The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-16
A Wonderful Woman.

Madam Anderson the English lady
pedestrian, who began at s p. IN. Dec.
10, IN Brooklyn, a walk Of ,, 200 quar-.
ter miles in ?, 700 consecutive quarter
hours, day and night, successfully end
ed her journey at 10 p. M on Jan. 18th,
after being on her feet a month, lack
ing W days. The last quarter Of a
mile was the fastest, being walked in
2 minutes, and 274 seconds. The fol-
lowing may interest some who doubt
that a woman can walk go miles with.
out stopping more than ten minutes at
any one time.
Meanwhile more ladies were con
s%tantly arriving, and now not only the
front row Of seats all around the track.
but a second and a third, and, before
the afternoon was over a fourth and a
fifth were packed closely with fair la
dies, handsomely clad, bright and
sparkling, and all profoundly interest
ed In the labo:ious work of the game
little member Of their sex. Little ia
vors were handed to her; some comical
all tasteful and neat. Whenever any
were perfumed she eyed them with
suspicion, and justly, tor me day last
week she had handed her by some I'M
known person an exquisite nosegay,
which she thought, had a strong fra
GRANGE about it, and which on closer
inspection, was found to contain chic
reform.
Late in the afternoon Drs. Watts,
Griffith and Stuart had a consultation
about her condition. DR.. Stuart said
her pulse was beating at si1ty-nine,
actually three pulsations less to the
minute than that of persons in ordina-
ry health. The Doctor added, Her
physical condition is such that if her
mind holds out, there is no telling how
long she could keep this up"
At seven o'clock the garden began
to fill. Nine. Anderson trudged mer
rily along, and the little scattering
claps and cheers of an hour ago now
rolled out into a good square cheer.
She sticks right to her work. Every
lap she goes she is cheered to the echo,
and, as she hears the joyful sound and
oSNC Gal lhtSht f'h Y II y AoS S1O"S
radiant with delight, and forgetting
all about being tired, she spins around
lap after lap till actually she is going
sometimes as fast as five miles an hour,
and 500 to 80 are bet that she does
the last quarter.
Standing room only gives no idea Of
the crowd that was packed into the
Garden, and although the price of adj
mission had been raised to 81, ladies
and gentlemen cheerfully paid the
extra tax and patiently endured the
jostllng of the crowd rather than miss
the opportunity of getting one glimpse
of the woman who had earned for her
self, the reputation of the greatest fe-
male pedestrian that the world has ever
produced. Looking back from the
there was nothing too be seen
but one vast sea of heads, with a mar
lane left on the outside, in which
the plucky woman, clad in a purple
velvet walking suit, was making ra-
pid time. Many of the ladies that
were packed two deep against the out
side walls took advantage of the inter
walls to obtain a little rest by sitting
On the rail. The spectators were noisy,
but good natured, and would amuse
by %applauding all the pub
ic men that passed up the track in the
vain hope of obtaining a seat on the
Nine. Anderson was wide awake all
Trough the evening and received a
of prominent visitors in her
Dom every time she left the track. A
n, N, hnr of honHcnnoo nroGnnfc MORA
made her including a handsome toilet
mirror set in silver, a point lace peck
t handkerchief, a silver pocket hand
,erchief box and over a dozen hand
ONE baskets of flowers.
After finishing the 2,699th quarter
line. Anderson turned up on the stage,
squeezing her way through the
rowd was helped up to the reporters
After waiting to obtain quiet,
me. Anderson said :-'Keep your
laces and turn your heads toward
he. l wan to sing you a song. They
I'll me that the betting against my
comprising this feat has been very
reat, but l should be ashamed to
listrust the people Of Brooklyn, who
ave stood by me through my weary
l should be ashamed to think
lat an unkind thought to me would {
e harbored for one nome 1t by any {
IAN, Notwithstanding any mou Of 8
loney he might have bet against me.
am now going to sing you Nil
e~sperandum." Nine. Anderson then !
ahmed the air to the pianist, and
nen he struck the piano, Half a
,te higher, catch that key, got 1t,
ats right" she then added apollo
There is a good deal IN
lowing how to do things Mime.