The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-07-02

stepped upon the porch. And like
Robert Bell he was enjoying the shade
of huge trees grown from seed he had
planted 4S years ago. There. were
some cotton woods that had grown to
enormous size, and he told us his IA
her purchased the twigs from a man
who had hauled a load Of the twigs
from the Missouri river bottoms. We
don't remember of having spent a
more pleasant half hour than while
visiting Mr.. McHenry Thursday aft
ernoon. He had so many experiences
to relate of the early day life, some or
Which we remembered as having tax
en- place. For instance the grass
hopper plague, about As years ago,
when the hoppers came'doWn in clouds
land were so thick that the ground
was carpeted and the corn stalks
would crack and bend with the weight
LOT the hoppers. The first cloud OF
Ihoppers we experienced was at the
Ley. Goodrich corner. (nows' the Lehr.
feIdt) AS we look back and recall
1.-THE different methods used for the eX-
Termination of the pests. one method
lis wildly before us, that of barrei
covered with molasses, and when roll
ed over the wheat field, the hoppers
would adhere to the barrel and they
were scraped off and burned.
Mr.. MdHenry is a man who has CIV
en- his entire time and attention to the
pursuit of agriculture and stock rails.
ing and he has well trained mind
and knowledge born in the school or
experience. Since 1888 he has had
for his companion. Mrs. Margaret NC
Henry whose maiden name was Gid
SON She is a lady of many high at
tainments, having been educated at
Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, and for
many years she was one of. Crawford
cOunty's foremost teachers. She and
Mr.. McHenry became as one March
81, 1883, and to this union one child,
Ruth, was born. She is now the wife
Of fEarl Morrison, and they live on the
McHenry farm, and Earl has the OPP
Grating of the farm, and both he and
his wife do all in their. power to light
en- the work of the fond parents who
now enjoy rest and ease as they trav-
ell toward the coming twilight. az r..
MIR. McfIenry owns the 100 acres.
where he has lived so long, a part OF
the Land being in section II and part
in section 20, Union township. IN
1913. Mr.. McHenry built new house
32x42, with 1S-foot posts and having
a large S,foot porch on the front and
a well screened porch on the rear.
The home is heated with furnace heat,
gas lighted, has fine basement, and
sets well back in the yard where the
trees with so many memories, stand
as sentinels. The home is equipped
with bath, and hot and cold water
The yard is fenced tight, and the lawn
well kept. One of the newer additions
to the place is a stave ssilo, 80 feet
high with a capacity of 100 tons. This
Mr. McHenry has filled each year and
is assured of plenty OF feed for the
stock On the farm. igasJtt say ~ c'7I
This year Mr. Morrison has 40 acres
Of corn, 80 acres in small grain, and
has soWn II acres inysweets clover, bet
sides having. II acres of alfalfa He |
has on the place, some 20 head Of cat
tie and 5U'head Of Chester White hogs
the Foundation, stock : or Which he ptlrss
chased sfron, z DIST
! Eltt was a real pleasure to visit this
home, and to find Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Henry in good health and enjoying the.
fruits of lifelong labor, happy in their
possessions with a knowledge of hav-
ing friends in every corner of the |
county.
rtfy So e - a r.
After visiting at the Frank McHenry
home we took occasionNtO run over to |
the home of r. J. Walters, who is !
working his mothers, Mrs. Jas. Wal !
ters farm in section 20, Union town
ship. We found T. J. ont in the corn
field. going oyersgthesgc for the sec
end time and the crop looked fine.
Almost knee high, and every hill con-
tanned from two to- four stalks. Mr.. |