Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-09-09
What a Couple of Brave Wiscon-
sin Girls Have Done.


In our rambles up the Chippe-
wa,' few days ago, we CHANGED
upon a husky, brown faced girl
plowing out twenty. acre corn field.
She was rugged in snuff colored
''bloomer," with a straw hat, and
good honest number seven boots
There was no shame about her.
She was evidently all girl, and work
ing with will. She had been in
the field since early morning, taking
long strides behind spirited horse,
with the lines thrown across her
shoulder, and both hands firmly at
the plow. 1t was just good filn,''
she said, to take care of twenty
acres, ald away she strobe through
the long rows - turning corners,
kicking over sods, and never a
thought Of rest Or whoa" till the
dinner horns sounded across the
field.
On inquiry, we learned that our
cornfi field heroine was one of two
New Hampshire girls, who migrated
with their parents to Eau Claire
some dozen years ago. they had
little means, but were of good work
ing stock. They bargained for a
quarter section of wild land, and set
about making a farm. There we've
no boys in the family. The girls
were young, bright, healthy, and
full ofpluck and vigor. Their moth
er dressed them in bloomers and
gave them their choice, indoors or
out. From the start they took the
place Of the boys; they were not
afraid Of dust or sunshine; they
never complained, they never tired
out; they seldom missed a day from
the fields through all the season,
from earliest spring to latest autumn.
AS they grew older, they grew tough
and wiry, and were alike ready at
handling teams, breaking colts,
building bridges, opening roads,
fording creeks, clearing meadows,
loading hay, binding grain OF
mounting 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 ans
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 in har-
testing. They did their own trad
ing and marketing, and could never
be outwitted by any of the store
chaps at Eau Clare.
The girls are now Is and 20 years
Of age, and have done more farm
ing than any two boys in the coun
ty. Their father, beginning with
nothing, is now rich, with broad
fields and thousands ofready stamps
mostly achieved through the grit
and energy Of his dau hters.
During the present season the
girls have ''let up'' a little on their
outdoor accomplishments, and are
only cu!tivating twenty acres OF
corn for their own amusement
They have built item spacious re
sidence. They attend balls ano
parties, 60 a fronting. drive tlleil
Eown teams, and occasionally give
the boys a chance to show theil
spunk and gallantry. OF course
such girls are objects of excitement
and interest in their neighborhood
They are looked upon as ''capita
prizes" and young fellows are read,
to break their necks for them. They
are now in their freshest bloom
with thoughts of love and romance
beginning to steal about the back o
their necks and brains, and wha
may seem as strange, they are Meth
er coarse nor masculine in appear
ance they are simply round
sprightly, full-breasted girls. witt
resolution in their eye, and plent,
of good sense in their heads.
1t may be interesting to femal
politicians to know that these Chip
pewa Valley girls never whine o
declaim about their rights" or po
sition." They saw rough work tt
be homework most needed in ou
Western country-and asking odd
of nobody, they went in bravely ol
their muscle and did it. They hav
made no noise about it. They hav
not cackled at conventions. The,
, never sat with Miss Anthony O
Lucy Stons Blackwell. They hav
!, fairly won much higher seat anon.
| the queens of American industry
milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Lay delegation in the NJ. E. churcl