Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1902 — MARSHAL COUNTY LETTER. [ARTICLE]

MARSHAL COUNTY LETTER.

Plymouth, Ind., July 6. Mr. Editor:—Dear Sir. I thought I would write a few lines once more. We have been having some very heavy rains in this county, making it difficult to save the wheat crop. The most of the farmery have a pretty fair crop of wheat. There is not as much oats raised in this county as in Jasper, the main crops being corn, wheat and hay. On July 2d we bad one of the worst hail storms this county ever had. I expect there was more broken wiudow glass in this city than ever was before at onetime. One factory had 491 glass broken and another bad about 300. Stores and dwellings suffeied about the same proportion. I bad four large glass broken which cost me $4 to replace. Some of the people report hail as large as hen's eggs; I saw some as large as hulled walnuts. There were several fields of wheat almost ruined and corn and potatoes were almost beaten into the ground. We have not had any rain to amount to anything since the hail storm. Huckleberries are just beginning to come in to the market. I guess there is a pretty good crop of them this year. There will be no pea< hes here this year but there is a fair crop of ail kinds of small fruit. If it does not rain this week there will be a great deal ol wheat and hay cut aroundhere. We hear some great fish stories from the lakes around here but whether they true or not I could not say as I have not fished any. It seems a little funny to me to see no plows around the blacksmith shops to be repaired. Nearly all use the cast plows, they dont have them sharpened. I must close as this is too long now. Print this if you see fit. Yours truly,

E. M. Timmons