Evening journal., 1902-07-28


my boys. They have been sick, but
thoy don t ten me the particulars of
how sick they are. They have taken
care of me fourteen years the 10th of
last March, since the death Of my hus-
band, and Wilbur has not been away
from the house a week at a time since
his fathers death until this happened. "I
How old is he?"
He is 80 this September, l think. l
have had 80 much trouble that have
pretty near forgotten all that | did
know John r. is 26 years old, and has
helped me get along. He works about
three months in year on a steamboat
They are my main dependence. and
were never known to have a fight in
their lives before"
How do You get along without
them in the farm work."
We'll could not have gotten along
without the help OF my neighbors, and
you can imagine how money matters
are with us. If it hadn't been for my
lpOultry I don't know how l would have
made out to live. / have to be out in
! the sun trying to oversee the teamwork,
and the sun nearly kills me, besides |
had the misfortune TO be thrown out
of a carriage some time back, and in
/ juring my back. 1t has made a cripple
OF me and it pains me all the time.
| Sometimes / just have to give up with
it. You see for yourself how things
are about the place. ! have a crop of
tomatoes. and unless 1 have the boys
home know l shall lose them, for all
Of the neighbors will be too busy az
that time to help me-"
DO you have to attend to the
stock?"
"Oh, yes, have to feed the stock
and try to curry the horses and attend
to them. have hogs, also to feed.
This is something 1 never had to
do before in my life, and it is pretty
hard. l don't kRow hardly how / have
stood it to have them taken away.
VIII stepped into his fathers shoes
when he was taken away, and | de-
pended upon him more as a husband
than as son"
As the old lady said this her voice
trembled and her eyes filled with tears.
"Of a night it is terrible. and if it
were not for my friends l think l
would have died" said she. and q
don't think any mother at my age was
ever left in such a condition.
Farm Is a Wreck
Good, rich land growing in weeds.
fences down and buildings in bad
condition on the place shows where
the brawny arms of the two Mills boys
are needed TO restore the property to
its normal condition. II is a sad spec
tacle, and death could not have done
more TO have made a desOlate picture.
Matters at Benefits Home
BY Mrs. Bennett and her two daugh-
ters working in the fields the farm oi
john II. Bennett presents a better ap-
pearance. but this kind of work is not
what any Of the women have been ac-
custOmed to, and to see these respect
able and well educated women working
, in the harvest field or welding a grub
bing hoe is a sight that is calculated
{ to move the heart of stone. Mrs
Bennett is killing herself with hard
work and worry, but she does not COM
plain.
Il can get a man to do some OF the
work." said Mrs Bennett, "but the
7 men you hire by the day seem TO be
unable to plan the farm work so thu
it is a profitable investment. I make
out the best that I can during the
week. and on Sunday | drive to Devel
and consult with my husband, who
helps me plan the work. We have
purchased 2 new piece OF land. and i
Mr.. Bennett had not have been ava!
1t would have been under cultivation.
4, 1t will have to lay over until another
year. Unless my husband is released
: do not see how ! will be able to saw
all OF the crops
Milford Favors Pardoning
I From o'clock until 11.3O on Sat
? urday night the reporter for tn
Evening Journal was engaged in in
terviewing the prominent men OF Nil
ford, and in not one case was ther
d an expression but what was favorah
to the granting Of the pardons.
Did Not Expect Imprisonment
e DIR. George w. Pleasanton said:
O Il would like to see them liberated
@ l think that they have been punishe
= enough. l. of course, thought tina
r they should have been punished. bu
. did not think that they would be i'm
+ priSOned. Their families are sufferin
: and If | can do anything to help theI
: TO their freedom l am willing to do /
n Think Punishment Sufficient
% The Hon. John w. Causey expresse
o himself as follows:
e Both parties concerned in the az
rel sault are friends OF mine but thin
d. these men have been punished sun
r. ciently. l hope that the pardon boar
N will act favorably in the matter.
n Majesty of the Law Sustained
In speaking Of the case James ]
d. Anderson said:
z. "rhe majesty Of the law has bee
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