. Twin souvenir of Francis C. Waid : comprising his First, Second, and Third souvenirs. t is safe to say (if his natural reservedness permits)that Mr. Waid is the wealthiest farmer and the largesttax payer in Woodcock Township. The census of 1880 onfarm reports shows an income of about $2,500 on his farmfor that year, but it is not in real estate alone that hiswealth consists, for he is to-day the holder of $10,000 incounty bonds and other securities, and is also assessedwith $30,000 money at interest; and besides all these hehas other pecuniary privileges. He is somewhat knownas a money leane
. Twin souvenir of Francis C. Waid : comprising his First, Second, and Third souvenirs. t is safe to say (if his natural reservedness permits)that Mr. Waid is the wealthiest farmer and the largesttax payer in Woodcock Township. The census of 1880 onfarm reports shows an income of about $2,500 on his farmfor that year, but it is not in real estate alone that hiswealth consists, for he is to-day the holder of $10,000 incounty bonds and other securities, and is also assessedwith $30,000 money at interest; and besides all these hehas other pecuniary privileges. He is somewhat knownas a money leaner; and one thing in his favor is a littleremarkable—hi (til Jiis dealings he has never yet sued aperson io get his due. Betimes he thought it proper todo as others did, but yet his better view Avas not to in his life he has been sued, and when he writes thehistory of his life in full, he will tell the reason why; atpresent he has patience to wait. On being asked one dayby a friend how he succeeded in accumulating so muchproperty, Mr. Waid quaintly replied, By earning one. 33 dollar at a time and then putting that one to work to helpme earn another. For three years or more Mr. Waid had been thinkingo£ buying a farm for his eldest son, or Guinnip withthe intention of his making a life home of it; so on Jnn-ary 29, 1885, he purchased of Eev. A, S. Goodrich onecontaining nearly 100 acres, know as the Jabez Goodrichfarm (Jabez Goodrich was father of Eev. A. 8.), situatedon the State road four miles east of Meadville, two mileswest of Blooming Valley and less than a mile from thehome of F. 0. Waid. Mr. Waid offered Mr. Goodrich$45 per acre for the property, and they agreed not to sur-vey it but simply chain it. Calling Martin Carpenter,of Blooming Valley, to come and see fair play betweenold friends (and, foi that matter, relatives), Mr. Waid andMr. Goodrich took each an end of the chain, and January28, 1885, though a bitter cold day, tramping around, andthrough deep
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