Inter-Mountain Republican | 1906-06-02 | Page 5 | Plow Drawn by Children

PLOW DRAWN BY CHILDREN Farmer r U Ut-es Ut cs Iii His Orr Offspring in Place of ur Mules 1 June Juno 1 it I.-A A dispatch from rout rom Oshkosh Wis Vis says gnys that complaint com corn plaint has been made malo against a a. farmer Carmel living living- about five OVo miles southwest south south- west wesl of Neenah that he ho has been hitching four Cour of or his seven e children to a cot corn plo plow or 01 cultivator which h lu hr compelled them item to drag through a ten acre acie truck huck garden while lu hr- I guided It Farmers and port ons from Crom Oshkosh riding alon along the highway have witnessed ed the strange c sight The Tho attention of ot the authorities was wa called to tho the matter and alter after sub sub- the tho facts Dr agent of or the tho Fox River Valley Humane Humane Hu Hu- mane society wont went to the farmer Carmer and compelled him him to send five JIve of the thi- children who are of or school age to If 1 school The farmer Carmel it Il Is alleged wax was rearing them In Ignorance Most o of the tho children are mu girls The eldr eldest t I b. b not moro more than 14 1 years yeal's old Dr Wilkie says ays that a n special hai- hai ness was made mado for tho the plow and anti wa Va a- a put about aboul the shoulders of or the chil dren Th Tho farmer says SR'S Ito tho corn cot plo ido plo Is light and was used merely t to s stir sUr tir up UI tho LImo top soil j