200 AUTOBIOGRAPHY 



into an orchard where it was less conspicuous and 

 when repaired and enlarged the families of two 

 Danish workmen occupied it and immediately be- 

 gan to take in boarders and washing. Eight years 

 later these two thrifty farmhands moved west, 

 each of them taking with him about twelve hun- 

 dred dollars. 



The next year I invested some seven hundred 

 and fifty dollars in a rent cottage for workmen, 

 which I located near the old McCandless barn on 

 the south side of the farm southeast of the present 

 site of Sage College, in order to protect the barn 

 from tramps and fire. I should have known better 

 for it was one of the best things that ever hap- 

 pened when that monstrous building burned down 

 a few years afterward. After the new barn 

 (1881) which I shall describe in detail farther on, 

 was erected, I invested a thousand dollars of my 

 own money to provide a house for the foreman of 

 the farm. After some years the University au- 

 thorities took over these tenant houses which I had 

 built at prices which let me out nearly even on cost 

 but gave me little interest on the money. As I 

 have already suggested, the housing of the work- 

 men near their work and my interest in their wel- 

 fare, resulted in making them more efficient and 

 improving their habits. 



