Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1912 — Back to His Starting Point. [ARTICLE]

Back to His Starting Point.

Some people are so wrapped up in their pursuit of wealth that they remind us of. a story told of an old farmer over near Peoria, Ill.; He had plenty of this world’s goods, but he always wanted more. He had a mania for the rich corn growing land - around Peoria. He drove into town one day with a load of hogs. T'/T “ ‘Well, Jake, what are you going to do with those hogs?’ asked a bystander.' l “ ‘Sell ’em.’ “ ‘What are you going to do with the money? You don’t need it.’* 1 “ ‘Well, I got my eye on an eighty adjoining my 330 in the bottoms/ “ ‘What are you going to do with the land when you get it? You own half the county 7 now.’ “ ‘Raise more corn.’ “ ‘What for?’ “ ‘To feed more hogs.’ What for?’ “ ‘To sell and buy more land.’ ”