03088cam a22003853u 4500 76684 UtSlPG 20260610134756.0 m cr n 260607r20251913utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d 13003262 UtSlPG en iso639-1 PS Bartlett, Frederick Orin, 1876-1945 New lives for old Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2025 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2025-08-15 A new beginning -- My neighbors -- Cold facts -- A town asleep -- Stirring things up -- A game worth playing -- The pioneers -- The new way -- Spring -- Results -- A great day -- New ventures -- Getting together -- Finding ourselves -- The goose hangs high. Emmanuel Ackerman, David E. Brown, Joyce Wilson, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "New lives for old" by Frederick Orin Bartlett is a novel written in the early 20th century. It follows a city-bred narrator, Billy Carleton, and his wife Ruth as they buy a neglected New England farm and set out to restore both their homestead and the spirit of the surrounding town. The story contrasts immigrant enterprise with native stagnation and moves toward a community‑wide effort to revive local agriculture and pride. The opening of the novel shows Billy and Ruth searching the countryside, joyfully choosing a rundown, centuries-old farmhouse and fifty acres, and fixing it up with local labor that proves frustratingly idle. Billy contrasts these neighbors—Seth, Jim, and Josh—with an industrious Italian family led by Tony and the prosperous farmer Giuseppe Dardoni, whose well-run “estate” uses every acre wisely. A cheerful housewarming introduces the townsfolk, while a shockingly high store bill and a candid talk with the storekeeper, Moulton, reveal why the village struggles: poor production, heavy credit, and dependence on patent medicines. After seeing Dardoni’s success and loaning money to a neighbor trapped by debt, Billy resolves to “wake up” the town, sparring with the cautious minister and then launching a practical plan: a broad civic club, the Pioneers, funded with prize money to reward real results in fields, orchards, and homes—culminating in a rousing first meeting that packs the hall. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: Boston: Small, Maynard and Company, 1913 New England -- Fiction Villages -- Fiction Country life -- Fiction Farmers -- Fiction Agriculture, Cooperative -- Fiction https://archive.org/details/newlivesforold00bartiala https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76684 117409 117409