Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1892 — Didn’t Heed the Proverb. [ARTICLE]

Didn’t Heed the Proverb.

A farmer in Manchester, Me., is reflecting sorrowfully upon the maxim that “honesty is the best policy.” Several years ago, In order to avqid paying some debts, he conveyed his farm, worth $4,000, to his wife. The wife died recently, and according to law the property goes to her children, the widower’s right of dower excepted. The children refuse to re-convey the farm to their father.