Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-12-10
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For the HAsk-Eye Telegraph.
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| There Is nov residing in Huron Township y
1 English woman who gives the following. Amonl
other interesting items, respecting her history
She came 10 this country twenty-five years ag'
with her husband, very poor.
| At that time, she says, Burlington was scarce
| " village Six years ago her husband died
leaving her with Eve small children. He lett hi
family alo acres of land and a small log cabin
with a debt upon th. property oi one hundred
and thirty dollars.
Finding l.erself and faiherlcss children With
out protector, she resolved her farm shoule
improve, instead OF run down. She went e
work in true Englisli woman style TO show whal
| woman could do. Her three little boys were
| then twelve, nine and three years OF age re-
spectiyely. And is questionable whether hel
worldly success has parallel in the State
She, like an honest woman, with the aid OF
favorable crop the FIRST season, paid on the
debts Her next effort was to build her new
house, which she soon pa d for, in which she
now lives, and where, to use her own language,
are found US many real substantial comforts n
are furnished '.at any Hotel in Burlington.
She has 10 acres under tillage and well
fenced, an increase Of 20 acres slnce her hus.
bands death. She has two good orchards, and
she attributes the remarkably good health
which she and her family have enjoyed, very
much to the free use they have made of the
various kinds OF fruits with which they have
freely supplied their table. She has now on her
farm good equipment of farming utensils, for
she says ''she hates to torro,c." Space will al
low only an enumeration In part OF her stock,
crops, farming implements, &c.
She now employs upon her farm Horses,
having last fall "sold the old mare" She sold
last iall one hundred sheep. She keeps two
good yoke Of oxen, five cows, and will sell this
iall forty-five hogs that excel i'll size her neigh
bors, besides these she reserves for her own sup
ply. She has raised the past season over 200
bushels of Corn and 400 bushels OF Wheat
She has two good farm wagons, one OF which
she paid one hubdreG and five dollars Tor last
tail. She has also money at interest. She had
yesterday drove OF fine hogs driven to mar
ket and he money she received from them Is
also to 90 on interest. Hereafter, she says, she
shall give more attention to educating her du-
titul child rem. .s-t
But one thing is not yet told, showing her
discernment and enterprise. Sne SAW at Bur-
lil,gton one OF Wakefield Improved Hand Corn
Planters, and after examining it u few minutes
she seemed to comprehend it and taking out the
money asked if she could have it, saying it was
just tchat SHE ,canted. 5, -a..,..r
And now it is feared she will get the start
in gropiug corn, of souie of her neighbors who
wear pantaoons, unless they are on he alert to
avail themselves OF this great labor-saving and
yet cheap and simple instrument. We need
only say to the old residents OF Des Moines
County that the name OF this enterprsing wo-
man Is Sarah DrlsKell. - u PROGRESS,
Burlington, Dec. 1856. -=-