The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-10-18

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DO Great Many Things

there is an American seryant-girl age'
twenty-seven years. who was born II
New Preston and attended n priyat'
school until thirteen years OF age, leav
ing II with AN ava d for tho best schol
arship in bookkeeping. She immcdi
ately took n clerkship In the local post
Office, and although 50 young, handled
the mail and performed other duties IN
tho store adjoining satisfactorily. y.
| After six months she worked In fac
tory in Watcrtown. making forulcs for
umbrellas After that she tool, clerk
ship In adry-goods store in Waterbury,
which she kept for three years
She then went 20 Bethel TO learn tho
hating trade, and became so expert
that she made all the samples and was
| appointed forcwoman. Tho man IN
whose store she had boon employed in
Waterbury proposed 10 open another
store in Mcridcn and TO give her entire
charge and "A good salary. She nc
ceptod, and did all tho buying. book
keeping, writing and general manag-
ingi but just as the enterprise became
n success, the proprietor died and sho
was thrown out OF employment. She
then went 10 Philadelphia. whore she
learned cigar-making and worked mt
the trade for thrcc years She came
homo and obtained situation as stage
driver, going twice n day 10 meet pas
scngcr5 nj the station. five miles dis
tant. Sho managed and often harnesscd
tho two horses, lifted and strapped on
10 tho stage all baggage and carried
tho mail. Mr. Kinney, the owner Of tho
stage says ho has mover since had his
business SO thoroughly attended 20. A.
the end OF six months sho learned car
riago painting hero in n factory, and
for sOmo time earned two dollars and
n hall per day
When work gave out hero sho went
90 Hartford whore for "A short time sho
did copying In the OH % OF the fro do.
partmont She aftorward wont into tho
carpot-sweopcr factory, and took con-
tract for cutting and dovotailing thp
woodwork. Before leaving she mado
several ontiro sweepers herself even
TO putting tho stamp OF tho maker in
largo letters on the top.
She camo homo for rost, and resi-
dent gave her two mustang ponies that
hc had boon unable To- manage. They
had been harnosscd but few times and
were unshod. She caught thom in the
field, harnossod and drove them, and
In n fow weeks had them completely
under control.
Between times this unusual girl has
mondod shoes, planted tobacco by tho
acre, ridden the horse with cultiva-
tor and rakod hay with patent rasc.
She had laid new kitchen floor in her
fathers house, built voranda for hor
uncle. and shinglcd and sided an ico-
house for n noighbor. Sho taltcs caro-
OF tho homo garden and mado aud
keeps in order tho winding walks
about her house.
J She is also an adopt at shaving and
hair cutting, and waits upon gontlomcn
at their residences in tho village to
do this.
Sho is fond OF hunting and fishing.
and in tho fall bags many partridgos,
woodcock aud rabbits, and in the season
catches bass from the lako and trout
from tho brooks. Last spring sho
caught the champion trout that weighed
two pounds and half The fish broto
the pole, but sho jumped into tho water
waist dcd,, secured tho disappearing
section OF the pole and safely landed
tho trout She catches frogs and dresses
tho logs for her own taste. She is
much Interested in natural history, and
has specimens Of snakes, lizards aud
many other curious things preserved in
alcohol. She had tame watcr-snaNo
that Camo about tho door, but her
mother dsliScd the familiarity OF tho
visitor and killed it, Sho alo climbed
II tree TO examine a crows nest, and
took ono Of tho young onos home. Sho
brought it up on Indian meal and broad
crumbs and taught it to laugh and say
"llollo"
This girl has also invontsd kitchon
utonsil upon which steaks can bo broi-
ed, potatoes fried, and another vogcta-
bio cooked at the same time.
1t might be concluded hat this gill
must be masculine and unrctiucd, but
this is not tho case. A rocont callor
found hor reading Millions Paradise
Lost with several mus .cal instruments
in her ro I'm, She Is fair musician.
and sings in tho choir O! tho village
church. She is church momber in
good standing, and " Il not road novels
or play cards or in any way dcsocrate
the Sabbath. Hcr house is adorned
with embroidered lambrcquins and
draperics that she has ma To-, and sho
makes her own dresses and takes work
homo from residents hero when timo
permits She clotho, entirely sister
and child whose means arc limited.
She is proficient houseAccpor and
good cook, and gives the greatest salts
faction To her present employer. She
does not prefer housoworl M means
of livelihood, but during July and Au-
gust when trades are dull she accepts a
domestic situation rather than live in
idlcncss Boston Herald.
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