RURAL LIFE IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY 



posterity, remarked, "What has posterity ever done for 

 me? Let posterity look out for its own rights!" Many, 

 however, are like the old farmer whose farm had a 

 beautiful setting on the shores of a sparkling lake. He 

 was interviewed one day by a millionaire who was flying 

 through in his limousine. Pleased with the beauty of 

 the place, the millionaire stopped and asked the farmer 

 to set a price on his farm. He was promptly told that 

 the farm was not for sale. Then, with an impatient 

 gesture, the millionaire remarked, "My friend, con- 

 sider a minute. A few thousand dollars one way or the 

 other makes no difference to me; set your price." But 

 the farmer coolly replied, "The farm is not for sale, 

 sir I" With a feeling of contempt the lordly millionaire 

 tried once more. "But you would not refuse to ex- 

 change shining gold for these rough acres and these 

 humble dwellings?" "My friend," said the farmer, 

 pointing to the weatherbeaten house, "I was born in 

 that southwest room from which you can look down 

 over that beautiful lake, and there I expect to die. 

 Other generations will own this property when I am 

 gone. You will have to look elsewhere for your farm." 

 And the millionaire sped on in disgust. 



The owners of these ancestral farms are striving not 

 only to perpetuate their homes in the family but to keep 

 up the standard of the country school and the country 

 church. They realize that these institutions are assets 



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