Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-03

(F'rom on address delivered by Mr..
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(From on address delivered by Mr..
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], come from a state that carries no
advertising car; it is as little known
possibly as almost any othef state In
the union We haven't anything to
congratulate ourselves upon but the
waving fields of corn--lndiarl corn,
native Of America, along with tobacco,
and the turkey that you all have on
Thanksgiving day-all natives OF
America, or as we would say now, ma
3tiyes of the United States. The white
man, when he came to these shores,
found Indian corn growing on the high
grounds in Mexico and Peru. 1t didn't
do we'll In the hot climates; 1T never
amounted to anything beyond roasting
ears, and wasn't even good for that'
II was only temptation to flies and
bugs to swarm about; but when IT
reached the highlands of the great
north. where the SHOWS fall in winter
and the cold winds blow, and the sum-
mer sunshine beats down for lOO days
from May to October, there they grow
Indian corn, that solid substance that
never put germ of i'll in animal or
man: which makes the solid meat IN
hogs and cattle and builds the muscle
of stalwart manhood, the pride OF the
Anglo Saxon race.
Even at this time in our state you
can hear it's green blades creaktng IN
the wind, and see its tasseled ears
neening forth still in the husks, the
tassel at the point indicating where
the grain is; and in the fall when we
cut and put it in the shock, IT Will be
stored for animal and beast and then
in the cold billiards of winter Ut Will
be fed In the sheltering barns where
are housed the cattle and the hogs.
II Is one of the most appreciated agrl-
cultural products, 4 the queen produ1cst
OF the soil.
In the state from whence / came
there never was a battle fought Tor
liberty or for life or for law. yet she
lies between the largest Of the great
rivers of the continent, and to US who
live there always she is a source OF
pride. we lived on the prairies when
there were no railroads, when We kept
the stage driver simply to have his
society over night to learn what the
great world was doing on the outside;
We made the long trip to the Missis-
sippi river OF 125, miles to trade, pay
ing Is cents a yard for calico, and buy
ing shoe leather and sole leather.
waxed ends and thread with which
to make the shoes for the children OF
the family Those were the days when
the clothing OF the larger boys was
passed down regularly to the younger
ones. I know how it was, for was the
Youngest. and l got the last whack at
the clothes.
They came home with the sole leath-.
err from what they called "the river" in
those old days; and think of it, we
never thought Of throwing a garment.
a shirt orsa coat away till there was
no room for another patch ON ft-not
another patch. You never have any
thing like that today. By the intro
ductioni Of machinery and the taking
away Of the labor from the home the
cloth is cut in the factory, and goes
to the home ready made. Is is so cheap
that it Is never patched, yor[ throw it
away. In our school days we sat up.
on puncheons with the round side down
and the fiat side up and two legs
reaching to the floor.
Talk about patches! There was not
a boy in the school that didn't have
letter In the postoffice!
And many young heart held its
first sorrow when the young sweet
heart would tell the boy that he had a
letter In the postoffice, and his bushes
would mount to his ayes. Talk about
want and dissatisfaction at the pres
ant time. ! remember having two mar-.