The Red Cloud chief., 1879-10-16
4 Remarkable Detroit Woman.

There i in this city, says the Detroit
Free Press. a woman whose physical en-
durancc i remarkable. She l. not stout,
or even Il strengthening omar On
the contrary. she seems rather frail.
She is afflicted, too. with 4 cough,
which, Of course, hoes not increase the
appearance of Robustness and cndur-
ance. But these drawbacks do not seem
to diminish her pluck or energy. On
the contrary, they are obstacles which
make her achievements all the more
marvellous and admirable. She i i
widow with seven children, nearly all of
whom depend upon her Ia provide for
them. She can rise every morning and
with what il left of Yesterdays dinner
get breakfast for them. dressing some
of them while the others are making
ready for their days occupation. After
breakfast she will stand oven a wa>h-tub
IL hours, wash and hang out ON the line
III pieces in II consecutive quarters 81
an hour, getting dinner for six hungry
children in - minutes, and tea for sew
en- in seven minutes. She will then put
four children to bed inside of on"-fourth
of an hour. She will starch and sprinkle
six dozen pieces i'll six dozen minutes
mend the heels of three pairs of stock
ingS in thrcc-fourthS of an hour. and
patch the knees of ~ pairs of brccChcS
in two half hours and rc-~cat another
pair in half that time. At this point her
struggles against her overwhelming" de
sire To sleep and her anxiety to
finish Il dress that she may have some
thing decent To wear the following sun
day are calculated To rouSe the Sympa-
thy of the most Indifferent and melt the
hardest heart. During any time re-
manning after her successful struggles
with her drow~inc>S She will lie down
and rest. unless some of the children
wake her with their collie or their Group,
or their cries for water. Her staggering
about in a hal~f-uncon>CiouS state, >oddcn
with sleep and fatigue. herself occasion
allv coughing five times in five minutes,
irving Ia wait on two children at once.
* probably the most exciting feature of
the performance. In spite of these in
terruption> She will rise the next morn
inc and iron at the rate of six dozen
pieces in six dozen quarter hours, with
breakfast. dinner and supper, and get
ting children in and out of bed, ~ be
fore. In the evening She will take ZOO
stitches in 5000 seconds on her nov,
dress, and, if necessary. watch the Group
twelve quarter hours without cessation.
In connection with these remarkable
fcatS she will be- assisted by her eldest
daughter. aged seventeen. who will
stand behind the counter, and show 600
women in 500 minutes every thing
she has for sale, without sit
ting down or losing her temper
during the whole time. The Detroit
champion woman claims that this per-
formance of her daughter will create
unbounded enthusiasm. and although it
has not UP To date been the source Of IN
unlimited revenue. under public auspices
she hopes il will he more remuneratiye.
In addition To these unprecedented at
fractions. the eldest son of this remarka-
BILE family will stand for Il hours on the
front platform of Il .bobtail" ear. the
temperature varying from - deg. Ia II
deg. below zero. In this situation he
will drive a balky horse. make change
IL times in three minutes. coun - pas
SengcrS, save three boys from being run
over in Il many minutes, listen Ia 60
oathS in 90 minutes for not knowing
without being told where a passenger
wants to stop, light his lamp. eat three
meals out Of Il tin bucket on the plat
form. lash ID boys in ID minutes for
hanging on behind, and then be docked
zoe. in less than 90 seconds for shortage
i'm the money box. Ii will be seen from
the above that this widow i very wor-
thy woman, and in every way deserving
of the kind attention and >ympathieS of
the people of this city, who are noted
for their ~benevolence and their interest
in those who are manfully or Woman
fully struggling for success in the world.