Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-02-24
Lewiston Journel.
Lewiston Journel.
THREE SPUNKY AUBURN SPIN
STEERS
Who FARM IT OK THEIR Own Hook
AND Show What A WOMAN CAN DO
WOMAN Padding HER OwN CA
NOE.

"If every girl was as spunky as those
two women you see in that here sleigh,
recently remarked farmer on Main street
sidewalk in Auburn addressing a Jour
nal reporter) "there wouldn't be so many
useless do-nothings in the world and
the speaker brought his goadstick down
with emphasis, as he run the remark
against an exclamation point. .
whats the popularity ftheir case"
inquired the reporter.
"why they farm it on their own hook
and farm it successfully, too said the
the gentleman with the goadstick.
One of the ladies at that moment step
ped from the sleigh, and lifted a bag con-
tanning bushel and half Of beans, car
ried them into store. That happened
to be the store in which the reporter had
business also, and he FASTENED to inter-
view the woman, who was accompanied
by younger sister. She kindly consent
ed to give the desired information, and
as an illustration of what woman can
do we submit her statement
Il am the eldest of three sisters. My
father died and left us farm OF l3O
acres in South Auburn. My brother
spent a small part Of his time with us un.
til ten years ago, when one day he left us
in good health. Before night he was
killed on the railroad. Then we three
girls were left to carry on the farm on oul
own account. The farm was first settled
by my grandfather. who found his way &c
South Auburn by spotted trees, more thar
century and quarter ago. The acres
have always been in the family, and Of
course we were much attached to them
Nv name is Margaret Jordan; my sister
next Youngest. is Deborah, and the young
est of u. is Adeleana. Adeleana Is IN
rather poor health. On me falls most OF
the care. | have to be fnancier, cook,
field hand and barn hand. | have &c
stand the racket from pantry to corn
feld-in sickness and in death. nurse
the sick, feed the hens, hold the plough
hoe the corn, harness the horse, shovel
the soil-maid of all work. My sisters
help me all they can-we are all maids
of all work and do anything and every
thing on the farm.
AT first it came very hard on us. and
we used to get very tired As grow
older. i, comes pretty hard, but dom
know why we haven't got on very well
We pay our bills, and in good times have
little left over Last year we raised
about % tons Of hay; 100 bushels of po'
tatocs: 9 bushels of wheat: 10 bushels o.
oats; IL bushels Of barley; ! acres %
corn. and had large garden.
"Yes, said by-stander, land that l.
not all; for Margaret is great forest
and has a wonderful flower garden.
YES" continued Margaret, Il lov'
flowers, and we have a very good garden
do you attend to all, yourselves"
"Wcll, about all" replied Margaret
I'VE generally hire little help in hay
ing ,ime-perhaps spend s25 or $50
year for hired help. The rest we do our
selves. We have thirteen head of cattle
ten sheep, one horse, beside flock o
hens"
YES, and turkeys, too, for bought
the best lot of turkeys that ever saw II
this market last Thanksgiving day, o
Margaret, said the provision dealer as he
paid out the cash for Margaret's beans
aud hens nest, which she had just mar
keted. II always make it a point to buy
Margarets produce, because it is Away
nice. Just look at these beans-and SEE
how perfect they are. And her measure
almost always ovcrruns. For instance,
pay her today for a pint of beans over
measure.
Miss Deborah then began TO stroke the
big cat of the store and remarked: I'VE
have a larger cat than that at home.
Obviously the three spinsters lavish their
hearts affection on the dumb animals OF
the barn and henney and the kitchen
corner-and fortunate creatures they TO
have such worthy mistresses.
So it seems that not only masculine
farming pays in Maine but that farming
in the feminine gender and in the nomi-
native case also agrees with the verb
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