. Ox-team days on the Oregon Trail /by Ezra Meeker ; revised and edited by Howard R. Driggs. The first railroad in Indiana. CHAPTER THREE LEAVING THE HOME NEST FOR IOWA In the early 50s there lived near Indianapolis two youngpeople. Their fathers were old-time farmers, keeping nohired man and buying very little store goods. Thegirl could spin and weave, make delicious butter, knit soft,well-shaped socks, and cook as good a meal as any othercountry girl around. She was, withal, as buxom a lass asever grew in Indiana. The young man was a little uncouthin appearance, round-faced, rather stout in
. Ox-team days on the Oregon Trail /by Ezra Meeker ; revised and edited by Howard R. Driggs. The first railroad in Indiana. CHAPTER THREE LEAVING THE HOME NEST FOR IOWA In the early 50s there lived near Indianapolis two youngpeople. Their fathers were old-time farmers, keeping nohired man and buying very little store goods. Thegirl could spin and weave, make delicious butter, knit soft,well-shaped socks, and cook as good a meal as any othercountry girl around. She was, withal, as buxom a lass asever grew in Indiana. The young man was a little uncouthin appearance, round-faced, rather stout in build — almostfat. He loved to hunt possums and coons in the woodsround about. He was a little boisterous, always restless,and not especially poUshed in manners. Yet he had atleast one redeeming trait of character: he loved to workand was known to be as industrious a lad as any in theneighborhood. These two young people grew up to the age of manhoodand womanhood, knowing but little of the world outsidetheir home sphere. Who can say that they were not ashappy as if they had seen the who
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