“I am the new Messiah!" he said, and the people flocked to his side for salvation. “Give up your worldly goods!” he thundered, as they poured lifetime savings into his secret coffers. “Suffering is good for the soul!” he told them, and they turned over their paychecks and ate sparingly while the King feasted. “I proclaim the Virgin Law!" he announced, and husbands and wives lived like brothers and sisters.

Published June 5, 1996

Published May 22, 1996 FARMING - that’s all for now! There are more stories of farms and farmers, so this series could go on and on. But I think it’s time to draw to a close for now. That means leaving out many names that I’ve had in mind, as well as the hundreds I don’t know at all. There are the Dalys, Thomas and Mary, who added over the years property from farms belonging to the Reuben Wendzels; Norman, Floyd, and Norris Arent; Leo Webers; and Ted Elsners. There was John Vanderveer, whose...