The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-12
WOMAN AND HOME.
TALES OF WOMEN WHO HAVE
MADE LIFE A SUCCESS.
PIucky Michigan Giris-Breaking
Child's Withdrawing Giris-Arrange"
ment of Chairs Sisters as Conf
dantes-Success-U Hints.

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/ know a finely educated woman, a school |
teacher for many years, whose health gave
way under this nervous work, and whom
paralysis stared grimly in the face. She
dropped her books, locked her school-rooia,
hirsi al acre ors9 of land with iittla cat
tage ami barn upon it, AMI caliei to her side,
as assistant and protector, an elderly woma7
who wai without home. Thi, lady il now
at the head of quite PRO porous chicken
| farm. Sue uses the incubator succa 'sfuiiY,
| raises fail chickens for expectation tttaa
| city in January and February, receivinr
| large prices for them at that time, pace
| her eggs and those Of all her .neisabor ID
| summer. thereby doubling her profit has
reganei her health, aud feels thankful
every day OF her life that she had encrsy
| and courage to escape what was coming 50
rapidly upon her,
/ know another lady, very capab.F
| woman, whose husband was unfortunate IL
business. She had always been extremely
fond of flowers and knew great deal atous
them Their lovely homo was her own,
| gift from her father; SO ths gieen-hcu'e,
which had been simply a thing of beauty
before, under the hands.of an expen iSe
gardener now was taken iato her own
charge, and was made to bear very large
share of the family expenses for several
year,. TGere was no other observatory IN
the little city, and the demand f,r her aza~
leas and daphnes and crepe myrtle was
something wonderful, a we'll a the m vi l.
, ity with which she changci her /! '>sona 10
silver. It was 10 child'S p,sy; tbara wa
plenty OF good hard work ahoat it bat Mt
! the same tins it was he lltn,ut AMI rain
[ ing; and what il pleasantAr ysen t. %
| th;n-s GROW. es,,aciauv if Zach leaf ami
- e-hud represents money v h & i, really
needed.
IA Ohio lady has lately set cut N AGRA
| in red Raspberry bushes Tia gentenila
ram whom she procured tAara has q VERY
: valoahlA farm. but nothing upon it clears
I,im slO an acre except his fifteen acres OF
; rai ra~uberries Mex spr;l. her bGshes
viii h. rroiucjnr and she will be ati, IL
add considerably to her pin-Inorey, doabt,
Isss nv this venture.
Another lady in the same state lately 10, t
her huqhanl a large farmer AMI heavy
cujt5vat,r Of svaet.potatoes. Sac was
courageous enough to go on with her hus-
bands business and n>tead Of selling the
arm for A u,.r5 song, and living dependent
tho rast of her life she srlneriatanls tie
: farm as her husband did, hives in the same
4 handsome STYLE. and is nexpras ih!y
= hapniar than if she had foldei her
aaads in ialeness and misert Last
spring this energetic lady transacted
an i,n,cense business in selling the vonne
potato rlants, receiving order, for til n
from all over the Unitel States, Frequently
,en1ipz away by express 100. 000, carefully
eeckel in q single day. Occasionai!y 5
Ill, ,,.t,,
ZOOS NOT like "to Ii. boS,ed by a woman
INT If is mt lonc- before the most unruly
rev to admir-, and re meet the energy
hopastv and ability of their employer.
rs A lady came once in despair t, one of tin
e natrrns of tie Woman's exchange in
u western city Her ewes wers vary seri
: us,v affected. AMI allowed her to do notg.
!, M in the way OF Painting and fancy wors;
IN winch she exceiled. Sac was poor, an,
in perfect de- pair as t , how she sheull elk
out her Moor Little income. "Weh' SAT-
the repre- Q .tlt:ve OF the OK ,bauya. ''wha
en- you do. For what have you teen mos
hirhly commended in your who,s lifel'
II really believe for INV chicken Iies. > re
sropdei the moor lady. laughing at tn
noy,rty of her accomnli shments now tina
: Ter ewes were useless.
- That is the very thing for yon to Dc
than said her friend: and she did il wei
Z, puvinp sorne little dishes. lust large euouc