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1 tee.BoRichard ClarkHacks Away At Age Of 80 Years]How old does a man have to be before he lays down the shovel and the hoe, the axe, and what not?10UEabuimo a ?abiha ithesecwhreithlt;tobe!thianwabuSCIrusvs—Chronich Engraving.Richard Clarkinitrarflasealstecblt;wKw\vIn the language of Richard Clark of Rose Hill, Iowa, father i si of Mrs. Sam Sedrel, he must be | pi older than he—and he is 80 years old.In Plette’s store Monday morning;, Mr. Clark was saying that the worst winter he ever saw was in 1863. “You don’t remember that far back, do you?” he was asked. “Why not?” he replied, “I am 80 years old.”Eighty years old and still laboring with his hands. He says he can still use an axe and make every lick count. Sixteen years ago he hired to a farmer living near Rose Hill, and when there he is busy every day helping about the premises.To quote Mr. Clark, “I once hired to a man to work in the timber. He took me to the timber, but he had to leave and told me to a* ahead and chop, which I did. He told me that when the sun got between two trees, it would be time to go to dinner and his wife would have it ready. At noon, I went to the house and saw six plates on the table. His wifo said, ‘Are youeibnVJ1the only one that was working inthe timber?' I told her that I wa$. She said, 'I thought from the hoise I heard that more than you were working there'.”Mr. Clark says he was born on a farm nine miles southeast of town, now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Matt Huyser, where Mr. Clark’s father settled in 1849.v,TPvhlt;df
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Pella Chronicle
Pella, Iowa, US
Thu, Feb 20, 1936
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