severely scolded, if caught. She was confirmed at the age of 13 years at St. John's Lutheran Church. The day she was confirmed was a day of a very heavy rain storm. She and Louise Walter went to Miss Jennie Flood's Millinery Shop and ran to the church from there. Of course they were soaked by the time they arrived. For this occasion she was wearing a new brown dress and high button shoes.

Of course, it was up to the children to do the chores every day as their father would almost always be gone all week building homes or other buildings for the pioneer families. The cows were kept in a pasture east of town. At the age of 12, Ottilia had a very frightening experience. She went to get the cows from Fenske's pasture and bring them to Simmons' to tie them up. One of the cows had huge horns and started to chase her. She caught Ottilia and gored her in the groin. Mrs. Simmons happened to be watching. She came running and screaming. As the old cow was about to hit again, Mrs. Simmons arrived. She chased off the cow and got Ottilia, who had passed out, to the house. Here she proceeded to soak a brown paper bag in vinegar and put that on the wound. This is the only treatment she received. The cow had also knocked Pauline across the chest. The next week the old cow was dehorned!

As was almost always the case years ago, whenever a thunderstorm came at night, the whole family had to get up and get dressed. This was not always too popular with the children. However, one night the children had just gotten downstairs when lightning struck the house. It knocked all of the siding off one side of the house and the two by fours were like kindling wood in the children's bedroom. Fortunately, there was no fire.

Want some gum? That was something these children couldn't buy in the store but they had some anyway. As they would walk along the railroad tracks, they broke over the one plant which contained a sticky substance. The next time around this would have hardened and they had their gum to chew.

After confirmation, Ottilia went to work in Norfolk and Omaha. Her parents, with Louise and Agnes, moved back to Cleveland.

On June 23, 1905, Ottilia married W. August Volk in Cleveland. It was a beautiful, sunshiny day and the tops of the carriages were down as they drove to church. Shortly after the ceremony they returned by train to Battle Creek, Nebraska.

—Mrs. Edwin Volk

William Christian Volk III came to America in 1881 from Beerfelden, Hessenstadt, Germany. He settled in Illinois. Six months later his wife Katherina Eva and five children followed. The children were Christian George Frederick, William IV, Ernestine, Wilhemenia and Wm. August (age 2). Fred, age 13, was tutored on the ship as the mother thought there would be

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