Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-09-09

A once she dreamed It In the days Of old.
No longer fair the eyes 10 longer bright,
But sad and heavy with the weight Of eares
Looking al her from out her glass tonight
They echo back her thought: "no longer fAin"
o. 10 saAy fer wonan's heart
That che may never have lovise homo
where those Of her own life and being part
Welcome With sweetest kisses when she eones
New England Girls vvOrking q
Western Farm.
The Milwaukee Wisconsin has the
following: a-@-
"In our rambles 'Upthe Chippewa,
a few days ago, we CHANGED upon a
brown-faced girl ploughing out a
twenty-acre corn field. She was
rugged in snuff-colored 'bloomer,
with a straw hat, and good, honest,
number seven boots. There was no
sham about her. She was evidently
working with will. She had been
in the field since early morning, ia
king long strides behind spirited
horse, with the lines thrown across
her shoulder, and both hands firmly
on the plough. It was just good
fun she said, to take care of twenty
acres; and away she strobe through
the long rows-turning corners,
kicking over sods, and never a thought
of rest or whoa, till the dinner-horn
sounded across the field.
On inquiry, we learned that our
corn-field heroine was one of two
New Hampshire girls who migrated
with their parents to Eau Claire
some dozen years ago. They had
Thtle means, but were of good, work
ing stock. They bargained for a
quarter section Of wild land, and set
about making farm. The girls
were young, bright, healthy and full
of pluck and vigor. Their mother
dressed them in bloonlers, and gave
them their choice, indoors or out.
From the start they took the place
of boys; they were not afraid of dust
or sunshine; they never complained;
they never tired out; they seldom
missed day from the fields through
all the seasons, from earliest spring
to latest autumn. AS they grew old
they grew tough, and why, and were
alike ready at handling teams, break
ing colts, building bridges, opening
roads, fording creeks, clearing mead
ows, loading hay, binding grain or
mounting a straw stack. In good
seasons they cut eighty tons of hay
and eighty acres Of grain. In rainy
seasons they had to bring out their
hay by hand,' carrying it on poles,
knee, deep through sloughs and
marshes. In winter they attended
school, and took care of sixty head
Of cattle, drawing hay from the
swamps in the coolest weather.
They, hired no help except at har-
vesting. They did their own trading
and marketing, and could never be
outwitted by any Of the store chaps
ut Eau Claire.
The girls are now eighteen and
twenty years of age, and have done
more farm work than any two boys
in the County. Their father, begin
ming with nothing, is now rich with
broad fields and thousands of ready
stamps, mostly achieved through
the grit and energy of his daughters.
During the present season the girls
have let up on their outdoor ac-
c0mplishments, and are only culti-
waiting twenty acres of corn for their
own amusement. They have built
them a spacious residence. They at
tend balls and parties, 60 trouting,
drive their own teams, and OCCASION
ally give the boys chance to show
their spunk and gallantry. Ofcourse
such girls are objects Of excitement
and interest in their neighbOrll0od.
They are looked upon as capital pri-
yes; and young fellows are ready to
break their necks for them. They
are now right in their freshest bloom,
but they are neither coarse nor mas
culine in their appearance; they are
simply round, trim, sprightly, full
breasted girls, with resolution in
their eyes, and plenty Of good sense
in their heads.
It may be interesting to female
politicians to know that these Chip
pewa Valley girls never whine nor
fret about their rights or position
They saw rough work to be done
work most needed in our Western
country-and, asking oddsof nobody,
they went in bravely on theirmuscle
and did it. They have made no
noise about it,"
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