The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-01-15
A SEWING GIRLS TRIUMPH.
How A Pennies STATISTICS BECAME a Sue
CESSFUL AUTHORIZES.

CESSr l. ~ EcisEo0.
battle Greek (Mich.) Cor. Chicago Times.l
"The well-known publishing house of
d. Lothrop & Co., of Boston, have a
new book in press entitled "A White
Hand A Story of Noblesse Obllse,
by Miss Ella Farman, of Johnstown,
Barry county, this State, which will be
issued in time for the holiday trade"
Such is the announcement that has
gone the rounds of the Michigan
papers. But the readers, who prob
ably glanced carelessly over the brief
paragraph, had 10 idea of what a his
tory it contained-a history of success
attained after o hard struggle with
poverty and want. The story of the
life of the authoress is a story OF the
final triumph of a poor sewing girl over
difficulties that would have made many
a stronger heart give up in despair.
Miss Farman came to Michigan from
Augusta, Oneida county, n. Y, which
was the place of her birth, at the com
mencement of the rebellion, and took
ND her residence in this city. She
made O living, or rather attempted to
make a living, by doing sewing for one
of the tailoring establishments. Soon
after her arrival here she made the
acquaintance of Miss Emma Shaw,
whose parents reside in JOhnstown,
and who was also a seamstress. They
were congenial companions. and an at
tachment sprang up between them
which ripened into a friendship as con-
slant as that of Damon and Pythias,
and ever since they have lived constant
ly together. The two girls rented
rooms in a Westinghouse, did their
own work, and endeavOred to earn their
bread by the needle. But your CORE
spondent is informed by those who were
acquainted with their circumstances at
that time that they had a hard struggle
to get along that their earnings were
often too small to afford them more
than a scanty subsistence, andthat they
frequently failed to "make both ends
meet" They were very self-reliant ant
independent, however, and would moi
accept assistance from any one, but re
lied entirely .on their OWL efforts t.
: make a living-barely a living at the
, most. While striving and laboring OF
t in this manner Miss Farman occasion
ally wrote short stories and sketche:
for the newspapers, but with llttl'
pecuniary results. About this TIM
the Detroit Tribune offered severa
prizes for short stories. The Obscur
authoress took the fourth prize, which
although but a small sum of money
1 was a "God-send" to the peor girls
Il This small reward encouraged Mis-
I Farman to persevere in her efforts
u become an authoress, and she continue
I to write until her talents did becom
6 known and appreciated. She has cor
u tributed to the atlantic, Harper
" Scribner's and the GALAXY, and her ste
ries are now solicited by pleading pull
fishing houses of Boston and New Yorl
If Her previous works consisted of storlt
n and dialogues for the young, anon
le which are the following books: eth
I, Allie Bird Series" "Annie Maybe.
il ga Little Woman" and "Grandn
Of Crosby's Household"
i'd With her first earnings Miss Farms
bought a little house and four acres
lr land in the township of Johnstow
u Barry county, nine miles from this cit
ne and a short distance from Bedford Ce
ter, Calhoun county, which is her pre-