The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-06-25

out iNhad thought OF turning that milk
into meat that way
Mrs. Moore worked hard al farm
ing. Between seasons she took places
as a practical nurse She had a nat
ural bent that way The neighbors
always sent for her when illness
came.
II paid my doctor bills by nursing
for the doctor when he needed me,
she said. IL had plenty OF doctor
bills, too, with my husbands long III
ness and six children TO be sick oc-
casionaliy remember one time
when scarlet fever came among them
and | had four children down at the
same time. Then hog cholera III In
my hog pens. | had expected 10
make quite a bit OF money on my
hogs that year, too-enough 10 pay
off the rest OF my debts.
I'D run out 10 the hog pens and
doctor hogs a while and then Ia run
in the house and doctor the children
for a while. lost the hogs, but
pulled the children through, and !
was so thankful over that that ] did
not worry about losing the hogs"
Mrs. Moore husked all her own
corn. too. She raised 40 acres one
year and took care of ii all herself.
II got 900 bushe els OFF that 40
acres and sold 1t for 80 cents a bush
el." she said 81 practically had TO
sell Il, for we hadn't a crib big
enough to keep II and ] needed the
ready money We just dumped II on
the ground expecting a man with a
corn Smelling machine TO shell 1t for
us. He brought the machine and
then was called away ! was afraid
II would rain-with all that good corn
dumped out there-so the girls and l.,
we got at that corn shelter and
shelled II ourselves. We run that ma
chine as we'll as any man could and
had Il all done before the man got
back"
She raised chickens and turkeys
and hogs and paid off the debt OF
$1,000. She kept her children all at
home and all were cared for, although
there were many nights OF anxiety
when she tossed wide-eyed all night
long, wondering how she could pay
out and what new trouble the next
day would bring.
and willing TO work hard for her chill
dren," she said You take a man
left with a family OF children and
he'll farm EN- out among the kin
folks, but q woman, she'll keep the
family together some way and keep
clothes on their backs and a roof over
their heads. And count IL no hard
ship"
At last It seemed as If the worst Of
her hard work was over. She had
% head OF good cattle and IL horses.
The farm was almost cleared OF
debts Her older children were mar
ried Her youngest boy was nine
years old and already planning for the
days when he would go into the field
10 work and let his mother remain In
the house.
I'D been feeling right bad for a
week or two" said Mrs. Moore, but
| had a piece OF blowing | wanted TO
finish and there was a little prairie
hay | wanted to cut. came In one
day at noon plumb worn out and the
girls they kept at me until prom.
ised TO 90 to town that afternoon and
see the doctor | had just reached
town when there came a man tearing
along on horseback after me. The
little boy had tried TO cut the prairie
hay after | had started He had
hitcNed up TO a neighbours moving
machine and--well, when | got back
hoile he was layin' there with a foot
cut off--lost his foot-and him only a
little boy nine years old-my baby
boy.
II kept up for four days and the
last thing | remember was kneeling
beside his bed trying TO quiet him in
spell OF pain When ] came to, I'd
been in bed for weeks with typhoid
fever and my poor girls were taking