Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-12
Old Days Il, Marshall County.

I heard Of 4 little house up the bank
by the Lusby girls home, nearly
finished. and soon found out A. F.
Haradon had it rented to shelter his
bride. Then went out south Of town
amongst the farmers. One day found
boy about IL years old digging post
holes and he was doing business that
showed too. stopped and talked with
hi a few minutes and noticed his old
look and how well he answered me and
how often he spit, and asked him why
he spit 80 much. II chaw tobaccer,"
was answered quick and square.
learned also he was the nephew Of
got acquainted with the preacher, Rev.
J. b. Masterson, usually spoken Of as
'Bony" Masterson. He could preach
o6-hand without minutes prepare
ton except . prayer. He opened up
the old soldiers picnic for many years,
and could beat the band" at that
business.
He was q farmer and showed me q
magnificent bunch Of Magic hogs. His
horse stable had no roof on it-just q
rough lumber pen. His other improves
ments were largely Of the same charac-
ter, but how his preaching did attract
and please the citizens. The spit was
plenty in the corners of his mouth
when he spoke, and preached good
orthodox religion.
Over farther in the grove south was
another Christian preacher-very near
a Cambellite-who preached for the
people for about forty years without
any salary. married and buried hum
dreds and Is alive now at a.. He came
to town one day and looked over ono
of the modern swell churches. "the
very latest and compared it in his
mind with what he preached and prayed
in-a one room church building, with
no basement or pipe organ or any label
Of any sort. and it stands today, a
barn.
Mr.. johnson had q forty-acre farm
on which he worked during the week.
raised his family and is now we'll
fixed hnancially-all by his savings-a
hale, handsome, retired old man. loved
and respected by ALL particularly by
parties who heard him for fourteen
years straight"
In my a.tc Joy rides ! met another
antideluvian man who proved to be a
preacher. He was driving clever old
horse, climbing the Hilsabeck hill with
G lead Of potatoes. four bushels. all
washed clean ready to put in the pot.
He was on his way to town to sell his
load and buy groceries. ETC.. for a
family OF four. / bought his potatoes
then and there. This dominic was
particularly opposed to Masonry and
in a few years 'lost out" But he left
four nice children that have made good
with the princely fortune he left them
Just a good name which some back
number said was better than riches"
Some time after this preacher who had
a son then about IA years old, wanted
me to try and see how he would fit.
had lots Of work stirred up. and
needed help badly. All the recon-
mendation l could get Of his ability as
a farm hand was that he had worked
out to Tom Cronkeltons and could
plow.." 90 told him to send him over.
and % about 10 o'clock next day, the
lad AID his sister came over, riding on
"old Jack" about i've miles. His
name vas Jay Kay. After dinner he
went to work and the sister rode "Old
jack home. and the outcome was he
fitted and worked for me on and of
for four years or 50. and Is now a resi-
dent Of California, owning forty or fifty
thousand dollars worth Of property in
Dakota and California. besides eight
children now sfPwn and earning for
tunes.
There was another preacher three
miles or so east OF town-a North
Carolina man. Father Austin, who
had a magnificent farm and preached
in school houses near and far without
remuneration. and whoever heard a
word Of criticism of this venerable
man?
Don't you think got rich quick in
those good old days on $40 an acre
land, three miles from Main street?
| Well / did. paid SO day for men
in harvest and solo the wheat at 40
cents bushel and bought my boys
| copper-toed boots and sorghum. sold
! Duguid a premium fifty pound smoked
| ham-right from the county fair and
got $3.50 for it.
| After a while-two months or So
we got our 16x24 house built with a
stove pipe out the roof, and in year
! or two John Slime built US a chimney
and then we could have had func-
ton. Rev. o. A. Holmes. DR.. Carter
and others came to see us and DR.. Click
gave me some early Rose potatoes. the
seed of whichs1 saw him pay Sle!ght
SO pound for. Wasn't we in clover
when we sold ours at So a bushel?
| Those old sober. sad days have
passed and here we are in these mod
] ern ones, with an auto on every
corner, and where I have seen girls
as big as they have in the high school
smoking cigarets on the street. Wond
rous change! Our boys at that time
never knew how to play Hockey"
and take our ladies to the shows.
Is this modern society gold and
diamonds or IL it spit-washed goods
with lots Of gall in it? An Old Settler.
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