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Soon after we moved to the country we became eligible to join the Westchester County Despair Association, on account of an artesian well -- or, to be exact, on account of three artesian wells, complicated with several springs.
I spoke some pages back of the Westchester County Despair Association, which was founded by George Creel and which has a large membership in our immediate section. As I stated then, any city-bred man who turns amateur farmer and moves into our neighborhood, and who in developing his country place has a streak of hard labor, is eligible to join this organization. And sooner or later -- but as a general thing sooner -- all the urbanites who settle up our way do join. Some day we shall be strong enough to club in and elect our own county officers on a ticket pledged to run a macadam highway past the estate of each member.