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______ None has been more faithful to the interests of the whole county than DE VOLKSVRIEND and at first there was a great deal to do to unmask the practiced frauds. I don't know whether any poet has ever been inspired by the Greek muse, Calliope (daughter of Jupiter), to render an epic of the trip to Calliope. Maybe not. It would indeed be too much for this godmother of antiquity to Inspire a singer who would dare sing of the fame of the Dutchmen at the cost of the good name of her godchild: the then present Calliope in southwest Sioux County. Nevertheless --those sleigh-driving heroes are worth an epic. The going was over uncleared snow From one to the other farm; It was twenty degrees below freezing, But the heart was more than warm. The blood boiled when they only thought Of all this roguish scheming, Practices so long, so low, so villainous, - Away with all this trash!It was in those days that DE VOLKSVRIEND (through Hosper's pen) guided the people into civic affairs, and informed them of practices of "hunters and trappers," who did not only try to secure game along the Rock river, but who also encumbered Sioux County with loan after loan, without spending this cash in the interest of the people. ______ |