The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-04-29

Out on the midnight air
Was thrust the head of Biddy. f4 fa
@s With all its wealth Of hair,
SO clustering and so yellow,
And thus upon the air,
Out i'll the moonlight mellow,
In ringing tones and Gear:
. She's aff wild mother fellow
It's me that's slaapen here" 8t
--Chicdgo Ledger. 6
MILDLY HTorgans. New York Market
Reporter.
A woman can do things one would
least expect woman to accomplish, If
she sets her head to it. 1t was my
happiness last summer to see a lady in
New York city who has succeeded nobly.
in a. career few women would adopt from
choice. M
Her story reads like romance.
One day, near twenty years ago it
must have been, a lady landed from q
ship in New York harbor. She had
come from over sea to make her fortune
in the United States. When she left
the ship she had sixpence, and no
more, in her pocket. she dropped it
into the seaman's charity fund. The
lady had letters to influential persons in
New York, and Recommendations OF the
highest order from his Majesty, Victor
Emmanuel, King of Italy s's.,A es.h
A One Of the gentlemen to whom she
had letter was Horace Greeley She
was admitted to his private office and
presented her note, likewise a modest
request It was that the founder Of the
Tribune should give her employment on.
his paper. Nif9H
What can you do?" said he.
She answered in a very lady-like and
earnest way that she could report horse
races and agricultural fairs. Horace
Greeley never could understand joke,
or he would have seen one here. Also,
he had sort of general contempt for the
female intellect, and he probably saw in
the young lady before him mild sort of
lunatic. He merely glared at her over his
spectacles.
From that day to this Miss Morgan
has steadily declared that there was
only one person in America she thor
oughly detested, and that was Horace
Greeley. 'a 4'" Ah" MA
"He is the meanest person I ever
saw, said she. g He never even asked
ME to take a seat. :" 0 .'t..3 AZ x.
The great editor dismissed the aspir-s
ing young woman in short order. But
somebody about the Tribune office,
whose name is now lost to tradition,
heard the story and thought it would be
a good joke to send the lady who want
ed to write about horses to the Saratoga
races, then about to come off, Quite in.
the way ola jest this was actually DONE
1t would be such fun, certain Jolly lln-1
der-editors of the Tribune thought. But
to keep matters all straight, and get a.
proper account of the races, the young
man who regularly reported such things
was also sent as usual Ignorant of
this, the intrepid MILDLY Morgan wrote
out her story of the famous races and
sent it to the paper The regular re-
porter sent his. Then it was that the
joke turned Miss Morgan's account
was used instead of the regular report
er's. 1t was in the nature of a stunning
surprise to the Tribune authorities. It
was SO well written, so full of spirited
life, and showed such entire acquaint-
ance with the subject that from that day
on this brave girl found'no trouble in
getting work.
She was sent everywhere to report
horse fairs and races. That was her
regular work for some years, when she
exchanged it for livestock reporting
She now only reports the cattle market
New York droyers call her the best Judge
Of horned cattle in this country. She
can tell the weight Of beef on the foot
in the twinkling of an eye. There is
this popularity about her, that what
ever work she. undertakes she does it
better than anybody else. That is why
she succeeds so well. She now reports
the cattle markets for some four New
York papers, among them the Times
and Tribune. She has saved her earn
ings and is quite well-to-do
" Humph she ought to be, said an
impertinent young lady with pink cheeks
and banged hair !" she ought to be rich
Two thousand dollars a year and no
clothes p
The young lady did not mean it liter
ally. She only meant to allude to Miss
Morgan's severe simplicity i'll Dress
New York letter to Cincinnati CON-
m1ercial.