The morning news., 1892-03-28
MRS. GLOVER IS A HusTL sR.
She Made the Farm Pay After Her
Husband Went to Congress.

She Made the Farm Pay After Her
Husband Went to Congress.
Fros. the Nels York World
WINFIELD, KAN, March 24.-Mra Clover,
wife OF Congressman Clover, is about the
most widely talked OF woman in the state of
Kansas. She is the pet OF the Third con-
Rressional district. AMI II universal suffrage
comes with Zoe other political changes in
t1is state she win certainly be forced into
the gubernatorial chair.
Congressman Clover came to Kansas IN
spring OF 1871 and settled in Cowley county.
In the early days be proved himself an ex-
pert land grabber and succeeded IN freezing
out his neighbors until be had secured some
800 acres Of the best land in Kansas. Then
Mr.. Clover began farming on a large scale
and made dismal failure Of the venture.
his magnificent farm went to rack, the
plows and reapers were left to make roost-
ing places for the Birds ard the elements
played sad havoc with them. His neigh
bors even declared chat his corn cribs were
so poorly CONSTRUCTED that the rain
beat down and ruined the crop be-
fore the expected rise in the
market came, and that everything
aboub the old homestead was going TO the
dogs: When two OF his grown sons left for
Oklahoma affairs were in such a bad wav
that Mr.. Clover concluded that the iniqui-
tous legislature was responsible for it and
he LETT the Republican party aud Joined the
alliance. He was elected president of this
organization. but still continued to manage
the farm, which had beeu plastered with
mortgages for all it would stand. Mrs.
Clover, up TO this time. had contented her
self with looking after the chickens and the
garden. Mr.. Clover had the finest chickens
and t-s hest garden in the country, but al
though he appeared industrious enough the
farm itself would not meet the interest on
the mortgages and the taxes.
IL was at this time that the Cowley county
farmer received the alliance nomination for
congress. His wife encouraged his ambition
aud announced her willingness to look after
the farm.
"You can take il. said Mr.. Clover, "and
do the best you know how. IL things gets
very much worse we will let them foreclose
and we will move TO town"
Mrs. Clover does not lock Ikea farmers
wife. She is always neatly dressed. has a
much better education than her husband.
he is portly. She is spare. Mr.. Clover is a
slow thinker and a slow talker. Mrs. Clover
thinks quickly and acts promptly.
When Mr.. Clover entered upon his can
vass the crops were all In the ground, but
had not been cultivated. With the assist
ance OF the younger son, who remained at
home, and two hired hands, Mrs. Glover
undertook 60 cultivate and harvest the
CROP The wheat yield and the corn crop
were fair and it was carefully harvested and
housed. Mrs. Clover expended her surplus
IN improving the farm and building out
houses for abe agricultural implements. It
was the management Of the farm in 1891
that told on the financial standing OF the
Clovers. Mrs. Clover planted the crops
cultivated them and harvested and sold
them. In addition Co paying ths taxes aud
interest on the mortgageI. Mrs. Clover paid
all the mortgage indebtedness, except
$1,000, which bore an easy rate of interest
and which can easily be paid with anything
like successful crop year in 1892.
Mrs. Clover did not wish to accompany
her husband to Washington. She confded
to one of her neighbors that MIR. Clover had
sent her 81, 900 out Of his salary, which had
been applied to meeting their indebtedness.
Mrs. Glover never asks for credit with the
merchants, and has settled bills OF long
standing.
So, In view Of this state of affairs, ii will
be money in Mr.. Clover's pocket in more
ways than one il he succeeds in getting him
self reelected to congress, thus leaving the
management Of the farm TO his wide-awake
wife.