Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-08-04


for the statue itself.
"She was a working woman--a SER
want here. When l first remember
her / was living near here, and she
was taking care of the cows in a sta
BILE that stood almost on the very spot
where her statue stands now. She
was working then for the Sisters of
the asylum. She fed and MIXED
their cows, and sold milk in cart
about the city. She was strange
looking person-remarkable in her
appearance. think now as l recall
her she had broad forehead, serious
eyes, Il pleasant, broad smile, rather
short, stout figure. l do not suppose
she ever in her life wore any dress
better than a Guinea blue calico; she
always wore heavy shoes and black
straw bonnet trimmed with a neat
band of black over the top. From
my residence could see her many
times a day while she was at her sta
BILE work or coming back and forth
with her milk cans.
"What was her name? Her name
was margaret Hauggery she had
been married, and at that time was a
widow. Her husband and little child
died just after she came to New Or
leans; so we learned after she had
became famous. She was alone and
poor in strange country, and she
went to work in the stables for a liv-
ing. Somehow, everybody liked
Margaret; her smile was sweet and
her words shrewd. The children
called her margaret, and she knew
their names and answered their salu-
tations along the street as she drove
by in the milk cart.
CATER some years Margaret had
saved enough to buy a bit of ground
that had on it a small bakery. The
place was sold for a trife, but now
Margaret was in royal trim; land
owner and manufacturer; for she
opened the shop and began bread and
pie making for the neighbors. Pres
emily there was large bakery built
soon bread carts were running over
the city bearing the words 'Marga-
ret's Bakery 1t became the fashion
to buy at MargaretS place. During
the war, pestilence and disaster Mar.
garet's fires were never out, and the
delicious rolls kept up their weight
and quality, no matter what else in
life failed. Then she began running
her free bread carts during the fever
panic. No one went hungry who
was within sound of her cart wheels
From that time on no one need &C
hungry in New Orleans-those toe
poor to buy were given a loaf fresh
and white as the best, and it was Civ
S en- heartily with a God bring thee
V better times There was no distinc
# ton in Margaret's favors. She gave
+ to white and black, of any church O.
none. Are you hungry?' that is al
n that was necessary. Here is bread
S take it with Gods blessing There
have been in this city dread day
y which seemed as if God and every
Y body had failed us except Margaret
days when she almost literally fed tn,
:, city. During the yellow fever pani
? Margaret began her noble work o
d taking the children from the home
of death and putting them into
y house under good care, supporting
= them herself in every particular
Soon the one asylum grew int
v many; the dozens of her little charg
d es were numbered by hundreds-a
S at the time of her death, thousands
It At the gate of every orphan asylum
e in the city Margaret's bread cart
W with its smoking rolls, was seer
e. daily; at every charitable institution
whatsoever she took the privilege G
g giving her bread freely, and Marga
he ret's name headed the list for ever,
rs charity. Our grand Charity Hospital
st one of the most famous in the world
ID was largely the gift of Margaret
ID You must visit that hospital. itwi
C. make you better all your life for hay
1T ing seen it. Right through the tree
there, at the right, do you see thu
- magnificent building with its fou
st galleries running around the first fou
stories of the house? Its gate tells
re golden letters that this is a children
I'd home, given by Margaret, where I
ce the end of time orphans will be care
for and educated by her bequest
r. Many of our cemeteries contain
e. form of handsome tombs Margaret
i'm simple vet munificent thOuphtfulnes