Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1901 — Queer Frontier Experience. [ARTICLE]

Queer Frontier Experience.

In narrating the frontier experiences of “The First White Baby Born In the Northwest,” in the Ladles' Home Journal, W. 8. Harwood tells of a queer experience that befel tjie family In the first year after settling on a farm far removed from the settlements. “The winter had been uusually long and severe, and their store of provisions ran low. It was a long distance to the nearest base of supplies, and communication with the outside world had been cut off. Indians In the neighborhood one night broke Into the granary when* the wheat was stored and stole a quantity. In doing this a large amount of broken glass became mixed with the wheat which the Indians left, so for many days, amidst much merry story-telling and many a joke and laugh, In spite of the serious situation, the family gathered about a large table In their living-room and spent the short winter days picking over the wheat, kernel by kernel, In order to free it from the pieces of glass. For this wheat stood between them and starvation, and none of its precious kernels must be lost. Their stock of flour had long since wasted away, as had most of their food supplies, so they boiled and ate the wheat without grinding. Relief reached them Just in time to prevent n sad ending to the experience.”

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