Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 254, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1911 — TALI FARMER ONNES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TALI FARMER ONNES

It looks as though the original oi the term “tall farmer” had stepped Into the limelight to prove in the flesb the spirit of a jest. One Hermai Onnes, a middle-aged farmer, arrived on the Holland-American Steamshii Noordam, recently docked, and, ac-

cording to the ship'a carpenter wht did the measurih; with the lead line represented' little less than two fathoms in height. The farmer is proceeding to the Northern States to look over the ground, and it is suggested that he need but “look” around to obtain an opinion as to the land in several states at one time. Farmer Onnei modestly claims but seven feet two.