such communities. The mostbloated aristocrat, the most distinguished brain-worker, be-come persons of very small moment amid the exclusive so-ciety of the soil-bred. The newcomer is, of course, a highlydesirable person from whom to extract money; his money isnot only as good as any ones else, but very much better,since for it has been exchanged land and houses of no par-ticular use or real value to the original owners, and whichonly obtain a value when a sucker appears from the newcomer, established in his new possession, remainsthere in solitary state. Between himself and the soil-bre
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