New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-08-27
CORRESPONDENCE
Iberia Items.

nothing TRANSFERRED Of special interest
to communicate to your esteemed pa
per. Our people are a moral, industri-
Gus plodding class who are but little
given to any of the sensational vagar-
ries that could make relishable read
ing for the gossip mongers. There has
been neither deaths, births nor marri-
ages here for a long time. 1t is some.
what remarkable that there has not
been a burial at our cemetery since last
January, Notwithstanding it is the bu-
rial place for three or four towns.
It is a busy season for the farmers.
Some are yet stacking, others are
threshing some are haying while 9th.
ers are blowing. The wheat that has
been threshed is turning out very poor,
averaging about four or five bushels
per acre and we have heard of some go.
ing as low as two bushels. There is
De rhaps no other part Of this broad
continent in which the farmers have
labOred under such discOuraging Cir
cumstances and been so poorly recon-
pensed for their labor, as this makes
seven years in succession that our
wheat crops has been a failure. Dur
ing that period of time all our hopes
were vain and each successive year we
have been doomed to disappointment.
It has been said that hope long deferr-
ed breaketh the heart, but that adage
does not apply to the farmers of, the
afflicted section Of this country for they
are still working with energy and hope
that they will ultimately triumph, not
withstanding their repeated failures
and many disasters. Many of your cor.
respondents frequently stated that the
farmers were at times jubilant at the
prospects of a bountiful harvest. I
said long ago that those village scribes
knew but little about farming, for the
farmers had no cause to feel elated at
any time this season. When wheat lays
sixty days in the ground before sprout-
ing and every noxious weed has that
much the start it is vain to hope for a
good or even middling crop of wheat.
NJ. Mullen was up here few days
ago to tune up one Of those j. l. Case
pianos. He claims to be an expert
with that kind of musical instruments.
The people around here have been
waltzlng to it's music and pronounced
splendid.
JOS. Corey met with quite a severe
loss few days ago. His stables were
burned, together with large quanti-
ty of hay, valuable stallion and three
harnesses. It came near being very
serious and sad calamity as it seems
there was no person at home but his
uncle, a very old man, and Mr.. COrey's
little son who were both sleeping in
the barn at the time. The fire was first
seen by Mr.. Brindle from his place a
distance of about half a mile, and
when he got there he had barely time
to rescue the old man and child who
were still slumbering unconscious of
their perlious situation.
Your Lorenzo correspondent with his
multiplicity of topics to write about,
gave but a passing notice to the event
Of coneecrating and raising the bell on
the Catholic church, although it was
very interesting ceremony, such as
many of the people never witnessed
before. Every person in Sleepy Eye
seemed to take an interest in seeing
the bell raised and pride in hearing
it toll. It was quite an interesting
ceremony to see six priests officiating
in their sacerdotal robes, and chanting
praises and thanksgiving to the father
Of nercies. Nearly all the profession
al and business men of the town cheer
fully gave their time and money to
make the occasion a grand success,
both socially and financially. The pro-
eeeds of the pic mic amounted to near
" $500 and l hope the society will
have the gratitude to kindly remember
those who so generously aided them,
and when they have any substantial
favor to bestow, that they will recipro-
cate. One Of the Jesuit Fathers of
Mankato preached very able sermon
in the German language, and Father
Stanley, pastor of tbs Minneota colony,
made pleasant after-dinner speech,
which kept the large conc0urse Of
hearers in pleasant good humor.
The rustic base hall club played a
match game with the Redwood boys
at Redwood last Friday, and came
home iubilant with the word victory
inscribed on their banners. The good
people Of Iberia got up dance and
collected all the fair naidens Of the
eighborhood to greet and cOngratu.
late the triumphant Rustics.
NJ. Jason Dinneen.