The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-02-15

had dressed his feet in sonarc-toed
calfskin boots, with heels Of lhfest
cut, aud while : thus + AMversing
through endless keld8 81 gas he
discovered his boots TO be opening
rapidly at the toes, the solcs being
entirely cut off from the uppers. his
toes were left to the hourly danger Of
contact with rattlesnAkes whose no,
sonous fangs at this season Of the year
impaired certain death unless medical
aid could be Immediately procured.
Berg hourly appraised Of his pcrilous
condition, he was At last con1De1l14
without last. to mend his fioot9
This he did by amputsting the tufer-
animated foot from the leg Just above
the ANGLE, then closing the lower end
mechanically by tying string around
it, inserted his foot, and, tying the ears
together behind his heels, remarked
to his companions that he had cstabl
l;shed the first insurance compspy
agaiss rattlesnakes sEEg
Durinxs tie ssikt6rE Of 1880 Ihc
country was left without civilized
inhabitants. But in, the spring Of
1897 other settlers came sih,s vi sihe
person Of Col Prior Scott, John Scott
and Joseph Caraway, the two latter
remaining only during the summer
season, selling their "claims" TO Coz
Prior Scott, who owns and occupies
the land at the present time, in the
west end Of Pioneer.
Soon after these, came Dard Bar
rows ard G. G. Haskins, The saer
making his claim in Picayun6 0t0vc
and the latter west Of Mai. Bells ami
and north Of the railroad, in Linn Go.
We would remark here that county
lines were unknown at that time, rs
government surveys had not yet been
made. o. ~
As we have already stated Prior
Scott came in the spring Of ~ to
where he has remained ever since,
making entries Of government lands to
the amount Of sixteen hundred acres,
which he has since divided among his
sons and daughters, the most OF whom
occupy it at the present time. The
land with its present improvements is
worth not less than S.5, 900. $3.50
Some of the aiiiculties that con-
fronted these "pioneers" may be learn
ed from the following incident in The
history of Mr.. Scott FFin the. mcmtss
Of February, 1888, the Col started
with two yoke of oxen 10 mill, but
without grain, which he intended 70
purchase on the way. He had TO go
lilo miles to the Colony mills in iii.
On reaching the Mississippi river he
found nothing but a canoe for a ferry
boat and was compelled TO leave his
team behind. But with undaunted
perseverance characteristic Of the
man be pushed forward his purpose
by employing two men with teams on
the other side OF the river, purchasing
cora and wheat with which he went
on to mill. After getting his grist he
returned, finding the river frozen over
so as to bear crossing. Hitching on
his oxen he moved homeward, reach
ing home three weeks and three hours
from time Of leaving il. During the
greater part Of this time the family
had subsisted upon b,ickwheat, ground
through q coffee mill. The task Of
going to mill was rendered less bur-
densome in the winter OF SO by a
corncracker being put up in Wal
nut Grove, distance Of only four. or
FIVE miles from the settlement. The
proprietors were Orwell Gronkl,ite
and VIM. Hamilton, the former Of
whom is now living not far from the
original site of the mill: The latter
emigrated TO California.
In the month Of June, 81, JoseySh
Caraway was born, being the fret
child born in this county. Ii ~
spring of 1889 occurred The frst
marriage in the settlement, the parties
being Mr.. Samuel GiRi'and and Miss
Martha Comstock.
During the year last named many
other emigrants came ia. among whom
were DIR. n. Rathbun, q. w Latti-
mcr, Il. Weeks. Samuel Soesbe and
Goodwin Taylor all of whom arenow
living. Mr. Rathbun was an At. w
and also a minister Of the gospel
the first OF either profession that
located anywhere near this part Of the
country. As physician he had an
extensive practice, extending either
way to the Cedar and Wapsipinicon
rivers. The principal diseases at that
time were agnc, and fever inits various
forms. As minister Mr.. II. was
faithful to his calling and earnest in
his labors. He was also Rcprcscr,
tative to the Legislature from this
county---was elected TO that Office III
the fall of AZ, aud served two years.
/ Iyia oo,,rsn while a larislator yras we'll