The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-16

Mrs. Buckingham's Success in a New
Field of Work for Women.

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From the New York World
! Mrs. Elise z. Buckingham, of Nacaville,
solano county, California, is guest at the
! buckingham. This lady has become consplcu-
Gus not only upon the Pacific Coast but
upon the Atlantic as well, by the fact that
she has wrought out so successfully an I'M
| portant problem in behalf Of her own sex
! At ''Lagunita Rancho she has demon
| strated that woman with money, brains
! persistent energy and hard work can cultl-
| vate the soil quite as successfully as her
! lord. Leaving her luxurious apartments al
the Palace Hotel, in San Francisco, less than
| four years ago, Mrs. Buckingham took up
her abode in a lovely valley, forty miles
away, shut in by beautiful hills She had
! purchased 200 acres Of of land which, with
the exception of a few fig trees, peach trees,
and a small vineyard of grapes thirty SIX
! years old, was covered with stubDle AFTER
careful nursing of these trees and vines TO
bring them back to their best possibl lltles,
she planted twenty acres more Of fruit trees
| OF different kinds.
Commencing with a superintendent or
| foreman, who professed to have special
| qualifications for his position, she laDoren
asSiduously for time but failed to accom-
| pllsh what she had hoped. Convinced that
| her right hand man" was not success
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| tions, she dismissed him and courageously
took her place at the helm. Calling to her
| side her son, with his friend, neither OF whom
| had long been out of college, she persuaded
! them to share her care and labor. From
that time the machinery has moved smoothly
aud satisfactorily.
Mrs. Bucki CHAM has studied the methods
of her neighbors, and with her clear BRAIN,
! has chosen the best, as the result shows
She has added gradually apricots, necta-
| rines, prunes, cherries, plums and pears, UNI
| til she has an orchard of 400 acres under
the highest state of cultivation. Not
weed, not u blade of grass, can be seen over
the whole expanse. Each tree has become
to the owner a child to fondle, and is watched
| with tender solicitude. The first symptom
of dropping or disease receives her personal
attention, and sick ones seldom fail to be
brought back to health.
Looking at some trees in a neighbours
orchard that plainly betrayed neglect,
Mrs. Buckingham said: Poor things! they
can't help it. They are doing the very best
| they can"
The secret of this lady's success lies, no
doubt, in her unwearied attention to all the
details of her business As she walks in the
| shadows of her own wines and fig trees,
she talks with them as with loving friends,
and finds unceasing delight in their com
partnership. She is sure that they are CON
| sciOus of her presence, and that she can
interpret their thoughts towards her. An
abundant harvest has been gathered this
year from cherry and peach trees only three
years old. Next year sixty men at least
| will be required to gather the fruit.
| Markets and transportation are studied care
| fully, and patrons are met face to face,
either at the ranch or in New York. Skill
full management, added to a rare locality,
| where irrigation is unnecessary, warrants
| hAr fr,Iif TO no ba fret m ha
While what Mrs. Buckingham has ac-
| complished has cost incesSant watchfulness
and thought plain, tumble-down Spanish
| cottage has been transformed into a home
that an artist might covet. This lady, who
enjoys everything that the city can afford
art in every form, music and literature
| could not brook rude surroundings, and so
offers her friends not only the generous
| hospitality of the well-tO-dO farmer,
but adds the grace of the highest civiliza-
ton
Last year, while visiting friends in Bos-
| ton, gentleman was invited to call ON her.
She was represented as a woman who
ploughed more land than any man in the
country, and could drive a four-in-hand
with ease Expecting to see a brawny Anna
ION, he was conscious of keen embarraSS-
ment when presented to a lady whose bear
ing was Enthusiastically that of a person of
refinement and culture. Instead of rough
| hOmeSpun, an imported cOStOme seemed not
at all out of place He found it quite I'M
necessary to introduce the subject of the
price of stock, or the crops, but, instead,
was soon in the midstof discussion upon
the latest books, pictures and music, ending
with the most interesting political topic of
the day
The question naturally arises. Why
should a lady choose to make a change like
this without compulsion! The answer can
be given by many a woman dissatisfied
with the rounds of duty that society de-
mands, or who longs for some place away
from the watchful eyes of too assiduouS
friends Mrs. Buckingham in coorespon-
dence with ladies who hope through her to
find way out of idleness or poverty.
Should this be the outcome of her enter
prise she will be well satisfied and count
that the fultllment of the promise made to
her, that her trees would not only care for
and nourish her in old age, but would help
her to care for Others less fortunate than
herself. On Mrs. Buckingham's ranch
cannery if already in running order. Fruit
is put up.in most the approved manner. The
highest medal given at the Mechanics
Fair just closed in San Francisco was won
by her. Fruit dried in the sun commands
the highest prices because of the special
care and study given to secure the best
methods.
THERE is such boom in the Argentine Re
public that Buenos Ayres has become the dear
est city in the world to live in.