Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-03

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Rockwell. July :. Hooking cut II the
ear windows III. other day. the writer
saw q l2-year-eie boy piowins corn.
over the cultivate, he had rugged a cam
saiy top affair which protected him
from the hot sun, but yet ALLOWED the !
cool bseezes To blow upon him. And
then ard there came before the mind Of
This scribe, an Old eastern Connecticut
hillside, where this farmers boy "hoed j
out HIS rev many long weary days. (
There Was no canopy top business about
ILL., ailoth.r boy rods a horse. and drag /
Sod a shovel nosed cultivator along,
with a short legged boy hanging onto
the handles. twitching one Way then
anpthel and occasionally having full
stop as the cultivator ran under a small
boulder And after ali TIN, cultivating
then came The hoe work, Every hill
MAS rounded up. by main strength and
not ignorance. for a boy could almost
Do mans work in hoeing corn. And
1et our l9wa boys probably think
farming IS hard work
The use OF the traction engine for the
motive power on the road grader IS In
oreas!ng. In littic town Where the
Writer was last week he SAW one at
work The town pays sl0 a day for the
use of the neine and With tli,e nen To
operate the engine and grader flrds 1t
cheaper than 10 use horse power The
great advantage Of this engine for pow
-r is that II works all Of the time. no
resting Of the horses Again when the
7 knife pf the grader strikes hard place
in the road there is no raising Of II, so
4 the horses can pull IL That threshing
4 machine engine Walks right along, and
I If the dirt don't come, something's going
] 10 happen Also the grader with this
4 power can De worked TO cut a wider
/ strip, ard OF course round up the road
in shorter time Tell Your road com
missioner about this.
The public are reading with much in
4 terest the reports Of the board OF con-
Il troll among the county poor houses and
.fleir care Of the insane. WHAT Judge
Robinson sad in a recent newspaper
report and what the board is dong &
separate the insane from the worthy
poor. in our county asylums. meets VIII
hearty approval Men who accused The
writer Of a sensational sci of articles III
the T.-R. some time ago have since reae
Of what The board o. control has rem
eiiied IN this lire Of county poor farm
care OF the insane, now own up, reform
WAS needed and has come none to-
soon.
Even the okoboj fish has his bill o
!, fare according to the season. Last Well
the bull heads wanted BUN frogs Tn
walI-eyed pike could not see minnows
IL, ~ NIL. or
! erel We're particular to have a fro
that SWAN along thru the water as Tn
no sharp fish closed his lips to proven
his talking too much. Two iiisherma
!. brought in last Monday morning on
+ lla. pound and another eight poun
=, pickerel that were offered spoon hook
: and big minnows. but would not rise
: the occasion until the bull frog was OF
4 fered them. one man caught fort
bull heads, using UP only four frog
Reports will be made in this colum
when crawtish are NEEDED.
6 Things have come to pretty pas
!. when an applicant for school leach
a er's position has 10 be up in athletic
II But it's true that teacher securing
place in Dies Moines school, final
depended on his muscle All of h
= recommendation were o-kd and a.
J. cepted. His moral character, III
> Caesars wife. was beyond reproac
He was church member in good ar
regular standing His knowledge
languages. history, chemistry. civil g
cheering and n few little things III
u these was in excess of the Requirement
10 of the position. But could he play bal
rs What was his record on the diamon'
ID Had he ever had eleven men piled
to him at one time while he hung on
foot ball? Yes sir. he had! Who say
!, so? Write Trainer Muscle Of Appli
!, Christianity college. And the board
their chairman did. And Trainer MI
Gle wrote back and said the teach
II, could play ball. Today he is engaged
ne q Des Moines school. He'll not or
e. teach the young idea how to shoot, b
n to play ball. Some people will not
tn lieye this. any more than that some st