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Show rubbed an eye. An infection soon developed into erysipelas. A doctor living on a farm three miles away went to her home to help her- He stayed for a week, trying different remedies until she was out of danger. He knew she had no money with which to pay him, but regardless of that he worked hard to save her life and her eye; however, she lost the eye. The next winter she sent two of her younger sons to the doctor's house with a fat goose for his Christmas dinner, in appreciation of his kindness to her. NEW NEIGHBORS The Bottoms became more settled as years passed and neighbors on nearby farms pooled their efforts to build a one-room schoolhouse on the hill a mile and a half west of the Madsen farm. Attractive as it would have been for John K to attend school again he was unable to do so because he had left home for employment before that time, but his young brothers and sisters benefited by the new school. Some of the neighbors on farms close by were: Martin Brotherson, Thomas Hutchison, Mons Monsen, Joseph Johansen, Hyrum Tidwell, Arran Oman, Jens Jorgensen, Swen Olsen, Peter and Ras Frandsen, Ace and Hyrum Wilcox. Others, if any, were not mentioned by John K. A REUNION When her last child was small, in 1890, Wilhelmina paid someone going to St. Louis to put an ad in a newspaper |
