Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1895 — A Curious Lease. [ARTICLE]

A Curious Lease.

A curious lease is on record 1 in Hebron, Conn. It declares that the- Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts leases thirty acres of land to one S. W. Chase ami his heirs for the term of 9,999 years. The tenure is held on condition that the said “Chase, or his heirs shall pay to John Sutton and J. T. Peters, church wardens of said society, or their successors in office, one grain of pure silver or other silver, gold equivalent (is demanded), on St. John’s Day of each ensuing year.” Warfare has its romance; even the din of battle has a sort of an engagement ring. It makes no difference what a man’s first impulse is in an argument with a woman, his last is to run. ,