The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-06-15
Two Remarkable Women.

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 printing press. There, says the
Press, in light brown, neatly trimmed
dress, really dainty in its delicate texture,
and as smooth and clean as though the
wearer were tiower-girl instead Of an
engineer, could be seen a young, medium
sized lady, whose regular features, intel
ligent conversation and refined manner
proclaimed at once the presence of
daughter of American nobleness and
culture. The steam engine with its I'M
deniable heat and imaginary dust and
smoke, together with its palpable noise,
was there in all its blackness and power,
but in the place of the average engine
tender, with his dusky skin, matted hair
and dirty blue overalls, was to be seen a
lady who could have passed directly from
T the engine house into a drawing room,
and graced the occasion to perfection
without change of dress or manner. In Il
conversation Miss Allison said that she
had been brought up in little place near
St. GATHERINGS, in Ontario, 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 sufficient strength to per-
form all the work of managing such mon
sters. In answer to question relative
to the possibility of women running en-
gines as 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 whatever why
women should not be employed to manage
them. The work was less tedious than al
most any of the usual vocations adopted
by women, and an engine required far
less attention than any woman gives daily
she said that though this was her first
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 father OF the lady owned
large mills in which che spent much of
her time, she received thorough scien-
tific education and learned much from her
brother, who had made engineering a
profession. She learned the method Of
operating the engine used at the Women's
Pavilion in few moments, and now does
all the work, from starting the fire in the
morning to blowing off steam at night.
Another lady whose natural ability has
taken an entirely different, yet 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 u
taste for hunting, and as she had every
opportunity of gratifying this desire she
soon became an excellent marksman, or,
rather, markswoman. She roamed the
forests about her home, sometimes in COM
pany with her husband, but more often
| alone, and within the past ten years has
shot and killed over 400 wild animals,
such as bears, wolves, panthers, foxes,
etc. She learned the art of stufting 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, besiles a large
number OF stuffed birds, and tLese will
soon be exhibited in the Colorado build
ing, the collection having been secured
and sent on at the expense of the State.
During the ten years in which Mrs. Max
we'll has been acting the role OF the mighty
hunter, or huntresS, she has raised fam
lily of children, and attended to her house
hold duties without assistance. In ap-
pearance she is of small, hut 1.-the, form,
and has that peculiar half nervous, half
stolid organization, which indicatts
combination Of activity, strength and In
trepidity. She has dark hair, an intellect
uai forehead, clear, piercing gray eyes,
a small but firm mouth and a delicate,
womanly chin. Her age is about thirty
five, but she looks almost ten years
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