Pioneers of Polk County, Iowa, and reminiscences of early days . and oer his head his robes, And oer his robes His beard, -—— his robes. Its costly -—— moist Its-costly-moisture-shed. Winterrowd was public-spirited, charitable, and took an activepart in educational affairs; helped organize the first school districtin that section, build the first schoolhouse, and for many yearswas one of the School Directors. His home was the home of schoolteachers, free of expense. Politically, he was a Free Soil Democrat, of the most radicaltype, but took no active part in politics. In 1874-1875, having acqu
Pioneers of Polk County, Iowa, and reminiscences of early days . and oer his head his robes, And oer his robes His beard, -—— his robes. Its costly -—— moist Its-costly-moisture-shed. Winterrowd was public-spirited, charitable, and took an activepart in educational affairs; helped organize the first school districtin that section, build the first schoolhouse, and for many yearswas one of the School Directors. His home was the home of schoolteachers, free of expense. Politically, he was a Free Soil Democrat, of the most radicaltype, but took no active part in politics. In 1874-1875, having acquired a competency and many broadacres—he never sold an acre in his life—and admonished by pass-ing years of the need of rest, he divided up his property, givingeach son a farm, the daughter a fine home in Des Moines, andbecame a resident of the city until his decease, in October, 1905,at the age of eighty-seven, leaving the heritage of a noble. Chris-tian life, devoted to the betterment of society and the good of pos-terity. April Fifteenth, NICHOLAS McDonnell NICHOLAS s. McDonnell AN old-timer is N. S. McDonnell, or Nick, as he was bestknown thirty years ago. Bom May Eighth, 1842, on theAuld Sod, in Tipperary, Ireland, of true Celtic ancestry,he passed his youth on his fathers small farm, abutting the RiverShannon, where he marshaled the ducks to water, looked after thepigs, burglarized the hens nest-s for the kitchen supply, and didsuch other stunts as fall to a growing lad on a farm. He attendedthe National schools, which correspond to the public schools in thiscountry, until he was fourteen years old. At Cape May, New Jersey, resided an uncle, who wrote suchglowing accounts of the country on this side of the big pond, andtold such tales of the chances for a young man to make dollars,Nick decided to try it. Rolling his belongings into a bundle, heput them into a bag, and in May, 1857, set sail alone for America,with no mishap en route, except a slight inte
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