Pioneers of Polk County, Iowa, and reminiscences of early days . JudgeCole, John A. Kasson, and others, twisted the statutes, circum-stances and facts before his Bar. His decisions were rarelv reversed. Politically, he was a Whig, a strong Abolitionist, a personalfriend of old John Brown, and, with Isaac Brandt, was one of theDirectors of the Fndergi-ound Railroad from Missouri to Can-ada. During the Know-jSTothing craze, he was suspected of know-ing what to sav when asked, What time is it ? bv a man with thesecond digit of his right hand thrust between the buttons of hiswaistcoat, or where to
Pioneers of Polk County, Iowa, and reminiscences of early days . JudgeCole, John A. Kasson, and others, twisted the statutes, circum-stances and facts before his Bar. His decisions were rarelv reversed. Politically, he was a Whig, a strong Abolitionist, a personalfriend of old John Brown, and, with Isaac Brandt, was one of theDirectors of the Fndergi-ound Railroad from Missouri to Can-ada. During the Know-jSTothing craze, he was suspected of know-ing what to sav when asked, What time is it ? bv a man with thesecond digit of his right hand thrust between the buttons of hiswaistcoat, or where to go when the sidewalks were strewed withsmall diamond-shaped pieces of white or red paper. Socially, he was of positive temperament, inclined to taciturn-ity, a kind neighbor, a zealous friend of the poor, and a popularcitizen. He was not a member of any societies or clubs. Religiously, he aiBliated with the Methodists. Though not achurch member, he contributed liberally to churches and for educa-tional purposes. He died in 1874. November Twenty-fourth, MOSES STRAUSS MOSES STRAUSS AN old settler of Polk Connty who has been a potent, fact-or inbusiness and religious affairs in the city, and yet one of themost quiet and unostentatious, is Moses Strauss. He isknown principally as a successful merchant, but he is more thanthat. N^ot only is he an early settler, he is the founder and builderof an element in the body jxtlitic of great helpfulness to the com-munity, thereby adding further graces to its social fabric. He was born March Sixth, 1833, in Bavaria, Germany. Hepassed his youthful days with his father, who was a merchant, andattended the common schools. In 1848, not quite fifteen years old, he set sail for America, andlandeti at New Orleans, where he found employment in a store asclerk, at fifteen dollars per month. In , he went to j^ew York, and took ship for Australia, andengaged in business in Melbourne ab<iut two years. He then wentto the Mountains, where h
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