Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-11-20
Brooklyn, Poweshiek Count y
Where Experiment Was Tried,
to Have Additional Service
SOFT CORN AND PRICES OF HOGS
Bulk Of Crop. Which Contains Many
Soft Ears, Will Be Fed Rapidly =
Farmers Not Disposed to Hurry
Hogs to Markets.. E. Thaysrs
Rural Observations.
Special TO Times-Republican.

Special 10 Times-Republican.
Brooklyn. Nov. 20.-Perry Heath,
postmaster general under Grover
Cleveland conceived the idea of rural
free delivery and this town was Sc
lected as one of the ten places to try
the experiment. 1t was eleven years
ago, when w. T. Sharp was postmas-
er. Two routes We're put in, one run
ming north and the other south. Per
haps no better place could have been
selected than here, as there was no
postoffice on the north for twenty-five
miles and none south for an equal dis
lance. The country was well settled
and the people were for the most part
q long distance from their mail. That
it was appreciated and patronized
caused the extension of the system all
over the country. The routes here
have been increased to four and plans
are now under way for a county serv-
ice, so that mail will be brought within
a half mile Of each house.
Misfortune seems to come to some
people in the same way it does to rail-
roads. IL they have one disaster they
have to have three before their luck
changes, and In the case OF w. G. Cal
derwood this was true. 1t started IN
by the burning Of his fathers house.
Then the children We're taken Ill with
measles, and then his wife slipped on
the porch and fell. breaking her arm.
This all coming during corn picking was
particularly provoking The farmers
have the same difficulty that their
neighbors in the towns do in getting
any female help. Here is Mrs. Calder
wood trying to take care OF her chill
dren with the measles, do her house
work and cook for the corn pickers
with one arm broken and carried in
sling. She has hunted high and low
for someone to come in and help, but
has been unsuccessful.
The corn picking season is the busy
season on the farm If there is any. and
the farmers are all now in the midst OF
it, whole families are out in the field,
and hustling from before sun up un-
til shutdown, eating when they get their
work done. Many a load Of corn Is
picked and on the way to the crib be-
fore the banker gets his morning mail
read. They get up and do the chores,
eat breakfast and go out to the fields,
and at the first break Of day begin the
swapping of the ears. BY 2 or $3.50
the hundred bushel a day boys" are
h oming in, 10 or 1890 catches more,
Ind a few of the slow ones don't get in
until IL or 1890 This Is good time
to travel and eat with the farmers II
you can eat when they are ready.
Nearly all have killed a hog or two,
chickens are fine this time of year, and
/ find a good many decorating the table
these days Fresh homemade sausage
helps when the frost Is shining on the
pastures. vi
And If you want something that Is
very good at this time of the year, get
a few ripe persimmons. There are not
many grown in this county, but Mr..
Rinehart of Guernsey, has a few trees
which are bearing nicely. and after
the first few frosts they have taste