The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-06-14


have no doubt come under the consid.
Grafton of the citizens of Bristol.
But the story ought to live forever.
Centennial Curiosities.
Two notable women now at Philadel.
phia are mentioned at length in The
Press. One of them runs the steam
engine in the women's pavilion which
works four looms and a printing press.
There, says The Press, in a light brown.
neatly -trimmed dress, really dainty in
it's delicate texture, and as smooth and
clean as though the wearer were a
tlower-girl instead of an engineer.
could be seen a young, medium-sized
lady, whose regular features, intelli-
gent conversation and refined manner
proclaimed at once the. presence of a
daughter of American nobleness and
culture. The steam engine with. it's
undeniable heat and imaginary dust
and smoke, together with it's palpable
noise, was there in all it's blackness
and power, but in the place of the av-
erage engine-tender, with his duskv
skin, matted hair and dirty blue over
alls, was to be seen a lady who could
have passed directly from the engine
house into a drawing-room. and graced
the occasion to perfection without
change Of dress or manner.
In q conversation Miss Allison said
that she had been brought up in lit
tie place near St. Catharines, in On
tario, and that from a child she had
been lover of machinery and spent
much of her time in the large saw and
grist mills which her father then
owned. These were run by engines
OF from 200 to 300 horse power, and
though she sometimes pretended to
run them for an hour or two she did
not think any lady would have suffi-
Gent strength to perform all the work
OF managing such monsters. In an
swer to question relative, to the pos
sibllity of women running engines as
a regular business, she stated that
there were thousands of small engines
in use in various parts of the country,
and that there was no reason what
ever why women should not be en-
ployed to manage them. The work
was less tedious than almost any of the
usual vocations adopted by women,
and all engine requires far less atten.
ton than a woman gives to a child in
her care. For her part, she said that
though this was her first practical ex.
perience she found it less tiresome
than any other work she had been
called upon to perform since adverse
fortune had made it necessary for her
to earn her own living.
In addition to the fact that the faith
er of the lady owned large mills in
which she spent much of her time,
she received a thorough scientific edu.
cation and learned much from her
brother, who had made engineering a
profession. She learned the method
of operating the engine in a few mo-
ments, and now does all the work,
from starting the fire in the morning
to blowing off steam at night. Anoth-
er lady whose natural ability has TAX
en- an entirely different, vet equally
effective direction is Mrs. Maxwell, of
Bolder, Col. This lady was brought
up at Denver, and after her marriage
moved to the frontier settlement
in which she now resides. She early
acquired a taste for hunting, and as
she had every opportunity. Of gratify-
ing this desire she soon became an ex-
cellent marksman, or rather marks
woman. She roamed the forests about
her home, sometimes in company with
her husband, but more often alone,
and within the past ten years has shot
and killed over four hundred wild
animals, such as bears, wolves, PAN
theirs, foxes, etc. She learned the art
of stufing the animals thus brought
down, and many of the specimens now
exhibited in eastern museums were
killed and prepared by this lady.
She has, however, saved about 200
of the finest specimens, besides large
number of stuffed birds, and these will
soon be exhibited in the Colorado
building, the collection having been
secured and sent on at the expense of
the State. During the ten years in
which Mrs. Maxwell has been acting
the role of the mighty hunter, or
huntress, she has raised a. family of
children and attended to her house.
hold duties without assistance. In ap-
pearance she is of small but 1.-the
form, and has that peculiar half ner.
vous. half stolid organization which
indicates a combination of. activity,
strength, and intrepidity. She has
dark hair, an intellectual forehead
clear, piercing gray eyes, small but
firm mouth, and a delicate, womanly
chin. Her age is about thirty-fve, but
she looks almost ten years younger.
Points,
He was large man. except in his
ideas and in the manner of his speech.