The Osceola times., 1883-11-24
AN !ewA GIRL.
The stsry sf Belle Clinton, the Brave
Daktta Memssteader.
4 Lss!s ssssy Haired lsss's Successful Ss-
isslss q ess II ne sssisss Prssss~s Of
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Nevada, To-, Rsprsssnsasive.

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gentle maiden who, since she came here
. little sunny-haired les in the parental
ark, has slided quietly among US from
the door Of her fathers pretty cottage in
linn street. The cstechisn she learned
IN the Nethodia Sunday school, the
three Rs in the old school-house, and
the ologies were pursued at the Agricul-
tural college till broken health called .
halt. One long winter she studied this
problem Of her own. Given physical
unftnes for the advocations by which
Iowa young women ordinarily earn Q
livelihood, how is independence to be
sscurs.i7 and in i.,e following saailaeI.
1850, she set about in practical solution.
An expedition, inspired by her zeal, and
consisting of herself, her mother o.
chaperon and commissary Of the party,
her sister May, and two young friends Of
the male persuasion," set out in .
prairie schooner for the great northwest.
Two weeks ofjourneying over circuitous
route, brought them to the home Of her
college clasamate, near station which
ives ringing for the first time with the
shrek Of the locsmotive. This was the
nacleus. .of the aey booming city Of
Mitchell, the mart of southeastern Da-
kota.
Near the residence of her friend Miss
Hsmbleton selected her homestead and
timber lot. and In the land office of
Davidson county entered her claim.
Afssr . weeks stay the pioneer party 70
turned, brown, vigorous, and enthusias-
tic. The spring took our homesteader
again TO Mitchell, and she supervised the
building Of her shanty, the breaking
stipulated by law, and the planting Of
her timber. Her cabin was supplied
with such comforts a circumstances al
lowed, and the plscs became known 70
passefs-by - "the school ma'am's claim,
where the flowers grow."
Just before Thanksgiving Of that year
she rolled the stone against the door Of
her cot and turned for winter shelter
towaed the old rooftree.
At Boone. chance then led the sen.
ior editor Of The Representative, then
pcncil-pusher Of The Boone Republican,
70 eeat beside her In the railway car,
and the two friends discussed her ex-
perience q Q homesteader until the
train reached Nevada. The main points
Of her experience were embodied In an
editorial for the next issue of The Re-
publican. Eli Perkins was, at that time,
on tour which included several towns
ON the line of the Northwestern.
whether he caught Miss Sallie's story
from her own lips or others, found 1t in
The Republican paragraphs, or in his
own fertile imagination, deponent sayeth
not but true II is that in his next pub
liahed letter to The Chicago Daily Tri
bune was incorporated, with slight EN-
bellishments, the outline of the pioneer
girls doinM. II was given o. q railway
conversation between himself and "Miss
Belle Clinton, Of Nevada, the smartest
girl l met in Iowa." In those days
Young lady home -steaders were rare, and
the readers of The Tribune in this
vicinity immediately referred the aliai
TO Mis Hambleton. Eli Perkins letteI
was copied by the press in the east q,
WCti - III tahC III WCot
In December letters began to arrive
addressed 70 Belle Clinton, and they
we're unhesitatingly assigned to Mis-,
Hamblcton. They hailed from all point,
fron Maine to California, q single mai
often bringing half . dozen. Before
winter was over the number received
had swelled TO several hundred. They
were fFom old men, young men, widow
and maids, and with rare exception,
were honest inquiries for information b,
persons desiring to become homestead
eFs. OF course they were honestly ans
hithfully answered, and with the open
ing Of the spring Of 1882, q considerable
nuriber OF Belle Cliuton's correspondent
became Dakota settlers; and the infiu
ence on emigration exerted by the pres
report Of her enterprise IL indicated b,
the fact that on the strength of Il, on
Greene county o.d German alone starte,
OF sixty young men; "For," said he
what GIRL can do, OF course they can.
In recognition of her service the officer
Of the Milwaukee railroad readily passe,
her over their line and the second 81,
months, shortened by . long visit fron
her mother, was spent on the claim.
In April last the third half year of oc
cupation was begun. The right of
brave, gentle woman to strive honorable
for independence had made her cabin
castle impregnable 10 either open invad
er or secret foe 4; but destiny NO moat o
fortress walls can stay, In an editoria
room In San Francisco, q native of tn
city Of brotherly love, whose kindre,
were still beside the Schuylkill, prepare,
copy" for The Journal of Commerce
His homo, the fireside ofa friend, wa
broken up by death. Belle Clinton, tn
Iowa maiden, pursuing q worthy puI
pose In . path unbeaten by her sex, ha,
been named in numberlese exchanges
and, in an hour ofleneliness, he sent he
aword Of encouragement. The kindl
message drew . courteous response, an,
1t ID the old, old story. thus started
the moving shuttle was unhindere'
until II had woven fast two lives.
In June, aller Mrs. Hambleton ha,
joined her daughter In Belle Clinton
rustic ehApty, the prince beheld hi
princes hoe 10 face" His vidt b
MitcAejl $50 followed by one to be
parental h6me the engagement Hn
giittered on. her finger, the Dakota CLAIM
Was proved up, and in the George Ham
bletQn cottage, in Nevada, rejoiced a re
united household. A few weeks of bus,
preparation followed, and then, Septem
her 4, the nuptisls were celebrated.
Belle Clinton's romance il complete
and ffom the marriage sacrament 2,
forth Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Jarden.
Health Hiuts.
The cool, damp evenings of the fall art
unsafs for invalids who are careless Of