The Dawson journal., 1884-12-11
A WOMAN PAYS HER BET.
Selling FOrty-TwO Bushels of Pea.
nuts to the Crowd on Boston Com
mon.

the Commonsto-day, says a Boston
special of Nov. 25. All other
unique wagers have been upon the
general result and, accordingly
have beenp aid by Blaine parti-
sans. To days loser was sym
pathizer with Cleveland, and a wo-
man at that. Shortly before 8
there appeared on the fremont
street mall of the common, near
Park street, small, stripped tent,
with table in front piled with
peanuts. Upon a neighboring
tree was hung a sign: Paying
an election bet" Promptly on
the stroke of 8 well dressed Ia
dy took her stand behind the pro-
vision counter, hung up notice:
peanuts 10 cents a bag" and be-
gan doing lively business with
the large crowd that collected.
One of the first comers asked her,
"What sort of peanuts are you
selling?"
cleveland peanuts"
"How's that? Cleveland was
elected"
"Well," laughingly replied the
lady, Il wagered $50 against $500
that Gov. Cleveland would have
l 900 plurality in New York
State. The other condition was
that I should make the $50 selling
peanuts on the Common from 8
o'clock in the morning until 8
o'clock at night and should not
eat or drink during that time.
The Cleveland peanut vender
is Mrs. John Mullibeen, who is
pretty well known in Boston.
She is about 55 years old, decid-
edly stout and quite distinguish
ed in general appearance. Her
hair is snow white and she wears
it in peculiar heap on top of her
head. She was dressed in a we'll
fitting Newmarket. A large ca
meo breastpin fastened white
lace collar about her neck and a
pair of black bowed eyeglasses
hung upon her breast. 1twas de-
cidedly chilly all day, but she
wore no outer garment, neither
did she at any time leave her post
behind the counter. Trade was
so brisk that she had to get the
assistance Of a gentleman and two
other ladies most of the time to
assist either in making change or
in putting the peanuts in bags
Baked beans could have not sold
faster and her stock was soon ex-
hausted. Several more bushels
soon arrived, but the demand did
not slack. Almost every one had
somethning to say in the way OF
joke at her expense. She took
it all in good part, giving as good
as was sent in many cases. About
noon Lewis Hayden, local Blaine
man Of some note, came along.
He sympatized heartily with Null
libeen and bought three packages
under the impression tAat she
lost on Blaine. Finding out to
the contrary, he threw the nuts to
the ground and said he would be
ashamed to eat Cleveland peanuts
and would not take them home
When first acc3sting the lady Un-
Gle Lewis commended her for hel
patriotism.
The crowd at times numbered
several hundred people. They
were very quiet and indulged in
nothing more serious than fire,
quent clapping. Two policemen
kept them from crowding up too
close. This was the only thing
that troubled her.
"They look at me as though
was wild beast" she said.
Toward night the dimes cam,
in in q perfect shower. The sup
ply had to be replenish~d two o
three times, and before the L
hours were gone 423 bushels hat
passed over the counter in 2,15
paper bags. Mrs. Mullibeen Dor
the tiresome test remarkably wei
The terms of the bet were fulfille
in every particular. She not onl
went without food and drink, bu
she did not once sit down at he
work. But the moment the stil
was done she hurried to waitin