Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-18

the prairies. the dear youngster that
naa just been born into the sisterhood
OF states. Over fifty years ago! And
tney came by way of the great lakes
to Milwaukee. And they spent the rest
OF that summer coming with teams to
Iowa. They settled first in Delaware
county. There the subject of this local
was married to Mathew harrington.
They came to Jefferson township in
1853 and bought quarter section of
prairie at $1.25 from the government.
Mr. Harrington died several years ago.
Mrs Harrington still owns and lives on
that prairie home. The old pioneers
who were in that neighborhood when
she came have nearly all received their
final discharge. When she came to
Bremen county there was no Waverly
and hardly any Waterloo. Land in
that neighborhood has been sold at
from $65 to $50 per acre during the
past year.
Fort Dodge Messenger: Sixty bush
els per day in corn that goes 80 bush
els to the acre. This is the record
made by Mrs. James Grouse of
Brushy, undoubtedly the champion
woman husker of Webster county, if
not of the state.
1t is quite the fad among farmer wo.
men of different parts of the county
this fall to go out and husk corn, and
| many of them have made astonishing
records in the number of bushels they
are able to husk in day. Mrs.
Grouse, however, has made the biggest
| record SO far heard of in the county,
and having made such success of the
work. she is now husking by the bush
ell and makes more per day than most
of the men who are engaged in the
same business.
| Mrs. Grouse is not of more than or
binary size or strength, but the way
| her def hands pull the husks from the
corn and send the ears against the
| dump board is astonishing. Several
men have tried to follow her pace but
all have come out considerably behind
their fair antagonist, generally meet
| ing her well started back on the next
turn.
The record which Mrs. Grouse has
made in the corn which goes 80 bush.
| els to the acre, where she regularly
gets out her 60 bushels, is equal to
picking IS or 80 bushels in good corn
going from 40 to as bushels to the
acre. Mrs Grouse is very modest
about her achievement, however, and
seems to thing nothing whatever of
her ability. She simply likes the work
and does it because she also likes the
money it brings her. She makes good
wages, from So to $3.50 per day.
Bishop Charles G. McCabe of the
Methodist church: One of the best
things that has come to the people OF
South America is the civil marriage
law, which they have recently secured
in the states where have been. We
in the United States cannot fully APP
precate what a blessing this is to our
neighbors to the south without first
| knowing something of the causes
which led to the adoption of this law
Formerly a marriage was not legal
there unless performed by the priest
The priest exacted exorbitant fees, $50
in the money there and $25 in our
money, and as result many of the
poorer classes were unable to avail
themselves of this bond of union. The
civil marriage law, now enforced, pro-
vides that no marriage is legal until
solemnized by magistrate. 1t may be
performed by priest later, if the par
ties desire, but the sanction of the
public magistrate is first essential.
Il Not religion alone is making great
Roadway in South America, but com
merce, United States commerce. is
is forging to the front by tremendous
bounds. 1t is the one complaint Of
i Great Britain and Germany that the
Yankees are crowding them out in the
commercial markets of South Amer
lea, and this is true. Our goods are
preferred. The people of the southern
country would much rather deal will
us if possible, and it ought to be cas-.
for that reason if for none other, fol
the products of this country to fint
ready and increasing markets dow1
there. United States agricultural i'm
plements are making great headwa
in South America | recall one trail
of eighty cars loaded with these nipple
ments that was going into the interio
while l was there.