Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1879 — A Woman of 92 in the Hay Field [ARTICLE]

A Woman of 92 in the Hay Field

Bsadlng Eagle. Elizabeth Diebesberger, aged 92, resides in Richmond township, this county, and is, in all probability, one of the richest maiden ladies in the county. She owns several beautiful farms in Richmond township, where she has lived nearly all her life. She has silvery gray hair, is neat and trim in appearance. A few days ago her farmhands commenced hay-making. To their great surprise the aged lady and land-owner made her appearance in the field, rake in hand. She was suitably attired for the occasion, her skirts and dress being well gathered in and tucked back so as not to drag or give her any trouble in moving over the field. She said she was going to show them how to work. This was greeted with a clapping of hands and

cheers. Miss Leibesberger went to work to good earnest, tossed the hay over and over, raked it into rows from one end of the field to the other, and then helped to rake It onpflea, and finally assisted in loading and raking after the wagons.