Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-07-08
Emerging from the dense timber

we come to the homes of NJ. f. Gaul.
James Gaul, Martin Ryan, thence to
the Catholic church, thence to Morris
Whalens, and out of the valley onto
the high and beautiful open prairie.
Here are the valuable farms and ele-
CANT homes of I. f. Fleming, John G.
Todd, the Fleming Brothers, of Lar.
Fleming, W. G. Fitield with their fine
homes and bountiful crops. Observ-
ing the farms along the way with hay
Teders, shaking the water from their
mown hay for the third or fourth
time, prompts us to give them for
! their encouragementE the following
lines:
'oh. do not cast down 80 much,
Because the SUMS away:
Fret not because the sombre clouds
Are over us today.
Fear not. The sun will come again,
With flashing rays of gold,
The clouds. before his shining lance
Will silently unfold.
Oh, yes. the sun will shine again,
Upon this shady spot;
He'll boil and bake and roast us, too,
And make us very hot
Don't moan so much about the clouds,
AS dreamy poets DO;
The good old sun will soon come around
And put in stew"
Night found us at the home of Fred
G. Todd, where we wers grandly taken
care OF for the night. Fred is located
on the old homestead entered by his
father from the government in 1855,
among the first selections on that rich
prairie. The old orchard set out by
the father is loaded with apples and
the fine grove planted out by him af-
fords shelter and ample protection
from the winds aud storms The old
farm house and barns having had their
days of usefulness are being replaced
with modern structures Of the most
approved style. The new barn is 3sx
70, with stone basement under the
entire building with ample light and
is fitted up for horses and cattle, with
a wide feeding alley between. The
frame upon this stone foundation is
twenty feet high with root third
pitch, supported upon strong pur-
line work. 1t has room for $50 tons
Of hay and room for storing the grain
to feed its domestic animals. A large
new house with imposing elevation,
with modern style of architecture,
just enclosed and ready for the inside
cassengs which are of hard pine
finished in the natural color OF the
wood, two fun stories and arranged
for either stoves or furnace, are the
features OF this modern and model
farm residence. The work upon these
buildings has been done by James
Byrne and his crew of excellent me-
chanics, which is guarantee of per-
fection.
Adjoining this farm on the west is
beautiful church edlfce occupied by
the Norwegian's with regular service
each Sabbath.
La this neighborhood is the old
Webster farm and also that of David
Easier. On this farm is an evergreen
grove OF five rows of trees about 40
feet high, enclosing several acres of
ground within which is a good SUBJ
substantial farm house, recently built
and of modern style.
Kendallville is one of the inland
villages that not only holds its own
but is really growing in business,
buildings and population.
On the way home we called at the
JOB Darrow farm, one of the farmed
In the county, fine comfortable house,
good barns, tine grove and big crops,
With fine field of winter wheat near
ly ready for the sickle.
On the farm lately owned by VIM.
Hammond, we met the present pro-
prietor, j. f. McIntire, abundantly
satisfied as we'll he may be with the
fine property into which he has come
into possession. His farm house built
by Mr.. Hammond many years ago is
in evidence as to the truth of what
we have herein said of building with
brick instead of wood.