The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-02-13
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AS A lfoosIER FARMER.

AS A IfoosIEn FARMER.
He married in December 1880 AMI
removed To st. Joseph County, Ind.
where he bought u small tract OF timber
land and began Ia clear il for farm.
lie was not successful in tho unutertak.
ing, and in 1859, he went to Southwest
Missouri and purchased farm in Morgan
county. Then the war trouble came on.
snd, rs he had expressed strong Union
sentiments, 1t became pru dent for him to
make another move--this time to Warren
| county, ILL.,, whcrc he rented farm. nut
IN general crop, and In August, 1869,
nc enlisted as private in Company L,
oi the sgd regiment, Illinois Infantry.
| IN THE ARMY. -, -
ffivate Pfeffer was commissioned &
second lieutenant, and was subsequently
Mfas ,aIsRas IN HaliifRRpa tlla
supplies for the military divisionss b.
mississippi under General Sherman. He
served without sick leave or fnrlougi,
untii June 20, 1855, when he was honor
ably discharged
| such leisure us came to him i'm tho
army he had devoted To study, and after
MS discharge he opened law Office i'm
ttSrksViilr, Tenn. lie secured a number
"i important eases growing out Of tho
war, and prosecuted them successfully.
In the work of establishing peace and
good will in the South he took issue with
the extreme radicalism of Governor
brownlow and laborcd for the organiza-
ton of Conservative. Union party IN
harmony with the National Republican
party. After four years residence at
C'arksvillc he grew tired Of the social
and political condition, and sacrificing
his property there, he removed to Wilson
county, Kan, in 1870. There he located
claim and again engaged in agriculture.
Ie wa. In
ator from Wilson aud Montgomery coun.
tics.
AS A JOURNALIST.
He met with financial rcvcrscs in 1875,
and changed his location to Coifcyvillc,
Montgomery county, where he started
the Cotfeyvillc Journal aud abandoned
his law practice on account of failing
health He was u Republican Prcsidcn-
iial clcctor in 1880, and gave up party
politics with the election of Garfield
and removed to Topeka in 1881, and
subsequently accepted tho cditorship Of
the Kansas Farmer, and became special
editorial writer for the Topeka Daily
Capital.
Ills HOBBIES.
Mr.. Pfclrcrh has been n prominent cham
pion of the interests of the farmers for
many wears, and was their principal
~ NYsSU. TIC Nassruny -,.rua.;..i.ipnist
but has always acted with the Republic
can party. He is u member of fho Pro-
stestnnf Episcopnf church and is a -
Mason and Knight of Labor He afa-rs
vors free coinage and endorses the de-
mands of the st. Louis platform, upon
which the Peoples party was founded.
His principal hobby is the construction
by the Government of north and SOUTH
railroads in the west, and the loaning OF
money by tlm Government 10 the farmers
at low rate Of interest. His article in
the Forum on the "Dcfensivc Movement
Of Farmers" gave him the general favor
of the farmers. Hc is the author of
'Pfcircrs Tariff Manual" which was CON
Sidcrcd good Republican campaign
document in 1888. lie also published
another pamphlet in 1880 under the title
Of THE Way Out" which embodied his
peculiar ideas Of government loans to
farmers.
Judge Pfcircr is six feet in height, OF
slender build, wears full black beard
and in general appearance is plain and
unprctcntious. Hc is slow and mcthodi
cal in manner, but in addressing an au-
dicncc he talks rapidly, earnestly, per-
ai>tcntIy and ditfusively.
As the rcnr"sentative 60 .:,u 1iiiaucc,
hi, whole effort will be devoted to secur-
in" II more abundant circulation of money
and cheaper rates of transportation.
Judge Pfeffer lives quietly and com
foltably in a small cottage on Fillmore
street in Topeka. His tastes are domcs-
tic and studious, and his home life is de-
void of display or fashion. He has
wife and four childrcn-two girls and
two boys-thc latter being practical
printers working in this city