Daily Republican., 1882-01-21
qR[Rp EDITION.
A SMART q RI.
Mew She Won . F0l tune by ROHgh.
Ing II.

A core pendent says: THE smartest
I've met in Iowa was at Nevada, Story
coun y, North western Iowa-Miss Be-
la Clinton. Miss Clinton is a bright.
eyed, rosy cheek girl Of twenty, as full
of fun and health, and vigor az a good
girl "an no. Two years ago, Miss Gin
ton was a school teacher. Saving up
by her eachlIgs about $50, she last
spring borrowed span Of horses from
her Iather, rugged up "prairie schooI,-
er, aud taking her little brother start
Ell !ot Dakota. In the wagon were a
nice soft feather bed and a mattress,
bags OF flour, lotatoes, ham, canned
milk, and small groceries Miss Gin,
ton saws, laughingly to-day, speaking
of her trip;
"Wh,, never lived SO nicely in my
life, and never had such an appetite
and such courtesy ] received every
where, Rough, rude men would come
TO our camp and after had talked with
them awhile, offer TO build my fire and
actually bring water to use, How was
the scenery. o, it was gorgeous . We
rode through parties carpeted with
flowers and melodious with songs o..
birds"
"What did you do when you got to
Dakota 90 asked, eltranced by her
story.
"Rut let NE tell you how we went
first. We went up through the Spirit
Lake country in Iowa, crossing the
Milwaukee and st. Paul Road at Spen
Ger. TLen WE drove northwest across
the Iowa border, into the southwest
corner OF Minnesota. Then we went
west across the Big Sioux and dozen
other little fivero, and finally came TO
the James river. This is the wheat
country. 1t IS about 100 miles east
from the Missouri at Fort SuIly Here
IN Beadle, Bond, Sphinx and Fak coun-
ties we came Oh to the finest wheat
pra,rles in the West
Now You ask me what | did. Well,
l houesteaded 100 acres of land. Then
took up timber claim of 100 acre.
more
What is timber claim ."
why, | hired man, and we set on,
ten acres OF trees. This gave Inc l6C
acres more.
SO have $40 acres now. But | mus,
Tell you about those trees. They were
young locust, apple and black alnu,
sprouts. lsoWed peck of locust beans,
a pint OF apple seeds and two busuel.
OF olacK "ainnts in our garden in Iowa
year ago. These sprouts were little
fellows, and we could set them GU,
fast-Jas' 90 along and stick them in
the ground. Bur they are Just as good
L believe my 5000 little black walnut
sprouts Will be worth fifteen dollar,
apiece IN ten years, and twenty dollars
apiece III tftt Ell. My locust trees will
sometime teuce the whole country"
Then what did you do?"
we Quit a shanty and lroke W
hVe acres; aud this fall W. came bach
l" Iowa to spend t4e winter, and her,
we are, ard Mis- Clinton laughins
made courtesy and tipped her han,
IKE the dancing fairy We sea in the Oh
era.
And what will you do in the distar
future"
'ln the spring | will 60 back will
more Diack walnut and locust sprouts
ana take up 100 acres more. The tree
are last what | want to plant ANYWAY
and they'll pay better than apv whea
crop that can be raised-ouly v. %
TO wait for them ten ol'twelve years; bl
) can wait, and her eyes glowed wit
hope and happiness as she looked int
the future.
Here. | thought is a significant Girl
Tier Ideas are bold and grand. She i
a very Oan Of Arc. And still here i
something here is a work-almos
within the province Of thousands 0
young men and women in the Easr
Here is girl who owns in her owl
right go acres of splendid black prairi
SOL now, and who will own $50 in IN,
spflng-every acre of which will brip,
nVe dollars IN three years, and ten dol
lars WITHIN tive years, ard twenty dol
lars within ten years. Her black wal
nut an" locust Trees will be worth a,
much more. AT the age OF thirty sh,
Will be worth $4,000. Auy youn,
man or any young woman with averag,
La!ehts can DO the saint If the poo
irlsh peasant who carries bog on hi
PACK, and makes potato Patch ON tn
barren rocks 70 be owned by crue
landlord, would only 60 to Northwes
Tern Iowa or Southwestern Dakota
"haf fortune Of health and happires
ana money would await him