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Historical Clippings Book (HC-11) (314 pages)
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~=smained until evicted by force and was somewhat maimed when
‘me left, vowing vengeance on the young man and through the
‘sown it was rumored that he would kill him if he met up with
tim. In January cf 1873 a birthday surprise party was in
=rogress ard the young man dressed to go :and then went to town.
sp join the young people but remembering that he-hac.no band~. a
wmerchief ‘went ‘home for one, Kefound ‘the house in -daimésé&, his. .
mother as usual at a neighbor?s home but ames-Rogers:. was there.
Se fled through an open'window but m his way :dom the path. _
=scefved two bullets from the young man's gum, which finishedSis career as @ marauder in othor peoples! homes, The young _..
man was arrested, tried and exonerated -and went. to his father, .
we do not remember if the victim was even given a regular..
Smerator simply buried. The woman to whom he had been
zarrying the liquor lived there for a few months then one
morning was found lying on a:eouch:dead, whether. from.natural. .
gauses of otherwise was never imown.’»Her neighbors buried :
ner, the game afternoon with: a short service and gave her a..
Zecent burial, The father cama. home, sold.the property and
took his two children back with him.
fact SAR F “yaa
af ft Heatly. ‘was ‘ones, was the supposed death of an.cld man, a
hen a small girl, the writer remembers her father saying, "don't
you want to ‘go down to ir, ‘Fowlers: and get # ae strawberries. so..
mother tah make us a shortcakey ‘Knowing well the taste of that © =
famous’ shorteake ‘andthe generous helping I would have, I was
always ready to go, although it was quite a walk to the home
of Mr; Fowler, He was ‘a ‘badhslor ‘and lived-on the south side
of Sweetland Creek, but ‘had a“large strawberry -pateh on the j.: .
north side of the creek, perhaps an acre, maybe more, With
my father’s dinnerpail in hand and 25 cents to pay for the
berries, I was soon m my way, arriving at the home of Kr,
Fowler ‘and making “known my -érrand:we would -erogas.the.oreek and
I would watch him pick the -berriess::When he had nearly filled _—
the pati he would fill the little frame which held the. little .
cup on the lid of the 1f4 and would say, these.are Lor: yous.. .
and ‘I-would eat them on my way.homs. was a kindly man and
I think well Iiked in the commmity. His home wag small,
contained two or three rooms. : Finally he married a widow..
with a daughter, Soon after his marriage, he built a new
home not far from the new home of J. %. Brown, and had quite a
little farm tere. Later two children were born. to the. couple,
a girl and a boy. He kept cows and tilled his little farm,
and with the three children, her girl, who was a very accomplished
housekeeper kept the hane, while his wife, who was a midwife
and a nurse and helped to make, or perhaps made most of the
living. As the years went by she gave up her work as nurse.
Her daurhter married and had a hane of their own and the
father and mother and two children were the cecupants of the
home, Both parents were approaching what is called old agé,
her health not too good, his health failing, at least his mind.
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