Past and present of Jasper County, Iowa . benoxious if unmixed, and to carry the danger to the edge of ruin nature causeseach mans peculiarity to superabound. One speaking from the standpointof a farmer would adduce the learned professions as examples of this treach-ery. Thev are natures \ictims of expression. If we study the li\es of theartist, the orator, the poet, we find their lives no more excellent than that ofmechanics or farmers. While the farmer stands at the head of art as foundin nature, tKe others get but glimpses of the delights of nature in its \ariouselements and moods. Peter De
Past and present of Jasper County, Iowa . benoxious if unmixed, and to carry the danger to the edge of ruin nature causeseach mans peculiarity to superabound. One speaking from the standpointof a farmer would adduce the learned professions as examples of this treach-ery. Thev are natures \ictims of expression. If we study the li\es of theartist, the orator, the poet, we find their lives no more excellent than that ofmechanics or farmers. While the farmer stands at the head of art as foundin nature, tKe others get but glimpses of the delights of nature in its \ariouselements and moods. Peter DePenning, farmer, of the southern part ofJasper county, is not an artist or an exponent of the learned professions, butlike many others who live close to the soil, sees beauty and gets inspirationfrom nature, thus taking a delight in existence, as a result of thus being intouch with the springs of life. Mr. DePenning was born in Marion county, Iowa, on July 11, is the son of Lane and Nellie (Scbut) DePenning, both natives of Hoi-. MRS. JOSENA DePENNlNG
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