The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-08-25
A Pair Of nIOOmor eIfIstu WIseOnaIu,

Ia orr ranbles up The Chippewa, In
Northern Wisconsin, q few days ago,
we CHANGED upon husky, brown faced
girl ploWlng out q twenty acre corn
held. She was rugged In a snuff color.
ed 'bloomer,' With straw hat, and
good homes. number seven boots. She
was evidently all girl, and working
with will. She had been In the field
since early morning, taking long strides
behind q spirited horse, With the lines
thrown across her shoulders, and both
hands firmly al the pillow. II was Just
good fan, she said, 10 take care OF 20
acres, and away she strobe through the
long roWB-turning corners, kicking
over HodB, and never thought Of rest
or whoa, till tho dlnner.hoEn sounded
across the field. On Inquiry, we learn.
ed that our corn.Aeld heroine was one
oftWO New. Hampshire girls, who mls
grated with their parentA to Eau Claire
some dozen year, ago. They bargain
cd for o quarter section OF Wild land ,
and set about making o farm. There
were no boys In the family. The girls
were young, bright, healthy, and full OF
pluck and ylgor, Their mother dressed
them In bl0omers, and gave them
their cholee indoors or out. From the
start, they look 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 sprluE 70 latest autumn.
As they grew older, they grew tough
and wiry, and were alike ready at
handling teams, breaking colts, build
ing bridges, opening roads, fsrdIng
creeks, clearing d1eadowB, loading hay,
binding grain, Or mounting straw
stack. In good seasons they cut so tuns
OF hay and so acres OF grain. In rainy
seasons they had 10 bring outth hay
by haud,' carrying It on poles, knee
deep through Alougha and marshes. Iu
winter they attended school, and took
care Of 90 head Of cattle, drawing hay
from the sWRnps In the coolest weather.
They hired no help except al harvest.
Ing. They did their own trading and
marketing, and could never be outWit-
ted by any Of the store chaps at Eau
Claire. The girls are now Is and 20
years OF age, and have done more farm
work than any two boys In the county,
Their father, beginning with nothing, is
now rich, with broad fields, and thou
sands OF ready stamps, mostly achieved
through the grit and energy OF
his daughters, During the pres.
sent season the girls have let
up a little on their outdoor accom-.
plishments, and are only cultlvatiug
twenty actes OF corn for their own
amusemenI. They have built them q
spacious residence. They attend balls
and parties 20 ttoutlns, drive their
own teams, and occasionally give the
boys chance TO show their spnnk and
gallantry. or coure snch girls are OBJ
jects OF excitement and Interest In their
neighborhood. They are looked upon
as "capitAl prizes" and young fellows
are ready to break their nscks for them.
They are now right In their freshest
bloom, with thoughts Of love and ro-
nance, and what may seem strange,
they are neither coarse nor masculine
in appearance; they, are simply round,
trim, sprIghLly girls, with resolution In
their eye and plenty OF good sense In
their heads. 1t may be interesting 10
female politicians TO know that these
Chippewa Valley girls never whine or
declalm about their "rIghts" or "posl-
tton." They saw rough work 10 be
homework most needed In our West.
ern country-and, asking odds OF no:
body, they went In brAVely on their
muscle and did IL. They have made no
noise about It. They have not cackled
at Conventions. They have never sat
with Miss Anthony or Lucy Stone
Blackwell. They have fairly won q
much higher seat among the queens OF
American MISUNDERSTANDING WiScoM.
sin,